NGI Policy Lab

Building a more democratic, resilient and inclusive internet by 2030 through the European Commission’s @NGI4Eu initiative.

[NGI Policy Lab @NGIForward]

💥 NEW EVENT | Redistribute the internet

Join us for the 2021 NGI Policy Summit, a three-day series of fireside chats and salons that will discuss bold visions for the future of the internet.

👉 Register: https://t.co/p5lKLgtUSS
📅 When: 29 November–1 December
🌐 Where: Online

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

Canada orders Chinese companies to divest stake in lithium mines: "Canada welcomes FDI from companies that “share our interests and values” but would “act decisively when investments threaten our national security and critical minerals supply chains”."
https://t.co/H05IYizy6m

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

*two* damaged undersea cables:

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

Let Nord stream be a wake-up call that it's not just energy infrastructure, but all kinds of critical infrastructures that need more attention.

Inteference with undersea cables in international waters, for example, also remains woefully undergoverned, and security far too lax.

[OpenFuture @OpenFutureEU]

The French Presidency left a strong legacy: @AmbNum proposal that puts #DigitalCommons at the heart of Europe’s approach to digital sovereignty. Including new EU institution that stewards the commons. Read opinion by @paul_keller on our blog https://t.co/AUY0e0h2Xy

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

29 May 1986.

#OnThisDay the 🇪🇺 EU flag was raised for the first time in front of the Berlaymont building – our headquarters in Brussels.

The then Commission’s President, Jacques Delors, led the ceremony to mark its official adoption to the sound of the EU anthem.

#EUHistory

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

"In China, offline protests are rare, with gatherings discouraged by the police and closely monitored by the government. As an alternative, citizens join virtual protests, speaking in innuendo and making up codes and dates to keep their dissent alive." https://t.co/0tyQExxGhh

[EFF @EFF]

1. The @EU_Commission has a new “chat control” proposal that involves scanning private messages. It’s bad for privacy, bad for security, and we believe the public will reject it. https://t.co/Ndh1FsvNzQ

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

Google: "Chinese state hackers keep targeting Russian government agencies."

https://t.co/XoYAvSXOhn

[OpenFuture @OpenFutureEU]

How to build a digital ecosystem based on public values #DigitalPublicSpace? Join us at the @public_spaces conference #2 on 17-18 May in Amsterdam, the time is now!👇

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

How do we know if tech does what it says on the tin?
Some really interesting ideas in this great new report by @RosenzweigP and @benjaminwittes
for @lawfareblog on trust in hardware and software, and improving trustworthiness across the supply chain. https://t.co/yjtAIjIY7D

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

Excited to launch my new paper on how the EU can support Public Digital Infrastructure:

✅Create an ecosystem of alternatives through collaborative interoperability and open protocols.
✅Launch a Public Tech Fund.
✅Support data commons and identity.
https://t.co/AOPtBv1kQi

[OpenFuture @OpenFutureEU]

Final #DMA proposal mandates dominant messaging services to become #interoperable, shifting these key types of services from a collection of “walled gardens” to a connected - more open - ecosystem.
Read @atarkowski: https://t.co/Rd5512DgLj

[NGI Policy Lab @NGIForward]

🚨 Come join our Policy-in-Practice grantees @commonsnetwork and @OpenFutureEU for their launch event on the role generative interoperability can play in building digital public spaces on 22/3!

[Commons Network @commonsnetwork]

Next Tuesday on the 22nd of March we will present our new report with @OpenFutureEU on Generative Interoperability-Buidling Civic & Public Spaces Online https://t.co/mkT5rEAK11… Come join!

[NGITransoceanic @NGITransoceanic]

Do you fight against #climate change? Do you carry out measurements to create #awareness on the #environmental impact of the #Internet? If you do, you should apply to our 5th #OpenCall and try to get funds for your project.
Interested? Check this out ⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/tirK1POGtI

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

The geopolitical/security implications of the green transition deserve so much more attention: "The green transition has also turned the pursuit of critical minerals into a great-power competition not unlike the search for gold or oil in eras past" https://t.co/IMpsmwMebP

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

"The White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened U.S. export curbs by blocking access to key materials [neon, palladium and others], people familiar with the matter said." https://t.co/6y6KAKSzR2

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

If you're interested in the geopolitics of the energy transition, this episode by the @bbcworldservice's The Inquiry on lithium access is a great introductory primer:

"Do we have enough lithium to power the future?"
https://t.co/GH4yZOhSYo

[Kristóf Gyódi @kgyodi]

Today I have successfully defended my PhD thesis @EconUW "The characteristics and economic impact of novel business models: the case of Airbnb in European cities". Many thanks for my advisor Katarzyna Śledziewska, friends, family @pgyodi and collegaues at @DELabUW Links in thread

[Alexander Lanoszka @ALanoszka]

In Germany, a part of its energy infrastructure appears to have been the target of a major cyber attack. All of Oiltanking's loading and unloading systems are paralyzed. It is one of the largest independent providers of tank space for mineral oils, chemicals and gases worldwide.

[Katja Bego @katjabego]

"Wordle shows us that the internet can still be pure and ni... -"

Oh.