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Towards the end of 2025, we saw realisation across Europe and beyond of the danger of reliance on US technologies. In 2026, we'll keep the pressure on, highlighting and building true, non-American, alternatives to community technology. #SocialMedia #EUTech #DigitalSovereignty

Kevin Dominik Korte 1h ago

We’ve surrendered too much of our digital lives to convenience. Real progress means choosing technology consciously, not by default.
Read more: https://www.korte.co/2026/01/08/looking-inward-the-choice-to-control-your-own-technology-future/

#privacy #digitalsovereignty #governance #data

Nextcloud 📱☁️💻3h ago

#Digitalsovereignty in Europe has hit a turning point. ↪️ What used to be niche policy talk is now front-page news.

But will it be enough, and what’s next for Europe in 2026? One major blocker remains: buying behavior.

Discover the full story! 👇 https://nextcloud.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-in-europe-what-still-lies-ahead/

Mina 3h ago

In my opinion, lack of accessibility is the main *real* argument against the widespread adoption of Free and Open Source Software.

I reckon, if, especially European, governments and institutions really are serious about digital sovereignty, they should invest serious money (I'm talking billions with "B") into that area.

#a11y #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #EU

Johannes Näder 4h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@annabonnie/115830259414220210

Habe mich gestern auf dem Heimweg in der S-Bahn in diesen Podcast versenkt - ein Livemitschnitt vom #39C3, wo ich leider nicht dabei sein konnte. Moderiert von @ktn. @annabonnie arbeitet darin sehr prägnant heraus, warum #FreieSoftware entscheidend für digitale Souveränität ist. Hörempfehlung!

@fsfe #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty @heiseonline

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Johan Empa 4h ago

European digital sovereignty becomes more important by the day. We need to mitigate the risks.

We need a stronger tech ecosystem and climate action needs to become a natural part of it.

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https://gitlab.com/albinsocial/gprm/-/blob/main/Sketch/Ecosystem_sketch.md

#EU #Tech #DigitalSovereignty

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Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂4h ago

Speaking of #JDLL, some of you may remember that I had the honor of speaking at the 2025 edition, invited by the awesome @yunohost team to share my experiences self-hosting with them.

I asked my husband to tag along and bring our daughter so she could see me speaking on stage... and see that mamma does cool stuff outside the house too.

Well, my daughter brought up Lyon and the conference on the way to school the other morning. I asked her: "did you have a good time?" and her immediate response was: "I didn't understand anything you said!"

Me: "Well, it's normal, I talked about grown up stuff."

Child (4 then, 5 soon): "But what did you say?"

And then I proceeded to try to explain the concept of #selfhosting and #digitalsovereignty and how empowering it is to use a tech stack independent of #BigTech platforms... in an accessible way that she would understand.

It was SO DIFFICULT.

I probably failed spectacularly and she still doesn't understand. But it made me think that it'd be worth trying to explain this to older kids... like pre-adolescents or in their early teens? Maybe a project for another time.

Edit/add-on: my daughter asked me to speak about the Pink Panther or Bluey next time so she could understand 😂

#MySoCalledSudoLife #resist #parenting