Alternatives in UK

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Finding UK alternatives for digital products, platforms and services.

We need a UK based digital service infrastructure. Services that support rapid innovation, as well as growing and scaling businesses. Our hope is that, by mapping what exists and highlighting the gaps, we can begin to create an ecosystem that delivers what we need, here in the UK.

Run by @toychicken, it's a small act of #resistance

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Alternatives in UKApr 30

Does anyone know what's happened to the UK DNS privacy project?

@ukdnsprivacyproject

Looks like the domain is being squatted.

Alternatives in UKApr 10
https://alternatives-in.uk/blog/sovereignty-is-whatever-microsoft-says-it-is/
Sovereignty is whatever Microsoft says it is... - Alternatives In the UK

Microsoft is busy hosting a Digital Sovereignty Summit to explain, with a straight face, why sovereignty is best delivered by one of the largest American technology companies on Earth.

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Alternatives in UKApr 7

Time for an Easter update, as we've been a bit quiet over the last couple of weeks.

Don't forget - if you know a UK alternative to Big Tech, drop me a comment or add it to the directory yourself!

https://alternatives-in.uk/blog/easter-update/

Easter update - Alternatives In the UK

The Trump administration is now using tariffs to shield Big Tech from regulation. This week, Senator Elizabeth Warren published a letter to the US Trade Representative demanding to know why the White House threatened European countries with trade penalties after they investigated Elon Musk's xAI for generating millions of sexually explicit deepfakes.

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Alternatives in UKMar 20

Friday roundup. What a week.

https://alternatives-in.uk/blog/who-owns-your-software-now/

Who Owns Your Software Now? - Alternatives In the UK

This week the House of Commons Library published a formal briefing on digital sovereignty. Meanwhile, European publishers demanded the EU wrap up its two-year probe into Google and impose a fine. And the UK's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will soon bring 900+ managed service providers under mandatory security obligations for the first time...

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Alternatives in UKMar 18

RE: https://mastodon.social/@alt_in_uk/116244766171694267

I did think people would be more interested in a US house judiciary committee press release.

Lol - talk about burying the lede. I'm such a doofus.

Alternatives in UKMar 17

Now will someone tell me that #digitalSovereignty isn't a big deal?

https://waag.social/@marleenstikker/116244040976773012

Alternatives in UKMar 14

RE: https://mstdn.social/@DarkOptimism/116224229406939212

This is precisely the kind of thing we're talking about, when we're talking about #digitalSovereignty - even if Palantir wasn't a very dubious organisation, we still shouldn't be sending our citizens data to overseas orgs. The risks are too great, and the outcomes are permanent.

#palantir #goodLaw

Alternatives in UKMar 10

Not wild about this "intelligent dependence" concept of #digitalSovereignty seems to wholly misunderstand the potential threat. Especially given the change in the world in the last 2 years.

https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/c9b69e42-480a-466e-b3d6-75f30d9e25b7

Parliamentlive.tv

Westminster Hall

Alternatives in UKMar 10
If anyone's interested in watching the #digitalSovereignty debate in parliament later today - you can find it online here - https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/c9b69e42-480a-466e-b3d6-75f30d9e25b7
Parliamentlive.tv

Westminster Hall

Alternatives in UKMar 9

Small update on the Westminster #digitalSovereignty debate

https://alternatives-in.uk/blog/debate-at-westminster/

Debate at Westminster - Alternatives In the UK

Westminster Hall has scheduled a debate on technology sovereignty for Monday 10 March. Parliament is actually going to discuss whether the UK has sufficient control over its own digital infrastructure! We'll be watching.

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