Democracy Jiu-Jitsu📖 An Essay by David Chaum (@chaumdotcom) 🏴‍☠️ inventor of blind signatures 🏴‍☠️ creator of the 1st digital currency in early 90s (eCash) 🏴‍☠️ founder of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (@IACR_News) ❓What if democracy could fight AI with AI ❓ Certified news, private communication, and randomly selected citizen juries could make elections harder to manipulate and give minorities a stronger voice. Democracy doesn’t have to collapse under 21st-century threats—it can evolve. Find this piece and in The Politics of Privacy: Autonomy and Power in the Digital Age 📚 🧩 10 voices across tech, politics, economics, and law explore concrete paths to reclaim #autonomy#, strengthen #democracy#, and realign digital systems with the public interest. Featuring Audrey Tang (@audreyt), Primavera De Filippi (@yaoeo), Denis Roio (@jaromil), Naomi Brockwell (@naomibrockwell) and more :) Get Digital Edition (1st comment 👇)

This quarter we launched The Politics of Privacy, featuring contributions from researchers, technologists, philosophers and builders shaping the future of digital freedom. Book includes essays Audrey Tang (Civic Technologist)@audreyt Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan; former Minister of Digital Affairs (2016–2024);@RadxChange Primavera De Filippi (Legal Scholar)@yaoeo Research Director at@CNRS; Faculty Associate at@BKCHarvard David Chaum (Cryptographer)@chaumdotcom Pioneer of digital cash and foundational figure in modern cryptography Denis Jaromil Roio (Hacktivist)@jaromil Philosophy, applied cryptographer, and founder of @DyneOrg, a European open-source and digital sovereignty initiative Felix Beer (Researcher)@felix_beer Researcher on digital sovereignty and institutional innovation at the Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment @Harvard Judith De Boer (Lawyer) Partner at Hertoghs Advocaten and specialist in white-collar crime and tax litigation Glen Weyl (Economist) @glenweyl Co-Founder @MSFTResearch & @PluralityInst , co-author Radical Markets & Plurality Book Naomi Brockwell (Educator)@naomibrockwell Already available in bookstores across Berlin, Rome and Barcelona.

📚 Read this peer-reviewed article on municipal tokens as urban policy tools, using #LVGA# & the #MyLugano# app as a concrete case study. @jaromil contributed the final chapter, where he set out privacy-by-design principles for municipal digital ID

Our essay on LVGA in Lugano shows how digital complementary currencies can support cashback, cultural vouchers, tourism incentives and local economic coordination. Covering points I raised at Plan ₿ Summer School. Open access:

Fantastic video that explains everything related to the loss of freedom and sovereignty when you let others decide for you. I recommend watching it to the end. @LundukeJournal @DevuanOrg @SonicDesktop @XLibreDev

An “unofficial community-maintained fork of historical GTK2” has been started, and is hosted over at the Devuan project. It is, essentially, GTK2… with a few key updates to allow it to build on modern systems. The core benefit here would be in being able to continue building and supporting GTK2 software (which there is a LOT of), running on X11, on modern systems. No Wayland. None of the GTK3+ bloat. In fact, multiple people are already talking about using this to fork and build pre-GTK3 versions of GTK based Desktop Environments (such as MATE/GNOME and XFCE). The developer makes a point of saying that this is “Not affiliated with GTK or GNOME” and is still searching for the right name. “Good Tool Kit” appears to be the leading suggestion. At the moment it is simply “GTK2-NG”.

Our distro (and derivatives) is the only one to support advanced professional equipment for scientific and artistic production. Systemd and corporate Linux turned what was a tool into a toy, but we resisted, despite the censorship and the canceling.

A multidisciplinary exploration of #power#, #democracy#, and #freedom# in the Digital Age by: 🧩 Audrey Tang (Civic Technologist) @audreyt Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan; former Minister of Digital Affairs (2016–2024); @RadxChange 🧩 Primavera De Filippi (Legal Scholar) @yaoeo Research Director at @CNRS; Faculty Associate at @BKCHarvard 🧩 Joachim Schwerin (Economist) Researcher (PhD TU Dresden) on tokenisation, Web3 and DAOs; privacy activist (Digital Freedom Declaration); contributed e.g. to the MiCA Regulation 🧩 David Chaum (Cryptographer) @chaumdotcom Pioneer of digital cash and foundational figure in modern cryptography 🧩 Denis Jaromil Roio (Hacktivist) @jaromil PhD in Philosophy, applied cryptographer, and founder of @DyneOrg, a European open-source and digital sovereignty initiative 🧩 Felix Beer (Researcher) @felix_beer Researcher on digital sovereignty and institutional innovation at the Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment @Harvard 🧩 Judith De Boer (Lawyer) Partner at Hertoghs Advocaten and specialist in white-collar crime and tax litigation 🧩 Glen Weyl (Economist) @glenweyl Co-Founder @MSFTResearch & @PluralityInst, co-author Radical Markets & @PluralityBook 🧩 Naomi Brockwell (Educator) @naomibrockwell Founder and President of the @LudlowInstitute, a media and research initiative focused on technology and freedom 🧩 Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi (Activist) @PG_CDG Co-founder and Director of Web3Privacy Now ------- An urgent call for privacy in the algorithmic age, The Politics of Privacy🔎 examines surveillance capitalism, decentralisation, and governance while 🗺️ mapping concrete paths to reclaim autonomy, rebuild trust, and realign technology with the public good. How to get your copy 👇