A strategy account on open source, digital sovereignty, civic capacity, and how Cyprus can do more than simply host decisions about our collective digital future. Link to the actual press release. Let me start from the top, or rather, the so-called top. There is an official tech policy conversation taking shape, these days, as part… Continue reading This Is Not a Press Release: Cyprus Open Digital Futures Week OR How to Move from Hosting to Co-Creating Tech Policy
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Report on the Cyprus Tech Policy Unconference: Reclaiming the Digital Commons – ReFLOSS Edition
by Chrystalleni Loizidou also published on ellak.org.cy, the Cyprus Mail and syndicated here, and here. For policymakers unfamiliar with this space: FLOSS and digital sovereignty are not fringe concerns—they are the building blocks of a more secure, autonomous, and transparent public infrastructure. This report outlines how a small island community is contributing to a much-needed… Continue reading Report on the Cyprus Tech Policy Unconference: Reclaiming the Digital Commons – ReFLOSS Edition
War-zones and battle-fronts / Dear Bassel Khartabil / Free culture
Dear Bassel Khartabil, responding to your call in this climate of urgency has been a liberating experience. Your work is especially heartening in the midst of an international climax that defies our previous definitions of conflict, and our understanding of its geographies. I was reminded of the significance of this in the emergency room yesterday:… Continue reading War-zones and battle-fronts / Dear Bassel Khartabil / Free culture
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