The UK isn’t a vassal state of America.

[openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org]

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

[openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org]

Get Trump out of our politics.

The UK’s over reliance on US tech companies to deliver our digital systems gives him a foothold to exert power.

It opens the way for service withdrawal and provides leverage to influence domestic polices.

Or we can choose Digital Sovereignty.

Sign our petition ️

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 (you.38degrees.org.uk)

#digitalsovereignty #trump #opensource #tech #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol #unplugtrump

[richrarobi@mastodon.social]

@openrightsgroup

Why isn't the #ukgovernment resisting this #lunatic #warmongerer ?

#trump must be stopped,
the only way to resist bullies is to stand up to them,
not to bend over for them

[simonzerafa@infosec.exchange]

@openrightsgroup

That's great. The new UK engines for his B52 fleet will cost a hell of a lot more as well as every other import.

I'd tell him to go ahead

[reggiehere@mastodon.social]

@RichRARobi

I think the answer might lie with questioning the assumption that the "UK isn’t a vassal state of America"

@openrightsgroup

[samiamsam@mastodon.social]

@openrightsgroup

ok grandpa, time to get you to bed

[hopeless@mas.to]

@ReggieHere @RichRARobi @openrightsgroup

Yeah, icky as it is.

But there are levels of it, for example, we do not have to invite US officials to sit in on UK government meetings.

We don't have to put uk.gov on US clouds via US-based services like fastly.

We don't have to use scary US companies in the NHS.

We are doing these things to ourselves and can just stop.

[capnthommo@c.im]

@openrightsgroup didn't there used to be a proverb about the foolhardiness of only using one basket to carry all your eggs?

[scaletheory@mastodon.social]

@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