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#bigtech

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#Pixelfed and other #Fediverse platforms like #Mastodon were just mentioned on German television (ZDF) 🎉:

Trump and his new big tech autocracy: Trump, Musk & Co are trying to dismantle the state at high speed. A culture war has broken out. Is democracy in danger?

How dangerous is this and what can Europe do to counter it? Will the EU's democratic rules stand up to the superiority of US big tech?

zdf.de/video/reportagen/aspekt

Years late and trillions of data points short.

Microsoft launching a "research project" to track AI data sources *now* is completely meaningless. The models are already trained on YOUR stolen data.

This is like robbing a bank and then "exploring" ways to return *some* of the cash... maybe. Pure theater. Don't fall for it.

#AI #BigTech #DataPrivacy #Tech

techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/micr

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@sturmsucht @urbanprivacy @xmpp

Es ging im Original-Post um #UnplugTrump und "weg von #BigTech". Signal hat sicherlich Vorzüge gegenüber WA, u.a. kann man dem Ladens wohl mehr vertrauen als Mark Z. Aber im Hinblick auf #digitaleSouveränität hat man nichts gewonnen. Das hat mit Moral nichts zu tun, sondern ist einfach so.

Es gibt außer #Jabber natürlich noch viele andere freie, föderierte Optionen. Ich habe diese genannt, weil ich sie kenne und nutze.

Ah, nog een universiteit met een oproep om los te komen van #bigtech:

We, the undersigned, express our concern about the University of Groningen’s increasing reliance on services from big tech companies (particularly Google, Microsoft, and Amazon) for our research, teaching and administrative activities.

Open letter to the Executive University Board: Calling for an end to the university's dependence on big tech

Gelijk getekend, uiteraard.

University of Groningen · Open letter to the Executive University Board: Calling for an end to the university's dependence on big techOpen letter to the Executive University Board: Calling for an...

Eins muss man #Trump ja lassen: Er macht es möglich, dass Medien sich mit Alternativen zu den amerikanischen Bigtech-Produkten beschäftigen, von denen man es kaum für möglich gehalten hätte. Oder hätte jemand noch vor einem Jahr gedacht, dass sich ausgerechnet das Handelsblatt auf den @kuketzblog bezieht und @rufposten zitiert?
#GAMAM #opensource #linux #bigtech #medien

handelsblatt.com/technik/it-in

www.handelsblatt.comHandelsblatt

#Republican strategist Stuart Stevens, senior advisor for the Lincoln Project, is arguing that monied interests and economic giants #BigTech #WallStreet #bankers #billionaires are complicit in ruining the nation as they blindly follow a president determined to sink markets in both the United States and around the world. #tariffs #economy #financialstability #risk #economics #Trump #maga #wealth #money #power #politics #fear #complicit #collusion #democracy #congress alternet.org/ceos-trump-polici

Alternet.org · 'Basic betrayal': CEOs terrified of Trump retaliation won’t speak out against policiesBy Adam Lynch

SUCCES!

Vores webinar ” Ud af tech-giganternes kløer – Hvordan din organisation kan frigøre sig fra afhængighed af store tech-virksomheder” var en stor succes. 🤩

Deltagerne stillede mange gode og relevante spørgsmål, hvilket tyder på, at digital uafhængighed er noget, der optager flere og flere virksomheder.

En stor tak skal der lyde til Jens Kjellerup fra Ballerup Kommune, der delte ud af sin store erfaring med open source. Det er en lige så stor del af hans DNA som Semaphors. Dejligt ❤️

Spørgelysten var så stor, at Tobias @fonsmark har tilbudt at fortsætte sine digitale åbent hus arrangementer alle fredage i april også (kl. 13.00). Her er der mulighed for at fortsætte snakken fra webinaret, og stille alle de spørgsmål du måske har brændt inde med.

💻 Deltag i åbent hus meet.semaphor.dk/ÅbentHus

👀 Se eller gense webinaret her semaphor.dk/nyheder/webinar-ud