Governance & Standards at @protocollabs — Former NYT, W3C TAG, science.ai — Privacy, Web, Science, Politics, Philosophy. (he/him/Ishmael)
"If you understand how digital systems, and notably how recommendation algorithms, work then you understand that there is no limit to how unbalanced the amplification of certain voices and suppression of others can be. You could have 8 billion people on X and only 800 fascists, and yet the fascists would still crowd you out."
@robin, 2025
https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/
Exactly. Posting on a platform with a million accounts doesn't guarantee you a potential audience of a million.
"When you write for Fascintern media, you are choosing to publish with them. When you post on X you are basically pitching a story to Der Stürmer. You are not speaking to anyone that they don't want you speaking to. You're not being courageous; you're collaborating. You're associating your name with that outlet. And you're making them money."
@robin, 2025
https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/
This pieces clearly articulates thoughts I've been pulling at the edges of for years
Dans la même logique, @robin décrivait hier le numérique comme une infrastructure de pouvoir. Pour le reprendre, argumentait-il, il faut séparer la gestion des fonctionnalités que les BigTech ont concentrées dans leurs mains (pub, recherche, modération, magasins, stockage, carto, etc.)
https://next.ink/220372/vassalisation-de-leurope-le-numerique-est-une-infrastructure-de-pouvoir/
Fascintern Media
by @robin
https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/
In an unusual turn, we are dealing with a power-aligned dominant media ecosystem that is pushing to overthrow the existing political system
“Fascintern Media” by @robin
🔗 https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/
> Based on conversations I've had with people who still maintain an active presence there (and I'm not counting journalists who don't post but read it for coverage purposes), my conclusion is that non-fascists who stay on X do so for a simple reason: they have a completely faulty understanding of how power works in the digital sphere and operate according to mental models…
⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2025/12/10/fascintern-media/
“Fascintern Media” by @robin
🔗 https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/
> Based on conversations I've had with people who still maintain an active presence there (and I'm not counting journalists who don't post but read it for coverage purposes), my conclusion is that non-fascists who stay on X do so for a simple reason: they have a completely faulty understanding of how power works in the digital sphere and operate according to mental models…
⚓️ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/links/2025/12/10/fascintern-media/
Just read "Fascintern Media" by @robin ( https://berjon.com/fascintern-media/ ) and it reminds me of a line in a recent YouTube video about how moderation policies work there
"But the thing I believe, one of the reasons such leaders get support in modern world because we are not allowed to speak about the atrocities and devastation such politics will lead the world into." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzH4GXkQ5uE&t=1494s
Bonfire Social 1.0 is live! A federated, community‑first social network built on the modular Bonfire toolkit, and it’s only the beginning.
It's time to go beyond microblogging and build apps for community organising, open science, mutual aid, and collective decision‑making. Let's take back the internet with open protocols, consent‑based governance, and portability by design.
Back the “last migration” from closed platforms to open networks: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=FVxjqI1kLUOhHXxqyrS6-g
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Estoy en Barcelona para participar en el #DecidimFest. Me toca moderar una mesa sobre redes descentralizadas con @andypiper, @Amandine y @robin. Luego me quedo para el #MozillaFestival. Si nos cruzamos por ahí, avisad. 😉
I saw this guy, Johnny Ryan, recently in a European Parliament session on #democratictech together with @robin and others.
Today @johnnyryan publishes a great article in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/09/the-eu-has-a-secret-weapon-to-counter-trumps-economic-bullying-its-time-to-use-it
Second speaker confirmed! ⚡️
The #DecidimFest25 will also feature @robin, technologist specialising in digital technology governance. His work focuses on building democratic governance of technology so that our digital sphere begins to work for the public good.
During the Fest, he will participate in a round table discussion dedicated to the open web, a crucial debate in today’s landscape where big tech platforms dominate digital life.
@doriantaylor @dealingwith Heh, sure, but that's not gonna help at all I'm afraid!
@ntnsndr There are interesting potential bridges between AT and Beckn, but I don't think that you could just go and use AT for ride-hailing or food delivery just yet.
I think it has legs! I'm probably going to do some work on it.
There might be a taxi coop/Beckn thing happening in the Netherlands, will tell you if I hear more.
@ntnsndr Ah, sorry, I thought we'd talked about that at some point! It's https://becknprotocol.io/, it's a general commercial transaction protocol. It makes it possible to operate open, governed marketplaces. It's being used for ridehailing e.g. with https://nammayatri.in/.
I think the Nosh people are building on it?
🇪🇺 Digital sovereignty can’t be bargained away
By @robin & Cori Crider
About the recent fail by @EUCommission on #EU tech infrastructure, the backbone of our economy and democracy 🔥
"Enforcing the EU’s laws, reclaiming a fair share of the value extracted by #monopolies, breaking them up to unfreeze markets and using the proceeds to invest in our #digitalinfrastructure could be exactly the kind of economic reset #Europe needs." ✊
👉 https://www.politico.eu/article/digital-sovereignty-us-brussels-belgium-trade-talks-tech/
"At this very crucial juncture where the long-term stability and existence of our structures is under threat, we will need #philosophers (inside and outside the academy) to envisage alternative ideas for us. This is to engage in what Eric Schliesser calls #philosophicprophecy. Borrowing from Quine, who echoes Midgley, philosophical concepts are, he says “devices for working a manageable structure into the flux of experience.” To engage in philosophical prophecy is to “create a shared horizon for our philosophical future.”
"#philosophy as #plumbing" #helendecruz #RIP
V. @robin
https://dailynous.com/2025/05/20/a-manifesto-for-a-future-philosophy-guest-post/
