Tech companies like Microsoft and Meta shared names of #Dutch civil servants and scientists with the US senate commission that investigates "tech censorship".

Dutch secretary of state says that stopping to work with American tech companies on the short term is not possible.

This is nonsense. Also people have been trying to put digital independence on the agenda for years, without much success, unfortunately.

Article in Dutch:
nos.nl/artikel/2615391-techbed…

#DigitalSovereignty #DigitalAutonomy #FOSS

Techbedrijven deelden namen Nederlandse ambtenaren met VS: 'Ontzettend zorgelijk'

Het gaat om ambtenaren die betrokken zijn bij de handhaving van Europese regels om techplatforms te reguleren. De Amerikaanse overheid ziet die regels als censuur.

^{NOS Nieuws}

Palantir should have no place in the UK's digital systems.

The government must completely break our dependency on US tech firms.

It'll deliver better value for money and protect our national security from foreign interference.

Invest in open source, not Trumpian tech bros!

Sign our petition ⬇️

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

#digitalsovereignty #palantir #opensource #sadiqkhan #metpolice #ukpolitics #ukpol

Stop the "Kill Switch": Demand the UK takes back control of our technology.

From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.

^{38 Degrees}

London Mayor Sadiq Khan shows Palantir the door 🚪

This decision recognises that Big Tech has been grifting the UK for years, by locking us into their exclusive products, jacking up the fees and exporting profits.

The future is open source, NOT shady US spyware companies.

It's time for Digital Sovereignty 🌱

theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m…

#digitalsovereignty #palantir #opensource #sadiqkhan #metpolice #ukpolitics #ukpol

London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir

Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis

^{Robert Booth (The Guardian)}

New from me: France is done with US big tech companies—arguably its moving away from American tech faster than other countries in Europe

The French government has built its own replacement for Google Docs/Microsoft Office. Cities, including Lyon, are moving to Linux and other tech. Open source is at the center of their efforts.

wired.com/story/the-eu-is-goin…

#tech #digitalsovereignty #opensource #techn

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit.

^{Matt Burgess (WIRED)}

When your data touches a US-owned platform, it falls under US law — no matter where in Europe you are.

The CLOUD Act, surveillance capitalism, AI tools reading your emails… Europe's dependence on US tech has become a sovereignty crisis.

We've written about what's at stake and what Europe is doing about it.

🔗 blog.runbox.com/2026/05/europe…

#DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech #Privacy #GDPR #OpenSource

Visit Vivien and Hanna now at #republica

Let's fight for #DigitalRights and #DigitalSovereignty 💪🏼

Happy to be here with @ecosia @nextcloud @Mastodon

🇪🇺 We signed the open letter calling for an Open Source First approach in Europe.

The question public institutions should ask first is simple:

🤔 Is there already a qualified open-source solution that does the job?

If yes, it should be seriously considered before creating new dependencies.

That is how digital sovereignty becomes real.
Read the letter: open-xchange.com/hubfs/PDFs/An…

#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSourceFirst #XWiki

Germany snubs #Palantir, chooses French supplier for internal intelligence agency

In all seriousness, choosing Palantir, funded by antidemocratic billionaires to defend German democracy would have been madness. #digitalsovereignty

dw.com/en/german-intelligence-…

German intelligence offices snub US-owned Palantir software

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has reportedly chosen a data analysis system from France, instead of US-based Palantir. Civil society has welcomed the move, but says more must be done.

^{Marcel Fürstenau (Deutsche Welle)}

That's the way to do it.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l2j1… #panatir #digitalsovereignty

UK saves 'millions' of pounds by ditching Palantir for refugee system

The government said its in-house IT system was "more flexible" while meeting "high standards" of security.

^{Chris Vallance (BBC News)}

🤩 Now available online: @_elena ’s wonderful keynote speech at the #2MR festival:

„I have a dream“ – A view of the Open Social Web in 5 years
👉 watch.2mr.social/w/k3ngQ8Xr3AN…

> To me, the #Fediverse is the best, most empowering #SocialMedia experience that I have ever had.

About #2MR: 2mr.social/

#SaveSocial #DiDay # #FOSS #Floss #Mastodon #democracy #digitalindependence #digitalsovereignty #media #danmarkskifter #DigitalRights

Is the Bluesky kind of federation an example for the future of the Fediverse?

Read here what I think about this:
blog.gelbphoenix.de/the-glass-…

#Fediverse #Bluesky #Blog #ActivityPub #OpenSocialWeb #DigitalSovereignty #ATProto

The Glass Floor of Digital Sovereignty

Why Bluesky’s "ATmosphere" isn't the blueprint for a truly free Fediverse.

^{Phoenix Paulina Schmid}

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)

drive.proton.me/urls/EG60KWHED…

#digitalsovereignty #europe #tech #opensource

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.

^{drive.proton.me}

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: ➡️ tuta.com/blog/europe-only-star…

#Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #Tuta

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:
techzine.nl/nieuws/privacy-com…

CPO Logius ontslagen via Trouw na rel rond DigiD-beheerder Solvinity - Techzine.nl

CPO Pieter van Oordt van Logius zegt ontslagen te zijn via Trouw en beschuldigt Algemeen Directeur Bert Voorbraak van onjuiste informatieverstrekking over de Solvinity-overname.

^{Erik van Klinken (Dolphin Publications)}

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.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

#digitalsovereignty #trump #digitalservices #tech #bigtech #opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol #tarrif

Trump says he will ‘probably put a big tariff on the UK’ if it doesn’t drop digital services tax

President accuses Britain of trying to ‘make an easy buck’ from American tech firms, weeks after warning UK–US trade deal can be changed

^{Mark Sweney (The Guardian)}

🇫🇷 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 👉 tuta.com/blog/countries-ditchi…

#digitalsovereignty