Neil BrownNew blogpost:
"Musings on 'digital sovereignty'"
I wanted to jot down some of my thoughts, before I forgot them.
The more I think about it, the less clear the whole thing seems...
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/03/musings-on-digital-sovereignty/
AnneH@neil I think of digital sovereignty in terms of autonomy as opposed to subservience/victimhood/exploitation. So sovereignty need not have a geograhical aspect but one of rights and consent - using those tech resources & providers that are relatively more respectful of one's autonomy regardless of whether they are paid for or not. Viewed from this standpoint it allows choice by the vast majority of users who are not in a position to develop/host their own tech. Sovereignty means using tech, not being used by it.
jandi@annehargreaves @neil Agree. Sovereignty might not be well defined or even be a misnomer, but oh boy digital coercion is as real as it gets, so no matter the term, ecology, sovereignty, dignity, transparency, the concept is still useful in a "traffic sign" way.
Edited to add: Or, as @Lana says right now, "voting DOES matter", here too: https://beige.party/@Lana/116254827240884565
πΏπΆππΆ "not yet begun to fight" (@[email protected])
Voting DOES matter. Voting cannot entirely fix a broken system but if that broken system asks you to weigh in on how much even more broken you want it to become, you CAN still choose to tell it "no not that far please that's way way too broken" instead of effectively "Shit I don't care go hog fucking wild".