All the more reason for EU and beyond to get off US cloud services.

You wouldn't use Russian cloud services in 2026 🤷🏻‍♂️
https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115830673005081570

#USPol #EU #Sanctions #DigitalSoverignty

Pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la souveraineté digitale, la présentation de Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) explique comment s'extirper des abus des USA.

A regarder absolument.

https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

#digitalSoverignty #souveraineteNumerique
#CCC39c3

"Carrez explained: "We've seen old alliances between the US and the EU being questioned or leveraged for immediate gains. We have seen the very terms of exchange of goods changing almost every day. And as a response to that, in Europe, we're moving to digital sovereignty." That shift, in turn, means open-source software. "
https://www.zdnet.com/article/europes-plan-to-ditch-us-tech-giants-is-built-on-open-source-and-its-gaining-steam/
#openSource #digitalSoverignty #EU

All his accounts with US companies such as #Amazon, #Airbnb, or #PayPal were immediately closed by the providers. Online bookings, such as through #Expedia, are immediately cancelled, even if they concern hotels in #France. #digitalsoverignty #foreigninterference

How a French judge was digital...

@jwildeboer I too do a lot of #SelfHosting , and care about #DigitalSoverignty . I think #Canada needs to care more about #ElbowsUp , like many #EU citizens

Great to see this #PublicDigital work on #DigitalSoverignty https://public.digital/pd-insights/blog/2025/07/our-view-on-digital-sovereignty

There is a lot here which governments should be digging into.

Great to see this @publicdigital.bsky.social work on #DigitalSoverignty public.digital/pd-insights/... There is a lot here which governments should be digging into.

Our view on digital sovereignt...

Synchronicity. That I should be reading "Brave New World Revisited" when the new UK online safety rules come into force.

I worry that requiring people to sign in to adult sites for verification may open a new avenue for data mining and profiling.

Also, who verifies and regulates the verifiers? You'd have no idea the origin or trustworthiness of the people you'd be handing personal data to.

The breach of the "Tea" app is a chilling warning of that.

#digitalsoverignty #digitalrights #tech

Germany follows suit:
#microsoftteams #microsoftoffice #windows #opensourcesoftware #digitalsoverignty
🇩🇪

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250613-we-re-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft

Help end digital colonialism.

Join #GlobalSwitchDay on 1 Feb and help your friends leave corporate media platforms that profit from harvesting as much data as possible about our lives.

https://mastodon.social/@sylv_a/113872073856115364

#DigitalColonialism #digitalSoverignty #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #FOSS #FLOSS #Fediverse #decentralized #surveillanceCapitalism

Speech by the Minister of Digitalisation, Research and Higher Education Stéphanie Obertin

https://peertube.opencloud.lu/videos/watch/39d6794f-7377-4bf9-bbdc-7192a2279a41