BECOMING A CHATON: From web-hosting decentralization to the construction of a sovereign governance
Speakers
Member of Picasoft and the CHATONS collective. Occasional contributor to Wikipedia Fr. Developer of reaction.
Former IT Engineer, I work for the french non-profit Infini and try to help all sorts of people with their digital life, from beginners to advanced users.
I promote the use of free software, especially Linux.
Vincent is mainly a contributor of the Wiktionary, Wikipedia and Wikisource projects. In his associative life, he is the co-founder and an active member of Deuxfleurs. In his professional life, he is a researcher in computer science security.
Abstract
CHATONS ("kittens" in French) is short for Alternative, Transparent, Open, Neutral and Solidary Hosters Collective. This collective aims to federate organizations hosting decentralised, ethical and free online services. Our goal is to give our users delightful alternatives to GAFAM services while keeping their online life private. CHATONS is composed of \~100 French speaking orgs, under the banner of values cherished by Wikipedia: Neutrality, Inclusion...
Those hosters participate to the Free Software and Free-culture movement by offering online services based on free software. They observe a common charter aiming notably at ensuring the confidentiality of the data they host.
Additional information
This presentation is aligned with the theme as it explores how freedom of association allows organizing another vision of digital technologies, with local hosting collectives. These local collectives, united under CHATONS, give people the possibility to use sovereign and local infrastructures, in France, Belgium and Canada. CHATONS federates visions of the Internet fostering the appropriation of technologies by citizens, for citizens. Finally, while big tech platforms push their own political agenda, by promoting some content at the expense of others, citizen hosters still hold dear a web that is accessible and unbiased for all. Because of its continued operational work and its strong ethical foundations, the CHATONS federation remains independent of public and private pressures alike, and nurtures a diversity of social ambitions in its peaceful sanctuaries. They maintain this position by ensuring they don't get funds which would threaten their integrity and free will.
People interested in Free Culture, access to information, neutral and free services and infrastructures. People interested in local and collective governance. People interested in sovereign and decentralized technologies.
Everyone can participate in this session