The @EUCommission announced it is exploring a new EU-US “dialogue” on digital rules, as Washington piles on the pressure over how the EU enforces its tech laws. “If confirmed, this is nothing short of complete capitulation to the #trump admin’s coercive tactics,” said #greens MEP @SLagodinsky […]

Digital Sovereignty case study: Inside the German state trying to break free from Microsoft

as i'm watching this video on which states are not safe for traveling while trans, i'm reminded of what @samvie.eurosky.social told us during her talk at #atmosphereconf "it's not enough to build, we also must demand change"

Zur geplanten Umstrukturierung von #DemokratieLeben hat Heribert Prantl einen lesenswerten Kommentar geschrieben 👇 "Diese Umschichtung ist eine Landschaftsumgestaltung nach dem Geschmack von rechts außen. Es handelt sich um einen Erfolg der AfD und ihres Milieus (...)."

@cypherhippie.bsky.social at #AtmosphereConf on Bringing Self Sovereign Identities to the Masses via #ATproto. What role can #academic institutions play? Monitoring And Paul argues for strategic cooperation between ATproto & ActivityPub. He and @tgoerke.bsky.social put out a proposal on it.

Bringing Self Sovereign Identities to the Masses with @cypherhippie.bsky.social First we have to break down the term… 😅 Paul is going to help us figure out a better way. #ATmosphereConf

How and Why News Organizations Should Build on the ATProtocol with @jimray.locket.computer and @aendra.com and @tylerjfisher.com #atmosphereconf

also, @mosh.bsky.social’s presentation about navigating and understanding the differences between features, products, and businesses was incredibly practical and helpful!

Good morning #AtmosphereConf I corrected my slide from my talk yesterday. I think there are at least 3 topics for open protocol cooperation between #ATproto & #ActivityPub. Please reach out to discuss policy + advocacy for open protocols, and how such overarching initiatives can be funded.

Had a little walk to the beach with @samvie.eurosky.social @cypherhippie.bsky.social today after #AtmosphereConf. Thanks for good company. Great we catched the sunset together.

Next up in the #ATmosphere Media & Civics track we have @samvie.eurosky.social kicking off the discussion about digital sovereignty with a perspective from Europe

"making it European is not enough" update on digital sovereignty landscape and efforts in Europe from @samvie.eurosky.social

We just started with Conference Day 1 of @atmosphereconf.org If you cant make it to #ATmosphereConf please come and join us online. My talk will start at 21:30 Vienna / Berlin time under Stream 1. Schedule: atmosphereconf.org#schedule-conf1 For streaming I recommend using atmoco.pages.dev

🇨🇦 I'm in #Vancouver for #AtmosphereConf I will be speaking on Saturday about #digital #sovereignty and our European 🇪🇺 experiences. Open #protocols based #social #networks are out there so we can achieve #socialsovereignty as important building blocks for our public digital #infrastructure ✨

Hi #atmosphereconf, ask me about #Europe, #policy & communications as well as #public #digital #infrastructure ...or #birds #wecanjustdothings

The sun is shining over #Vancouver. Just in time to start #ATmosphereConf and to exchange ideas for #digitalsovereignty in #Canada I will be speaking on Saturday at the #Media & Civics track on "Advocating for Digital Sovereignty: European Experiences" atmosphereconf.org#schedule-conf1

Almost two-thirds of Europeans polled believe that replacing American tech services with European alternatives is a good idea, but those surveyed are divided if that shift is realistic, according to YouGov research shared with Tech Policy Press. Contributing editor Mark Scott details key findings.

Inside the far-right network targeting Europe’s digital rules - corporateeurope.org/en/2026/03/i...

Meine erste verweigerte Information waren die Eurofighter-Gegengeschäfte: laufende Ermittlungen. Das Höchstgericht hob die Entscheidung, ein pauschaler Hinweis auf laufende Ermittlungen reiche nicht. In Berlin kommt diese pauschale Ausnahme ins Gesetz: www.informationsfreiheit.at/2015/06/30/e...

Is social media the new public square? Then what is the role for public funding in keeping it resilient, safe, (maybe even fun)? 1/3👇

Just right before leaving for #atmosphereconf in #Vancouver I moved my PDS to #Eurosky @eurosky.social

I wonder if having some kind of "atproto Foundation" would help with fundraising for the broader atmosphere? Currently there is no easy way to invest in the atmosphere so would-be funders default to bsky cc @ecosystemaction.com

"Datenschutz, Konsumentenschutz bleiben derzeit auf der Strecke und wir müssen uns den Regeln der Tech-Konzerne anpassen." Wolfgang Katzian adressiert zahlreiche faktische Probleme bei seiner Abschluss-Keynote zur Zukunftskonferenz 2026.

With the protocol now being air gapped from Bluesky, I just can’t do the maths. There aren’t enough people here to do ads or affiliate links and make that kind of return. I don’t get it. What is the money for?

The EU is pushing ahead with AI Act changes that weaken protections for high-risk systems and leave no meaningful path to redress, even as evidence of harm mounts, write CDT Europe’s Laura Lazaro Cabrera and Magdalena Maier.

New_ Public is proud to work with the following partners on our programming for The Next Socials: @atprotocol.dev @fediforum.org @modalfoundation.eurosky.social @zdfde.bsky.social and Save Social (savesocial.eu)

"MEPs demanded clearer political backing for those sanctioned, a more assertive public defense of the #DSA, and concrete steps to shield #European regulators and civil society from external pressure."

My highlight of #Fosdem was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act' Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our alliance ‘Open Networks' Thanks @jmason.org for his excellent moderation. Thanks @alexandrageese.bsky.social who took the time for this important debate.

Europeans should be able to shape their own online spaces, which is why we’ve been working with public service media in Switzerland, Belgium, and Germany over four years. Now, open, decentralized protocols like Activity Pub and AT Protocol represent a new avenue for European digital sovereignty.

Ich freue mich, dass ich zu dieser Debatte mit Wortmeldungen und mit Hintergrundinformationen beitragen durfte. Der Link zum gesamten (wichtigen!) Beitrag hier:

Nach unserem kritischen Porträt »Österreichs Orbánisierer« klagte Pecina wegen angeblicher Verletzung des Identitätsschutzes. Der @falter.at sprach von einer SLAPP-Klage gegen uns. (2/6)

My highlight of #Fosdem was our panel ‘The Fediverse and the EU Digital Services Act' Thanks for giving me the possibility to speak about our alliance ‘Open Networks' Thanks @jmason.org for his excellent moderation. Thanks @alexandrageese.bsky.social who took the time for this important debate.

👉️ Hörempfehlung Ich habe mit Andrea Rehmsmeier für den Hintergrund "Europäische Daten auf amerikanischen Servern" im Deutschlandfunk über digitale #Souveränität sprechen dürfen & von unseren Wechselparties u.a. mit @digiges.bsky.social in #Berlin erzählt. www.deutschlandfunk.de/riskante-clo...

Europe already contributes a major share of global open source talent. Members of the European Open Source Academy say fragmentation, not skills, is holding back EU's sovereignty ambitions.

What a special #Fosdem that was. 1 talk & 1 panel. Many good talks on how to make #digitalsovereignty possible for all. Please find the slides of my talk "The Social Web and Digital Sovereignty: Building Social #Advocacy Networks in and for #Europe" and the video here: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

What a special #Fosdem that was. 1 talk & 1 panel. Many good talks on how to make #digitalsovereignty possible for all. Please find the slides of my talk "The Social Web and Digital Sovereignty: Building Social #Advocacy Networks in and for #Europe" and the video here: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

European social media alternatives need more than EU hosting. They require decentralized architecture, robust safety mechanisms, public funding, and business models beyond surveillance. Read more in @aditya.myatproto.social latest: openfuture.eu/blog/what-is...

Great panel in the (packed) EU Policy dev room on Fediverse and the DSA focusing on how the Fediverse is stepping up to decentralise and democratise social media - and bringing it out of the shadow of US tech behemoths. #fosdem

I like this "simply by copying the same stacks and calling them European, doesn't change anything" - we have a stack, and it is open and commons-oriented @samvie #fosdem #socialweb

all the orgs that signed the "open networks and democratic public spheres" alience

@samvie up next with a talk about digital sovereignty!

Fassungslos! Dem Faschismus einfach so mal die Tür öffnen. Dürfen wir mal schauen? Eben noch Invasion von Grönland durch USA und jetzt Business Networking mit den Handlangern. Das ist keine Regierung, die so handelt.

Wie steht es um die Sicherheitslage von Journalist:innen in Österreich? Diesen Freitag um 10:00 Uhr stellt @concordia.at dazu den Monitor Journalismusfreiheit vor. Kolleg:innen werden von ihren Erfahrungen berichten, darunter auch @johannes-gress.at zu SLAPP-Klagen gegen Freie.

Ich frage das BMI zu einem KI Polizei Projekt. Dieses lehnt die Anfrage ab + schreibt ich soll die Wiener Polizei fragen. fragdenstaat.at/a/4169 Die Wiener Polizei will erst eine Ausweiskopie und antwortet dann ich soll das BMI fragen, sie haben die Information nicht. fragdenstaat.at/a/4228 #foia

Das ist ja ein erfreulicher Vorstoß, aber ich frage mich, warum von den Abgeordneten gefordert wird, "in private europäische Initiativen zu investieren". Wieso nicht in ein gemeinnütziges, nicht profitorientiertes europäisches soziales Netzwerk?

Das ist krass: - Pläne der Kommission zur Schwächung der Digital-Regeln entsprechen weitgehend den Lobby-Forderungen - Meta & Google verstärken ihre Zusammenarbeit mit rechtspopulistischen & rechtsextremen Parteien Gegen den Kurs von US-Big Tech hilft kein Appeasement, sondern nur klare Kante.

Amazon plant Rechenzentren in Brandenburg – und das BSI lobt die AWS „European Sovereign Cloud“ als Zukunft Europas. Doch das ist Souveränitäts-Washing: US Cloud Act, NSA-Zugriffe und politische Erpressbarkeit bleiben, selbst bei deutschen Tochterfirmen. digitalrechte.de/news/amazons...

My colleague and I wrote a piece about the urgent need for Europe to partner with Canada in building a digitally sovereign ecosystem—one that can withstand the threats posed by US tech authoritarianism:

Ich hatte mir die Engagement Rates auf X im November 2024 mal exemplarisch für Wissenschaftsinstitutionen angesehen. Das Reichweiten-Argument war damals schon großer Quatsch:

Wir berichten ja wirklich nicht von jedem Gespräch. Und noch seltener von Gesprächsanfragen, die wir ablehnen. Diesmal ist das anders. Eine harmlos klingende Anfrage der US-Regierung und die Brisanz, die darin steckt. Die ganze Geschichte bei uns im Blog: digitalegesellschaft.de/2026/01/wir-...