🚀 Just presented at the OECD Expert Group on AI & Public Procurement on the future of data governance & sovereignty!

Mitigation strategies matter:
To achieve true autonomy, we must consider:
✅ Regulatory autonomy (compliance, jurisdictional control)
✅ Strategic autonomy (long-term control over data infrastructures)
✅ Value-oriented autonomy (aligning infrastructures with public values like democracy, rule of law, and responsible innovation)

#Data #Governance #DigitalAutonomy #AI #Sovereignty

All major economies are trying to move away from Visa and Mastercard.

https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-every-major-economy-is-trying-to-ditch-visa-mastercard

Compared to other parts of the world, however, Europe is progressing slowly. Hopefully, we can soon launch the European Credit Card and Circuit for debit card payments to serve as an alternative to Visa, Mastercard, and Maestro.

Video ⤵️

#Wero #WeroPay #Wero_Pay #iDeal #BoycottVisa #BoycottMaestro #BoycottUSA #BoycottMastercard #EPI #DebitCard #EuropeanDebitCard #EuropeanBanks #werowallet #Maestro #MaestroCircuit #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanDigitalAutonomy #EUDI #EUDIwallet

Code hosting of #EuroOffice in #Europe as well, anyone? React to the #Github issue, where @Codeberg and @forgejo are suggested.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro-Office

https://github.com/Euro-Office/DocumentServer/issues/14

https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-open-source-web-editor-wants-to-replace-google-docs-and-microsoft-office/

#Codeberg #Forgejo #DigitalAutonomy #EU #Hosting #Office #LibreOffice

🎤 In 2030 onafhankelijk van Big Tech? Nolda Tipping-Griffioen (CIT): 'Ik vind het een morele plicht van een universiteit om hierin te pionieren. Ik ben wel een beetje een idealist.’

ℹ️ Lees het hele interview in De Ingenieur: https://deingenieur.nl/artikelen/onze-data-onze-waarden-onze-keuze

#bigtech, #digitalautonomy

Nextcloud is part of “Amsterdam’s Multiyear Digital Autonomy Strategy 2026-2035” 🧠

As one of the early steps of the strategy, the city will test collaboration in Nextcloud with a first group of 150 employees to explore more flexibility, greater autonomy and potential cost savings.

https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/amsterdam-chooses-open-source

#DigitalAutonomy

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @[email protected]

#communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris she/her

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 16 April 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @[email protected] (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @[email protected] (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @[email protected] (new shows!) #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

Into #DigitalAutonomy and looking for non #bigtech tools?

Take a look at 🇫🇷 https://framasoft.org/en/
(of PeerTube fame) and their #foss services and tools.