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Very disappointing news from #Brussels today about the Tech Sovereignty Package
"It is pretty clear that #Tech #Sovereignty for #Europe does not actually mean social networking sovereignty in any meaningful sense, judging by how the #EC is allocating the money."
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr165-fediverse-news-for-may-2026/
#digitalpolicy #social #opensocialweb #fediverse #socialsovereignty #TechSovereignty #SovereigntyPackage
FR#165 – Fediverse News May 2026
On overview of all the news in the fediverse for the last month.connectedplaces.online
By the way, it’s possible that #Facebook/ #Instagram/ #Meta/ Zuckerberg’s fediverse play for Threads is related to sidestepping the anti-competitiveness/antitrust issues around the EU’s Digital Services Act.
“Hey, look, we’re not a monopoly. We’re not being anticompetitive… we’re federating using an open protocol. Here, let our friend Eugen, CEO of Mastodon, explain to you how it works in very dispassionate words…”
#eu #ec #fediverse #mastodon #antitrust #DigitalServicesAct #PR #usefulIdiots
“Hey, look, we’re not a monopoly. We’re not being anticompetitive… we’re federating using an open protocol. Here, let our friend Eugen, CEO of Mastodon, explain to you how it works in very dispassionate words…”
#eu #ec #fediverse #mastodon #antitrust #DigitalServicesAct #PR #usefulIdiots