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Do you realise that Big Tech's biggest enemy is Mastodon?
Here, they have little or no influence over people.
European autonomy. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.
Do you realise that Big Tech's biggest enemy is Mastodon?
Here, they have little or no influence over people.
☀️ CEO of W, Anna Zeiter, was #eBay Chief Privacy Officer and VP #AI and Data Responsibility:
"... [eBay's AI] policies have recently come under regulatory scrutiny, particularly in Europe where privacy authorities in Germany have raised concerns about [eBay training AI with user data after users complained]."
"Sellers have also raised transparency concerns around ways that eBay may be using AI to alter their listing information without their explicit permission and without clear disclosure to them or to consumers..."
European autonomy. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sarahp/115974108816433123
Apple is prioritizing making sure they get their cut from independent creators, but still have yet to do anything about X spreading CSAM via their App Store.
Cowards. https://www.theverge.com/policy/859902/apple-google-run-by-cowards
@quillmatiq While I still use Apple products, I’m set to never buy anything new from them… the rate at which they are enshittifying is too extreme. Also openly supporting extreme right? I cannot accept such behaviour.
The good news: I finally learned to install Linux on some old computers and all my prejudices were wrong: there are plenty “just works” distros even I can set up and have running incredibly smoothly.
What does digital independence look like for a #university?
At the University of #Groningen, this conversation has been growing bottom-up: academic & professional support staff are driving a move away from #BigTech toward shared, #open alternatives.
With support from the Uni Board, this effort is shaping a community-driven 5-year roadmap towards #DigitalAutonomy by 2030.
Newspaper Ukrant covered the shift.
https://ukrant.nl/magazine/we-can-do-without-them-how-the-ug-is-cutting-ties-with-big-tech/?lang=en
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