Mathilde Sanders
@mathildes.bsky.social
Researcher | Decentralized platform governance | Media ownership | Public social media
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Interesting: call for Belgian advertisers to leave big tech and invest in national ‘old’ media
www.bpxmedia.be
www.bpxmedia.be
Belgian Publishing Xperience
www.bpxmedia.be
August 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Interesting: call for Belgian advertisers to leave big tech and invest in national ‘old’ media
www.bpxmedia.be
www.bpxmedia.be
Today my article was published in a Dutch newspaper that explains how we can protect media pluralism via our tech choices, not only as media organizations but also as individual internet users. These are not just consumer choices, but political choices.
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: Journalisten en wetenschappers moeten hun werk als de donder bij big tech weghalen
We accepteren veel te gemakkelijk dat het gebruik van big tech, en het consolideren van onze media in grote, gecentraliseerde mediacorporaties, onvermijdelijk is. Maar er zijn wel degelijk alternatiev...
www.volkskrant.nl
August 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today my article was published in a Dutch newspaper that explains how we can protect media pluralism via our tech choices, not only as media organizations but also as individual internet users. These are not just consumer choices, but political choices.
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
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Belangrijk rapport van Rathenau Instituut, CC alle politieke partijen > De samenleving dreigt door de digitale afhankelijkheid van grote tech bedrijven de regie te verliezen over kernprocessen in onderwijs, zorg of overheidsdienstverlening #techcoup ↘️ www.rathenau.nl/nl/digitalis...
Achter de macht van big tech | Rathenau Instituut
Er worden steeds meer zorgen geuit in de journalistiek, politiek en de wetenschap over de macht van big tech-bedrijven en hun toenemende invloed op de samenleving. In het publieke, politieke en wetens...
www.rathenau.nl
July 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Belangrijk rapport van Rathenau Instituut, CC alle politieke partijen > De samenleving dreigt door de digitale afhankelijkheid van grote tech bedrijven de regie te verliezen over kernprocessen in onderwijs, zorg of overheidsdienstverlening #techcoup ↘️ www.rathenau.nl/nl/digitalis...
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👑️How can we regain #DigitalSovereignty?
IIPP's @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, @cedricdurand.bsky.social , Edemilson Paraná, @paologerbaudo.bsky.social & @parismarx.com have contributed to a recent paper outlining key proposals for enhanced digital sovereignty.
✍️Read it here: buff.ly/gQ6z2q6
IIPP's @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, @cedricdurand.bsky.social , Edemilson Paraná, @paologerbaudo.bsky.social & @parismarx.com have contributed to a recent paper outlining key proposals for enhanced digital sovereignty.
✍️Read it here: buff.ly/gQ6z2q6
May 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
👑️How can we regain #DigitalSovereignty?
IIPP's @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, @cedricdurand.bsky.social , Edemilson Paraná, @paologerbaudo.bsky.social & @parismarx.com have contributed to a recent paper outlining key proposals for enhanced digital sovereignty.
✍️Read it here: buff.ly/gQ6z2q6
IIPP's @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, @cedricdurand.bsky.social , Edemilson Paraná, @paologerbaudo.bsky.social & @parismarx.com have contributed to a recent paper outlining key proposals for enhanced digital sovereignty.
✍️Read it here: buff.ly/gQ6z2q6
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June 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This week many things are coming together with the open access of our GDS book. Our 1st chapter on how to decentralize platform power is the basis of my new course at Erasmus University and my research presented at ECREA Rotterdam and AoIR in Bremen on this topic.
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Governing the Digital Society
Digital technologies have rapidly become integral to communities and societies, bringing both significant benefits and serious concerns. Issues such as misinformation, disinformation, online polarizat...
www.aup.nl
May 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This week many things are coming together with the open access of our GDS book. Our 1st chapter on how to decentralize platform power is the basis of my new course at Erasmus University and my research presented at ECREA Rotterdam and AoIR in Bremen on this topic.
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Today, you can find us at the @ecreacomdem.bsky.social Automating Democracy conference in Rotterdam! 👇👇
📍 11:45 – 13:00 Parallel panel 2
🎯 AI in Public Communication: Governance and Accountability Mechanisms for Democratic Control
🔗 diacomet.eu/event/automa...
📍 11:45 – 13:00 Parallel panel 2
🎯 AI in Public Communication: Governance and Accountability Mechanisms for Democratic Control
🔗 diacomet.eu/event/automa...
May 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today, you can find us at the @ecreacomdem.bsky.social Automating Democracy conference in Rotterdam! 👇👇
📍 11:45 – 13:00 Parallel panel 2
🎯 AI in Public Communication: Governance and Accountability Mechanisms for Democratic Control
🔗 diacomet.eu/event/automa...
📍 11:45 – 13:00 Parallel panel 2
🎯 AI in Public Communication: Governance and Accountability Mechanisms for Democratic Control
🔗 diacomet.eu/event/automa...
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This week, a special crossover newsletter with Elle Griffin and her newsletter, The Elysian. We wrestle with a complicated topic: government control of social media.
What’s best, and what might actually work? Check our back and forth, debate-style essay and then weigh in with your own opinion!
What’s best, and what might actually work? Check our back and forth, debate-style essay and then weigh in with your own opinion!
🤔 Who should control social media?
Should it be a public good, a private product, or something else?
newpublic.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This week, a special crossover newsletter with Elle Griffin and her newsletter, The Elysian. We wrestle with a complicated topic: government control of social media.
What’s best, and what might actually work? Check our back and forth, debate-style essay and then weigh in with your own opinion!
What’s best, and what might actually work? Check our back and forth, debate-style essay and then weigh in with your own opinion!
Who would have ever thought Signal succes in the Netherlands would be tv news item?? nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
Signal-baas: 'Wij zullen nóóit gegevens delen van onze gebruikers'
Kan berichtendienst Signal de intenties waar blijven maken, nu de app ongekend hard groeit en opereert tussen rijke techgiganten met machtige politieke vrienden?
nos.nl
March 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Who would have ever thought Signal succes in the Netherlands would be tv news item?? nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
In the Netherlands, PublicSpaces is setting up a ‘public’ decentralized alternative for YouTube.
What type of organization should be the legal structure behind this ‘public’ platform?
I explore that now.
www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/samen...
What type of organization should be the legal structure behind this ‘public’ platform?
I explore that now.
www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/samen...
Samen bouwen aan het PeerTube-videoplatform | SIDN fonds
PublicSpaces wil het met PeerTube Spaces voor organisaties eenvoudiger maken hun eigen PeerTube-kanaal op te zetten. SIDN fonds steunt het initiatief.
www.sidnfonds.nl
March 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
In the Netherlands, PublicSpaces is setting up a ‘public’ decentralized alternative for YouTube.
What type of organization should be the legal structure behind this ‘public’ platform?
I explore that now.
www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/samen...
What type of organization should be the legal structure behind this ‘public’ platform?
I explore that now.
www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/samen...
