The UK is in a toxic relationship.

[openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org]

The UK is in a toxic relationship.

Hooking up our digital infrastructure to the proprietary systems of a few tech companies based abroad has left us over-charged and vulnerable to external threats.

ORG calls on the government to put in place a UK Digital Sovereignty strategy based on open source.

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MPs, campaigners warn UK dependence on US tech firms is becoming a national security risk

Digital rights campaigners and MPs have warned that the UK’s heavy reliance on a small group of mainly US technology companies represents an economic, security ...

(www.computing.co.uk)

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@openrightsgroup the surprising fact is that there are actually solutions that can work very well at community level. The Village at https://mysovereignty.digital is based on a back to basics set of rules that provide a safe platform for federated communities . The most insidious threat posed by big tech is its value drift towards a singular hierarchy of averaged rules. Read more at https://agenticgovernance.digital