It occurs to me that there are other voices we should be listening to that aren't European or American in our internet spaces.
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@janet thank you! It’s an honor to be seen as an answer to this particular question
@onepict @josemurilo @gombang@social.nancengka.com @seav @bianaaf
@autobrain @onepict Please contribute more people to follow, my reach is only superficial!
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@autobrain @onepict Please contribute more people to follow, my reach is only superficial!
@janet @onepict adding to the diversity of the list, I suggest @eco_amandine
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I'll start, you should be reading @anna Essays
Start here and explore.
Ode to free software · Anna e só
Anna e só (/ˈɐ̃.nɐ e ˈsɔ/) is a Brazilian information systems architect building accessible, diverse, and resilient open projects
(notapplicable.dev)
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It occurs to me that there are other voices we should be listening to that aren't European or American in our internet spaces.
So Fediverse who else should we be reading when we worry about Internet Freedom?
About the centralisation dangers and censorship on the internet?
Who are we drowning out?
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Like seriously, if you have a suggestion please reply. I'm enthusiastically asking.
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R relay@relay.an.exchange shared this topic
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@janet @onepict adding to the diversity of the list, I suggest @eco_amandine
@autobrain obrigada! @janet @onepict
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It occurs to me that there are other voices we should be listening to that aren't European or American in our internet spaces.
So Fediverse who else should we be reading when we worry about Internet Freedom?
About the centralisation dangers and censorship on the internet?
Who are we drowning out?
EDIT:
Like seriously, if you have a suggestion please reply. I'm enthusiastically asking.
@onepict definitely follow @ZekuZelalem
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It occurs to me that there are other voices we should be listening to that aren't European or American in our internet spaces.
So Fediverse who else should we be reading when we worry about Internet Freedom?
About the centralisation dangers and censorship on the internet?
Who are we drowning out?
EDIT:
Like seriously, if you have a suggestion please reply. I'm enthusiastically asking.
@onepict not Fediverse, but Rest of World provides a useful corrective:
Rest of World
We’re a global nonprofit publication covering the impact of technology beyond the Western bubble.
Rest of World (restofworld.org)
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It occurs to me that there are other voices we should be listening to that aren't European or American in our internet spaces.
So Fediverse who else should we be reading when we worry about Internet Freedom?
About the centralisation dangers and censorship on the internet?
Who are we drowning out?
EDIT:
Like seriously, if you have a suggestion please reply. I'm enthusiastically asking.
@onepict Chinese activists. The PRC has the most sophisticated and comprehensive internet censorship and filtering mechanism in the world, and importantly: they also export their technology and knowledge to other repressive regimes.
The Great Firewall Report site for technical reports and descriptions of censorship mechanisms: https://gfw.report/en/
The Net4People forum, hosted on Github issues, where people (not only Chinese but also Russians, Iranians, etc) discuss network censorship: https://github.com/net4people/bbs -
R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
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@onepict not Fediverse, but Rest of World provides a useful corrective:
Rest of World
We’re a global nonprofit publication covering the impact of technology beyond the Western bubble.
Rest of World (restofworld.org)
@fazalmajid thank you I will take a look.
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@onepict Chinese activists. The PRC has the most sophisticated and comprehensive internet censorship and filtering mechanism in the world, and importantly: they also export their technology and knowledge to other repressive regimes.
The Great Firewall Report site for technical reports and descriptions of censorship mechanisms: https://gfw.report/en/
The Net4People forum, hosted on Github issues, where people (not only Chinese but also Russians, Iranians, etc) discuss network censorship: https://github.com/net4people/bbs@onepict The Taiwanese g0v civic tech community too: https://g0v.tw/intl/en/
The community is broadly interested in resisting tech authoritarianism, using open technology for societal good, ensuring digital freedom, and preserving democracy in our anti-democratic technological age.
I think the best way to get an idea is to look at the talks from the previous g0v summit (@summit) from 2024: https://summit.g0v.tw/2024/agenda/
Talk videos:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdwQWxpS513DbyZr9K3wK47hInFRmU5Cx&si=k_BkZwSd26HHLeJo -
It occurs to me that there are other voices we should be listening to that aren't European or American in our internet spaces.
So Fediverse who else should we be reading when we worry about Internet Freedom?
About the centralisation dangers and censorship on the internet?
Who are we drowning out?
EDIT:
Like seriously, if you have a suggestion please reply. I'm enthusiastically asking.
@onepict my #RSS feed is here:
https://owleyes.blue/index.xmlI'm #Canadian , an advocate of #OpenSource , #SelfHosting and #DigitalSovereignty
...also #autistic @autistics , so bling-bling-tastic TechBro ecosystems tend to annoy the living shit out of me.
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@onepict The Taiwanese g0v civic tech community too: https://g0v.tw/intl/en/
The community is broadly interested in resisting tech authoritarianism, using open technology for societal good, ensuring digital freedom, and preserving democracy in our anti-democratic technological age.
I think the best way to get an idea is to look at the talks from the previous g0v summit (@summit) from 2024: https://summit.g0v.tw/2024/agenda/
Talk videos:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdwQWxpS513DbyZr9K3wK47hInFRmU5Cx&si=k_BkZwSd26HHLeJo -
@onepict my #RSS feed is here:
https://owleyes.blue/index.xmlI'm #Canadian , an advocate of #OpenSource , #SelfHosting and #DigitalSovereignty
...also #autistic @autistics , so bling-bling-tastic TechBro ecosystems tend to annoy the living shit out of me.
@d1 @autistics Thank you.
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I'll start, you should be reading @anna Essays
Start here and explore.
Ode to free software · Anna e só
Anna e só (/ˈɐ̃.nɐ e ˈsɔ/) is a Brazilian information systems architect building accessible, diverse, and resilient open projects
(notapplicable.dev)
@onepict
thank you for my sharing my essays! I’ll resume writing them this year. I’m almost done with my first paper submission (also on software freedom and social participation)! -
@onepict
thank you for my sharing my essays! I’ll resume writing them this year. I’m almost done with my first paper submission (also on software freedom and social participation)!@anna I look forward to reading them.
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It occurs to me that there are other voices we should be listening to that aren't European or American in our internet spaces.
So Fediverse who else should we be reading when we worry about Internet Freedom?
About the centralisation dangers and censorship on the internet?
Who are we drowning out?
EDIT:
Like seriously, if you have a suggestion please reply. I'm enthusiastically asking.
@onepict I tend to boost them when I see them, and I often write from a systems perspective on topics related to privacy, et al, from a global perspective.
Been involved at the WSIS level in the past, the LAC region (pretty much a lost cause), etc.
Writing's on KnowProSE.com, increasingly so.
Not self promoting. Looking for like minds myself.
Also see @info
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@violetmadder @onepict As an #autistic, #Mastodon is one of the only Social media platforms I can stomach, as it's toned down, with no invasive, distracting garbage built into the platform. No ads, no algorithms, just a small army of abrasive, sensationalist, agenda-loudmouthed people needing to be muted and blocked. Then it's awesome.
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@onepict I tend to boost them when I see them, and I often write from a systems perspective on topics related to privacy, et al, from a global perspective.
Been involved at the WSIS level in the past, the LAC region (pretty much a lost cause), etc.
Writing's on KnowProSE.com, increasingly so.
Not self promoting. Looking for like minds myself.
Also see @info
@knowprose @info Interesting I found your digital twin post resonates with my own post about digital poppets for @fluconf
Digital Twin - KnowProSE.com
The digital twin inherits from the digital shadow.
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@knowprose @info Interesting I found your digital twin post resonates with my own post about digital poppets for @fluconf
Digital Twin - KnowProSE.com
The digital twin inherits from the digital shadow.
KnowProSE.com (knowprose.com)
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@knowprose @info Interesting I found your digital twin post resonates with my own post about digital poppets for @fluconf
Digital Twin - KnowProSE.com
The digital twin inherits from the digital shadow.
KnowProSE.com (knowprose.com)
You might want to take a look at the Stochastic Penal Colony with the digital twin in mind... I worked from Robert Grimm's excellent paper I found here on Mastodon. Linked in the post.
Digital Twins also get us in trouble in interesting ways. In some ways, the Internet has become a stochastic penal colony, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

The Building of the Stochastic Penal Colony - KnowProSE.com
Chronologically, I first encountered a post by Robert Grimm, linking to his paper “Mapping the Stochastic Penal Colony” on arXiv. That paper, in turn,
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