(This happened some months ago, but I'm a bit late in my blog posts).
I'm incredibly proud that D3 was awarded the Medal of Honour from the Portuguese Human Rights League – Civitas! Even now, after some time, it feels a bit surreal :)
This distinction is given at most once a year, in recognition of individuals and institutions whose work makes an exceptional contribution to the promotion and defense of human rights and human dignity.
This is a text available in the About section of D3's website. It occurred me to publish an English translation here as well (machine-translated + a few manual improvements).
We made our best to be as less original as possible. Have fun trying to get all the uncredited references.
In the beginning was Cyberspace.
Open to all, it became home to the minds of many good people, the natives. Self-declared independent, with its own rules and no physical borders. Above all, it was free, full of potential, and full of hope for the future.
Soon, the abundant fertility of the soil attracted the attention of those who had been distracted. Forces from ancient kingdoms began to invade. Some preached the sacred Law, others came only for the promise of gold. After all, if a new sun was rising, it should shine for everyone.
I created the .gif below – let's call it a short meme production – over a year ago, in August 2021. The process of creating it worked as a kind of therapy session, during my summer holidays, at a time when I was particularly down and exhausted. Little I know that one year later, in this last Summer, I would be much worse.
I didn't even have a purpose for it, it was just something I had to put out. It was a reflection on how digital rights are being defended in Portugal, and in some other countries. The situation is so ridicule, the asymmetries are so extreme, that I sometimes wonder if we are really brave or just fools. I guess we are both, we must be.
I came up with the idea and script of this video during the Summer, while on holidays. It's about our new "affordable universal service" of Internet, which results from the transposition of Art. 84 of the Directive 2018/1972 (European Electronic Communications Code). In short, the affordable…
Este apelo foi escrito a 20 de Junho de 2016, num blog Medium (criado somente para o efeito). Foi o início da Associação D3. Pelo seu valor histórico (mais que não seja a nível pessoal), fica também aqui guardado. Aos activistas nacionais. Viva, Sei que…