Titled Rethinking Digital Practices and Spaces: An Urgent Call, the letter highlights growing concerns over the dominance of corporate-owned digital platforms and their impact on public interest, data privacy, and democratic values. The coalition criticises tech giants for cutting diversity and fact-checking initiatives while enabling harmful content through weakened moderation.
The signatories urge Creative Europe to prioritise independent, open-source, and European digital tools, and propose the inclusion of ethical digital criteria in future funding calls, similar to existing environmental scoring in EU funding.
They cite platforms like Mastodon, NL Net Foundation, and European Alternatives as examples of existing solutions aligned with democratic values. According to the statement, it is “urgent to take digital practices into more conscious consideration,” warning that current trends in digital capitalism threaten pluralism, inclusion, and cultural independence.
Organisations and individuals in the cultural and media sectors are invited to endorse the letter and join the call for a digital shift.
