Digital Independence Day

Happy looking smartphone that frees itself from the power plug in front of a galactic background

Illustrations by Florian Biege

Switch to the good side every first Sunday!

Our digital lives are in the hands of a few super-rich individuals. With their quasi-monopoly status, companies like X, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Spotify, ByteDance (TikTok) and people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg determine worldwide how we get information online, how we discuss, communicate, and act. No human and no company should have such unchecked influence. The good news: We currently give Big Tech this power, and we can take it back from Big Tech.

How we fight against it

The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and other organisations have launched the Digital Independence Day (DID). The initiative intends to strengthen personal independence from profit-oriented big-tech corporations, intransparent algorithms, and anti-democratic platforms. Alternative technologies which are more open, more local, or simply less problematic should get a chance and be tried out instead, with the explicit aim to leave the harmful services and platforms behind.

The core idea of DID is simple: Every month on the first Sunday, take the time to make the switch that you've been idle on actually doing. At our events, we provide the room, internet access, and personal support to make a step towards an increased personal independence. We answer questions and provide the space for participants to share their knowledge and experience.

A group of people at Chaostreff Bern have volunteered to help with this project and organize monthly events.

No entrance fee and no registration is necessary to visit the events.

Our dates

Our events take place at our Hackerspace near Loryplatz in Bern, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Further information

The di.day website by Save Social is currently the best entry point to read about the Digital Independence Day movement.

On that site, you can find a selection of recipes that show alternatives and describe how to migrate away from problematic services.

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