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1 | <p>LibrePlanet is the annual conference hosted by the <a href="https://www.fsf.org">Free Software |
2 | Foundation.</a> LibrePlanet provides an opportunity for community activists, domain | |
3 | experts, and people seeking solutions for themselves to come together | |
4 | in order to discuss current issues in technology and ethics.</p> Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2020 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels. The theme for | |
15255799 | 5 | LibrePlanet 2020 is <strong>"Free the Future"</strong>.</p> |
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7 | <p>LibrePlanet attendees and speakers will be discussing the hot button | |
8 | issues we've all been reading about every day, and their connection to | |
9 | the free software movement. How do you fight Facebook? How do we make | |
10 | software-driven cars safe? How do we stop algorithms from making | |
11 | terrible, unreviewable decisions? How do we enjoy the convenience of | |
12 | mobile phones and digital home assistants without being constantly | |
13 | under surveillance? What is the future of digital currency? Can we | |
14 | have an Internet that facilitates respectful dialogue?</p> | |
15 | <p>The free software community has continuously demanded that users and | |
16 | developers be permitted to understand, study, and alter the software | |
17 | they use, offering hope and solutions for a free technological | |
18 | future. LibrePlanet speakers will display their unique combination of | |
19 | digital knowledge and educational skills in the two day conference, as | |
20 | well as give more insights into their ethical dedication to envision a | |
21 | future rich with free "as in freedom" software and without network | |
22 | services that mistreat their users. The FSF's LibrePlanet 2020 edition | |
23 | is therefore aptly named "Free the Future."</p> | |
cb0d6a63 | 24 | <p>For each new technological convenience we gain, it seems that we lose |
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25 | even more in the process. To exchange intangible but vital rights to |
26 | freedom and privacy for the latest new gadget can make the future of | |
27 | software seem bleak. But there is resistance, and it is within our capabilities to | |
28 | reject this outcome.</p> |