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Marleen Stikker in VPRO Tegenlicht 'Protect your smartphone from big tech'
VPRO Tegenlicht spoke to Waag Futurelab director Marleen Stikker about the ways the smartphone threatens our freedom, and also how we can make ourselves more independent of the big tech that dominates the mobile ecosystem.
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Interview NRC: Sander van der Waal on social media alternatives
NRC published an article on alternative social media. Sander de Waal of Waag Futurelab talked about social media alternative Mastodon.
#MakeSocialsSocialAgain
Waag Futurelab launches collective campaign #MakeSocialsSocialAgain
The campaign calls on cultural and social organisations and users to actively engage in alternative social media platforms that safeguard public values.
30 years of Waag
Marleen Stikker on 30 years of Waag Futurelab: ‘We always dig just a little deeper’
Waag Futurelab is celebrating its 30 year anniversary! Marleen Stikker looks back on the history of Waag and the many people around it who make the organisation.
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Bluesky does not solve the problem of public debate being in the hands of big tech
While the social media platform Bluesky appears to be an attractive alternative to X, it is not a solution to the problem with big tech, say Marleen Stikker and Danny Lämmerhirt of Waag Futurelab.
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What can Quantum technology offer us as a society?
Waag Open: Quantum technology (sold out)
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#MakeSocialsSocialAgain
Helpdesk: Social Socials
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What would be the ideal route for your data?
Waag Open: Internet routing
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#MakeSocialsSocialAgain
Helpdesk: Social Socials
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#MakeSocialsSocialAgain
Helpdesk: Social Socials
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The State of the Internet 2025
Mission
Waag Futurelab contributes to the research, design and development of a sustainable, just society
- By collectively researching emerging technology, and questioning underlying cultural assumptions;
- By experimenting with and designing alternatives on the basis of public values;
- By developing an open, fair and inclusive future together with civil society.
