The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is choosing OpenDesk, a German open source alternative to Microsoft's Office suite. π₯
In Feb 2025 Microsoft blocked the ICC head prosecutor's email access, directly after US President Trump sanctioned the court for issueing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant. #digitalsovereignty #opensource #opendesk
Happy Halloween to all those who celebrate, but especially to my fellow statisticians
It's done! #chatcontrol is officially off the table after the danish EU council presidency drops it for good. It's a small but important victory!
Thanks again to @chatcontrol for coordinating grassroots interventions, and everyone else, especially on the fediverse, for joining efforts to fundamentally preserve end-to-end encryption π Also to @Mer__edith and @signalapp for their strong end-to-end encryption work and stances.
Of course, vigilance remains important.
https://www.euractiv.com/news/danish-presidency-backs-away-from-chat-control/