@EU_Commission , also massive kudos regarding Next Generation Internet (incl. @EC_NGI @NGIZero ). :blobaww:

More of _that_ please! :blobBongo:

#NGI #NextGenerationInternet

Up to 150k€ and 12 months of support for #OpenSource innovation in the field of #search and #privacy.
https://www.ngisearch.eu
Thanks to #NextGenerationInternet 🇪🇺 funds.

Fediverse Receives EU Support From Next Generation Internet https://techreport.com/software/3486084/fediverse-receives-crucial-support-from-next-generation-internet/ #fediverse #NextGenerationInternet #EU #Europe

Are you interested in internet standards and free and open source software, and are you attending the upcoming #IETF 115 in Londen? And are you interested in applying for a grant through the #NextGenerationInternet initiative (or already an #NGI grantee), or want to meet other interesting people? In that case you might want to pop by the #NGI0 side meeting we are organising on November 7th: https://wiki.ietf.org/en/meeting/115/sidemeetings

@NGIZero Are you serious right now? You do know what Google is, right? You do understand what their business model is? I thought NGI/NLnet was purportedly about finding and supporting *alternatives* to surveillance capitalists like Google, Meta, etc., not trying to improve their PR by perpetuating the myth that they’re generally a force for good who sometimes (often) make silly mistakes.

Do better.

#ngi #nextGenerationInternet #bigTech #google #surveillanceCapitalism #pr #NLnet

Next Generation Internet (NGI) is a European Union initiative which is helping to fund free open decentralised social media like Mastodon and PeerTube, as well as many other libre online projects. You can follow their official account at:

➡️ @EC_NGI

You can also follow the European Commission itself at:

➡️ @EU_Commission

The NGI website is at https://www.ngi.eu

#NextGenerationInternet #NGI #EuropeanUnion #EU #EuropeanCommission #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Funding #Government #FOSS #Libre

Wonderful work done to add signature support to the #KDE pdf viewer #Okular, so you can verify that documents are legit 👏 The feature is now available for Linux, FreeBSD and Windows-versions, check out more information (and some screenshots to give you a picture) here: https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2022/02/okular-signature-support-now-works-on.html. This important privacy & security feature was made with support from NGI Assure, a #NextGenerationInternet fund for open source digital assurances 🔐 -> https://nlnet.nl/assure. Deadline April 1st!⏱️

Growing your idea into a business is a difficult path to take. Some time ago we had a webinar on #opensource software/hardware business management and fundraising. NGI TETRA also organizes more general business/organization bootcamps, which next week will start another one for #NextGenerationInternet funded projects (also including #FSFE to include FLOSS licensing discussion). Check it out, there are still some places open: https://business.ngi.eu/join-now/events/tetra-scale-up-bootcamp-2/

Program now online! Join us Tuesday at 10 CEST to learn more about defensive publications, open hardware licenses & the basics of #opensource software copyright & licensing. For #NextGenerationInternet funded projects, but open to everyone working #opensource & eager to learn about proper licensing -> https://nlnet.nl/events/20211005/workshop/index.html

Save the date! Following our webinars on #ActivityPub and #openhardware, on June 21st we bring together #NextGenerationInternet projects working on Linked Data (and other forms of metadata). We are excited to have for example @pukkamustard talk about openEngiadina & DREAM, showcase the awesome low code app dev solution Corteza (and its upcoming JSON-LD support) and many more awesome (semantic) projects! -> https://nlnet.nl/events/20210621/LinkedData/. As always, no signup needed, just join :)

Join the NLnet Foundation at FOSDEM 2021 this weekend and come check out the many useful and groundbreaking projects funded by the NGI Zero research and development grants at the largest gathering for free and open source software & open hardware (amongst others @XWiki, @nextcloud, @EteSync and many more) -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210204-NGIZeroAtFOSDEM.html #FOSDEM #foss #NextGenerationInternet

In just several minutes our webinar on DNS and naming systems R&D will start! #NextGenerationInternet projects like Connect by Name, (https://getdnsapi.net/), Namecoin (https://www.namecoin.org/) and Internetwide (http://internetwide.org/) expand on how their work can contribute to a more trustworthy & transparent DNS. Check it out here -> https://www.ngi.eu/event/ngi-projects-contribution-to-technological-developments-of-dns-and-naming-systems/?instance_id=423

As part of the #NextGenerationInternet initiative, the NLnet foundation is happy to announce a brand new grant making programme. NGI Assure is looking for technological building blocks that provide strong assurances to internet users. A non-exhaustive list of technologies that could be of interest: quantum-proof cryptography, public key trust chains, ratchet mechanisms, distributed hash tables and directed acyclic graphs for secure peer-to-peer connections -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20201201-NGIAssureOpenCall.html

@EteSync To easily develop a secure application, check out Etebase! From the developers of @EteSync comes an open source and end-to-end encrypted software development kit and backend for applications, which hides away complicated encryption in the background -> https://blog.etesync.com/introducing-etebase-an-end-to-end-encrypted-sdk-and-backend/ #NextGenerationInternet

@Muto @dino We're excited to fund @dino adding #encrypted audio/video calls to their versatile #XMPP client, using the #NextGenerationInternet funding for trustworthy & transparent tech. Users should not be limited to proprietary, centralized instant messaging apps (which are probably after your medata, whether or not your calls are end-to-end-encrypted...)

Chips4Makers (https://chips4makers.io) is making a development version of the free & open source Libre-RISC-V-system on a chip using new tools and chip building blocks to make this custom manufacturing possible. This project as well as the Libre-RISC-V system-on-chip project is funded by the #NextGenerationInternet through @NGIZero-grants, to open up innovation in computer technologies, energy efficient & cheaper devices that everyone can verify & modify, top to bottom -> https://chips4makers.io/blog/nlnet018tv-a-fully-automated-test-chip-design.html#nlnet018tv-a-fully-automated-test-chip-design

Instead of buying a computer, why not make one? Custom chip development is not accessible for designers, start-ups & creatives, because the tools to make these chips are (unnecessarily) expensive & restrictive. Chips4Makers (@Chips4Makers on birdsite) instead develops free and open source #NextGenerationInternet tooling (that can be audited for security & privacy benefits) so anyone can create their own chips. The first test chip is now made & ready for testing! -> https://chips4makers.io/blog/nlnet018tv-a-fully-automated-test-chip-design.html#nlnet018tv-a-fully-automated-test-chip-design

Funding from @NGIZero for a more private #NextGenerationInternet @delta helped the development of Delta Bot, as developer Holger Krekel explains: "frameworks for writing Chat bots in Python or Javascript. (...) The most important advantage is in terms of privacy. Rather than using a username and a password, or using a centralized login via Facebook or GitHub (Microsoft) “login with Delta Chat” is just between the Website, the Login-bot and the Delta Chat app." -> https://www.ngi.eu/blog/2020/06/18/whos-ngi-holger-krekel-with-delta-chat-bot/

Luckily this formally verified end-to-end encryption protocol now is not only available to users and businesses with a pricy subscription, but to everyone! You know, as it should be (and what the #NextGenerationInternet is trying to make happen, among other things) -> https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/17/21294355/zoom-security-end-to-end-encryptoin-beta-release-july-2020-new-feature #NextGenerationInternet #encryption

The recent ability for video conferencing platform #zoom to offer end-to-end encryption to its paying customers was made possible with the help of a cutting edge research project from Europe. The new proprietary encryption protocol has been verified using the open source formal verification software Verifpal, which was developed in France with funding from the #NextGenerationInternet initiative. Until recently, such verification would have taken much longer to complete -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200611-SecureVideochatVerifpal.html