Show threadOpen Rights Group2d ago

2️⃣ Reset UK Digital Sovereignty.

This means having control over our critical tech, national infrastructure and digital policy-making.

By ridding ourselves of US tech giants like Palantir and using open source for our systems, we can have greater independence and more competition in UK tech.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/demand-uk-digital-sovereignty/

#andyburnham #labour #digitalpolicy #digitalrights #starmer #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalsovereignty #techsovereignty #palantir

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦5d ago
“The digital sovereignty opportunity is making billions of dollars by producing and exporting products that defend people from Big Tech plunder and Trumpian killswitches. That is the real world.”
#TakeBackControl #TechSovereignty #Canada
@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/18/their-trillions-our-billions/
Pluralistic: AI digital sovereignty risk doesn’t exist (18 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

StrypeyJun 19

Some #GoodNews for a change, via the OSI. #HatTip to folks in the #dccp-policy:matrix.org room for the link;

"This week, the European Union (EU) published its “Tech Sovereignty” package, with a vision that puts Open Source at the heart of the EU’s digital sovereignty ambitions, while addressing many concerns and requests of Open Source communities."

https://opensource.org/blog/osi-welcomes-the-european-unions-tech-sovereignty-package

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#DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #FreeCode #EU #TechSovereignty

OSI welcomes the European Union’s “Tech Sovereignty” package

The European Union (EU) published its “Tech Sovereignty” package, with a vision that puts Open Source at the heart of the EU’s digital sovereignty ambitions, while addressing many concerns and requ…

Open Source Initiative
Show threadjmcunxJun 19

@europeanOSacademy

This is what the EU should do, require all hardware used in all levels of gov. be open hardware. An example of this is POSIX, the US Gov required POSIX on all operating systems they used.

If the EU could phase this in, the rest of the world would be in a better place. Their first focus, Nvidia :)

#OpenSource #TechSovereignty #OpenHardware #RISCV #Semiconductors #DigitalSovereignty #EUTech

ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESJun 19

" #France shifts away from #Palantir, towards ‘ #AI #sovereignty’"

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ai/france-shifts-away-from-palantir-towards-ai-sovereignty

👏 👏 👏

Keep it up #Europe

But please do me a favor

Don't replace #USA #techbro shit with... USA-style techbro shit (like this #W #Bluesky vomitorium)

And if I need to explain to you what I mean... no I don't think I need to do that. You feel what that means in your bones

I say this as an American

#techSovereignty #EU

France shifts away from Palantir, towards ‘AI sovereignty’

France’s domestic intelligence agency, the DGSI, is planning to replace Palantir’s data analytics software with tools from French firm ChapsVision, in a move framed by ...

European Open Source AcademyJun 19

👉Don't miss out on the latest read from the #EuropeanOpenSourceAcademy and OSAwards.eu members!

Europe's tech sovereignty debate keeps coming back to manufacturing when it talks hardware. But there's a layer in between that gets far less attention: who controls the design tools, IP blocks, and chip architectures that feed our foundries.

🔗Read now: https://europeanopensource.academy/news/without-open-source-hardware-there-no-eu-tech-sovereignty

#OpenSource #TechSovereignty #OpenHardware #RISCV #Semiconductors #DigitalSovereignty #EUTech

Show thread⚡️ Daz: data defenderJun 19

@llas @neil @EUCommission @fsfe

Well done to the #fsfe.

I'll say this once again. Europe's Open Source Software push for #techsovereignty means nothing without a working (open source and open hardware) => #europhone

NGI CommonsJun 19

📢 Join the NGI Commons webinar: Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Package: Key Takeaways and Next Steps

🎫 Register here: https://commons.ngi.eu/event/europes-tech-sovereignty-package/

🎤 Zuzanna Warso will assess the European Commission’s Tech Sovereignty Package from the perspective of NGI Commons.

🫵 Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the future of Europe’s digital strategy and the role of the NGI community in shaping it.

#NGICommons #DigitalSovereignty #TechSovereignty #OpenInternet #DigitalPolicy #Europe #NGI #Innovation

NGI CommonsJun 19

🇪🇺 We’re pleased to announce that @GemmaCarolillo, Deputy Head of the Future Internet Unit at DG CONNECT, European Commission, will deliver the keynote introduction at our upcoming NGI Commons webinar:

Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Package: Key Takeaways and Next Steps

Join us to hear her perspectives on the future of an open, secure, and resilient internet.

🎫 Register: https://commons.ngi.eu/event/europes-tech-sovereignty-package/

#NGICommons #NGI #TechSovereignty #OpenSource #DigitalEurope #Cybersecurity #EuropeanCommission

knoppixJun 18

The EU unveiled a tech sovereignty package to cut reliance on foreign cloud, semiconductor, and software providers via new rules, procurement shifts, and chip production powers. 🇪🇺
It adds cloud sovereignty tiers and favors EU-aligned providers for sensitive public services while keeping most markets open. ⚙️

🔗 https://www.techpolicy.press/eu-unveils-sweeping-tech-sovereignty-push-balancing-autonomy-with-openness/

#TechNews #EU #TechSovereignty #CloudComputing #Semiconductors #AI #OpenSource #Infrastructure #Privacy #Security #Technology #Policy #Europe #DataSovereignty

EU Unveils Sweeping Tech Sovereignty Push, Balancing Autonomy with Openness

The “tech sovereignty” package marks the bloc’s most ambitious attempt yet to reduce dependence on non-European providers, reports Ramsha Jahangir.

Tech Policy Press