Ivan Sigal
@ivansigal.bsky.social
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@FreeOurFeeds interim director, also thinking, strategy, making, and information, media and journalism, rights, arts. Former ED @globalvoices.org
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bsky.app
Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky
Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.
bsky.social
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bmann.ca
Own Your Algorithm == Ow Ya! Lovely to see the new G in the wild.
ivansigal.bsky.social
Were you looking for this, just happen to already have known about it, or stumble upon it? I have questions.
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freeourfeeds.com
Very pleased to see this #Indiesky project put #freeourfeeds funds to good use, supporting Northsky in their community building efforts. Congratulations @transrights.northsky.social and @knowtheory.net @bmann.ca
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rebecca-mackinnon.bsky.social
"The true free speech absolutists in the tech industry aren’t the ones making the most noise. They’re the ones building platforms that are untouchable. Whether those solutions operate on blockchain or some other technology, it’s clearly the future of free speech." cc @ivansigal.bsky.social
ivansigal.bsky.social
Not just a good argument, and on a vital issue, but damn funny. I wish more policy writing made me chuckle.
robin.berjon.com
The internet's in a bad place. We're not winning. How can we turn things around? We need money.

What parts of the internet 1) are still under democratic control and 2) are in a position to produce significant revenue? It's mostly down to Wikipedia.

But there's more… 🧵
How Wikipedia Can Save the Internet With Advertising | TechPolicy.Press
Robin Berjon explores how principled advertising on Wikipedia could fund a democratic digital future.
www.techpolicy.press
ivansigal.bsky.social
Amazing news. Alaa pardoned after, this time, six years in prison and a lifetime fighting for freedoms in Egypt. What an inspiration. This would be a good time to grab his book, "You have not yet been defeated": what it takes to fight oppression. #freealaa fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/you-ha...
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older.bsky.social
Reminder that I'm hosting a new podcast at @issuesinst.bsky.social where I basically invited a bunch of my friends who work in really interesting areas and we talk about what they do with a lens of disaster studies and speculative fiction. The conversations have been amazing!
Not Now, But Soon Archives
Not Now, But Soon challenges the stories we often tell about disasters and explores how we can use speculative fiction to create better futures.
issues.org
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knowtheory.net
That's a wiiiiiiiiild omission with a lot of downstream consequences.

It's interesting to contemplate why we didn't collectively discover this sooner too.
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eurosky.social
Hello everyone! Announcing Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025. Join founders, developers, media, policy-makers, and investors for a full-day public programe exploring the European open social web.

If you're building on ATProto and interested in showcasing, please reach out!

To register: luma.com/knk1342n
Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025 · Luma
Showcase • Keynotes • Panels Join founders, developers, media, policy-makers, and investors for a full-day public programme exploring the European open social…
luma.com
ivansigal.bsky.social
We have a draft of a legal analysis for a commons moderation to support European regulation, potentially applicable to other regulatory environments too. Still working through some details on it though
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ivansigal.bsky.social
The times they are a-changing
digiphile.bsky.social
I see @opengovpartnership.org omitted the info that a coalition of #opengov watchdogs asked OGP to put the USA under review, & that OGP has found cause to open an inquiry: www.opengovpartnership.org/ogp-response...
NB: The USGSA is deceiving the American people about co-creating a 6th #opengov plan
ivansigal.bsky.social
"officials may treat digital protections as bargaining chips rather than a crucial bulwark of European democracy or a defence against foreign influence". The Brussels defect, as told by the Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/5820...
Europe urgently needs a remedy for the ‘Brussels defect’
The EU must stop thinking it can turn thorny political controversies into solvable technical issues
www.ft.com
ivansigal.bsky.social
Super interesting: Russian FSB demanding direct entry into smart speakers in personal spaces, with legal support. Where else, if anywhere is this happening, or might it happen in the future?
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anew.social
Today, we're launching the first Beta of Bounce, a tool that lets you migrate your social graph across protocols!

We got such a positive response from our announcement, and we're so excited for folks to try it out.

Here's what you need to know when you Bounce: blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-...
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mackuba.eu
My "Introduction to #ATProto" blog post that I've been working on for some time is ready 🙂 It goes through things like records, lexicons, DIDs, then PDS/AppView etc. and how it all works together. Let me know if anything is wrong!

More parts later, with the Fedi comparisons & misconceptions etc.
Introduction to AT Protocol
Walkthrough of the various parts and concepts in Bluesky's AT Protocol (ATProto), the types of servers involved and how it all fits together
mackuba.eu
ivansigal.bsky.social
Also yet to broach: those govts with reg regimes that are overtly anti-expression/authoritarian, which is where I've had my focus for the past 20 years. See also: transnational repression.
ivansigal.bsky.social
Local communities and standards difference: absolutely, which is why permissionless labeling/feeds is such a good thing. And why under this system, separating the legal obligations from culture norms might be useful.