Notices by Element (element@mastodon.matrix.org), page 2

For a better understanding of what these new developments mean head over to @edri to read their critical summary: https://edri.org/our-work/be-scanned-or-get-banned/

📣 The new Chat Control proposal puts the security of everyone in the EU at risk in search of an non-existent magic tool.

It’s time to raise the alarm and make our voices heard https://element.io/blog/eus-chat-control-puts-security-and-privacy-at-risk/ 📣

Thrilled to announce our partnership with @bigbluebutton helping to expand the future of virtual classrooms in education with Matrix.

Together, we're breaking boundaries and redefining online learning.

Read more at https://element.io/blog/partnership-with-bigbluebutton-for-matrix-based-virtual-classrooms/

🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 To celebrate DMA Day we wrote up our thoughts on WhatsApp's third party interoperability offer, how it fits with Element and Matrix, and what the future may or may not hold!

https://element.io/blog/the-eu-digital-markets-act-is-here/

🌐💡📈 We’re excited to see progress on the Digital Markets Act compliance plans today.

We're committed to openness and fair competition in the digital economy. Stay tuned for our thoughts as the plans unfold.

https://competitivedigitalmarkets.eu/

#DigitalMarketsAct #Openness #Competition

@Polychrome @mattburgess it’s us testing interop with WA, using Matrix - not the Matrix.org Foundation (as the article says :)

📣⚠️📣 Announcing a new home and license (AGPLv3) for Synapse and friends: going forwards Element’s work on Synapse, Dendrite & related server-side projects is going to be released as AGPLv3 rather than Apache.

https://element.io/blog/element-to-adopt-agplv3/

@f4grx the only reason for the CLA is not to relicense but to allow dual-licensing for selling AGPL exceptions.

@be @shauna @luis_in_brief @cwebber @root This is really interesting. Will need to check if it would stop us dual-licensing (which is the only reason for the CLA), but there is ZERO intention to switch license to non-OSI... which obviously Apache allowed too.

Exciting news, Android fans! The Element X preview has landed, delivering lightning-fast messaging. It's a sneak peek, with more to come.

Explore the blog for all the details: Read Now 👉 https://element.io/blog/element-x-android-preview/

The UK Online Safety Bill is continuing to progress through UK Parliament, putting end-to-end-encryption fundamentally at risk. Element tried to explain the disaster on the horizon to Sky News this morning: https://youtu.be/QQZ7sIk-iHQ

Psst… don’t tell anyone, but; we’ve put an early release of Element X iOS on the App Store! It’s the fastest Matrix client ever, with an entirely new beautiful UI & UX. First release targets personal messaging, but lots more features coming soon!
🎉🚀🏎️

https://element.io/blog/element-x-experience-the-future-of-element/

@amatecha @matrix @liaizon https://element.io/blog/the-online-safety-bill-an-attack-on-encryption gives an idea of our position. And no, there are no backdoors. Yes, we fund Matrix dev by selling encrypted messaging to governments, which includes police: if you don’t like that then please feel free to use a different app.