Christine Galvagna
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Christine Galvagna
@galvagna.com
Tech Policy Fellow
UC Berkeley
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Anyone interested in platform & AI governance check out the third annual PlatGov conference Mon/Tue - all online, free & truly global 🌍🌎🌏⌨️💽🤓

Here’s the program:

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platgov.net
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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“[open social] must be funded like infrastructure, not consumer apps. In fact, given the scale of hybrid threats, it should be funded from defense budgets, not innovation leftovers.

The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social
The joint statements coming out of the Summit on Digital Sovereignty miss a structural blind spot: we keep talking about AI while ignoring the system that actually shapes public opinion at scale -… | ...
The joint statements coming out of the Summit on Digital Sovereignty miss a structural blind spot: we keep talking about AI while ignoring the system that actually shapes public opinion at scale - soc...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Interested in platform governance, a defining issue of our time?

Dec 1-2, PlatGovNet is hosting its 2025 online conference. 60+ presentations, conversations with civil society, Reddit, Bluesky. It is free to attend.

Program platgov.net/assets/site/...

Registration ucph-ku.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
platgov.net
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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For the #EUsummit25 these are our 4 demand of the alliance ‘ Open Networks and Democratic Public Spheres!’

Our alliance of 25 digital organisations wants to expand the concepts for #digital #sovereignty on the occasion of the 🇪🇺 summit today in #Berlin.

more Infos:
www.offene-netzwerke.eu
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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What would a 100% Canadian social media platform look like?

The team at @gandersocial.bsky.social is about to find out. By giving Canadians control over their data, their feeds, and more, they’re hoping to offer a viable alternative for American social media.
🇨🇦 How Canadians are fighting for digital independence
Gander's CEO on decentralization, crowdsourcing, and annexation fears
newpublic.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Excellent call by @offene_netzwerke for better public funding for the #fediverse:

1. #fediversefund for user-centred development, €30 million annually

2. Anchoring the +1 principle in the work of the governments & public institutions

3. Recognition of non-profit status in the field of […]
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November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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“Given the severity of the threats social media companies pose to democracy and fundamental rights, policy responses cannot merely tinker around the edges,” writes Christine Galvagna. The EU must act now—fund decentralized, public service social media to protect democracy and digital rights.
Public Service Social Media as a Democratic Safeguard | TechPolicy.Press
Christine Galvagna proposes an EU fund to support decentralized, public service focused social media networks to protect digital rights and democracy.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM