Paris Marx1d ago

finland was planning to move its election platform to amazon web services.

after all the threats from the US and concern about how it will use tech dependence against europe, that plan is on ice.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-24/finland-shelves-plan-to-move-election-platform-to-amazon-servers

#tech #europe #finland #elections #politics #digitalsovereignty #amazon

Show threadRynach
@parismarx We should pressure our social insurance institution Kela next, they made a 589 million € deal with PwC to move their benefit administration systems and services into Salesforce's cloud. https://www.kela.fi/news/pricewaterhousecoopers-business-services-srl-pwc-selected-to-implement-the-reform-of-kela-s-benefit-administration
PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Services SRL (PwC) selected to implement the reform of Kela’s benefit administration

<p><strong>Kela intends to streamline the processes involved in implementing social security by reforming its benefit administration systems and the target-state services these systems will facilitate. Kela has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Services SRL as its strategic partner for the reform after conducting a competitive dialogue in accordance with procurement law. </strong></p>

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Show threadRynach1d ago
@parismarx At the root of this is naivety: our politicians either are not that tech-savvy or they think that Finland has a "special relationship" with the US. That naivety leads into thinking how the problems other countries have will not happen to us, because "we're so special". Digital sovereignty and moving into European alternatives has been a big topic in Finnish public discourse recently, and it even spawned a very popular citizens' initiative.