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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · 19d

Today, @archive.org opened a new space for the Open Community in Amsterdam! 🇳🇱

📚This is the beginning of the Internet Archive Europe!

The goal?
🎯 Fight against disinformation, foster learning, sovereignty, support growth.

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Europeana @europeana.bsky.social · 28d

The European #PublicDomain Day conference will take place on 15 January 2026 at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. For the first time, the conference has opened a call for contributions for the event - submit yours by 30 September! bit.ly/4nlGHPE

A young woman in old-fashioned dress sits barefoot in a grassy field with wildflowers, trees in the distance.

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Aug 4

Oh, c'est sublime !

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Camille Polloni @camillepolloni.bsky.social · Aug 3

La Cnil donne un mois au ministère de l’intérieur pour débrancher la vidéosurveillance à Brest, irrégulièrement déployée depuis 2023 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...

La Cnil ordonne au ministère de l’intérieur de débrancher la vidéosurveillance à Brest

Dans une décision non publique, dont Mediapart a pris connaissance, l’autorité donne un mois au ministère de l’intérieur pour « cesser de mettre en œuvre » le réseau de caméras irrégulièrement déploy…

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jul 1

Libertés associatives : « L’autocensure est un phénomène massif »
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Libertés associatives : « L’autocensure est un phénomène massif »

Les associations citoyennes sont 41 % à s’être déjà autocensurées pour éviter des conflits avec les pouvoirs publics, révèle une étude de l’Observatoire des libertés associatives. Un phénomène qui ab…

www.mediapart.fr

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 28

I've finally deleted all my meta-accounts 🙀
🔸My unused Facebook account
🔸My Instagram account
🔸And my WhatsApp account.

It feels quite a relief, although it was hard to let go of Instagram. It was a step by step process, realigning my values and my actions.

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Justus Dreyling @justusdreyling.bsky.social · Jun 18

In case you missed our Salon on this misguided proposal from France, read @cmfrancoise.bsky.social's summary on our blog or watch the recording at the link below:

communia @communia.bsky.social · Jun 18

Earlier this month we hosted our Salon on the French proposal to tax second-hand books🍿

If you were unable to make it or would like to rewatch, the recording is now available!
communia-association.org/2025/06/18/v...

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Software Heritage @softwareheritage.org · Jun 9

Dive into a bit of computer vision history: #Inria's PASTIS team's efficient chain-linking algorithm from the 80s, now preserved by Software Heritage. See the code & the clever memory tricks: https://www.softwareheritage.org/2025/06/04/history_computer_vision/

When memory was measured in kilobytes: The art of efficient vision - Software Heritage

Back when RAM was precious, clever code reigned. Take a peek into early computer vision’s elegant solutions.

www.softwareheritage.org

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 17

Une petite référence pour vous, @inrae-dipso.bsky.social :)

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 16

Un panel sur le matrimoine et la visibilité des femmes en ligne avec
Philippe Gambette, Benoît Soubeyran, et Virginie de Marco, sur des sujets divers comme
🔸Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, 🔸des ateliers Wikisource à l'université Gustave Eiffel et 🔸renforcer la visibilité des femmes scientifiques.

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 16

Yeah! C'est le début des Journées Wikimédia Culture et Numérique à l'Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art ✨

Rémy Gerbet, directeur de Wikimédia France et Johanna Daniel ouvrent ces journées !

Merci à toutes et à tous!

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 13

Taxer les ultrariches : les Français sont pour, mais le Sénat est contre
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Taxer les ultrariches : les Français sont pour, mais le Sénat est contre

Le Sénat a rejeté une proposition de loi visant à taxer à 2 % le patrimoine des grandes fortunes. Faire payer davantage d’impôts aux ultrariches est une idée qui fait pourtant consensus, à en croire …

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 13

What are the next steps? #PubConf2025

Two pillars 🎯

1️⃣ Regulate the problem

2️⃣ Build something new!

That's what we need.

We need stronger regulations of Big Tech. And the Draghi report is a push to deregulate the EU under the excuse of innovation.

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 13

Today, it's the PublicSpaces Conference!

Geert-Jan Bogaerts, chair of PublicSpaces starts the day, and underlines the difference between the question of autonomy from the US and the public values that we want to have in the digital ecosystem!

#PubConf2025

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jennie rose halperin @littlewow.online · Jun 11

Did you know the first ebook was invented by a woman? In 1949 a Spanish inventor and teacher named Ángela Ruiz Robles designed the Enciclopedia Mecanica.
Learn about this pioneer (and much, much more!) on a Podcast about Ebooks!

Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · Jun 11

New formats of books have always been controversial. For instance, people used to worry about the devastating effects of... printed books. Learn much more in A Podcast About Ebooks--Episode 1: So What is an Ebook, Anyway? is out now!

engelberg-center-live.simplecast.com/episodes/so-...

So What Is An Ebook, Anyway? | Engelberg Center Live!

Ebooks and ereaders have a long and often surprising history–and some unexpected parallels to overall history of books and reading. Mary and Laura take you through it with special guest Dorothea Salo.

engelberg-center-live.simplecast.com

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 11

'We need a strong European stack, developed on the democratic values, in order to be independent, and hold our data structure for Cultural Heritage Institutions'

Sofie Taes, representative of the Europeana Network Association.

#Europeana2025

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Europeana @europeana.bsky.social · Jun 11

Together with the @ec.europa.eu, we are delighted to announce the second phase of our #3DForCulture campaign - Twin it! Part II!

Find out how it will support EU Member States in their #3D digitisation and preservation efforts - and what that means for you ➡️ bit.ly/4dUZ9eC

A blue graphic shows a white outlined windmill beside a photo of a dark windmill. Text reads “Europeana. Twin it! Part II. 3D for Europe’s Culture.” EU and funding logos appear at the bottom right.

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 11

I cannot agree more - Cybersecurity in cultural Heritage Data is essential. But what about open access?

As institutions, we hold the doors of information and data, with their integrity, for the public good, and for people to make decisions based on evidence.

#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 11

Zygmunt Stepinski, director of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, underlines the importance of cybersecurity in the cultural heritage fields, especially as attacks increased significantly, especially regarding minorities, whether religious, gender, sexual, etc.
#europeana2025

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · Jun 6

The 🤖💭🐬 case referred to the CJEU focuses not on AI model training issues, but rather on questions arising from their use. Read @paulk.bsky.social's analysis of the first EU court case addressing AI and copyright:
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...

Do AI models dream of dolphins in lake Balaton? - Kluwer Copyright Blog

There is a bit of excitement in copyright circles about the first case referred to the CJEU that directly addresses the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the EU copyright framework.…

copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 11

Rehana Schwinninger-Ladak, Head of Unit, interactive technologies, DG CNECT, EC, announces the launch of the ✨Twin-IT Campaign, PART II ✨ to provide models of heritage at risks & remarkable sites.

Thanks to the support of the Polish & Danish Representatives.

#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage

Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 11

Mr. Rogowski: 'We support the development of the Cultural Heritage Data Space for the present & for the future'.

#Europeana2025

Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 11

Slawomir Rogowski, under the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage highlights the importance of the cross-borders access to cultural heritage information.

#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage

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Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 11

Institutions and community members, we care about information integrity & about the potential impacts of the uses made with these data.

#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage

Camille Françoise @cmfrancoise.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Europeana Conference starts in Warsaw! ✨

The topic is 'Preserve, Protect, Reuse'

Preservation is nice, but it is irrelevant if you cannot protect the information you hold as an institution.

#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage

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