openfuture, 4 months ago

A Digital Knowledge Act for Europe: it is time for a legislative intervention specifically designed to empower knowledge institutions to fulfill their public service mission in the digital environment: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/digital-knowledge-act/ 🧵2/8 #OpenKnowledge

openfuture, 4 months ago

A Copyright Infrastructure for the Digital Age: to ensure that the EU regulatory framework for the use of copyrighted works functions in practice, the EU needs to ensure that the required technological infrastructure exists and that it is provided as a public good: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/copyright-infrastructure/ 🧵3/8 #copyright

openfuture, 4 months ago

A Public Option for AI Development: aligning #AI advances with broader goals of social progress and sustainability requires public investment in this technology rather than leaving its fate in the hands of private companies: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/a-public-option-for-ai-development/ 🧵4/8

openfuture, 4 months ago

A European Public Digital Infrastructure Fund: there is a clear need for a fund that can operate at the EU level and on a sufficient scale to support a #PublicDigitalInfrastructure that can act as a viable alternative to existing services: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/public-digital-infrastructure-fund/ 🧵5/8

openfuture, 4 months ago

A Public, Interoperable Social Media Space: The EU ought to create the conditions for public and governmental institutions, non-profit organizations, and citizens' initiatives to invest in their autonomous communication infrastructure: https://openfuture.eu/policies-for-the-digital-commons/interoperable-social-media/ 🧵6/8 #interoperability

erikkemp, 4 months ago

@openfuture

"During the current mandate, the European Union (EU) has enacted laws — the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) — that build a platform regulation regime and aim to curb the power of the gatekeepers. They are intended to create a safer digital space by regulating platforms and to bring greater fairness to digital markets by enabling competition."

Let's go for the next step in the upcoming mandate of the EU: invest in the public infrastructure we do want!