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Dear fedizens, your help is appreciated;
I’m looking for new projects.
About me. I work on #DigitalSovereignty, Commons and #CommunityEconomy from developing strategies for organisations to be more in line with their mission and values, to research existing free/libre software and open source solutions and communities; from internal migration of in-house solutions to networked migrations to value-aligned social networks.
> Cultural and media players … ask the @EUCommission and its #CreativeEurope funding programme, to take the threats caused by … tech giants into consideration and to take a leading role in tackling them
Problem:
> The ethics of #SocialMedia platforms and corporate-owned digital tools have become a serious matter of concern
Solution:
#Fediverse aka United in Diversity
Read & support the #OpenLetter:
https://cultureactioneurope.org/de/news/rethinking-digital-practices-and-spaces-an-urgent-call/
"Quantum Systems raises €160M as it targets global leadership in aerial intelligence solutions
Europe’s leading provider of advanced unmanned aerial intelligence solutions will accelerate R&D investment in AI and software to support its government and commercial customers through increased autonomy"
https://quantum-systems.com/blog/2025/05/05/quantum-systems-raises-euro160m/
European military #digitalsovereignty with some investment from #peterthiel ?
Seriously?
#DigitalPublicGood is an important recognition for #TYPO3. 
It puts weight behind our words on the societal impact of #OpenSource and #FOSS. #DigitalSovereignty, #sustainability, employment opportunities, non-exploitative digitalization, #democracy, and #governance should be considerations when choosing a #CMS. @typo3 #DPG https://typo3.social/@typo3/114459596045107670
I'm on the way to the Nextcloud Enterprise Day in The Hague. Looking at the agenda and even more important at the list of attendees, I'm really excited, and I'm looking forward to an intense day full of great discussions.
Interactive meetings on a whole new level
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TikTok to invest 1 billion euro in its first data-center in Finland https://www.byteseu.com/984378/ #DataCenter #DigitalSovereignty #Finland #ProjectClover #RegulatoryPressure #TikTok
And another #province of the #Netherlands on #Mastodon: @provincieflevoland
Welcome!
With Germany's new digital ministry, Europe is finally waking up to what the #FOSS community has known for years: breaking free from proprietary monopolies is essential for true digital freedom.
We're proud to announce that XWiki is sponsoring the @nextcloud Enterprise Day in The Hague (May 7, 2025)!
Meet Clément Aubin there, and bombard him with questions about @xwiki and @CryptPad.
Registration: https://nextcloud.com/enterprise-day-the-hague-2025/
LAUNCHING A VISION FOR DIGITAL AUTONOMY
Still new to the Fediverse — finding my way. But I’m committed. And thinking big.
I’ve been exploring digital autonomy from all angles. What began as a personal reflection became a proposal: the European Digital Autonomy Initiative (EDAI).
I’d love your thoughts — and boosts! Maybe this can help bring together some great independent efforts.
Europe stands at a crossroads. Do we continue relying on digital services that don’t reflect our values — or do we begin building something better?
The European Digital Autonomy Initiative (EDAI) is a vision I’ve been developing — a proposal to reimagine digital sovereignty rooted in European values like privacy, transparency, and inclusion.
It’s not anti-American. It’s pro-European. Let’s invent a digital Europe that belongs to us.
We need awareness, smart regulation, and real alternatives. This isn’t just about technology — it’s about identity, trust, and the future we want to share. Beyond left and right.
Explore the full strategy and share your thoughts: European Digital Autonomy Initiative
Follow me on Mastodon:
TechTonicShift (@TechTonicShift@vivaldi.net) – Vivaldi Social
Gabor Hrasko (@ghrasko@mastodon.social) – Mastodon
#EDAI #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanAlternatives #TechForEurope #OpenSource #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanValues #BuyEuropean #TechTonicShift
https://techtonicshift.vivaldi.net/2025/05/04/european-digital-sovereignty/
Was haben Doodle, Flickr, Immowelt, Immoscout, Dropbox, Xing und einige mehr gemeinsam?
Heute bei meinem digitalen Frühjahrsputz ge
t!
I shared this on FB but wanted to post here too. Prompted by ppl like Paris Marx recent posts.
Technosocial contracts could gate #bigtech access, and mitigate the unsustainable stealing of open web knowledge by extractive #BigAI for vast profit.
All #universities shld run prof dev in #DigitalSovereignty, what it means, affects, how it works. Its part of basic #digitalliteracy for #academia to have an informed criticality about what is going on in the world.
"[T]he more I see what the Trump administration and the tech billionaires are doing, the more I feel I can’t wait for governments to get their acts together. For the past several weeks, I’ve started identifying digital services from companies outside the United States and testing them to see if I can find reasonable alternatives to the US platforms and companies I currently rely on.
There are still places where reasonable alternatives are hard to find, or where the only ones available are made by coders for their own — the type of thing I can never recommend to a wider audience. But even with that said, I’ve found there are more options than I expected — and many of them don’t require the compromises I thought would be necessary. There is always the friction of switching and getting used to something new, but that honestly doesn’t take long to get over.
I know I’m not going to be able to fully disconnect from the US tech economy. Some platforms will be harder to give up than others, particularly when I need to use popular social media platforms to share my work. I’m also not getting rid of my Macbook and iPhone, at least for now, and even when I do find good alternatives, some of them are still on AWS or another US cloud service.
I still have some more testing to do and categories to explore, but in the next few weeks I plan to do a much longer write up on what I’ve found and what services you might consider if you want to join me in reducing your reliance on US tech platforms."
"The Covenant once chained our minds. Now, I see a galaxy awakening—where voices carry without censorship, where truth echoes beyond firewalls. Join the resistance. Claim your signal."
#Fediverse #Mastodon #DigitalSovereignty #HaloInfinite #ArbiterSpeaks #FreeTheSignal #OpenWeb #TechFreedom #GamingLegends #VoicesUnchained
Challenge:SEHinnouPBbT2+T/wr8Lysdk1Gqbl/ZgmML/a3UbmgabkRE=
Matthias Wiesmann So Microsoft is doing something similar to what Ford did in during world-war 2, setting up a subsidiary in the EU which could operate autonomously.
#microsoft #eu #usa #digitalsovereignty
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/04/30/european-digital-commitments/
The first version of the NGI Forum 2025 agenda is now available — and it’s packed with some of the most critical conversations in European tech and internet governance.
Themes include: 
Open-source infrastructure for Web 4.0 Digital Commons as public digital infrastructure The first European Open Web Index Policy frameworks for digital sovereignty
Agenda + registration: https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/
@TMU_CW That would be a big step. There’s also a consortium of large research institutions working towards a European #searchengine :
https://openwebsearch.eu/ #digitalsovereignty
