Pre-Announcement «Digital Independence Day»

by hertg on 2026-01-02

During 39C3, the yearly congress of Chaos Computer Club (CCC), the CCC announced the «Digital Independence Day» in an official press release. The event was co-announced by Marc-Uwe Kling during his talk at congress.

An jedem ersten Sonntag im Monat wechseln wir von Big-Tech-Plattformen zu freien, lokalen oder auch einfach nur weniger problematischen Alternativen.

press release

Chaostreff Bern shares the principles of the DID movement and will actively support the digital independence day with events at our hackerspace. The first event will be held on February 1st 2026, in our hackerspace at Zwyssigstrasse 45 in Bern; more details will follow.

People interested in the movement may already join us this Sunday (4th of January) for discussions on the topic. Please note that this will be a spontaneous assembly without any preparations, the purpose of this first get together is to reach internal consensus about specifics and discuss our further proceedings in regards to DID. We'll meet at 1pm.

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