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Ecologia Digital<p>"Protecting <a href="https://mato.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> from threats created by Internet <a href="https://mato.social/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>platforms</span></a> is a laudable goal. But it is not worth the cost imposed by legislative attempts so far: empowering the government to control legal speech online. Lawmakers’ attempts to impose their own top-down speech rules are particularly unwarranted given the far more promising possibilities offered by <a href="https://mato.social/tags/usercontrolled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usercontrolled</span></a> and <a href="https://mato.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/contentmoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contentmoderation</span></a> systems."</p><p><a href="https://techpolicy.press/regulated-democracy-and-regulated-speech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techpolicy.press/regulated-dem</span><span class="invisible">ocracy-and-regulated-speech</span></a></p>
Research Network Digi-Oek.ch<p>[en] <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Luddite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Luddite</span></a>: anti-progress fanatics, a popular misconception</p><p>&quot;... original ... Luddites weren’t against <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>technology</span></a>. &quot;</p><p>&quot;... wrest back control of technology for <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democratic</span></a> ends ... kind of &quot;<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Luddism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Luddism</span></a>&quot; which echoes past struggles against high-tech <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>injustice</span></a>.&quot;</p><p>&quot;... systemic change towards <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sustainable</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/transparent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transparent</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/usercontrolled" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>usercontrolled</span></a> infrastructure.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/digital-luddites-are-rising-they-want-to-democratise-tech-not-destroy-it-251155" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/digital-lu</span><span class="invisible">ddites-are-rising-they-want-to-democratise-tech-not-destroy-it-251155</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/overreliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>overreliance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/dominance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dominance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/gafam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gafam</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/techoligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>techoligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ethical</span></a></p>
OpenStreetMap<p>There are now over 11,000 followers to this M̶a̶s̶t̶o̶d̶o̶n̶ Mapstodon account! 😍 </p><p>The future of mapping is maps controlled by the people for the people,&nbsp;not big corporations or governments.<br>The future of social media is social media controlled by the people for the people,&nbsp;not big corporations or governments.</p><p>Democratic social media for democratic maps.</p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Mapstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapstodon</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Open</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/UserControlled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UserControlled</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a><br><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FreeMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMaps</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FreeSocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSocialMedia</span></a></p>