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We're the leading nonprofit open social web project in the UK. We're reconnecting people & organisations with their online community.
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@newsmastfoundation.orgWant to hear Saskia and Ben discuss the power of bubbles on social media? 🫧
Check out our talk from FediDay here 👉️ fair.tube/w/1d5qbTYzJE...
@newsmastfoundation.orgWake up, September is over ⏰️ For us, September was a month full of adventures with our team dividing to tackle four countries in two weeks. We met leaders in civil society, news product, digital security, journalism, community regeneration, and, of course, in the Social Web space.
@newsmastfoundation.org@newsmastfoundation.orgToday is the International Day of Peace 🕊️
Peace begins and ends with behaviour. We believe in an online world where we can treat one another with respect and dignity, rather than drive behaviour rooted in conflict.
Be kind to your neighbours, both in person and online.
@newsmastfoundation.orgIf you're observing Yom Kippur today, we hope you have a meaningful day and an easy fast.
@newsmastfoundation.orgWe're excited to welcome @aschweig.bsky.social to the team in a fractional role as our Head of US Partnerships 🎉 We're looking forward to seeing what he can do to bring news publishers across the pond to online spaces dedicated to them and their audience 🗞️
@newsmastfoundation.orgThe idea for our Foundation sparked in an unlikely place, on the very Big Tech platforms we now oppose. But, once upon a time, they did something amazing. They let people learn from other people.
@newsmastfoundation.orgSaskia and Ben are making the trip to Germany for Berlin FediDay!
Alongside giving a talk titled "Building Community on the Open Social Web" and joining in with some panels, Ben and Saskia will be looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.
@newsmastfoundation.orgMichael and Mariana are heading to San Diego for the LION Independent News Sustainability Summit! Bringing together online news leaders from around the world, we can't wait to showcase our open source news + community app technology ⚡️ If you're there, or in the area, reach out and let us know.
@newsmastfoundation.orgHappy Janmashtami to all celebrating!
@newsmastfoundation.orgWe're in Portugal for the Global Gathering!
Bringing together thinkers and doers from around the world working on technology-related civil society, human rights, and journalism issues, we're honoured to have been invited to attend.
If you're there, we'd love to meet up ☀️
@newsmastfoundation.orgThings are about to get busy 👀 With a lot of travel on the horizon, we might not be as quick to respond as usual. Whilst we're very excited about that's coming, we hope you can be patient with us if it takes a little longer to get back to you!
@newsmastfoundation.orgIf you're heading to DWeb Camp this week, it shouldn't be hard to find @michael.eurosky.social just follow the neon glow 🙌
Or put on your brightest clothes and head over to his talk on Thursday at 12pm CET - "Black Holes & Day-Glo Symphonies: Onboarding Communities to the Social Web" 🕺
@newsmastfoundation.orgBusinesses, governments, and citizens rely on American Big Tech social media.
Can you afford to be held hostage by the whims of a US government in the information age?
@newsmastfoundation.orgWe're the Grand Prize Winners at the inaugural #OpenSocialAwards 🥳🍾🥂
@newpublic.org @publicspaces.net
@newsmastfoundation.orgJust launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration!
A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶
Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social
@newsmastfoundation.orgAt #2MR our founder, @michael.eurosky.social, and Björn Staschen introduced the Hamburg Declaration - a shared set of principles, across protocols, focused on growing European social media alternatives.
@newsmastfoundation.orgWe'll be in Hamburg next week for 2MR!
2MR is a festival that focuses on democracy-strengthening social media, irregardless of protocol.
If you're around, we'd love to see you there!
@newsmastfoundation.orgIt's here! An amazing Fediverse explainer video by @elenarossini.com 🙌
If you haven't seen it yet, check it out here: news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-vi...
A huge thank you to Elena, her team, and everyone involved for building something brilliant to help Fediverse awareness and advocacy.
