@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social
2026-02-21 15:55 UTC
March 2025, UN announces the Open Source Initiative, which establishes principles that will guide using, developing, and distributing open-source software within the organization, and with partners. By the end of 2025, 60 organizations, companies and governments had announced they would adopt the principles, including:
1st Government: France.
1st Regional Government: German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
1st City: Barcelona.
Zero U.S. governments... strange.
https://digitalrights.asia/events/un-open-source-principles-global-cooperation/?lang_ui=en
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@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social 2026-02-21 16:11
The suspension of email service by Microsoft for an official of the International Criminal Court has been cited as one of the factors causing booming interest & investment in #DigitalSovereignty in Europe. It was a wake up call for European governments that U.S. tech firms would follow U.S. influence over EU rights. The ICC announced in late 2025 that they will move away from #Microsoft services. #USA_TechHegemony https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/microsoft_asks_uk_parliament_to_correct_record/