"Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own" in @guardian by
@johnnyryan
This precisely it.
1. We have seen how judges and politicians have been blocked by USgov, applying the BigTech kill switch
2. So, Living in Europe is no protection against Donald Trump bricking your digital life.
3. EU continues to rely on US tech, "Young Europeans view the world through a lens distorted by Snapchat filters and YouTube algorithms. Europe’s news organisations rely on Google ad auctions."
4. Despite all this, Europe possesses a path to digital sovereignty. We have the tech. Governments are starting to migrate to sovereign and public digital infra. France w/ @numerique_gouv LaSuite, Germany with OpenDesk by @zendis & the @sovtechfund NL w/ @BZKopensource and #MijnBureau, work is done on matrix under the umbrella of the EDIC-DC....
