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<h1>SFP#50: Policy and EU: How NGI wants to save the Internet and what's next?</h1>
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<p>We reached our 50th episode of the Software Freedom Podcast! Thank you!
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Without the support of our listeners we would not have made it this far <3.
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In this episode Bonnie talks with Gabriel Ku Wei Bin, from the FSFE's legal
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team about how the European Next Generation Internet initiative works to move
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us in the right direction towards a human-centric web.
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<p>The Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative aims to build a more resilient,
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trustworthy and open Internet. Through the NGI umbrella, the European Union provides
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financial support to Free Software <a href="https://ngi.eu/discover-ngi-innovations/?">projects</a> covering all layers of the Internet,
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to improve user experience of the Internet. The FSFE team provides support to NGI0
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grantee projects on legal and licensing issues, as well as helping them to become
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REUSE compliant. </p>
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<p>
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In 2024 a funding cut amounting to almost €26 million was announced, which marked
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the end of the NGI initiative by 2027. The loss of this funding affects the
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Free Software ecosystem and its ability to steadily build important foundational
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technologies from the ground up. The Free Software Foundation Europe stepped up,
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with the support of hundreds of people, to try to safeguard this funding, and managed
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together with our consortium partners to find a new funding umbrella to continue the
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work that was done under the NGI Initiative. But why is funding like this needed in
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the first place? And what will be happening next?
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In this episode, Gabriel and Bonnie talk about the reasons behind NGI and
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how important it is more than ever to step up against the monopolisation
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of the Internet as we know it.
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The FSFE's policy work is an important part of our aim to safeguard
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Software Freedom. You can support our work by
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<fsfe-cd-donate-link>donating</fsfe-cd-donate-link> today!
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</p>
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<p>Show notes</p>
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<li><a href="/donate">Support our work for Free Software</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TQS7LM-interoperability-dma-apple-google/">Interoperability regulation in the EU: Opening iOS and Android for Free Software</a></li>
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<li><a href="/news/podcast/2024/episode-26.html">SFP#26: Policy and EU: the need of long-term funding and the NGI case</a></li>
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<li><a href="/news/2024/news-20241113-01.html">EU consultation confirms demand: long-term funding for Free Software is needed </a></li>
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<lt-highlighter style="display: none;" data-lt-linked="1"><lt-div spellcheck="false" class="lt-highlighter__wrapper" style="width: 654.6px !important; height: 26.15px !important; transform: none !important; transform-origin: 327.3px 13.075px 0px !important; zoom: 1 !important;"><lt-div class="lt-highlighter__scroll-element" style="top: 0px !important; left: 0px !important; width: 654.6px !important; height: 26px !important;"/></lt-div></lt-highlighter><li><a href="/activities/ngi/ngi.html">Next Generation Internet Zero (FSFE's activity)</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://ngi.eu/ngi-projects/ngi-zero/">Next Generation Internet Zero (official webpage)</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLnet Foundation</a></li>
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<li><a href="/news/2023/news-20230425-01.html">The FSFE is helping to build an “Internet of Humans”</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13880-Digital-Europe-programme-interim-evaluation/public-consultation_en">EC Public consultation: Digital economy and society</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Morozov#Books">Evgeny Morozov, "The Net Delusion: the Dark Side of Internet Freedom"</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix">The Matrix (movie) Wikipedia</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers">Fred Rogers Wikipedia</a></li>
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<li><a href="/news/newsletter.html">Stay up-to-date and join our Newsletter</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>We are happy to receive your feedback on the Software Freedom Podcast
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and especially on the <a href="/news/podcast/transcript/2026/episode-50.html?ref=download">transcript
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of the episode</a>. Please, email us to: <email mailto="yes">podcast@fsfe.org</email>. If you liked this episode and
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want to support our continuous work for software freedom, please help us
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with a <fsfe-cd-donate-link>donation</fsfe-cd-donate-link>.</p>
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<tag key="pmpc">Public Money? Public Code!</tag>
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<chapter start="00:00">Intro</chapter>
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