I dont like the term “digital sovereignty” because of the pronounced nationalist and authoritarian connotations that it carries, regardless of what the actual intentions of its particular users are.
I propose that as hackers, we reframe the core concept (independence of US-centric cloud operators) as “digital autonomy”. I think this carries the same core idea while being less about who rules the digital realm, and more about the freedoms we all have within it.
I would go farther and demand the democratic control of technology
@burnoutqueen @jaseg I think I would argue back not just for democratic control over technology, but for technology that is architecturally built to democratize control over its running in practical usage--
* software that defers only to its user, for individual-use software (as opposed to cloud-based applications)
* software that values both ease-of-use in its intrrface and ease-of-modifying-the-interface
* software that is local-first, so accessible to those with more limited connections
* software that is easy-config (and low-resource) self-hostable, so that small groups co-using a software platform are not subordinated to the whims of a larger hosting platform
* software that, if it seeks to represent a view of a global network, is federated
(either network-transmission or moderation-tooling) so that communities can independently democratically associate among themselves
* software that seeks out not just democratic governance but does outreach for democratic development
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