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What we really want for Christmas: people before algorithms.
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What we really want for Christmas: people before algorithms.
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European Commission
in reply to Dmitry Tantsur • • •That’s why we created the world’s first ever legal framework on AI, which addresses the risks of AI, and bans unethical practices like:
🔹harmful AI-based manipulation and deception
🔹social scoring
🔹untargeted scraping of the internet or CCTV material to create or expand facial recognition databases
🔹emotion recognition in workplaces and education institutions
🔹biometric categorisation to deduce certain protected characteristics
Learn more: link.europa.eu/g8tQmH
AI Act
Shaping Europe’s digital futureDmitry Tantsur
in reply to European Commission • • •thank you for taking time to respond!
I'm aware of these efforts and find them exceptionally valuable (and yes, we are the first!). I'm worried about the USA and its Big Tech trying to blackmail you (and us all) into weakening the protections for their profits by using tariffs and other threats.
I think I'll voice a popular opinion on Fediverse if I say that we got your back and we urge you not to surrender to their demands.
Ondřej Žižka
in reply to European Commission • • •grob (teeth era) 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
in reply to European Commission • • •joyandsadness
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Egon Willigh☮gen 🟥
in reply to European Commission • • •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!
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Mnemosina
in reply to European Commission • • •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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Angela Scholder
in reply to European Commission • • •Also which accepts that Trump is no longer an ally, but is out to break us.
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Sos Sosowski
in reply to European Commission • • •Blyatskrieg
in reply to European Commission • • •Cavallo Pazzo
in reply to European Commission • • •home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news…
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Migration and Home AffairsSebasFC
in reply to European Commission • • •Hierarchy
in reply to European Commission • • •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
Priscilla Haring-Kuipers
in reply to European Commission • • •and perhaps start your own in the EU fedied server
FediThing
in reply to Priscilla Haring-Kuipers • • •@priscillaharing
Yes to getting off X 👍
But also to be fair they are already on their own Fedi server ( ec.social-network.europa.eu/ex… ). Or do you mean start their own public server?
European Commission on Mastodon
Mastodon hosted on ec.social-network.europa.euPriscilla Haring-Kuipers
in reply to FediThing • • •Which one means they are running a server that is on their own hardware? Or do they both mean that but one isn't open to others?
I would be happy with "one your own hardware" and even more happy with "open to others"
FediThing
in reply to Priscilla Haring-Kuipers • • •7heo
in reply to FediThing • • •@FediThing @priscillaharing
> Their Fediverse address shows the server they're on and it uses the EU's official domain europa.eu, so it proves they are running their own server.
That's just wrong. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of DNS, it just means they own the DOMAIN. Nothing else.
> It might be on their own hardware or it might be a hosting service, but either way it's under their control and ownership 🙂
Wrong again. If you look the IP up, it will solve to a fastly IP.
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7heo
in reply to 7heo • • •@FediThing @priscillaharing
And while fastly is likely to be used "only as a CDN" (read: to prevent DDoS and improve latency), it is nonetheless an american owned company, controlling ALL the traffic that goes in and out the server.
Now this does not mean they don't control their actual server, but it also absolutely doesn't mean they do.
And, to top it off, in regular EU style, they preach but don't do: they could absolutely use a European CDN.
Unless they are already US owned...
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7heo
in reply to 7heo • • •@FediThing @priscillaharing
Oh and I forgot to mention:
For such a CDN to work, fastly *MUST* have cleartext access to ALL the content, by stripping the TLS encryption at their edge.
So, yeah, no, in no way, shape, or form, does the EU own their server.
They own the domain, they might own the machine, but as it stands, they are otherwise to be considered a US entity.
No fucking wonder they are acting against our interests... Just check dump's agenda wrt the EU, if you're still confused. 🙃
Nemo_bis 🌈
in reply to 7heo • • •@7heo ec.social-network.europa.eu/pr… claims claims «All personal data in electronic format [...] are either on the servers of the European Commission [...], or of its contractors», which is slightly unhelpful. They do not explicitly state that personal data is transferred outside the EU/EAA but they do mention two USA companies to which they transfer data about fediverse users, Platinum Equity and Emplifi.
Note that MastodonSocial also transfer personal data of all users to the USA with Fastly.
7heo
in reply to Nemo_bis 🌈 • • •@nemobis
Its contractors just have to be anyone with a presence in the EU, and a policy wrt GDPR.
That can be AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, Fastly, cloudfront, and many others.
I'm a "little bit" disgruntled by the behavior of the EU in general.
They clearly do *not* have our best interests at heart anymore. It just seems that they are trying very hard to muddy the waters so that it doesn't get too obvious that they are acting against our interest, before it is too late... 😐
FediThing
in reply to 7heo • • •I think we are talking at cross purposes?
On the Fediverse, the word "server" just means instance. It doesn't necessarily mean a particular piece of hardware. (For example see masto.host )
If you are running your own Fediverse instance, that means the same thing as running your own Fediverse server even if you're not actually running your own hardware server.
People who run their own instance can move their instance to other hosting options if they want to. The instance database contains the keys to keep their connections to other Fedi instances, and it can be transferred elsewhere.
Masto.host - Fully Managed Mastodon Hosting
Masto.hostFediThing
in reply to FediThing • • •If there is a problem on their current hosting, they can transfer their instance to a different hosting (including their own hardware if preferred) by pointing their domain name to the new host. Their instance is under their control and they can do whatever they want with it.
I've transferred Fedi instances between hosts and all you need is domain ownership plus a copy of the database.
It's this ability to switch hosting without losing the instance's social graphs that means the instance belongs to you.
Enola Knezevic
in reply to European Commission • • •Patrick H. Lauke
in reply to European Commission • • •Ronald
in reply to European Commission • • •Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to European Commission • • •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
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Giacomo Tesio
in reply to Toni Aittoniemi • • •@gimulnautti@mastodon.green
I'd focus to support small and efficient alternative servers like #snac2 that would really benefit the #fediverse diversity and distribution
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @Framasoft@framapiaf.org @Mastodon@mastodon.social @IceCubesApp@mastodon.online @ivory@tapbots.social @Tusky@mastodon.social @DataKnightmare@mastodon.xyz
How to run your own social network (with Snac)
Giacomo TesioAlien software, human hardware
in reply to European Commission • • •Also links to mastodon instead of American big tech.
JakeKb
in reply to European Commission • • •Matthew 🖖
in reply to European Commission • • •David Revoy
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Sérgio Machado
in reply to David Revoy • • •Epic Null
in reply to David Revoy • • •Mugita Sokio
in reply to David Revoy • • •@davidrevoy Problem: they don't want to, as they want to control the algorithms themselves.
Twitter is actually better off not being in the EU. I'm not from there, nor live there (I'm American), and yet, something seemed off about that wish from the EU.
FC
in reply to European Commission • • •A Room of One's Joan 😷
in reply to European Commission • • •Imbolc Healy-Rae-Nua
in reply to European Commission • • •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...
mantis
in reply to European Commission • • •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.
cake-duke
in reply to European Commission • • •"CHAT CONTROL", NO "PROTECTEU", AND NO NEXT BULLSHIT NAME YOU'LL CALL IT NEXT TIME.
grob (teeth era) 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
in reply to European Commission • • •Jasper
in reply to European Commission • • •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 😉
caneToad
in reply to European Commission • • •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.
Stay safe 🎄
☮️ 🇺🇦
Jan Žegklitz 🇺🇦
in reply to European Commission • • •European Commission
in reply to Jan Žegklitz 🇺🇦 • • •We have taken note, so stay tuned for updates. 😉 🐘
xs4me2
in reply to European Commission • • •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!
skoczek
in reply to European Commission • • •Rick
in reply to European Commission • • •Stefan Wagner
in reply to European Commission • • •European Commission
in reply to Stefan Wagner • • •Our Digital Services Act contains provisions that oblige large platforms to give us the option: to view content in a feed designed by an algorithm or in chronological order.
Learn more: link.europa.eu/c69QhP
If you want to know more about how we hold platforms accountable, check out this link, where you can find an overview of all proceedings and requests for information from the large online platforms: link.europa.eu/ngkJPH
Digital Services Act: keeping us safe online
European CommissionStefan Wagner
in reply to European Commission • • •Michele Adduci
in reply to European Commission • • •Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪
in reply to European Commission • • •Ronan
in reply to European Commission • • •Krautdragon [ Art ]
in reply to European Commission • • •mossyrua
in reply to European Commission • • •The US and Russia have determined the European Union should be destroyed. Social media driven misinformation destroys truth and as a result, democracy.
Why allow US tech baron owned social media in the European Union?
Ban them immediately and strengthen EU digital laws. Now.
Daniel S. Reichenbach
in reply to European Commission • • •Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to European Commission • • •Therefore I wish from you: have the courage to leave platforms of fascist US-owners and become *independent* from their propaganda-promoting, elections-manipulating platforms. Build up a strong democratic decentralised presence with the EU parliament and politicians on your instance for the people.
It would be a powerful sign for others to follow!
And please please please add a Mastodon button to your websites, don't hide your democracy part of social media!
Max
in reply to European Commission • • •Erik Menzel
in reply to European Commission • • •Talking about sending out mixed messages. This is from your own webpage European Commission.
I think you can and must do better than that.
Bad News Nobody
in reply to European Commission • • •Nemo_bis 🌈
in reply to Bad News Nobody • • •Social media: connect with the European Commission
European CommissionMatv1
in reply to European Commission • • •And of course it is a pourly worded advert -I'm not even sure for what-, but you guys really need to stand up for our values a lot more.
Oliver
in reply to European Commission • • •gunstick
in reply to European Commission • • •#chatcontrol
Allan
in reply to European Commission • • •Iarlaiṫ
in reply to European Commission • • •PhantaNews ✅
in reply to European Commission • • •Ulrich O.
in reply to European Commission • • •Kid Mania
in reply to European Commission • • •Seriously tho...
X?
Just...why?
Ward Wouts
in reply to European Commission • • •IFTAS
in reply to European Commission • • •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.
can
in reply to IFTAS • • •Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️
in reply to IFTAS • • •I have come to doubt that any human being even checks replies to the Commission account.
@EUCommission
European Commission
in reply to Prof. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🏳️ • • •We really appreciate our engaged Mastodon community! We try our best to read and respond to comments, but we do not always get to them all. Keep the comments coming!
If you have any factual questions about our policies, we recommend you reach out here: link.europa.eu/8RYH9v
Europe Direct, answering your questions | European Union
European UnionJulen Urizar Compains
in reply to European Commission • • •🕯️Curious Magpie 🕯️
in reply to European Commission • • •European Commission
in reply to 🕯️Curious Magpie 🕯️ • • •Thanks to the Digital Services Act you can already choose how you view content: in a feed designed by an algorithm or in chronological order, helping to avoid addictive content. Learn more: link.europa.eu/c69QhP
Digital Services Act: keeping us safe online
European CommissionRandy Hughes-King
in reply to European Commission • • •vlakicas
in reply to European Commission • • •~w00p~
in reply to European Commission • • •So much virtue signaling.
All I want for Christmas is the EU-Commission not trying to impose mass surveillance upon every citizen.
Carola
in reply to European Commission • • •Tom Lowe
in reply to European Commission • • •European Commission
in reply to Tom Lowe • • •Hello @TomL!
That's why we have regulations:
Digital Services Act: link.europa.eu/gbRf9h
Digital Markets Act: link.europa.eu/PgX6P3
Artifical Intelligence Act: link.europa.eu/gTvhRX
Political Advertising Regulation: link.europa.eu/B44p9k
And we are always trying to make our regulations better.
We appreciate your input! If you would like to have an impact beyond commenting on social media, you can give direct feedback on various policy initiatives here: link.europa.eu/DTJVxX
Digital Markets Act
Digital Markets Act (DMA)Tilman
in reply to European Commission • • •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?
Vivekanandan KS (vivek)
in reply to European Commission • • •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 😀
European Commission
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in reply to European Commission • • •Act!
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