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Welcome to Berlin Buzzwords 2025! 
Be sure not to miss our keynote speaker, @…, who will be giving a talk on „Unpacking Digital Sovereignty: How to avoid fueling the nationalist rise," which commences at 9:35 am at stage Kesselhaus.
 
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Unpacking Digital Sovereignty: How to avoid fueling the nationalist rise
With the new ruling coalition of Trump, Musk and Big Tech, European digital sovereignty seems to be the widely accepted solution to break free from US companies that are used to threaten European governments. The EU is reviving industrial policy and is willing to invest a lot of money into digital sovereignty - but which problems exactly should it address, and what should be part of the solution? This talk shows that digital sovereignty is prone to open the door to a nationalist agenda which fa…

Google’s insists data it holds is secure and it won’t create lock-in for the UK government, but do the answers match the ambition?
https://www.computing.co.uk/interview/2025/exclusive-google-defends-uk-deal-data-sovereignty-concerns

Exclusive: Google defends UK deal amid data sovereignty concerns
Google’s insists data it holds is secure and it won’t create lock-in for the UK government, but do the answers match the ambition?

"Mitigating Bias and Advocating for Data Sovereignty: The Role of Metadata and Paradata in Ethical #AI-Driven Information Systems" https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2025.2515766

This is completely crazy if you think about digital sovereignty....
#spain

Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps
Huawei will manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in Spain, under a contract that bucks the trend of Western governments restricting use of the Chinese tech company's products and services.

The Strategic Imperative for Healthcare Organizations to Build Proprietary Foundation Models
Naresh Tiwari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11412 https://…

The Strategic Imperative for Healthcare Organizations to Build Proprietary Foundation Models
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the strategic imperative for healthcare organizations to develop proprietary foundation models rather than relying exclusively on commercial alternatives. We examine four fundamental considerations driving this imperative: the domain-specific requirements of healthcare data representation, critical data sovereignty and governance considerations unique to healthcare, strategic competitive advantages afforded by proprietary AI infrastructure, and th…

As an interesting aside here, this would mean that Hawaii would technically return to a monarchy since the kingdom has been illegally occupied since 1893 and the promise of returning sovereignty has never been fulfilled.

Enabling Syscall Intercept for RISC-V
Petar Andri\'c, Aaron Call, Ramon Nou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10217 https://arxiv.org/pd…

Enabling Syscall Intercept for RISC-V
The European Union technological sovereignty strategy centers around the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture, with the European Processor Initiative leading efforts to build production-ready processors. Focusing on realizing a functional RISC-V ecosystem, the BZL initiative (www.bzl.es) is making an effort to create a software stack along with the hardware. In this work, we detail the efforts made in porting a widely used syscall interception library, mainly used on AdHocFS (i.e., DAOS, GekkoFS…

Why Québec Is Right to Take On Spotify: Cultural Sovereignty in the Age of Algorithmic Homogenization http://musictechpolicy.com/2025/05/26/why-quebec-i…

Why Québec Is Right to Take On Spotify: Cultural Sovereignty in the Age of Algorithmic Homogenization
Spotiy is about to run into a real buzz saw in Quebec.

The israeli-american genocide of the Palestinian people continues. It’s not just israel. It was never just israel.
“‘This is an administration that is committed to Palestinian erasure, both physical and political,’ Elgindy said. ‘The signs were there even in the first Trump term, which nominally supported a Palestinian ‘state’ that was shorn of all sovereignty and under permanent Israeli control. At least now they’ve abandoned the pretense.’
Yousef Munayyer, head of Palestine/Isr…

US ambassador to Israel says US no longer pursuing goal of independent Palestinian state
Mike Huckabee suggested any future Palestinian state should be carved out of ‘a Muslim country’

We can’t trust this administration with unchecked power
— especially not when it’s holding hands with the billionaires building machines that could replace us.
Trump’s second term is already a constitutional demolition derby:
ICE raiding sanctuary cities with no due process.
Mass deportation orders streamlined through algorithmic “targeting” lists.
Tariff trade wars launched without congressional oversight— crashing small businesses, jacking up prices, creating glo…

How Do We Stop Trump, Thiel & Their Approaching AI Autocracy?
A Human Sovereignty Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

I don't usually advocate for an outcome like this... but this time I am because really the question isn't about the CBC. It's about Canadian sovereignty. Trump should have no part of any decision in Canada, period. So whether you love the CBC or not, the only correct answer here is No because we should never allow a foreign dictator to make decisions for us.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElbowsUp
https://mastodon.online/@ZebKing/114829919091275075

Digital sovereignty can’t be bargained away. The European Commission has tools, public support and a mandate to act on Big Tech. Trading that away for short-term calm would be a costly mistake.
https://www.politico.eu/article/digital-sovereignty-us-br…

Digital sovereignty can’t be bargained away
The European Commission has tools, public support and a mandate to act on Big Tech. Trading that away for short-term calm would be a costly mistake.

California says Trump's deployment of National Guard violates state sovereignty (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/09/california-national-guard-lawsuit-gavin-newsom-00394609
http://www.memeorandum.com/250609/p99#a250609p99

SIGN THE PETITION: PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS. STOP BILL C-2
Prime Minister Mark Carney ran a campaign on leading Canada through Trump’s tariffs & attacks on sovereignty & a cost-of-living crisis. Instead, his first piece of legislation, Bill C-2, is an attack on migrants & privacy rights straight out of the Trump playbook.
Bill C-2 drastically restricts refugee protection, allows for mass deportations & gives security officials unchecked power to access everyone’s data…

SIGN THE PETITION: PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS. STOP BILL C-2 - Leadnow

Great blog about EuroStack, we need to BUILD !
"We need to think about this first and foremost as an industrial project. With some public support but one where “industry” (the supply side) needs to be given the incentive to build, and the opportunity to scale and expand. We don’t need more “events” and pensive stuff about “our European values” and “democracy” around digital sovereignty. Industry should do its thing, or nothing will happen. Wake up."

European Digital Sovereignty is an Industrial Project.  Everyone Else Get Out of the Way.
It is oh-so-European that just when the imperative of getting more European assets to support our digital life is finally established (was staring at everyone in the face for some time, yes?), mult…

Dar į temą apie Šved banką:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/scoop-commission-eyes-ditching-microsoft-azure-for-frances-ovhcloud-over-digital-sovereignty-fears/

Bridding OT and PaaS in Edge-to-Cloud Continuum
Carlos J Barrios (LIG, UIS, CITI), Yves Denneulin (LIG, Grenoble INP)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21072 http…

Bridding OT and PaaS in Edge-to-Cloud Continuum
The Operational Technology Platform as a Service (OTPaaS) initiative provides a structured framework for the efficient management and storage of data. It ensures excellent response times while improving security, reliability, data and technology sovereignty, robustness, and energy efficiency, which are crucial for industrial transformation and data sovereignty. This paper illustrates successful deployment, adaptable application management, and various integration components catering to Edge and…

Folks in NZ are starting to realise the implications of the impending EOL of Microsoft Windows 10 for our education system. In its finite wisdom, our MinOfEd has effectively locked all schools into either the use of MS Windows or Google ChromeOS. Both have fundamental issues like endless license hassles, EOLing OSs, ending support for Window or ChromeOS on specific computer models, etc. And that doesn't even start to talk about digital colonisation & sovereignty (see

Fellow citizens: What are you going to do between now and July 4, 2026, to protect and preserve our independence from a tinpot dictator❓
So, fellow citizens, I ask you:
Bow down to authoritarianism and normalize anti-democratic behavior.
Or
Reflect on the challenges facing the nation and become an advocate for policies that align with liberty, freedom, sovereignty, democracy, and the principles enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
This is your America. The choice …

Give Me Liberty or a Tinpot Dictator
Peggy Noonan has been a voice of conservative reflection for The Wall Street Journal since leaving the Ronald Reagan administration as his primary speechwriter. Five of Noonan’s books have been New York Times bestsellers. Consuming every word of her weekly column keeps me politically balanced.In her...

Interested in digital sovereignty in the EU context. Read this Eurostack document, i also like the beautiful visualization on this page.
#EU

EuroStack
Building a european alternative for technological sovereignty

Authentication and authorization in Data Spaces: A relationship-based access control approach for policy specification based on ODRL
Irene Plaza-Ortiz, Andres Munoz-Arcentales, Joaqu\'in Salvach\'ua, Carlos Aparicio, Gabriel Huecas, Enrique Barra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24742 …

Authentication and authorization in Data Spaces: A relationship-based access control approach for policy specification based on ODRL
Data has become a crucial resource in the digital economy, fostering initiatives for secure and sovereign data sharing frameworks such as Data Spaces. However, these distributed environments require fine-grained access control mechanisms that balance openness with sovereignty and security. This paper proposes an extension of the Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) standard, the ODRL Data Spaces (ODS) profile, aimed at supporting authorization and complementing existing authentication mechanisms…

Reminder that this time tomorrow (noon London time, Wednesday 21st May), it's the digital OpenUK meetup. Our topic is "digital sovereignty" which seems ... timely - and we have two great speakers. Open to everyone, hope you can make it!
Details and sign up here: https://www.meetup.com/openuk/events/306642326

Meridith is so cool. It's unfathomable that so many people prefer Zuckerberg's surveillance software.
Here the Signal president talks about privacy and ai and data sovereignty.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AyH7zoP-JOg

Blaine Cook, an original Twitter architect is one of the backers of the new Canadian social platform #Gander
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/busi…

Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance
Founders aim to create alternative that addresses content, data sovereignty concerns

European countries have been growing increasingly wary of relying on Microsoft for critical government and public sector services.
Concerns about data privacy, digital sovereignty, and potential governmental surveillance have led many to question the viability of depending on an American tech giant for sensitive infrastructure.
Many worry that dependence on Microsoft could leave them vulnerable to sudden service interruptions or the risk of sensitive data being accessed without …

French City of Lyon Kicks Out Microsoft
Microsoft faces growing rejection in Europe whereas open source software sees growing adaption.

"Yes, the Soviet losses were real. And yet it is truly tragic that these losses helped to subjugate nations longing for freedom, replacing one dictatorship with another. "
#history

We'll kick off this year's edition of #bbuzz with our keynote speaker @…!
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Probably well known here but just to be sure. The EuroStack initiative deserves the attention it is getting. It is a complete European approach to digital sovereignty. Read all about it.
#ict

EuroStack
Building a european alternative for technological sovereignty

Put away pipelines, go with grids!
By David Suzuki with contributions from Senior Editor and Writer Ian Hanington
It’s good to see ideas such as increasing self-sufficiency and diversifying trade partners emerging in response to U.S. attacks on Canada’s economy and threats to our sovereignty. As usual, though, the fossil fuel industry and its supporters are taking advantage of this “crisis” to push for more oil and gas infrastructure, particularly pipelines.

Put away pipelines, go with grids!
A true nation-building project would be to create a renewable-powered integrated electricity grid throughout the country.

Wow, this just crossed my feed: https://www.euro-stack.info/docs/EuroStack_2025.pdf It describes the new 'EuroStack' of software, focused on helping the EU achieve digital sovereignty and arrest digital colonisation by US

Folks are getting a wee bit more concerned about their privacy now that Donald Trump is in charge of the US.
You may have noticed that he and his regime love getting their hands on other people's data.
Privacy isn't the only issue. -- Can you trust Microsoft to deliver on its service promises under American political pressure?
Ask the EU-based International Criminal Court (ICC) which after it issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fo…

The year of the European Union Linux desktop may finally arrive
Opinion: True digital sovereignty begins at the desktop

“Today Canada is tabling Supplementary Estimates.... this will bring Canadian spending in line with NATO commitments this year.”
"They deserve better"
"Salary Increase"
"Military Equipment”
"Technology"
"Drones”
.....
He also said, in French, that it was time to assert its sovereignty, its values, with allies that share those values.
He's now taking questions.
#Canada #CanPoli #NATO #RussiaUkraine #USA

📅 14:40: 📺 Forging #Europe​an Digital #Sovereignty through an Open #Internet Stack | #NGIForum25

Make no mistake. This is a USA automaker and oil company hit job on the independence and sovereignty of the Canadian economy.
They are trying to reverse the inevitable so they can continue their own businesses as usual for as long as possible.
It can't be allowed to happen. Canada is already lagging far behind other nations. Our Economy and our Society and our burning forests, will suffer if our government gives in to this pressure.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #EV #Cars
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/zev-mandate-climate-1.7576456