Modal Foundation

Pleased to share that our flagship Eurosky project is collaborating with Germany's SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen to explore algorithms to improve online conversations and increase understanding. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/d87wJu5T

In the six months Modal has been operational, we've stayed relatively quiet while we focused on building Eurosky. Today we launched https://mu.social/, a new microblogging service built on the AT Protocol. This moves us closer to having a fully independent European atproto stack. We're starting with a form factor based on Bluesky, but we're adding other features, and will be iterating as we go. We think of mu as an opportunity to test ideas for better social and informational experiences. With that, here's an update from Modal on our recent work, and coming plans. https://lnkd.in/eQiGsz5Y

🚀 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 (𝐓𝐄𝐏𝐬)! On the 30th of January, Europe MédiaLab (Stars4Media) and Eurosky will organise a hackathon in Brussels to turn the discussion on 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 (𝐓𝐄𝐏𝐬) into concrete technical features. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 will bring together 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 keen to experiment with emerging technologies and 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 and 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 eager to explore credible European alternatives to foreign ones. Designed as an intensive, hands-on experience, the event will be structured around 15 tables, each bringing together small and mixed teams. The hackathon is organised in partnership with Commons Hub Brussels and takes place at the Open Source Village, alongside FOSDEM, the annual gathering that brings together thousands of free and open-source software developers from across the world. 👉 Interested in shaping the future of European digital platforms?  𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬: https://luma.com/9f10yt6f Christophe Leclercq Renate Nikolay Cloos Jim Luc Suykens Antonio Arcidiacono Daniel Knapp Sherif Elsayed-Ali Cedric Sounard Christos FLOROS Max von Abendroth Matthias Pfeffer Radovan Geist Giacomo Mazzone Christian Spahr Giorgio Clarotti Alexandru Ion Giboi François Foret Konrad Bleyer-Simon Yana Naralska Mathew Lowry Axel Laniez Arnaud S. Kateryna Baranova Nafisa Hasanova Marie Frenay Yannic Blaschke Anna Taimr Natalie Sarkic-Todd Adrian Paschke Bart BECKS Dr. Cecilia Rikap 42 Zuzanna Warso Sandro Mendonça Roberto Castaldi Edgars Spuravs

We’re excited to introduce Modal Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. At Modal, we believe that social media is critical infrastructure for publics, and it needs to work for people, not exploit and mislead them. The foundation fulfills the Free Our Feeds campaign commitment to launch a public interest tech foundation. We’re interested in all approaches that can offer ways to configure our information systems to better serve people. We’re focused on open tech infrastructure and digital public goods. Our work will connect experts, strategists, builders and communities to create a human-centered internet. The foundation will oversee Free Our Feeds, Eurosky and other initiatives to come. Find out more and get in touch here: modalfoundation.org