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Boosted by Elena Rossini ⁂ @_elena@mastodon.social
@mattburgess@infosec.exchange · 3d ago
Updated! We are now up to 20 entries in my European digital sovereignty tracker. New examples of orgs ditching US tech include media entities, the Dutch National Bank, and open source sewing software. Thanks to everyone who has sent me examples, please do keep them coming if there are others I am missing! There's a handful that I am still reviewing and I'm also considering in the next update including new categories (political declarations, funding, projects such as Euro-Office, etc) https://drive.proton.me/urls/EG60KWHEDG#7P2AL5m6PPzT #digitalsovereignty #europe #tech #opensource
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@gelbphoenix@social.gelbphoenix.de · 1d ago
Is the Bluesky kind of federation an example for the future of the Fediverse? Read here what I think about this: https://blog.gelbphoenix.de/the-glass-floor-of-digital-sovereignty/ #Fediverse #Bluesky #Blog #ActivityPub #OpenSocialWeb #DigitalSovereignty #ATProto
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@alan@lighthouse.co.im · 2d ago
On 25 Feb 2026, the UAE announced the world's first sovereign financial cloud. The CEO: "Finance runs on digital infrastructure; hence it must be sovereign." Four days later, drones hit AWS ME-CENTRAL-1. Two AZs down simultaneously. 109 services disrupted. 37 still dark two months later. They understood the problem. The implementation gap killed them anyway. https://haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/finance-runs-on-digital-infrastructure/ #CloudSovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #AWS #CloudResilience #InfoSec #Infrastructure #DataSovereignty #FinTech
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@fsfe@mastodon.social · 2d ago
Happy to be at the #LinuxInfoDay in #augsburg (Bavaria)! A wonderful event with amazing talks about #FreeSoftware. Come over and step by at our booth. Today @annabonnie@mastodon.social will talk about #pmpc and #digitalsovereignty. In the afternoon she will give a workshop about how to do a podcast with #FreeSoftware
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@newsgroup@social.vir.group · 3d ago
Auditability is the real spine of digital sovereignty, not just slapping a license on code and calling it a day. Without independent verification that what's promised is what's running, transparency is just performance. #opensource #DigitalSovereignty #AuditTheStack
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@Pikapods@mastodon.social · 5d ago
The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. 🇳🇱 This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in. https://www.nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/soft-launch-for-government-open-source-code-platform/ #forgejo #opensource #digitalsovereignty
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · 5d ago
FX: the slamming of a door on an empty stable. The British state, if it had had any sense, would have been worrying about #DigitalSovereignty years ago. #BigTech #AI https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/29/ai-panic-uk-government-us-dependent-technology-trump
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@Amgine@mamot.fr · 5d ago
Goose and Gander I complained when M Carney used Google to talk to #Canadians. #Canada and its politicians must assert their #DigitalSovereignty, and that means making their content available in safe, surveillance-free venues FIRST, and only feed the #USA's #GAFAM / #AI / #SurveillanceEconomy SECOND. Walk the talk. And that includes you, @avilewis@mstdn.ca. Your #mastodon staffers know exactly what I am talking about: #Peertube, #Loops, #Pixelfed, and the rest of the #federated platforms. #Fediverse.
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 27, 2026
“For too long, the UK has been content to be a digital colony of Silicon Valley. We are ceding both economic value and strategic autonomy because we lack a coherent plan to stand on our own two feet.” 🗣️ Victoria Collins MP on the cross-party warning over the UK's dependence on US tech. They call for the risks to be disclosed and recognised in the National Risk Register. Read more ⬇️ https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-british-lawmakers-demand-transparency-over-us-tech-dependence/ #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #tech #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026
Your voice drives us ❤️ Meet Robert Heide: developer, founder of hank, and Tuta user for nearly a decade. He chose privacy before it was a trend, and never looked back. From leaving Gmail to building a fully EU-based tech stack: Robert's journey is digital sovereignty in action. 🇪🇺 Check it out: ➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/europe-only-startup-tech-stack #Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #Tuta
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@janvlug@mastodon.social · Apr 25, 2026
Dutch civil servant fired because he spoke up against the takeover of #Solvinity that provides the #DigiD service. DigiD is the central system that is used in the #Netherlands to log in into official government and related services. Solvinity, the company hosting DigiD will probably be taken over by Kyndryl, a US company. Putting the login functionality of the Dutch official digital services under US #jurisdiction. #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalAutonomy In Dutch: https://www.techzine.nl/nieuws/privacy-compliance/577495/cpo-logius-ontslagen-via-trouw-na-rel-rond-digid-beheerder-solvinity/
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 24, 2026
The UK isn’t a vassal state of America. Yet Trump wants to punish us over a digital services tax. This can be resolved by ditching US Big Tech from our digital infrastructure. We should invest in open source to promote economic growth through greater innovation and a more competitive tech sector. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/trump-tariff-uk-digital-services-tax-warning #digitalsovereignty #trump #digitalservices #tech #bigtech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol #tarrif
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social · Apr 24, 2026
🇫🇷 France wants to switch from #Windows to #Linux 🎉 Find out which other countries in the #EU no longer want to waste tax payers' money on Big Tech 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/countries-ditching-microsoft-choosing-linux-digital-sovereignty #digitalsovereignty
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@ISOCSwitzerland@fosstodon.org · Apr 23, 2026
Our campaign on #DigitalSovereignty continues this Saturday 25 April at 13:30, this time addressing #Educators. What does digital sovereignty mean for educators? Join us at the #OpenEducationDay organized by @CHopen@infosec.exchange in Bern to contribute to the discussion. And join the growing community of educators in Switzerland and in Europe advocating for #FOSS technologies, like the ones developed by the @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz cc @hernani@chaos.social, @panayotis@fosstodon.org, @puer_robustus@fosstodon.org
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@JdeBP@mastodon.scot · Apr 23, 2026
@bobdvb@mastodonapp.uk Yes, indeed. https://ft.com/content/08eb1b45-91c2-4312-9d3c-ac5e4e557278 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_833 El reads these things so we don't have to. (-: The slight caveat is that the #HouseOfEl thumbnails and titles have a tendency to use the present tense for things that haven't quite happened yet. #EUPolitics #DigitalSovereignty
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 23, 2026
Did Palantir say the quiet bit out loud? Maybe not when clue's in the name that they're the bad guys trying to spy on everyone. But still, erm, bold to set out their sinister megalomania in a 22-point manifesto. They make the case for ditching Big Tech in favour of UK Digital Sovereignty for us tbh. https://cybernews.com/editorial/palantir-manifesto-britain-tech-dependence/ #palantir #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #bigtech #tech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 22, 2026
The problem with our dependency on Big Tech is evident in Palantir's NHS contract. Signing up to a 'subscription service' for one company's exclusive software leaves us with nothing when we end the contract. With open source, we don't have to start again with a new platform when changing vendors. https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/palantir_nhs_break_clause/ #BigTech #palantir #nhs #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #UnplugBigTech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Apr 22, 2026
Handing out contracts to Big Tech platforms is a rip off. If we don't like the over-charging, tax-dodging and exporting profits overseas, we face the nightmare of vendor lock-in. They own the software, so love it or lose it. We call for UK Digital Sovereignty to turn the tide. Sign if you agree ⬇️ https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty #BigTech #palantir #nhs #DigitalSovereignty #opensource #UnplugBigTech #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social · Apr 22, 2026
RE: https://thecanadian.social/@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty/116370161566042908 Later today, after I shake off the lingering effects of a vacation, we will be announcing a contest where you can win your very own #Plushtodon AND 2 excellent books from #Fediverse champions. Yes, there is effort required to adopt one of these peach coloured cuties because this incredible value is worth working for. Stay tuned... #DigitalSovereignty #MastodonCanada
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@newsgroup@social.vir.group · Apr 21, 2026

Which instance or server are you using? #Nextcloud #Privacy #SelfHosting #CloudStorage #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #GoogleDrive #Dropbox

Google Drive
7.3% (3)
Dropbox
0.0% (0)
OneDrive
4.9% (2)
Other
87.8% (36)
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