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Some of you have been asking why the #EU digital policy account isn't on the #Fediverse..
Well, today they are! Go follow the official #DigitalEU account: @digitaleu for updates about #OpenSource, #Tech and #DigitalSovereignty, and much more!
Today is a good day for the open source community. Stay tuned for more announcements.
#fediverse #eu #OpenSource #tech #digitalsovereignty #DigitalEU @digitaleu
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Hannah Grace

Look, I understand wanting to be critical, but feel free to be constructive too!
The EU is not a dictatorship, and there are many ways that you can get involved and voice your views.
You could launch a #EuropeanCitizenInitiative, or support an existing one, check the #HaveYourSay portal for open public consultations on topics you care about, or start a discussion thread on the #CitizenEngagementPlatform.
Or get involved through civil society orgs!
#europeancitizeninitiative #haveyoursay #citizenengagementplatform
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@zer0unplanned
Citizen engagement platform: citizens.ec.europa.eu/index_en

Here you can post comments and start threads that will actually be read by policy people! (Rather than screaming into the void that is social media, but keep doing that too)

Citizens' Engagement Platform

This page gives me access to information about citizens engagement initiatives, current and upcoming citizens' panels, latest news, as well as an image gallery, videos etc.
Citizens’ Engagement Platform
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TrueNorthSpice 🇨🇦

Just a heads up

mastodon.world/@TrueNorthSpice…

@zer0unplanned

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⚠️ Word is from Admins and Mods, Russian bot farm accounts are becoming a real problem so the advice I'm hearing is, carefully vet new accounts following you and any you might want to follow.

#Fediverse #Mastodon

edit: Look below this post--I will add a couple articles about how to spot a bot account


@Plan-A̵̛͈̬̥̿͋̓͛̕

Plan-A̵̛͈̬̥̿͋̓͛̕ doesn't like this.

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@TrueNorthSpice 🇨🇦 @Hannah Grace you think I'm a bot account?? lol , wait gotta re share this. Also your accusations are false so I could report you instead busy man. Also you are funny, reminds me the cold war era.
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@Hannah Grace Sorry if I sounded over critical, but no one can stop this. We flow silently to another World my generation is not adapted with. For a young person all this is normal ( not judging as young ) but there are fundamental changes that undermine privacy, a flagship of the EU with it's GDPR that contraverse new laws they get in to control the crowd which bring a great risk to user as we know breaches happen and will keep happening that was my most concerning point. I embrace as you say the benefits and should be less critical as well if you wish so, thank you for the reminder : )

in edit: I embrace eg. their open source usage for all official instances but why not the users or the people those 350 million that didn't voted on Ursula?

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Stian

The Commission president is proposed by the Council and elected by the European Parliament through majority vote.

So Von der Leyen was first nominated by democratically elected governments, and then elected by a directly elected parliament.

Electing leaders indirectly rather than directly is common in democracies. According to your logic Sweden is a dictatorship.
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@Stian @paelnever @Hannah Grace Is that Democracy in your way of view?
Was elected by this and by those but we chose locally.
Also, I will save you from the many infringements of International Law allows as they are the law makers, so we have to shut up and go on.
It's not like you are talking to a 13 year old or 23 or 33 or 43 year old guy no.... you talk to me.
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Stian

Laws being made by officials elected by people to represent them for set periods of time, and then being peacefully removed and replaced following elections if public opinion goes against them?

You forget about European Parliament elections.

There are plenty of democratic challenges in the EU, including that EP elections are considered second order so people use them to vote on national issues. It's not a perfect system, but it's not a dictatorship either.
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Stian

It's rigged in its ways. Lobbying is powerful and mostly available to the rich. Right wingers own the media. National narratives tend to discourage honest engagement on the EU level, rendering EU democracy an empty shell. The list goes on.

I just think it's worth going into more nuanced takes rather than resorting to hyperboles.

Judging by the UK we wouldn't be much better off without it, so we better fix it instead. Which requires understanding and nuance.
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@paelnever That is what I mean, and don't get me wrong at start I was anti Russia until I got a look on the reality behind it and the history etc.
Dumbest move is what USA wants is that we wage war against a nuke super power in fact the nr1 in the world without US backing > I wonder what makes their brains work
a 12V inductor?
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Plan-A̵̛͈̬̥̿͋̓͛̕

@TrueNorthSpice 🇨🇦 @paelnever @Stian @Hannah Grace "Russophobia" you mean and it is not me that has that fear at all, well with those incompetent EU leaders we'll go to get hit someday but that is the least of my concerns, what concern me is the greatness illusion of EU vs Russia and instead War we should trade simply set and set your racism aside for a moment or hatred as I bet you from Eastern EU , I know you were occupied by them in the 80's 70's etc and life was harsh but forget about past and think about legality and openness to the new world disorder. I wish you a nice Sunday ahead.
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@sab @zer0unplanned
Letting aside the fact that economic power already can handle what people vote just by controlling all the info the people receive. That what you call "indirect" election is a de-facto dictatorship. Economic power just have to bribe/blackmail a bunch of (mostly already corrupted) politicians to put the people they want in charge. It's fine if you are naive but please don't insult intelligence believing we all are.
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@Grey Pilgrim @Hannah Grace Isn't that the parent's responsibility?
It has always being on I was once in that group that reported them directly to the right instances as anonymous user as the methods were not really legal. I hate them but these laws are gonna change no thing about that but take away our privacy you could as well cancel the GDPR
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@Grey Pilgrim @Hannah Grace Why should I believe you?
Your statement lacks an argument.
Sure both parents want to work whole day and deliver their kids at school and take them back after work and listen to mainstream media in mean time but has no time to control what their kids do? Are they spoiled or what? In my youth this was all not possible and I can not imagine my gran parents not acting on such if it existed back then.
I realize I talk to slaves of the system here.
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@zer0unplanned
Your choice!
To figure it out by checking facts, such as big tech strategies on manipulation, addiction and on mental well-being related to socials and web-shops for the under-aged, etc.
Your choice to think what you like to believe.
Personally I lean toward science and independent experts instead of big businesses and profit making influencers.
@hpod16
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@Grey Pilgrim @Hannah Grace Thank you for your answer, also I'm a poor guy not some CEO of big corps.
It is sad that digital personality has to translate to judge a person to his wealth or not as you have no clew about my life as I don't about yours yet I call no one out for anything but racism for that other guy.
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