The Matrix.org Foundation If the idea of FB owning the metaverse terrifies you, help us build out the open standard-based answer on Matrix. We already have decentralised voice/video, with native group calling coming shortly: VR/AR is the obvious next step. Come join the resistance! element.io/careers

With 50+ tech companies from 16 countries, Element is part of #CompDM which sent a letter to #plenary urging for stronger upfront rules for dominant “gatekeeper” firms in the #DMA. Check it out: competitivedigitalmarkets.eu What are we asking? Let's see! ⬇️ Stéphanie Yon-Courtin Virginie Joron

Exciting, it's FOSDEM @[email protected] time 🚀 Today we're holding a stand for casual chat, and tomorrow we have a devroom with a lot of content for you! You want to join our stand, but you're not sure how? Just click this invite link: matrix.to/#/#matrix-stan…

Matrix is seeing significant uptake in Ukraine 🇺🇦, as covered by POLITICO on Thursday: politico.com/newsletters/mo…. Huge kudos to Ceno Browser for providing local deployments to allow secure comms even if connectivity to the wider internet is disrupted.

Lots of excitement today with confirmation of the EU's breakthrough #DMA legislation, mandating that big tech must provide documented open comms APIs. 🎉🎊😱 But there's also been concern that open APIs could undermine E2E encryption: our viewpoint is at matrix.org/blog/2022/03/2…

🍿 Open Tech Will Save Us is back this month with a live episode on open standards! Should I care about it? Is it only a technical problem? What does it bring to the table in practice? The fine folks of @libreoffice, OpenStreetMap and Element will answer YOUR questions

Learn how to define a hiring process for your org that revolves around career progression and longevity at the company. Join the panel discussion with Sonal Mehta Einat Mahat Neil Johnson and Sara Guiterrez on July 20 at 9:00 PT • 12:00 ET • 17:00 BST bit.ly/3bxzyfA

Defining a hiring process for your org that revolves around #career progression will result in a more successful team. Join the discussion with Jason Wong, Sonal Mehta, Einat Mahat, Neil Johnson, and Sara Gutierrez on July 20 bit.ly/3IKupxd

Watch our panel discussion Hiring the right engineer for your org with our expert leaders Jason Wong, Sonal Mehta,Einat Mahat, Neil Johnson, and Sara Gutierrez in partnership with SHL bit.ly/3JlxTqb

Our new app layout is nearly here! 🤗⏳ And the Delight team has a few things to share about the changes… 🧠 (Video created by our very own Eric the Coder 👏)

Folks a reminder that Element is hiring Come help us build an open standard for secure messaging. It’s #FOSS, we’re fully remote, and you’ll be improving the data privacy of millions of people Even if you can't see a perfect match hit me up anyway apply.workable.com/elementio/

It’s all happening at the Matrix dev room in K3.401! Just hit the halfway point of the physical devroom. Come watch and join online at matrix.to/#/#2023-k.3.40…

The UK’s Online Safety Bill is catastrophic for UK citizen privacy - lots of details here, featuring us, Signal, WhatsApp and more…

We’re part of an open letter asking the UK government to rethink the Online Safety Bill to protect end-to-end encryption and respect privacy. Read the letter here: element.io/blog/the-uks-o…

Day 2 of #CTOCraftCon Come say Hi. Especially keen to talk about FOSS and remote work.

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📣⚠️📣 Announcing a new home and license (AGPLv3) for Synapse and friends: going forwards Element’s work on Synapse, Dendrite & related server-side projects is going to be released as AGPLv3 rather than Apache. element.io/blog/element-t…

Element informed the Foundation that it will be forking Synapse and Dendrite: matrix.org/blog/2023/11/0… We'll do our best to answer your questions, address concerns, and find a path forward together.

🇪🇺 Happy DMA day everybody! 🇪🇺 We've written up our thoughts on WhatsApp's third party interoperability offer, how it fits with Element and Matrix, and what the future may or may not hold! element.io/blog/the-eu-di…