Monday, April 21st, 2025

Time	Event
2:38a	Foreign disinformation welcomed in US The wrecker has eliminated an agency whose mission is to detect and counter disinformation campaigns, especially Russian. I suspect this is one little part in the establishment of the axis of dictators, to start with the wrecker and Putin. But it may be more than that. The wrecker depends on disinformation too, and some of that originates in Russia. (Comment on this)
2:38a	RMS will give a talk in Oxford I will <a href="/talks.html#04-25-2025>give a talk</a> at the Lecture Theatre, on Thursday, April 24 in Oxford, England. <p> The topic is free/libre software and freedom in the digital society. <p> We understand that the uses of computing can be unjust. Most do not realize that the <em>mechanisms</em> of computing can be unjust in other ways. <p> If a program that the users do not control does your computing, it controls your computing. <p> When servers that the users do not control do your computing, those servers control it. <p> So don't entrust your own computing to a program that isn't libre or a server whose operator isn't a loyal friend. For your own computing, instead of a server that might mistreat you, use free software on your own computer. <p> (Comment on this)
2:38a	RMS will give a talk in London I will speak about free software and computing freedom, and about related issues that affect whether your computing respects your freedom. This talk will be at King's College, on Tuesday, April 22 in London, England. There are many threats to freedom in the digital society. They include nonfree software, massive surveillance, and censorship. Nonfree programs are often designed to restrict users, control users or manipulate users. The War on Sharing aims to stop users from sharing copies of published works. Computers for voting make election results untrustworthy. Other threats come from use of web services, implemented by companies that can impose any conditions whatsoever. Finally, most internet activities (aside from those which existed before 2000) are precarious, dependent on permission from one company. All of these threats originate more or less in the use of nonfree software. That is why free software is the first battle in the liberation of the digital society. (Comment on this)

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