Given the rise of the boycott USA movement, the 800 billion € for military that may not be spent but not on US arms and the dominating presence of US tech in the EU, how can citizens voice their concern? @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu and @EC_OSPO@ec.social-network.europa.eu are on the fediverse, but the just seem like mouth piece without ears.
What can citizens do? Has the ship sailed already?
They need to get off Twitter. Go back to using the Press for official statements of high importance. And use Mastodon (Bluesky can interact with Mastodon instances in the future iirc) for rest. As a longer term project, move govt systems to Linux.
They can, but in my opinion, the omnipresence of AI in the minds of the responsible officials must be put aside first.
I suggest joining or forming alliances and support the campaigns of experienced NGOs.
Edit: An example is Public Money, Public Code by the Free Software Foundation Europe.
You can write your MEP to not cut funding to their NGI (Next Generation Internet) Initiative which already has funded many Open-Source Projects from Wireguard to Pixelfed, or also currently an European Search Index
Cory Doctorow is Canadian-British, and consequently he has been writing quite a bit lately about how IP law is largely a regulatory regime imposed on countries by the United States through free trade agreements since it predominantly benefits American corporations.
Basically, if America want to tear up trade agreements, that makes IP law an ideal target for asymmetric trade warfare through more progressive IP systems.
Drug law is the same, unfortunately. Most drugs were outlawed because the US said it should be. It’s about time we stopped listening to some of their dumb opinions.
Sorry but - IP stands for… Internet protocol?
In this context my guess is intellectual property.
The added benefit is no reliance on foreign tech companies who will kow-tow to autocratic governments. Also since we can afford to develop open source software, it will also benefit poorer and developing countries. Which is a goal on it’s own, but will also put the the EU in a good light elsewhere.