We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund 🎉
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@VogueLaGalere @Mastodon @sovtechfund why not simply go to the website and check?
https://www.sovereign.tech/faq@paul @Mastodon @sovtechfund Because I am completely unfamiliar with what the institution is, hence my question. I do know of a Saudi Arabian fund that is referred to as "sovereign" and that concerned me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund So your response assumes I have knowledge of which fund, which I did not.
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@paul @Mastodon @sovtechfund Because I am completely unfamiliar with what the institution is, hence my question. I do know of a Saudi Arabian fund that is referred to as "sovereign" and that concerned me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund So your response assumes I have knowledge of which fund, which I did not.
@VogueLaGalere @Mastodon @sovtechfund „The Sovereign Tech Agency is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation and is a subsidiary of SPRIND, the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation.“ first paragraph of the link I send which can be found on the account Mastodon mentions.
It’s funded my German tax payers like me.
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@VogueLaGalere @Mastodon @sovtechfund „The Sovereign Tech Agency is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation and is a subsidiary of SPRIND, the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation.“ first paragraph of the link I send which can be found on the account Mastodon mentions.
It’s funded my German tax payers like me.
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We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund
This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.
Sovereign Tech Agency funding
Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
@Mastodon Honestly, this makes me queasy. No matter how noble, it is still gov and capable of turning on an election outcome. I’ve supported M because of user funding. I’m guessing it makes others queasy too.
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We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund
This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.
Sovereign Tech Agency funding
Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
Congrats!
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@ophiocephalic "This will allow server owners to opt-in to use external tools to scan content for spam, illegal materials, etc in order to help them fight bad actors"
Not actually evil.
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@Mastodon Honestly, this makes me queasy. No matter how noble, it is still gov and capable of turning on an election outcome. I’ve supported M because of user funding. I’m guessing it makes others queasy too.
@mildpeach @Mastodon STA is a pretty awesome program; they fund specific work that is open source. It's designed to help direct funding to critical open source infrastructure, making it more resilient and enabling the German government (and everyone else!) to be less reliant on big tech.
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@paul @Mastodon @sovtechfund Because I am completely unfamiliar with what the institution is, hence my question. I do know of a Saudi Arabian fund that is referred to as "sovereign" and that concerned me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Investment_Fund So your response assumes I have knowledge of which fund, which I did not.
@VogueLaGalere @paul @Mastodon @sovtechfund
In the case you refer to, an investment fund is owned by the sovereign (basically the state). It's a class of which there are many instances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_wealth_fundIn the other case, "sovereign" is an adjective to "tech[nology]".
This is an ambiguity of the English language due to the endings of words being non-marked.
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We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund
This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.
Sovereign Tech Agency funding
Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
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We’re happy to share that Mastodon has been awarded a service agreement from the Sovereign Tech Fund @sovtechfund
This covers five major initiatives through 2026 and 2027. We are very grateful for this support. Read about the details in our blog post.
Sovereign Tech Agency funding
Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.
Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)
@Mastodon @sovtechfund
The Fediverse keeps winning.
