all I want for Christmas is an EC funding instrument for #openscience like the Dutch @OpenScienceNL

Despite all the points of improvements, it has been a great success that just begs for the EU equivalent

You cannot have better alternatives to addictive algorithms with a solid, independent foundation. So, fund it!

Except for that one platform that exploits musicians, pays them 0.013 cents per stream as referenced in a fun Eurovision song, now plans to replace them with AI slop and donated millions to the fash Americans whose stated goal is to destroy the EU?

I love you, but why are you like this, lol?

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these algorithms should be opened up so that they can be studied and learned from.

By studying them it's much easier to understand whats under and how to make policy/law framework around these kinds of algorithms. When fully restricting something, how do u know they just go around and its again the same problem

Other things that you should say people before..:
- chat control
- authoritian ruling
- AI

Hey EU Commission! Can you throw some of our tax euros at #Fediverse open source development projects?

Our combined GDP is more than 21 trillion euros. I’m pretty sure @Framasoft @Mastodon @IceCubesApp @ivory @Tusky etcetera could use a small amount of that?

We’ve got the products you want right here. Just support the people building them!!

#eu #tax #opensource #support

Really?

Then how about linking to your Mastodon account from your home page?

And deleting the pro-AI social media accounts, such as X/Twitter?

I mean, that latter one is an American-based AI platform owned by someone openly hostile to the EU...

Except that this is what we want but the EU Commission doesn't want. People before algorithms doesn't pair well with chat control. Fairy tales about child trafficking but all we see is the exact opposite. As far as I am aware, I am not in the Epstein files, neither is any average citizen. We are seeing the collapse of the EU, member states are not even united on their policies.

The EU has failed to deliver on its claims after the US has abandoned it. Good luck fighting scary Russia without any US support. You chose the wrong "ally" and the wrong "enemy". We will not see you on the front lines.

how about the EU investing in public infrastructure as the "digital town square" - the fediverse exists and is OSS. Fund it, run public instances and pay moderators and include healthy usage of it in the school curriculum.

Especially in the wake of discussions about prohibiting SoMe for teenagers. Create meaningful alternatives instead of focusing on what not to do 😉

Yup. As a EU citizen, I'd like on the tab as well:

1) People before business.
2) Stand strong to protect our Values, Freedom and Privacy.
3) Strengthen, not dilute GDPR.
4) Regulate, crack down on surveillance capitalism and targeted advertising.
5) Do not implement mass surveillance violating our Basic Rights - we are the People, not Suspects.
6) Do not force GenAI LLM crap & slop on us.
7) Do not yield to U.S. Agent Orange and U.S. TechBro attempts to fuck around w/ EU policies and politics, but stand by and enforce EU law for U.S. actors if they wanna do business here. That's only fair.
8) With regards to this communication channel, please refrain from bullshitting.

Thanks for your attention. Peace, Justice, and Happy Holidays for everyone.

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Walk the talk... dear EUCommision, walk the talk...

There is a lot of work to be done, in regulation and in awareness. But also in stimulating open source initiatives and innovation. Embrace it!

Talking about sending out mixed messages. This is from your own webpage European Commission.

I think you can and must do better than that.

Seriously tho...

X?

Just...why?

So much virtue signaling.

All I want for Christmas is the EU-Commission not trying to impose mass surveillance upon every citizen.

I want the same! social media: yes, but without algorithms.

what can I do to get an initiative in the EU going that tries to control algorithms? In the end, we make the rules, right?

But I see those algorithm and data hungry platforms in ur website 🤕
Mastodon or any fediverse app is not there😢

Many would appreciate mastodon there. Consider that as a request please 😀

Thousands of people across the EU are already building exactly this - spaces where people come before algorithms.

You and I are both posting on one right now.

The Commission has shown leadership by joining the people-not-platforms Fediverse. Please consider reflecting that commitment by adding the Mastodon logo to the "Follow Us" section of your public website.

Schade das sie sich nicht mit solchen Aussagen kritisch auseinandersetzen.

Frau Reiche schlägt Maßnahmen vor die die Menge an arbeitsfähigen Personen erhöht, dabei hat die Wirtschaft derzeit gerade gar kein Mangel an Personal.

Auf der anderen Seite will die Dame scheinbar uns Richtung "hire and fire" weiterentwickelen. Das mag Unternehmen helfen aber nicht der Mehrheit der Bürger.

Ich denke liebe Tagesschau das wäre eine Aufgabe herauszufinden, wem das etwas nützt?