My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

Thanks @mellifluousbox who shared insights & perspective of @Mastodon

Thanks @sraible & the entire organising team from the Open Source & EU Policy room. 🙏

Thanks @_elena who, as always, captured our special moments 📸

Thanks to everyone who came and sorry to those who didn't get access.

As @RichiH mentioned, Fosdem27 will be political, so we'll have more time next year.

Let us build on these meaningful events and debates ✨

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#fosdem2026 #socialweb #eupolicy #dsa #fediverse #fosdem

Thanks @mellifluousbox who shared insights & perspective of @Mastodon

Thanks @sraible & the entire organising team from the Open Source & EU Policy room. 🙏

Thanks @_elena who, as always, captured our special moments 📸

Thanks to everyone who came and sorry to those who didn't get access.

As @RichiH mentioned, Fosdem27 will be political, so we'll have more time next year.

Let us build on these meaningful events and debates ✨

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#fosdem2026 #socialweb #eupolicy #dsa #fediverse #fosdem

My highlight of Fosdem26 was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act: Solutions to the Challenges of Modern Social Media?' ✨

Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our @offene_netzwerke demands.

A huge thank you @jmaris for organising the panel & his excellent moderation. 👏

Thanks @alexandrageese member of the 🇪🇺 parliament, who took the time to join us & the FOSS community for this important debate over the weekend.

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#fosdem2026 #fosdem #fediverse #dsa

I'm in Brussels for #Fosdem26 🇪🇺

Will be giving a talk "The Social Web and Digital Sovereignty" for #socialwebfosdem on Saturday.

On Sunday I'm very happy to join the panel moderated by @jmaris on "The Fediverse and the EU's Digital Service Act" with @mellifluousbox and @alexandrageese

Looking for a great weekend. Meet old friends and make new ones. ✨

#dsa #fosdem # #fediverse

Do you know any politicians who are participating in #FOSDEM? I would like to give them my letter and encourage them to #LeaveX: https://leavex.eu/letter

Tomorrow we will have the MEP @alexandrageese joining an interesting panel

The Fediverse and the EU's Digital Services Act: solving the challenges of modern social media?

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/W8RCMT-the_fediverse_and_the_eus_digital_services_act_solving_the_challenges_of_modern_/

#EU #Fediverse #DSA #SocialMedia

We designated today WhatsApp as Very Large Online Platform under the #DigitalServicesAct, as its ‘Channels’ feature reaches the designation threshold of at least 45 million users in the EU.

Learn more: https://link.europa.eu/YCP7VK

#dsa

We have designated WhatsApp as a Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act.

As WhatsApp Channels reaches 45 million EU users, it must now meet higher safety and transparency standards, including risk assessment and content moderation.

These rules focus on keeping public broadcasts safe for all, while ensuring your private messages stay private.

For a digital Europe where safety and privacy coexist.

More: https://link.europa.eu/YCP7VK

#DSA

I'm in Brussels for #Fosdem26 🇪🇺

Will be giving a talk "The Social Web and Digital Sovereignty" for #socialwebfosdem on Saturday.

On Sunday I'm very happy to join the panel moderated by @jmaris on "The Fediverse and the EU's Digital Service Act" with @mellifluousbox and @alexandrageese

Looking for a great weekend. Meet old friends and make new ones. ✨

#dsa #fosdem # #fediverse

As disinformation, hate speech and censorship dominate traditional social media platforms, Member of the European Parliament @alexandrageese joins Mastodon ED @mellifluousbox, @samvie, founder of @offene_netzwerke, and @jmaris to discuss the different ways the EU’s #DigitalServicesAct ( #DSA) and the #Fediverse aim to combat these problems!

Find us in the #EUpolicy devroom all day Sunday (UA2118)