@ngi @NGITransoceanic @NGICommons @fediversity @NGIZero @e_mydata @NGI_Localforlocal @NGI_Taler @ngisargasso @ngitrustchain @ngisearch @openwebsearcheu @NGI_Enrichers @review
Well done! This is great to see! At FediVariety we value the impact institutions can have on the promotion of #FOSS
First the @EDPS spearheaded #EUVoice and #EUVideo and now many many institutions keep the flag high!
Aaand... The opening of the black box continues!
This week, one of the key figures within the European Data Protection Supervisor #EDPS gave us a wonderful interview, explaining us the engagement of different parties in the #EUVoice #mastodon pilot project.
Also, the #EuropeanCommission DG COMM also replied to our #FOIA to access budgets, meeting minutes, and social media strategy briefs.
While we plan other interviews, stay tuned for updates on the upcoming results of our analysis!
Hey folks! Our research on experiences of users and people involved in #EUVoice #EUVideo has reached the next phase!
We are asking access to documents of a long list of #EuropeanUnion Institutions and invited several decision-makers to interview sessions.
If you want to know why the @EUCommission did not adopt the EDPS Mastodon pilot project, stick around!
We are now waiting for replies and we'll keep you all posted
Un petit pas per la Comissió Europea, un gran salt per la Fedi.
O no, però el momentum és bastant històric.
Comenten que el servei ara el porta una empresa yanki. De debò? Quina necessitat hi havia? Qui ha pres aquesta decisió? No hi ha gens de transparència en tot aquest procés…
I ni piu de la instància de Peertube… aka #EUvideo
Si és que no es pot tenir tot… En fi, aviam què tal evoluciona la cosa.
#EDPS #DigitalEU #EuropeanCommission #EC #EUvoice
https://agora.fedi.cat/t/fi-del-fedipiloteu-un-exit-disfressat-i-dues-ironies/811/7
@jwildeboer @EUCommission Nice. (Hosted by a USA company, sigh.)
Let's see how the other accounts migrate and what happens with Parliament and the other institutions formerly hosted at #EUvoice.
👋 Our home here on Mastodon is closing, so we are moving to @IHIEurope - you should automatically follow us there, but if not, please do re-follow us in our new home.
👏 Huge thanks to @EDPS for running the #EUVoice server!
✅ Stopping after a negative evaluation.
⛔ Stopping after not finding a #mastodon webserver and 2 FTE.
Despite showing courage, I fear that the only legacy that will linger is that no EU institutions, bodies, offices or agencies will, for unknown reasons, put the energy into running a web application that was previously positioned as a thingy to prevent disinformation or just the public values that are needed running a healthy democracy.
Hey @patrick_breyer_mep as #EUVoice is going to be shutting down, perhaps it's time to add building and maintaining sovereign social media infrastructure to campaign promises for the upcoming #Europarl elections? :blobcateyes:
Or is that somewhere there already and I just missed it? 👀
Kein Nachfolger: #EU stellt Fediverse-Projekte ein.
Rund zwei Jahre nach dem Start der Testphase für #EUVoice und #EUVideo im #Fediverse finden die Angebote ein Ende: Niemand will das Erfolgsprojekt übernehmen.
https://www.heise.de/news/Wegen-mangelnder-Uebernahme-EU-stellt-Fediverse-Projekte-ein-9700184.html
I've added a quick proposal to strengthen #EUvoice, with a link to @homegrown for the juice. You can vote for it or add your own.
https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/participation/processes/tackling-hatred-in-society/f/39/proposals/320?locale=en
Sadly, the #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺 will shut down #EUVoice next month (& I say that as an American 🇺🇸).
👉🏾 European Union Surrendering #Fediverse Voice To #Threads https://darnell.day/european-union-surrendering-fediverse-voice-to-threads
🥱 Too Long; Did Not Read:
👉🏾 @EDPS announced EU voice is closing
👉🏾 @EU_Commission has 100,000 followers
👉🏾 #EuropeanCommission social #ActivityPub account will primarily be on Threads
👉🏾 EU Voice should ask citizens & local businesses in #Europe for instance funding help
@sumek @gunchleoc You can try, but I'm pretty sure you linked the wrong one. :)
The Commissioner in charge of DG DIGIT is Johannes Hahn.
https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/digital-services_en#leadership-and-organisation
DG COMM is led directly by vdL.
https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/departments-and-executive-agencies/communication_en#leadership-and-organisation
I’m deeply interested in strategy and transparency. And the lack of it, as I wrote in 2022 when this project came public:
https://gamifi.cat/blog/2022-05-24_fedipilot_eu/
cc @EDPS
Em faig creus de segons quins titulars…
Jutgeu vosaltres si el FediPilot de l’EDPS ha estat un èxit: ells diuen que sí, jo dic que és un fracàs de l’alçada d’un campanar i no entenc perquè ho disfressen.
https://agora.fedi.cat/t/fi-del-fedipiloteu-un-exit-disfressat-i-dues-ironies/811
Two years ago, #EDPS embarked on a pioneering journey launching a pilot project of two decentralised social media platforms: #EUVoice & #EUVideo.
18 May will mark the end of the project. Time to review the results of this successful story.
Read Press Release https://europa.eu/!yJqDgK
A loud part of the Fediverse (majority or not 🤷) is afraid of federation with #threads. I disagree! For many organisations, this is a chance to escape the #networkeffect and improve #GDPR compliance. They can have a data-protection friendly presence in the #fediverse and still have followers who choose to have their accounts on #surveillanceCapitalism platforms. I hope that (a) Instagram accounts get also access to Fediverse content (b) they implement moving servers. 😉
#teamDatenschutz #EUVoice
@amgine Indeed the current situation isn't sustainable.
https://respublicae.eu/@praetor/111935052271756398
Let's hope #EUVoice gets funding from the Commission, at least!
And for #Fediverse related talks:
Who Killed The Internet? And a promising alternative for Public Communication and Social Media: the Fediverse!
Though the title js a bit misleading: it mainly focuses on #EUVoice, #EUVideo - and the problems and concerns that governments have (and should have) with publishing and using social media (especially such that they don't own).
