#T3CON24 Recap: “We’re an example of global democratic collaboration, doing good in the world and creating economic value.”
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire on TYPO3’s governance model, impact in Rwanda, and government adoption: https://typo3.com/blog/t3con24-keynote-recap
#digitalgovernance
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No, the post is still there, X is just impossible. twitter.com/TimSweeneyEp...
& you folks don't care either? I thought we cared about tech leaders standing up to the GOP? About #digitalGovernance & the #DMA?
I've now pitched it on LinkedIn; maybe he'll finally get <= 5 figures of views there.
Tim Sweeney on X: "@RepFitzger...
X (formerly Twitter)Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) on X@RepFitzgerald @CompCoalition @POTUS Apple is blocking the Epic Games Store from competing with the Apple App Store on iOS in American and everywhere else in the world except Europe. Europe is the only region enabling us, an American developer, to compete with Apple!
Major cybersecurity breach: Pete Hegseth set up an unsecured “dirty” internet line at the Pentagon 
According to new reports, Defense Secretary Hegseth:
Used it to access Signal without authorization
Circumvented secure communication systems Exposed sensitive military operations to surveillance
This incident isn’t just about rogue tech use — it’s a direct violation of cybersecurity principles at the highest level.
It highlights how leadership decisions can either fortify — or destroy — national security from within.
#SignalGate #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #DigitalGovernance #Leadership
https://www.al.com/politics/2025/04/hegseth-used-dirty-internet-line-to-connect-to-signal-in-pentagon.html
al · Hegseth used ‘dirty’ internet line to connect to Signal in Pentagon
SignalGate: a masterclass in how not to handle national security in a digital age 
Senior U.S. officials used unsecured Signal chats to discuss sensitive military operations — a misstep with massive implications: Unvetted comms platforms
Possible violations of the Espionage Act Exposure to foreign surveillance
Breakdown of digital governance protocols
This isn’t just about one app — it’s about a culture of digital complacency in places that can’t afford it.
We need:
Mandatory secure comms training
Clear policy guardrails
Aggressive accountability
#SignalGate #NationalSecurity #CyberRisk #DigitalGovernance #CyberSecurity
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/real-lesson-signal-gate-pete-hegseth
Foreign Affairs · The Real Lesson of SignalGateA surveillance arms race has poked a gaping hole in national security.
The NGI Outreach Office is at the High-Level Conference on the Governance of #Web4.0 & #VirtualWorlds, hosted by the European Commission and the 2025 Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Building the future Internet means shaping it around openness, interoperability & fundamental rights. A multistakeholder model is essential to ensure a digital space that works for everyone, everywhere.
I feel like this didn’t get enough traction: Cryptocurrencies align the interests of millions of young, emotionally-desperate gamblers with the criminal oligarchs that money laundering legislation was set up to control.
#democracy #digitalGovernance #AIEthics
https://mastodon.social/@j2bryson/113464379742552002
MastodonJoanna Bryson, blathering (@j2bryson@mastodon.social)Just heard that the new Trump voters strongly overlap with those who own doge cryptocurrency (the cheapest one) who thought their "investment" would go to 0 with Harris and go to the moon with Elon. Which is why Elon was announced to be the head of DOGE: Dept Of Governance Efficiency
This is why I wish the EU’s #AIAct covered ALL software, not just “high risk” “#AI”. We need standard product liabilities including over supply chain for ALL products. “Risk-based” is meant to be proportional, so infrastructure should be high liability, regardless of your definition of “intelligence”.
#digitalGovernance #DMA https://mstdn.social/@emmatonkin/112812718812503317
Mastodon 🐘emmatonkin (@emmatonkin@mstdn.social)'This wasn't a big cyber attack, this is a dry run for that' - says some bloke on Sky, who themselves were not able to broadcast live this morning.
Exactly how much does it matter to the people affected whether a) it is an intentional cyberattack, or b) whether you accidentally attacked yourself by relying on a product that apparently falls over backwards and takes all your infrastructure with it the moment it gets handed some unreadable input?
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#AIEthics "Federal copyright law has not matured to protect a person’s voice from AI, and local laws vary by state, experts told The Post. A bipartisan group of senators floated a bill last year aimed at stopping people from using AI to reproduce a musician’s voice or actor’s likeness, except in certain cases such as for parody. Tennessee in March passed a similar law." #digitalGovernance #AIRegulation 3/3
Copying over my #introduction post:
I've proud to have been part of the fediverse since before we had a cool word for it.
Ever evolving tag cloud because I keep being reminded of interests:
#Justice #Socialism #Sustainability
#Linguistics #Semantics #Taxonomy #OpenWeb #IA #UX #DigitalGovernance #Feminism #Journalism #Writing #Français #Marginalia #Incunabula #UrbandDesign #USExpat #Immigrant #Quebec #Programming #Costumes #History #Queer #Goth #Theatre #InfoSci #SciFi #Sighing
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His next point is that we are not focussed enough on privacz andthe impacts on our rights. People choose efficiency over being rights-based when they choose algorithms. He says he's terrified of what billions of young people can do with the power of AI. Quoting Umberto Eco, privacy is not just a legal challenge but a fundamental, anthropological one. (he goes fast, will try to correct later) #AIEthics #DigitalGovernance
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I love that Scorza's talk features the application of the GDPR to OpenAI. There is weird and stupid misinformation that even the DSA and DMA are made archaic by "foundation models". It is absolute rubbish. The EU's digital regulation is general to all forms of AI because it is focussed on human rights and the rule of law, and therefore the human processes of building any product, even digital ones. Scorza emphasies that all rights are equal, privacy is not antagonist #AIEthics #DigitalGovernance
Live "tweeting" a bit of this annual meeting Centre for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7181631741818753025/ starting with the keynote by the Italian Data Protection Authority Guido Scorza.
He starts out with the fact that most AI comes from private labs for private interests. The urgency of regulation is not perceived because technology has not previously impacted so quickly. He never before "to be honest" had worried much about competition law, but now does. #AIEthics #DigitalGovernance
www.linkedin.comKarine Caunes on LinkedIn: Looking forward to participate in this panel on AI & democratic values…Looking forward to participate in this panel on AI & democratic values today at 9.30 EST for the launch of CAIDP flagship report assessing the public policies…
smart cities and the limits of technodeterminism
new blogpost based on the second of the two meetings I attended this week in Singapore
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics #futurism
https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2023/12/smart-cities-and-limits-of.html
This is outstanding. Ignore the title; it’s about #digitalGovernance
#AIEthics #inequality
#legitimacy #democracy #marketDominance #antitrust
And it’s not even that long.
OpenAI and X: Promises of populist technology, shaped by a single man https://wapo.st/47sjowc
The Washington Post · OpenAI and X: Promises of populist technology, shaped by a single man
Bad actors use simple AI to disrupt Schengen — just book all the legitimate slots so people are forced to use illegitimate slots for big money, or not go. #AIEthics
Morocco: Unauthorized brokers obstructing Schengen visas
https://www.dw.com/en/morocco-unauthorized-brokers-obstructing-schengen-visas/a-65646643?
#digitalGovernance
Deutsche WelleMorocco: Unauthorized brokers obstructing Schengen visas
Data solidarity: the right to not have data collected, the right to not have data tracked, the right to not have data shared. UNESCO #dightalRights #DataRights #criticalDataStudirs #dataGovernsnce #digitalGovernance
https://en.unesco.org/inclusivepolicylab/analytics/data-solidarity-why-sharing-not-always-caring%C2%A0?s=09
en.unesco.orgThink pieces | UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab
RT @Joinup_eu: 
On 15 December 2022 #Joinup was virtually present at the @grnet_gr Tech Days that contribute to the formation of good practices for #DigitalGovernance.
The presentation was delivered by @bernard_claes, @vickalogirou & @pdudis.
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/joinup/news/joinup-grnets-tech-days
@InteroperableEU
: https://n.respublicae.eu/EULawDataPubs/status/1612760953527099393
Please do not delete your twitter account! Twitter was essential infrastructure. It should have been identified as a utility and its sale barred. It still has our history, it was once used by over 90% of elected officials globally, and it presently has much wider reach than the new platforms though that may change. IMPO, it is still a resource worth fighting for control over – in courts – as we establish what adequate #digitalGovernance looks like. cf. https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/essential-infrastructure
Law InsiderEssential Infrastructure Definition | Law InsiderSample Contracts and Business Agreements
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@natematias @owasow My concern is the opposite. We have essential infrastructure we haven't identified as such or governed as utilities because since we "won the cold war" we stopped enforcing antitrust. #Inequality has skyrocketed, and with it (like usual) #polarisation #polarization & volatility. We need government intervention to secure this resource, in fact transnational multi-government involvement.
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@dangillmor @1br0wn I hope it will accelerate federal intervention. Twitter is essential political communication infrastructure, and there are a lot of political crises going on globally RIGHT NOW. Even if it was badly architected and it's good for us to be airbussing its boeing, casually allowing the destruction of essential infrastructure constructed through vast public effort as well as private is an error. #birdsite #journalism #digitalGovernance