How can we know if the technology deployed in the public space is always necessarily in the public's interest? And what is public interest technology in the first place?
New America's VP Technology & Democracy Programs Lilian Coral has a definition for today, and the answer to many more questions about it in the first episode of @flintandsilicon, to be released tomorrow!
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@thibaultamartin @flintandsilicon do they (New America) understand what software freedom means?
> what is public interest technology in the first place?
One obvious requirement is that to the extent that technology involves software, that needs to be FOSS.
#FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #FOSS #FLOSS #PublicInterestTechnology
@eliasr @thibaultamartin @flintandsilicon I dont't think most people in the world have an idea what free software means.