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collective zero<p>Scheinbar wird der <a href="https://ipv6.social/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> wieder reaktiviert.<br><a href="https://ipv6.social/tags/unplugtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugtrump</span></a> <a href="https://ipv6.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://ipv6.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://ipv6.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <br>Trump restores funding for Radio Free Europe, Tech Fund<br><a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5217360-trump-admin-radio-free-europe-open-technology-fund-voice-of-america/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/regulation/court-b</span><span class="invisible">attles/5217360-trump-admin-radio-free-europe-open-technology-fund-voice-of-america/</span></a></p>
otter_linnus<p>I mean...sure, you could kill the <a href="https://det.social/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> that apparently keeps the lights on at the messenger-service you deem reliable and secure enough to plan your military operations with.</p><p>Sounds a bit silly, but what do I know...</p><p><a href="https://det.social/tags/signalapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signalapp</span></a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>Open Technology Fund is suing Kari Lake &amp; others for unlawful termination of its federal grant, arguing it violates statutes &amp; the U.S. Constitution. OTF seeks to protect its mission to advance internet freedom. More details in the complaint: ➡️ <a href="https://www.opentech.fund/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1_-_2025-03-20_Complaint.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opentech.fund/wp-content/uploa</span><span class="invisible">ds/2025/03/1_-_2025-03-20_Complaint.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/InternetFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuit</span></a> ⚖️🌐 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/newz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newz</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>🚨 Let’s Encrypt at risk from Trump cuts to OTF: “Let’s Encrypt received around $800,000 in funding from the OTF”</p><p>Dear <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span>, get your heads out of your arses and let’s find <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> €1M/year (a rounding error in EU finances) and have them move to the EU.</p><p>If Let’s Encrypt is fucked, the web is fucked, and the Small Web is fucked too. So how about we don’t let that happen, yeah?</p><p>(In the meanwhile, if the Let’s Encrypt folks want to make a point about how essential they are, it might be an idea to refuse certificates to republican politicians. See how they like their donation systems breaking in real time…)</p><p>CC <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nlnet</span></a></span> @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/TLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/SmallTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@publictorsten/114223873439053263" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@publictorsten</span><span class="invisible">/114223873439053263</span></a></p>
F-Droid<p>We are excited to announce that F-Droid has been awarded a grant from <a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> designed to support FOSS projects in addressing long-term sustainability challenges.</p><p>More details: <a href="https://f-droid.org/2025/02/05/f-droid-awarded-otf-grant.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/2025/02/05/f-droid</span><span class="invisible">-awarded-otf-grant.html</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDroid</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a></p>
Giorgio Maone 🚫✊🧅<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/opentechfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opentechfund</span></a>'s <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fund</span></a> public launch could not have been more timely 💜</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/xz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xz</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burnout</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.opentech.fund/funds/free-and-open-source-software-sustainability-fund/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opentech.fund/funds/free-and-o</span><span class="invisible">pen-source-software-sustainability-fund/</span></a></p>
Guardian Project<p>The US State Dept's "Global Internet Freedom" funds (<a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/StateDRL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateDRL</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> and more) now require <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>: section 7050, "Funds... may only be made available to support open-source technologies that undergo comprehensive security audits...".</p><p><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4373/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Department+of+State%2C+Foreign+Operations%2C+and+Related+Programs+Appropriations+Act%22%2C%22Department%22%2C%22of%22%2C%22State%2C%22%2C%22Foreign%22%2C%22Operations%2C%22%2C%22and%22%2C%22Related%22%2C%22Programs%22%2C%22Appropriations%22%2C%22Act%22%5D%7D&amp;r=1&amp;s=8#H33E670CAB846443F906B4EE722D7E91C" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">congress.gov/bill/117th-congre</span><span class="invisible">ss/house-bill/4373/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Department+of+State%2C+Foreign+Operations%2C+and+Related+Programs+Appropriations+Act%22%2C%22Department%22%2C%22of%22%2C%22State%2C%22%2C%22Foreign%22%2C%22Operations%2C%22%2C%22and%22%2C%22Related%22%2C%22Programs%22%2C%22Appropriations%22%2C%22Act%22%5D%7D&amp;r=1&amp;s=8#H33E670CAB846443F906B4EE722D7E91C</span></a></p>
Sebastian Lasse, redaktor.me<p>* eil | breaking * </p><p>Karen Kornbluh, former US Ambassador to the OECD (Obama), FCC (Clinton), now German Marshall Fund of the United States:</p><p>“OTF is back”</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/KarenKornbluh/status/1362597076689944578" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/KarenKornbluh/stat</span><span class="invisible">us/1362597076689944578</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Guardian Project<p>Proprietary software companies and anti-end-to-end-crypto politicians are working to shutdown <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a>, the <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> org who funded <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/CertBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CertBot</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/TorProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorProject</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/NoScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoScript</span></a>, TLS ESNI/ECH, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/DNSPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNSPrivacy</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/ReproducibleBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproducibleBuilds</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/Wireguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wireguard</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/DeltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeltaChat</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenKeychain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenKeychain</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/pypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pypi</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/GuardianProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuardianProject</span></a>, <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> Please sign to help stop it: <a href="https://saveinternetfreedom.tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">saveinternetfreedom.tech</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
der.hans<p>Saw lots of traffic about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> , but nothing about a Steve Bannon acolyte making a worldwide propaganda network funded by the US government</p><p>Open Tech Fund is just one part of that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> takeover</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/voice-of-america-and-other-us-government-media-never-engage-in-propaganda-is-that-about-to-change/2020/06/19/b6577f0a-b247-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/gl</span><span class="invisible">obal-opinions/voice-of-america-and-other-us-government-media-never-engage-in-propaganda-is-that-about-to-change/2020/06/19/b6577f0a-b247-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html</span></a></p><p>Rachel Maddow</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE7VZFo3Gkc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=cE7VZFo3Gk</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p>