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My oped in today’s @FT. Europe must chart a new global path towards Big Democracy - and away from Big Tech’s surveillance capitalism and Big State’s digital authoritarianism
Francesca Bria (@francescabria.bsky.social)
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Francesca Bria (@francescabria.bsky.social)
@francesca_bria
Professor @IIPP_UCL. Senior Fellow @MercatorDE. New European Bauhaus, European Commission. Former CTO @BCN_digital. Founder @decodeproject.
- Encryption is a human right in the digital society. Full stop. We should have it by design and default in the technology we use. I agree with @Snowden "Without encryption, we will lose all privacy. This is our new battleground"
- BCN is moving to free and open source software. It is about changing procurement to spend public budget in favor of local open source entrepreneurs instead of too-big-to-fail multinationals. It is about making Gov more open, transparent & participatory
- Why we urgently need a European alternative to Twitter, public and independent, and how a federation of European public media companies could help to preserve our informational, technological and political sovereignty, reclaiming a digital public sphere. My interview in @faznet
- Today in Rome. Hundreds of thousands of people against gender violence, against patriarchy. #25November #nonunadimeno
- I'm glad to announce that I've been appointed President of of the newly created Italian Innovation Fund. A great challenge to help find, nurture, and amplify ambitious, and transformative projects at the cutting edge of digital innovation & sustainability
- In Spain to support @Yolanda_Diaz_ in this crucial election: to defend and reclaim an idea of politics for the people, our rights and the environment, to stop the far right. A feminist, ecological and just Europe depends on a progressive victory in Spain! Adelante! @sumar
- My oped in today’s @FT. Europe must chart a new global path towards Big Democracy - and away from Big Tech’s surveillance capitalism and Big State’s digital authoritarianism
- Sorbonne University turns to open-access platforms to “reappropriate the results of research and regain control and ownership of what we produce”. An important decision that makes research available for free, keeping alive the fight of Aaron Swartz
- Citizens should own their data. We need public alternatives that are decentralized, privacy-enhancing and rights preserving. We need democratic control & ethical digital standards for tech platforms to protect the digital sovereignty of citizens. That's why we need @decodeproject
- Data centers are draining energy and water, while Big Tech hides the damage with ‘creative accounting’. With power grids strained and energy security at risk, governments must act now, demanding full transparency on emissions and AI’s environmental impact.
- Sci Hub twitter account has been permanently suspended: It is a critical open knowledge infrastructure serving scientists and academics globally. Sci Hub should be supported and protected as a public good. @jack and @TwitterSupport this ban is not right.
- Sospendere dal palinsesto #RAI le puntate contro le mafie di @robertosaviano è un insulto a tutti quelli che lottano contro le mafie o sono costretti a vivere sotto scorta, e mina la credibilità dell'Italia nel contrasto alla criminalità organizzata. La #RAI da che parte sta?
