Esteemed #Fediverse !
You were just a topic in the German Parliament.
Anke Domscheit-Berg described the problem in the first sentence
The “full capitalization of a deeply human need, communication”
and decribed the solution, a federated network without a central authority
"Service for the Public"
"Funded by the EU"
"Interoperability"
"Maximum autonomy"
and maybe good governance …
EU gives 12+ billion to monopolies with Horizon.
Now fund W3C recommendations like #ActivityPub !
@sl007 Thanks — do you have a link? Was Anke giving evidence in person? To a committee?
It was in person in the Parliament.
Format is called Aktuelle Stunde (1 hour), https://twitter.com/annalist/status/1354734427277045761
The right wings initiated a big Jack shitstorm but it did not work out ;)
It was livestreamed.
/me looks for recording
[found]
https://www.bundestag.de/mediathek?videoid=7499087#url=L21lZGlhdGhla292ZXJsYXk/dmlkZW9pZD03NDk5MDg3&mod=mediathek
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@sl007
yes. interesting.. thanks for sharing.
Indeed, talk of sharing -
when humans come to mind - its hard to avoid terms like
exploitation
once people monetise ways to put information in our commons.
(though, i suspect, sharing doesn't come as essential part of living for humans only..)