Julian OliverJun 15

A great piece calling out the desperate lack of ambition, vision and rigour in the EU's new digital sovereignty package.

"Brussels fails to recognise that digital sovereignty isn’t just about who owns or controls your technology. It’s also about having an independent vision for how that technology is designed, developed and deployed. If Europe really wants to be sovereign, it needs to free itself from Silicon Valley’s ideology, not just its tech."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/15/europe-us-big-tech-silicon-valley-european-commission

#sovereignty

Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook

The European Commission has unveiled its plans for digital sovereignty. Its proposals betray a disappointing lack of vision, says Max von Thun of the Open Markets Institute Europe

The Guardian
Show threadKarl Heinz HäsliprinzJun 15
@JulianOliver Yep. Teams is not shit becaus its not european but because it's boss-surveillance ware that pretends to be collaboration ware... etc.
Show threadBad News Nobody
@KarlHeinzHasliP @JulianOliver All they want is something that they can directly control, they are unbothered by any other consideration.
Jun 15 at 8:52amWeb