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@pixelunion@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

2025 is the wake-up call for Europe. 🇪🇺

From Microsoft blocking the ICC's email 🚫 to Meta scraping our lives for AI training 🤖, the mask is off. If your data is in the US cloud, you don't own it.

Digital sovereignty isn't a luxury anymore; it's a necessity. I wrote a blog post about why we need to reclaim our data and move to European alternatives.

Read the full story:
🔗 https://pixelunion.eu/blog/2025/

#Privacy #BigTech #DataSovereignty #Europe #PixelUnion #DeGoogle

A dark, dystopian digital illustration symbolizing the grip of Big Tech on Europe in the year 2025.

At the top, the year "2025" is displayed in large, gritty text. Below it, a giant, shadowy arm extends from the darkness on the right, labeled "BIG TECH." The hand grips a technological puppeteering device featuring a glowing red eye and a digital brain, suggesting surveillance and algorithmic control.

From this device, numerous data cables or strings dangle down towards a map of Europe. These strings are attached to small icons representing personal data: envelopes (email), speech bubbles (communication), and image files (photos), implying that these personal assets are being manipulated from above.

In the center of the map, a classical building—resembling a courthouse or government institution—is overlaid with a large, bright red "X" and the glowing text "ACCESS DENIED," representing the blocking of essential services or institutions.

Surrounding the entire European map is a heavy metal chain held together by padlocks, symbolizing a digital blockade, captivity, or a lack of sovereignty. The overall color palette is deep blue and black, with the red "X" and the red robotic eye serving as alarming focal points.
A dark, dystopian digital illustration symbolizing the grip of Big Tech on Europe in the year 2025. At the top, the year "2025" is displayed in large, gritty text. Below it, a giant, shadowy arm extends from the darkness on the right, labeled "BIG TECH." The hand grips a technological puppeteering device featuring a glowing red eye and a digital brain, suggesting surveillance and algorithmic control. From this device, numerous data cables or strings dangle down towards a map of Europe. These strings are attached to small icons representing personal data: envelopes (email), speech bubbles (communication), and image files (photos), implying that these personal assets are being manipulated from above. In the center of the map, a classical building—resembling a courthouse or government institution—is overlaid with a large, bright red "X" and the glowing text "ACCESS DENIED," representing the blocking of essential services or institutions. Surrounding the entire European map is a heavy metal chain held together by padlocks, symbolizing a digital blockade, captivity, or a lack of sovereignty. The overall color palette is deep blue and black, with the red "X" and the red robotic eye serving as alarming focal points.
A dark, dystopian digital illustration symbolizing the grip of Big Tech on Europe in the year 2025. At the top, the year "2025" is displayed in large, gritty text. Below it, a giant, shadowy arm extends from the darkness on the right, labeled "BIG TECH." The hand grips a technological puppeteering device featuring a glowing red eye and a digital brain, suggesting surveillance and algorithmic control. From this device, numerous data cables or strings dangle down towards a map of Europe. These strings are attached to small icons representing personal data: envelopes (email), speech bubbles (communication), and image files (photos), implying that these personal assets are being manipulated from above. In the center of the map, a classical building—resembling a courthouse or government institution—is overlaid with a large, bright red "X" and the glowing text "ACCESS DENIED," representing the blocking of essential services or institutions. Surrounding the entire European map is a heavy metal chain held together by padlocks, symbolizing a digital blockade, captivity, or a lack of sovereignty. The overall color palette is deep blue and black, with the red "X" and the red robotic eye serving as alarming focal points.
PixelUnion - Free your photos from American tech platforms

2025: The year Europe woke up | PixelUnion - Free your photos from American tech platforms

2025 painfully showed how dependent Europe is on Big Tech—from a ‘kill switch’ and data exploitation to the need to bring data back under European protection.
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