The European Social Stack
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- #European Social Web
- #Digital Autonomy
- #Decentralized Networks
- The European Social Stack advocates moving away from monopolistic social media platforms to establish a diverse, resilient, and open information infrastructure in Europe.
- It promotes decentralized networks, digital autonomy, and open-source solutions to protect against foreign interference and strengthen democracy.
- Key technologies include the Fediverse (e.g., Mastodon), Atmosphere (e.g., Eurosky), and private messaging systems (e.g., Matrix) as complementary stacks.
- Common principles emphasize European content and infrastructure, wide ownership diversity, varied business models, and collaboration on funding and development.
- Joint initiatives focus on Eurobridge, distributed identity, content moderation, multi-protocol integration, and building a full social ecosystem.
- The declaration has been signed by numerous organizations and individuals, calling for public and institutional support to foster a European social web.