Heute ist wieder Di.Day, der dritte digitale Unabhängigkeitstag. Und im Februar gab es eine Umstellung bei meiner E-Mail-Nutzung. Ich habe mich vom US-Dienst #Gmail abgekoppelt.

Meine E-Mails laufen jetzt über einen Server in einem deutschen Rechenzentrum. Somit bleiben alle Nachrichten, die ich mit anderen deutschen oder europäischen Servern austausche, in Deutschland bzw. Europa. Alle ein- und ausgehenden E-Mails werden zusätzlich nur noch TLS-gesichert übertragen.

Für alle, die auch zu einem deutschen oder europäischen E-Mail-Anbieter umsteigen möchten, gibt es hier ein einfaches Wechselrezept:
https://di.day/posteo-mailbox-org/

#DIDit #Europa #EU #digitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignity #unplugtrump

Time flies 🚀: Exactly one year ago we had our association's founding meeting 🥳.

Looking forward to the next year of developing and promoting #Phosh and the #LinuxMobile ecosystem, working towards user friendly #DigitalFreedom and #DigitalIndependence (nowadays often called #DigitalSovereignity) for the devices we carry in our pockets very day 📱.

Our next booth will be at #CLT2026 in Chemnitz, meet us there.

European alternatives to IT services from the US and elsewhere: https://european-alternatives.eu/category/search-engines

#eu #buyEuropean #digitalindependence #digitalsovereignity

It is very interesting, that a lot of business people totally dived into technology and understood the concept of "not your keys, not your coins" but the same people upload their data to #BigTech clouds and trash talk you about #DigitalSovereignity when you tell them "not your code, not your business" #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

"The benefits of the data centre economy are diffuse, intangible. In 2022, due to concerns about pressure on the National Grid and the potential for rolling blackouts, EirGrid, Ireland’s energy grid, placed a moratorium on the development of new datacentres in Dublin until 2028. [..] Singapore imposed a three-year moratorium from 2019 to 2022, and is now seeking applications within new parameters to ensure sustainability." #EUenergy #DigitalSovereignity

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/power-grab-hidden-costs-of-ireland-datacentre-boom

@thelocalstack nice stuff and rationalistic approach. I follow you.

However it is not expected that general IT infrastructure users are capable of doing this - even if they agree in principle. We need experts, providers, who are doing it in an ethical way with optimal legal environment under control.

Anyhow, you are right, everyone can do the 1st steps on its own.

#digitalsovereignity #europeanalternatives

Oh Là Là! Red Hat Open Sources Digital Sovereignty Readiness Tool

https://fossforce.com/2026/02/oh-la-la-red-hat-open-sources-digital-sovereignty-readiness-tool/

#RedHat #DigitalSovereignity #Gnu #Linux

Major breakthrough in my efforts getting rid of US based tech companies... My contact database just synced with nextcloud. Some real life testing in the next couple of days and then delete all contacts in Google. #boycottUSA #digitalsovereignity #fucktrump and all his cronies

France is planning to age-gate social media: https://reclaimthenet.org/france-social-media-ban-under-15-digital-id-age-verification
Big tech's algorithms are bad for the entire society: adults as well as children, and THAT is where legislation is needed. Europeans need more privacy, not less. #digitalsovereignity #privacymatters

🫵 Have you already become DI – Digitally Independent?
No!? Let's get started!

Last Sunday was Digital Independence Day again (#DIDAY) – an initiative that we wholeheartedly support 💙. Switch now to 🇪🇺 European alternatives for search engines, email, etc.. "Recipes" on how to switch are available at: 👉 https://di.day (𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯)

#diday #digitalsovereignity

@mailbox_org @MetaGer @Mojeek @protonprivacy @LibreOfficeDE

I just discovered one important EU institution is at Mastodon: The European Central Bank.
Hit the follow button to show that we care.

https://mastodon.social/@ecb@respublicae.eu

#Digitalsovereignity #LeaveX #Mastodon #EU #Europe #DigitalIndependence #socialmedia #ECB #bank #centralbank

I just discovered one important EU institution is at Mastodon: The EU court.
Hit the follow button to show that we care.

https://curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Curia

#Digitalsovereignity #LeaveX #Mastodon #EU #Europe #DigitalIndependence #EuCourt #justice

FOSDEM 2026 - Live Streaming
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/streaming/

@kajakallas @HennaVirkkunen

#opensource #conference #brussel #fosdem #stream #live #eu #europe #DigitalSovereignity

In order to lure people to Mastodon, let's not cross-post. Post on Mastodon, and then post a link to that post on other networks. This is what Twitter has always promoted, and what Facebook does now to push Threads.

#mastodon #LeaveX #leavetwitter #LeaveX #digitalindependence #digitalsovereignity #DigitaleSouveränität #threads #facebook #twitter #crossposting

Und, nicht ganz unwichtig: Chatto wird gebaut (und betrieben) in der EU.

#digitalsovereignity

Die Europäische Kommission ist immer noch nicht bei mastodon vertreten. Aber bei X.

#DigitaleSouveränität
#europeanunion
#europeancommission
#digitalsovereignity

🎉 25 years of Drupal. 25 years of enterprise-level #Opensource and #digitalsovereignity

For a quarter of a century, #Drupal has stood for digital solutions that focus not on short-term trends, but on sustainable architecture and true scalability.

🏅 As a Certified Drupal Platinum Partner, we are not only users, but also an active part of the ecosystem. We contribute to further development, drive innovation and help shape the future of web solutions with Drupal:

https://www.factorial.io/en/blog/25-years-drupal-open-source-enterprise-expertise

#CMS

@acallegaro

from my point of view, that's a misunderstanding. #digitalsovereignity isn't about nations. It means the independence of anyone using digital tools. Like you as an individual. That can be a nation or a city too. We need open source to do it, but it's really about the freedom to do what we want and decide, as opposed to dependence on a tech company.

France24 discusses European dependance on US software and digital infrastructure. This topic is getting louder.

https://youtu.be/eJyILvhEFTk?si=x4Qyq4YxAB2DyRnU

#digitalsovereignity