Europeans are starting to see US tech as a privacy risk, survey claims
Digital sovereignty is shifting from a Big Tech policy debate to a consumer concern
Digital sovereignty articles
The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything
Europe is building walls around its digital infrastructure
Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
The latest move in a widening standoff over who controls Europe's digital infrastructure – but private companies are exempt
France starts moving government systems from Windows to Linux
The big picture: European governments have long sought to reduce their dependency on non-European (i.e., American) software. While individual municipalities and government sectors have recently begun switching to homegrown options, France's latest announcement signals a broader shift away from tools such as Windows, Microsoft Office, Zoom, and Google Docs.
A new OnlyOffice fork is Europe's answer to Microsoft Office
Euro-Office is already caught in a licensing dispute with its source project
France is ditching Zoom and Microsoft Teams for a homegrown video platform
Visio rollout underscores Europe's uneasy reliance on American cloud and communication services
The International Criminal Court is replacing Microsoft Office with "sovereign" EU suite OpenDesk
ICC personnel doesn't trust Microsoft or other US-made software products anymore