CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Goose and GanderI 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. Your #mastodon staffers know exactly what I am talking about: #Peertube, #Loops, #Pixelfed, and the rest of the #federated platforms. #Fediverse.

EUR 180M EU cloud tender introduces sovereignty scoring.8 dimensions.No provider reached full sovereignty.Hyperscaler involvement lowers your score.For Swiss orgs, this framework will matter soon. What it means: https://www.vshn.ch/en/blog/eur-180-million-for-sovereign-cloud-what-the-eus-first-sovereignty-scored-procurement-means-for-swiss-organisations/ #SovereignCloud #DigitalSovereignty #CloudStrategy #OpenSource #CloudNative #EUCloud

Hätte man mich gefragt, wäre Wero ja bei einem europäischen Anbieter gehostet worden und nicht bei AWS . Aber wurde ja nicht gefragt. #MöchtegernInfluencerhttps://www.golem.de/news/digitale-souveraenitaet-wero-nutzt-zum-teil-amazon-server-2604-207882.html#cmtsDisclaimer: Die Sonnenbrille wurde mir gratis überlassen. #Sonne #digitalsovereignty #did

I gotta be honest - even after two cups of caffeine I'm confused by what this new model of social media offers. The objective of stopping tech bros from data collection and deriving value from my social media activity is admirable. But the description, to an admittedly non-techie like me, is clear as mud. Just dump everything for #Mastodon. #SocialMedia #CDNdidhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/special/contributor-content/2026/04/22/could-socialfi-finally-fix-the-incentive-problem-in-social-media/89741107007/

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/

Sometimes things move fast. Not that long ago, dutch authorities reached out to @forgejo to discuss using their solution for a new official site to collect and distribute open source. Well. The pilot has started. Today you can visit https://code.overheid.nl/explore/repos and become part of the move towards More Open and More Digital Sovereignty! Congrats to all involved! @BZKopensource #Forgejo #DigitalSovereignty

@openrightsgroup "Trump's tariffs were ruled illegal. Where's the refund of $166 billion"?Why does clicking reply in #mastodon if not signed in take you to hotmail/outlook? Corporate deal? Switch to the dark side to stay alive?WE the people are going to put a big jail cell over corporate puppet if he doesn't stop breaking the law, acting like a child, play stupid rule the world games, lying...etc. Just act like a man and say just how criminal and undignified you've been trump! Scum

@Tutanota I wish there was a larger movement. Europe seems to sort-of get it. We will see what will be after the orange man is no longer in power. I suspect Microsoft's lobbist are already at work and prepping for the next big thin in EU.

@openrightsgroup You know, I might have a data sovereignty card up my sleeve. It depends where you want to get your infrastructure stacks from! *points to corporate social media platforms where he's listed as Director, Stealth-mode Network Infrastructure Startup UK Limited*

@openrightsgroup I emailed my MP this morning about the GenAI boondoggle and the clear and present danger it now poses, and have called Palantir out as a national security risk.

I've booked almost the entirety of June off work. Planning to use some of my free time to tour Saskatoon #yxe and talk with as many politicians and organizations as I can about their social media strategies. See if I can bring em to the Fediverse in the spirit of @ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty Planning starts the second Legislature lets out mid May.I'd love to find collaborators to do the same in Regina #yqr Moose Jaw #ymj and Prince Albert #ypa and any other communities across the province. Hit me up!#skpoli #MastoCanadaGOV #Digitalsovereignty #LeaveX

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

RE: https://thecanadian.social/@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty/116370161566042908Later 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

@HLunke I've struggled with Collabora as it has a tendency to not save changes fast enough, and if you close the tab with unsaved changes, it doesn't even give you a popup. Otherwise love it on my nextcloud

@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

@openrightsgroup I wonder if all those US tech giants are starting to regret supporting the convicted felon in the White House as he is one of the reasons the rest of the world is trying to avoid US companies.

@openrightsgroup watching the top guys in Labour fawn over AI like children on Christmas morning, and look to Elon Musk for Wisdom, was disgustingthey sat there and told the public AI creators were above the law

@leanderlindahl who provides compute? Own rig, big-AI, OpenRouter, Chinese competitors like Z.ai...

@openrightsgroup nah Britain needs software from a company that wants to dominate people.

Miksi tämä on tärkeää?- Kotimainen käyttöjärjestelmä ja laite takaavat tietoturvan ja luotettavuuden.- Sailfish OS vahvistaa digitaalista itsemääräämisoikeutta ja yksityisyyttä.- Jolla osoittaa, että Suomessa on valmiudet rakentaa oma itsenäinen digitaalinen tulevaisuus.Digitaalinen itsenäisyys on mahdollista ja suomalaiset yritykset ovat jo valmiina. Liity kansalaisaloitteeseen ja tue suomalaisen osaamisen ja digitaalisen itsenäisyyden vahvistamista!https://jolla.com/ 2/2