Social media’s impact on society and citizens clearly shows the need for change. Europe has a strong ecosystem of social companies and a deep well of expertise in designing and operating social protocols.

We are building on this to move away from large monopolistic platforms with their authoritarian governance and editorial positions, and are joining forces to establish a diverse and resilient information infrastructure in Europe.

Together, we will protect people and institutions from interference by these platforms. What’s more, we will bring thousands of jobs and billions of euros that social media generates to our continent, to circulate that revenue in our own thriving business ecosystem.

The open European platforms and protocols that sign intend to explore working on important areas of joint development.

The European Social Stack — An open declaration

https://european.social/?signed=1#sign


Anyone may have some observations to add to this call but it's an important keystone sustained by leading organisations.

It's clearly and certainly worth signing.

Please, follow the movement  and spread it as widely as possible !

#freedomfromcorporatesovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #ProudEU #democracry

Many rumours give various statements about the huge amounts that could be saved  if only the whole continent swung to open source solutions at any level.

I would really like to see clear and serious estimates about that.

#ProudEU #freedomfromcorporatesovereignty #opensource #DigitalSovereignty

Belgium Can’t Afford Microsoft to Go Down: A Wake-Up Call on Digital Sovereignty | BeLibre - Belgian Think Tank on Digital Autonomy

https://belibre.be/en/sovereignty/article-1/

> So we’re using Microsoft at the Belgian government? So what, that’s not a bad thing, is it? I mean, it does a great job and everybody uses it. Right? After all, it’s the safe option. “Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM Microsoft.

“Hey US, I thought we were friends?” This question isn’t rhetorical anymore. As tariff threats escalate, wars redraw geopolitical alliances, and digital infrastructure becomes the backbone of every critical service, Europe faces an uncomfortable truth: we’ve outsourced control of our digital future to a handful of American corporations.

#DigitalSovereignty #openframeworks #ProudEU