From open source to open spaces
summary
Argues that the Fediverse and projects like Matrix and Wikimedia are concrete building blocks for a European public interest digital infrastructure and that policy must fund and protect them. Calls for a fed fund of €30 million per year and legal certainty for nonprofits running instances, notes the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium announcement and the Display Europe prototype but warns prototype funding is insufficient. Flags an upcoming summit with 900 mostly politicians and lobbyists and pushes the plus one principle obliging public bodies to match spending on open platforms.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:54Technology and politics intertwined
- 3:39Public interest digital infrastructure
- 6:09Digital commons explained
- 7:14Building blocks for public interest
- 8:19Three ways to support the community
- 9:22Political demands for the Fediverse
- 12:35Call to action and conclusion
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