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"Microsoft can't protect French data from US government access"
"The Senate hearing exposed tensions between sovereignty rhetoric and practical implementation. While French officials promote digital independence, procurement decisions consistently favor non-European solutions for critical infrastructure projects."
ppc.land/microsoft-cant-protec…
Where have we seen this before? Oh yes on our own university: opentech-auc.org/posts/2025-04…
#DigitalSovereignty #BigTech #usfacism
Microsoft can't protect French data from US government access
Company admits under oath that American authorities can demand European citizen information despite security promises.Luis Rijo (PPC Land)
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#bigtech #google #meta #privacy
So you think that Big Tech monitoring your every move isn’t a problem?
But what if you show up at the hotel at 9pm and the hotelier can ask a credit bureau how much you can afford to pay for the room? What if they can find out that you’re in chemotherapy, so you don’t have the stamina to shop around for a cheaper room? What if they can tell that you have a 5AM flight and need to get to bed right now? What if they charge you more because they can see that your kids are exhausted and cranky and the hotel infers that you’ll pay more to get the kids tucked into bed? What if they charge you more because there’s a wildfire and there are plenty of other people who want the room?
Say bye to #BigTech lock-in and hi to Nextcloud Workspace, the European alternative to Microsoft 365 for bigger organizations, in partnership with IONOS.
💼 Office suite
📩 Email
🎥 Video calls
And more!
Launching Q3 2025. Stay tuned! 👉 nextcloud.com/newsletter/
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Subscribe to our newsletters and stay up to date with Nextcloud news, Nextcloud events and release announcements. You can unsubscribe any time!Nextcloud
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#Czech @archos pls boost!
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Do we need to say more?
#Trump #Musk #TrumpVMusk #BigTech #X #Twitter #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon
Incredible (but predictable) : #Microsoft has blocked the International Criminal Court's access (#ICC) to its services on the orders of the #Trump mafia.
Read that carefully : an international organisation that has no presence in the United States and no US legal rights has had its work tools blocked simply because it disagrees with the Trump administration. 🚩
Get the hell out of it right now.
For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.
One of the most important international courts and a legal bulwark against #genocide, crimes against humanity, and #warcrimes is threatened by #BigTech dependency.
"Nextcloud crushes Microsoft 365!"
XDA strongly endorses Nextcloud as the leading #MS365 and #BigTech alternative! 🌟
"If you value data ownership and privacy... Nextcloud delivers unparalleled control over your digital environment."
Thank you XDA!
xda-developers.com/nextcloud-b…
6 ways Nextcloud beats Microsoft 365 entirely for free
Nextcloud is the ultimate free Microsoft 365 alternativeParth Shah (XDA)
As long as we talk about tech independence or digital #sovereignty primarily in terms of geography and jurisdiction, we will lose as users and as people with rights:
1. Because this narrative can easily be co-opted by antidemocratic, nationalistic forces.
2. It takes away attention from what actually provides us with independence: software #freedom, #interoperability, a power shift away from #bigtech to small, decentralised, ethical tech.
3. It gives praise to entities...
Looking for alternatives to popular #Microsoft products? We can help! Take a look at these private alternatives👇🏼
Which of them are you using? 🤔
#microsoft #bigtech #bigtechalternatives
Looking for options to free yourself from #bigtech but don't know where to start: Here's an amazing list of alternatives to most big services by @Joanwestenberg :
joanwestenberg.com/american-te…
How I’m Building a Trump-Proof Tech Stack Without Big Tech
The world can no longer trust American tech. If that sounds dramatic, take a step back and consider the facts.Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)
Please consider hosting videos on other places than just #YouTube.
#Google is making it increasingly difficult to view their videos in ways that don't make you choke on their surveillance, ads and cookies. I will *never* load a video directly from YouTube, and I know I'm not the only one.
Please consider posting them on #PeerTube and sync that to YT for the people who still don't understand how evil Google is.
Ik laat Marieke De Hoon universitair hoofddocent internationaal strafrecht, hier achter met een fragment uit 📺 EenVandaag van 7 feb 2025… (slechts) 2️⃣ weken na de inauguratie.
Wil je begrijpen waarom soevereiniteit cruciaal is voor landen, organisaties en de manier waarop we verweven zijn met Big Tech? Klik op play. Of beter nog: stel jezelf de vraag wat er gebeurt als jouw organisatie maandag niet kan inloggen of deelnemen aan betalingen 🤔.
#Soevereininteit #autonomie #bigtech #aanDeSlagInDeEU
Google, a brief history
2004: Don’t be evil
2018: OK, be evil but at least don’t kill people
2025: Fuck it, kill people
independent.co.uk/business/goo…
#Google #BigTech #AI #SiliconValley #USA #capitalism #fascism
Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons
The tech giant has unveiled an update to its AI principles, which removes references to not pursuing work on weapons and surveillance.Martyn Landi (The Independent)
My Gmail was telling me that I had no more space and that it might stop delivering emails... (threatening me with a good time!)
I decided it was a good time to dump the email I've had for over 2 decades...
So I decided to try out @Tutanota
... and then some other stuff...
pythonbynight.com/blog/untangl…
Untangling From Big Tech Things
How a full mailbox led me to start letting go of overdependence on big tech platforms.Untangling From Big Tech Things
Want to learn more about why Big Tech wants to see you naked?
Check out our article of the meaning behind Tuta's latest clip, and why privacy matters 🔒 ❤️
🔗 tuta.com/blog/big-tech-wants-t…
#BigTech #PrivacyMatters #DataPrivacyDay
Big Tech wants to see you naked (but we’ve got your back!) | Tuta
On Data Privacy Day we released a video that explains why privacy matters. Watch it now!Tuta
"If anyone wants to do business in [the] EU, they have to comply with the rules," Christel Schaldemose. 👏 At Tuta, we too believe that Big Tech must comply with EU regulation.
We commend these efforts by EU lawmakers to ensure the digital privacy of EU citizens.
🖇️ Full story here: politico.eu/article/parliament…
Together we can make the web a better place 💪❤️
Don’t go soft on US Big Tech, European Parliament urges
Resist potential Trump pressure to soften rules that rein in U.S. tech giants, lawmakers tell Commission.Pieter Haeck (POLITICO)
TIL that on #Meta platforms now one can write terrible, offensive slurs against LGBTQIA+ folks and immigrants… with zero repercussions. But the second one mentions a #Fediverse project like #Pixelfed, the post is automatically removed.
Meta “moderation” policies in 2025: racism, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia and sexism are allowed; mention of competition is strictly forbidden.
Source: mastodon.social/@dansup/113813…
Hey guys, here’s a message from Mastodon gGmbH partner Meta from the Social Web Foundation.
Enjoy!
threads.net/@tomwarrenuk/post/…
#meta #mastodon #socialWebFoundation #BigTech #SiliconValley #moderation #freezePeach
Tom Warren (@tomwarrenuk) on Threads
Meta unveiling big changes to Threads, Instagram, and Facebook today. Zuckerberg is abandoning fact checkers in favor of an X inspired Community Notes system in a move to restore “free expression” and reduce moderation mistakesThreads
“Amazon chose not to act” to address safety risks, allegedly “accepting injuries to its workers as the cost of doing business.”
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Daddy, why do CEOs get shot?
Amazon facing strike threats as Senate report details hidden widespread injuries
Amazon ignores strike threats, denies claims of “uniquely dangerous warehouses.”…Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
zastanawiałam się, czy wrzucać dodatkowo u siebie, jako osobnego toota, skoro już krąży po sieci, temat kontrowersyjny, a ja cierpię na chroniczny niedobór doby ;)
ale w sumie mogę zapuścić linka i dodatkowo otagować:
Czy polska szkoła musi być uzależniona od Big Techów?
techspresso.cafe/2024/10/28/cz…
#edukacja #szkoła #wychowanie #dzieci #nauczyciele #rodzicielstwo #eSzkola #cyfryzacja #edziennik #microsoft #komercjalizacja #bigtech
Czy polska szkoła musi być uzależniona od Big Techów? - TECHSPRESSO.CAFE
Czy polska szkoła musi być uzależniona od Big Techów? Państwo promuje zagraniczne korporacje w polskich szkołach. Osoby szanujące prywatność sprowadza do "roszczeniowych dziwaków". My wszyscy natomiast to finansujemy z naszych podatków.Joanna Cisowska (TECHSPRESSO.CAFE)
Did you know IBM helped Hitler carry out the Holocaust? Is it in any way surprising that we can’t do anything about Big Tech and toxic oligarchs like Elon Musk when even those who helped carry out one of the worst tragedies in human history remain unpunished? Should it come as a shock that the very same bastards are funding and pining for fascism today?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhzge9r…
#BigTech #fascism #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #BigData #AI
🚨 Ever spoken about something and the next minute you're getting an advert about it on your smartphone? Almost like your phone is listening..
Well, evidence claims that Meta, Microsoft, Google and Amazon could all be listening!
For more details 👉 👉404media.co/heres-the-pitch-de…
#Meta #Amazon #Microsoft #Google #CMG #CMGpitch #Bigtech #Activelistening
Als Nederlands burger vind ik dit ZEER ongemakkelijk:
$ host www.sidn.nl
www.sidn.nl is an alias for sidn.nl.
sidn.nl has address 35.190.27.69
sidn.nl has IPv6 address 2600:1901:0:7947::
[...]
$ whois 35.190.27.69
[...]
CIDR: 35.184.0.0/13
NetName: GOOGLE-CLOUD
[...]
$ whois 2600:1901:0:7947::
[...]
CIDR: 2600:1900::/28
NetName: GOOGLE-CLOUD
[...]
🔍 A search engine is only as good as its search index. Even alternative search engines might be using indexes built by Big Tech. 👉 tuta.com/blog/what-is-search-i…
What is your favorite search engine? 🤔 Let us know in the comments!
Need a brief and accessible explainer about the actual harms of AI?
Show folks this:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TtVJ4JDM…
@thejuicemedia hitting it out of the park, yet again.
#ai #corporations #corporatocracy #billionaires #climateCrisis #BigTech #SiliconValley
Honest Government Ad | AI
The Government™ has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative👉 Help us keep Government...YouTube
📢 Big tech has never cared for your online #privacy and they still don’t! Don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes – it’s just privacy washing.
Read more here 👉 👉 👉 tuta.com/blog/big-tech-privacy…
#privacywashing #bigtech #privacymatters
Big tech doesn’t care about your data - It’s just privacy washing!
As people around the world, become more aware of the importance of protecting their data & privacy, big tech corporations like Google and Apple adapt to appear privacy focused; welcome to privacy washing!Tutanota
puri.sm/posts/purism-different…
#Purism #Librem5 #BigTech #TechDifferences
Purism Differentiator Series, Part 1: Summary – Purism
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
Genuine question. How many more times does #BigTech censorship have to take place against journalists before you start writing on your own websites and directing people to your #RSS feed instead of relying on your social media traffic? There's thousands of places that will host your own website for you, for a price. I list a few below! No, it's not free, but how many times does this have to happen to you? thehandbasket.co/p/kansas-refl…
And here, I list a bunch of places that will host your own website for you!
Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see
Read the Kansas Reflector's piece about Facebook's climate change ad policyMarisa Kabas (The Handbasket)
Apple's response to its ~$2 billion fine is telling.
It's the same mentality Apple shows with the #DMA.
This must be the start of the #EU's crackdown on #BigTech. 💪
Here's why we're in revolt against #Apple's malicious compliance with the DMA
➡️ tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-mal…
Apple's malicious compliance: app sideloading will remain impossible on your iPhone
Apple follows EU Digital Markets Act by introducing hefty fines for independent software developers. Expensive fees will restrict the use of alternative app installation.Tutanota
We had a great talk with XMTP_Labs last week 🎙️
blog.xmtp.com/tuta/
We love seeing more companies embrace #privacy & join the fight against #bigtech & government #surveillance. ✊🔒
Here's to making the #web a better place #together! 🥂
Championing Privacy Online: A Deep Dive with Tuta
"If encryption is broken, our society as a whole is at an immense risk."Esra'a Al Shafei (XMTP Labs)
Apple is showing flagrant disregard for the EU #DigitalMarketsAct. 🇪🇺
Their reluctant allowance of third-party app stores, #sideloading, & alternative payments is nothing more than an act of #malicious compliance by #apple 🍎
👉 tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-mal…
#monopoly #BigTech
Apple's malicious compliance: app sideloading will remain impossible on your iPhone
Apple follows EU Digital Markets Act by introducing hefty fines for independent software developers. Expensive fees will restrict the use of alternative app installation.Tutanota
2024 is the year to drop Big Tech for good. Let's start with #gmail !
👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-delete-gm…
#NewYearsResolution #BigTech #opensource
How to delete a Gmail account – and take back your privacy!
Ready to create a private email account? Learn how to delete your Gmail permanently!Tutanota