Notices by Open Future Foundation (openfuture@eupolicy.social)

A European Citizens' Initiative calls for publicly funded social media. But copying the old centralized, surveillance-based model would repeat the harms. Public money deserves a more ambitious target: a Digital Public Space. Aditya Singh explains what that means in practice. https://openfuture.eu/blog/public-money-public-platforms/

#DigitalCommons in EU's Industrial Strategy: @jankrewer analyzes the semiconductor landscape:

🌉 Can #OpenSourceHardware bridge the technology gap?
💶 EU's strategic investments in #RISC-V
🥊 Balancing openness with #DigitalSovereignty

https://openfuture.eu/blog/free-chips-collaboration-vs-sovereignty-in-eus-industrial-strategy/

#DigitalCommons #TheParadoxOfOpen

🔎 @paulk analyzes @Mastodon and #FreeOurFeeds initiatives aimed at creating social media infrastructure that serves the public interest.

https://openfuture.eu/blog/publicly-governed-infrastructure-is-the-key-to-sustainable-social-media/

Do you have an idea you want to work on alongside us? A project that could benefit from our support? Apply to become our fellow!🧑🎤 We welcome applications from researchers, practitioners & creatives — designers, technologists, writers. Find out more 👉 https://openfuture.eu/open-call-for-2024-open-future-fellows/

If you want to know more about #OpenSource #AI and how openness intersects with licensing, fair competition, or freedom of expression, join this #policy chat featuring our Director of Research, Zuzanna Warso 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/events/policychat-exploringopensourcea7115987928379535362/comments/

In our new #DigitalPublicSpace Primer, @paulk and Zuzanna Warso define and explain the need for digital public spaces and why funding the infrastructure that supports them is the way to secure #DigitalRights #DemocraticInfrastructure https://openfuture.eu/publication/digital-public-space-primer/ 🧶1/6

Can licensing mitigate the negative implications of web scraping in #AI training?

We're co-organizing a #CSCW virtual workshop to answer this question.

CfP is open until this Thursday:
https://www.licenses.ai/data-licensing-workshop

#CSCW2023