A usual workday for us?
Today our wonderful colleague @dario is in the #EU parliament talking to policymakers and ensuring that #RouterFreedom will be secured for all #european users 🇪🇺

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🚀 March Newsletter 🚀

Our March newsletter brings you the energy of 22 I Love Free Software Day ❤️ celebrations across Europe, the Norwegian release of Ada & Zangemann, updates on the #CRA and #RouterFreedom and two fresh Software Freedom Podcast episodes.

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202603.en.html

Do you know what #RouterFreedom is?

It is the right of users to choose and operate their own routers, modems, and other equipment used for internet connection.

It is important for user autonomy, competition, and privacy as it enables users to run #FreeSoftware operating systems on their routers and modems.

https://fsfe.org/activities/routers/index.en.html

#DeviceNeutrality

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/116167647998287725

Turns out Dutch ISP Odido scans and reports the devices on your network via their provided router. At least we have #RouterFreedom in the Netherlands so anyone can install a router (modem) they trust. Learn more at https://fsfe.org/activities/routers/routers.html

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kirschner/116130466170573760

Encouraging to see people mobilising and demanding #RouterFreedom.

Although the #NetNeutrality regulation in the EU is reaching its 10th anniversary, many member states still do not allow consumers to use their own routers.

There will be a window of opportunity to harmonise #RouterFreedom across the EU, though:

https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260218-01.en.html

FSFE calls for Digital Networks Act to secure Router Freedom EU-wide: users choose own routers vs ISP lock-in. 💻

Fragmented NTP rules block Free Software, enable proprietary firmware/security gaps; demands harmonised physical boundary. 🛡️

Successes in Finland/Germany/Italy; fibre networks fragmented. 🔧

@fsfe

🔗 https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260218-01.en.html

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/116092002263313639

#DigitalNetworksAct and #RouterFreedom

For more than a decade, the Free Software Foundation Europe has worked to protect #RouterFreedom in Europe.

The European Union is about to reform the telecom sector, and we call for a clear and harmonised approach that upholds the freedom of terminal equipment across all Member States.

Digital Networks Act: the FSFE calls for strong and consistent protection of Router Freedom!

For more than a decade, the  Free Software Foundation Europe has worked to protect #RouterFreedom in Europe. The European Union is about to reform the telecom sector with the proposed #DigitalNetworksAct.

We call for a clear and harmonised approach that upholds this freedom across all Member States.

https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260218-01.en.html