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PublicSpaces Conference 2024: Taking back the Internet!

On 6 and 7 June, PublicSpaces and Waag Futurelab will organise the fourth edition of the PublicSpaces conference with the theme 'Taking Back the Internet'. During the two-day programme at Pakhuis de Zwijger, through panels, keynotes, roundtable sessions, lectures, art and culture, we will work our way towards an internet where we collectively set the rules. Put it in your agenda!

Anno 2024, the bulk of digital services and platforms are in the hands of a few commercial Big Tech companies. This centralisation of power is not in line with how the internet was once conceived and creates society-disrupting problems. From privacy violations to modern slavery practices and from discrimination to influencing election results through biased algorithms, Big Tech's monopoly affects everyone.

How do we - as citizens, organisations and governments - regain control of our data and our digital lives? If we want to be able to decide for ourselves what our digital ecosystem looks like, we need to be able to make independent decisions about the design, use and management of the internet. During the conference, we will therefore engage with speakers, audience and artists on data ownership, privacy, interoperability, decentralisation and more. In short: technology based on public values.

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avatar of Bibliothecaris
March 27 - 11:41

Yesterday, we co-hosted a webinar w/ @publicspaces on transitioning to #Mastodon from #Twitter as a public organization.

Our key points:
➡️Align your core values w/ communication strategy & reclaim control of channels.
➡️Mastodon prioritizes meaningful, value-driven communication over commercial interests.
➡️#TwitterMigration brought us into a vibrant community🦣 w/ valuable interactions.
➡️Transition should have been made sooner.

👋 Hi, fellow public organizations: What are your experiences?

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avatar of eWalthert
March 26 - 15:46

I just followed a webinar by @publicspaces on #Mastodon with a lot of tips by Babette Knauer from University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris

Here are the top four #IMHO
1) make you account visible (Public Profile > Privacy and reach > Feature profile and posts in discovery algorithms & Include profile page in search engines)
2) pin your #introduction to your timeline
3) use #hashtags regularly
4) use the advanced interface view (Preferences > Appearance > Enable advanced web interface)

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avatar of Logius
March 14 - 15:12

Digitaal zaken regelen met de overheid? Dat moet op de eerste plaats eenvoudig zijn. Wij (Logius) helpen daarbij. Benieuwd hoe wij dit doen? In deze video leggen we het uit. ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=gOgVx9f6BG

Volg ons om op de hoogte te blijven van alle ontwikkelingen over toegankelijkheid, veiligheid en privacy.

#Intro #DigitaleOverheid #Toegankelijkheid #Veiligheid #Privacy

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