“The Italian government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pushing a security bill through parliament that, if enacted, could have a devastating impact on fundamental rights, including the rights to peaceful protest and freedom of expression.”

https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/05/italian-security-bill-seriously-threatens-rights-freedoms

#FarRight #Italy #Italia #HumanRights #EU #Europe #Migration #Refugees #ClimateCrisis

Italian Security Bill Seriously Threatens Rights, Freedoms

^{Human Rights Watch}

🚀Only two days until the inaugural #EOSAwards25!

It's a day to celebrate excellence in the field of #opensource and reflect on the challenges and opportunities ahead.

🏆The European Open Source #Achievement Awardee is one of the champions for #strengthening open source Europe, and with appropriate leadership, funding efforts, and skill development, #Europe can expand its digital #competitiveness.

👇Read the nominee's hopes for the open source community below :

"Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence

https://edri.org/our-work/meta-and-x-are-going-rogue-here-is-what-europe-should-do-now

#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #twitter #fediverse #politics #europe

📺 Watch: A DW Technology video report on Europe's position in the global #AI race.

Both the #US and #China are further advanced and have bigger budgets, but #Europe (with hotspots like Paris or Berlin) may benefit from approaches that focus on putting humans in the loop or exploring open source models:

https://www.dw.com/en/where-is-europe-in-the-global-ai-race/video-71121257

Where is Europe in the global AI race? – DW – 12/24/2024

China and the US are the global leaders in artificial intelligence. Europe is lagging far behind – but can it make up ground in this vital technology of the future?

^dw.com

An Open Letter to All European Politicians and Leaders to Abandon X/Twitter:

"By abandoning X/Twitter, leaders can reduce its credibility, promote fairer alternatives, and take a stand against the spread of disinformation, ensuring democratic principles are upheld."

H/T to @everton137 for organizing this - already close to 1,000 signatures:

https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/an-open-letter-to-all-european-politicians-and-leaders-to-abandon-x-twitter

#Europe #EU

Who had raging New Years dance party in #Syria on their bingo card? With a big nod to Ukraine everywhere.

#eu #Europe #Ukraine

New on // foss.events: Berlin Buzzwords by Plain Schwarz UG on 15-17 June 2025 in Kulturbrauerei Berlin in #Berlin, #Germany

https://foss.events/2025/06-15-berlin-buzzwords.html

Call for participation is running until 23.02.2025

@berlinbuzzwords

#bbuzz #BerlinBuzzwords #PlainSchwarzUG #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

‼️ The Free Software Foundation Europe needs your help ‼️

The EU Commission aims to remove funding from free software projects which are crucial to our digital lives.

We spoke with the #FSFE to learn more.
👉 https://youtu.be/mNZgSCvg6Ew

Please share this post with your friends to spread the message and rally support for free software! 📣

#freesoftware #opensource #eu #europe #freedom

The @EUCommission wants to know if their Digital Europe funding programme is working. The consultation is open to the public. You may want to comment on their attitude to #OpenSource, to #Federated systems or other aspects of emergent digital culture that company lobbyists won't be mentioning.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13880-Digital-Europe-programme-interim-evaluation_en

#FreeSoftware #Policy #Europe

European Commission - Have your say

^{European Commission - Have your say}

How should #Europe protect its digital ☁️ infrastructure from third-country actors?

The EU's cloud certification scheme #EUCS aims to set criteria for certifying cloud providers over their security attributes.

Is there such thing as too sovereign?

https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-privacy/news/sovereignty-requirements-for-cloud-providers-will-not-make-it-to-commissions-proposal-for-implementing-act/

Sovereignty requirements for cloud providers unlikely to make it to Commission's proposal for implementing act

Sovereignty requirements will almost certainly not be included in an EU cloud certification scheme (EUCS), a s

^{Eliza Gkritsi (EURACTIV)}

Hey! We are happy to announce that Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) starts to use Diaspora more actively. We will forward all our News and posts from other social networks to Diaspora. But we will also actively share content and are happy to engage with people at Diaspora.

Here you can learn more about FSFE. We are charity that empowers users to control technology. Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives; and it is important that this technology empowers rather than restricts us. Free Software gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt and share software. These rights help support other fundamental freedoms like freedom of speech, press and privacy.

At the moment this account is maintained by @Björn Schießle and @Guido Arnold

#newhere #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Europe #Policy #Advocacy #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource

Interesting read

on what's going on regarding FreeSoftware policy in Europe and who is
working on it.

As #FOSDEM attracts so many activists, I think this is an awesome
approach.

#FSFE #Europe #policy #EU