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#digitalsovereignty

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With a sole proprietorship, you and your business are legally the same entity.

This means that if you, the owner, are physically present in another country and actively conduct business there — even something as simple as responding to emails or taking phone calls — authorities in that country could argue that your business is “doing business” locally. As a result, your business could be subject to that country’s jurisdiction, laws, and potentially taxes.

For example, if a VPN business is registered in Italy, but the owner spends three months in the United States handling business communications, U.S. authorities could claim that, during that period, the business falls under U.S. jurisdiction.

#AirVPN#DigitalSovereignty
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XoplqoX

@tagesschau es wäre super wenn ihr in euren Sendungen (MoMa, Plus Minus, Das Verbrauchermagazin, etc. )Hinweise auf den Umstieg auf Linux geben könnt. In meinem Bekanntenkreis sind mehrere Personen zufrieden auf Linux Mint umgestiegen und können ihren Computer sicher weiter betreiben ohne sich in neue Unkosten zu stürzen.

#cybersecurity#cybersicherheit#linux
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.promo
.kaufen
.market
.auction
.forsale
.商店
.cafe
.catering
.coffee
.kitchen
.pizza
.recipes
.restaurant
.vin (wine)
.wine
.fish
.pub
.agency
.digital
.email
.marketing
.media
.productions
.social
.studio

That's a long list.

All of those domain name extensions are controlled by a single corporation in the United States: Identity Digital Inc., based in Washington State and owned by Ethos Capital, which is located in Massachusetts.

Identity Digital accounts for roughly 30% of all word-based domain name extensions. But they’re not alone — many other word-based extensions are also managed or sponsored by U.S. corporations, which places them under U.S. jurisdiction.

Digital sovereignty is important. That’s why I recommend avoiding word-based domain extensions, as well as .com, .net, .org, .info, .us, and .edu, all of which are governed under U.S. jurisdiction.

#DigitalSovereignty#Domain#Website
Marek idkfa :verified:

Microsoft Word będzie domyślnie zapisywał automagicznie wszystkie dokumenty w chmurze. Wszystkie dane osobowe, które pojawią się w dokumentach urzędniczych będą przetrzymywane na serwerach MSFT. Tylko sam Microsoft nie chce powiedzieć gdzie one fizycznie są, poza tym obowiązuje go pierwszeństwo prawa amerykańskiego nad europejskim. bleepingcomputer.com/news/micr
#privacy #digitalSovereignty #microsoft
cc @panoptykon @UODO

Linux Is Best

Hetzner is under U.S. jurisdiction.

Hetzner has not one, but two data centers in the United States, and therefore falls under U.S. jurisdiction. Additionally, they even provide terms specifically for U.S. customers — see both URLs.

hetzner.com/unternehmen/rechen

hetzner.com/legal/terms-and-co

www.hetzner.comDatacenterInformation about the state of the art, award winning datacenter parks of Hetzner Online GmbH.
#Hetzner#HetznerCloud#HetznerVPS
leyrer

Ich wüsste ja gerne, ob das "Microsoft Austrian College und High School Agreement" der österr. Bundesregierung an dem Tech for Social Impact (TSI) Angebot von MS hängt ...

Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation Collection
partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/as

partner.microsoft.comMicrosoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1 grant discontinuation
#polAT#digitalSovereignty
Linux Is Best

How to have a website outside the Jurisdiction of the USA. 👍

1) Choose a domain registrar outside the USA.

Make sure the company has no business offices, trademarks, patents, or copyrights in the United States. Carefully review their Terms of Service (TOS) and privacy policy. If you find any references to the USA, move on.

2) Select a non-USA domain.

Avoid extensions like .com, .net, .org, .info, .us, and .edu. Also, steer clear of word-based domain extensions (.social).

3) Use a web hosting provider outside the USA.

As with the registrar, ensure the provider has no business offices, trademarks, patents, or copyrights in the United States. Again, review their TOS and privacy policy thoroughly.

4) Be cautious with additional services.

Most hosting providers include DNS and email services, but if you use a 3rd provider or a CDN, make sure they are also outside the USA. Check their TOS and privacy policies as well.

Need a provider? I’ve compiled a list.

codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Out

Summary card of repository Linux-Is-Best/Outside_US_Jurisdiction
Codeberg.orgOutside_US_Jurisdiction/Index.md at mainOutside_US_Jurisdiction - Digital Service Providers outside the jurisdiction of the United States of America.
#DigitalSovereignty
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Soverin

Why It’s Time to Switch to European Digital Services

In CyberSecurityBooster #47, our founder Diana Krieger will share why switching to European alternatives is not only the smarter choice for privacy and security, but also a catalyst for innovation and economic strength in Europe.

Register here: cybersecuritybooster.webinarge

A big thank-you to Bernold Nieuwesteeg for driving this conversation forward.

#DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #PrivacyFirst hashtag#Europe #Eurostackatwork

Paris Marx

Western leaders have appeased Donald Trump since he returned to power, only to be hit with new demands after every concession.

On Tuesday, Trump declared economic war on countries that regulate its tech companies. It’s time for the world to break from the US and aggressively target Silicon Valley.

disconnect.blog/p/world-leader

Disconnect · World leaders must stop appeasing Donald TrumpBy Paris Marx
#tech#donaldtrump#digitalsovereignty
The Linux Foundation

Europe’s digital future runs on Open Source.
The World of Open Source: Europe Spotlight 2025 report with LF Research, LF Europe and Canonical reveals:
69% of orgs see OSS as a competitiveness boost
58% view it as the innovation engine
Only 34% have an OSS strategy

From digital sovereignty to open AI, the message is clear: Europe must turn adoption into advantage.
Read more: linuxfoundation.org/research/w

www.linuxfoundation.orgOpen Source as Europe’s Strategic AdvantageOpen Source as Europe’s Strategic Advantage
#OpenSource#DigitalSovereignty#AI
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UniversityofGroningenLibrary

Symposium: Opportunities, risks, and #AcademicFreedom in the age of #BigTech & #AI

🔗rug.nl/library/calendar/250925
📍 Groningen, NL
🗓️ 25 September

Opening:
@universityofgroningen Rector Jacquelien Scherpen

Lectures:
Tamar Sharon & Juliette Schaafsma

Panel with:
Michiel Kolman (Elsevier)
@FleurZeldenrust (Young Academy NL)
David Cheruiyot (@YAGroningen)
Nolda Tipping-Griffioen (@CIT_RUG)
Marijke Folgering (@Bibliothecaris)
Host: Titus Stahl (@tstahl)

#OpenScience#DigitalSovereignty
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@RalfMohr1
If you're trying to avoid the United States, you want to avoid soft-forks.

A soft-fork is still following along with the development of the United States.

Something state-sponsored is not going to be labeled "government backdoor." It's going to be sneaky and indirect. It will be program 1A and 2B along with 3C together to achieve a goal. Alone, and under a microscope with all eyes on it, they'll look perfectly harmless.

So instead, you want something either completely independent, or a hard-fork that no longer follows an upstream.

#DigitalSovereignty#Sovereignty#RuleOfLaw
Jos Poortvliet

The reality of European #DigitalSovereignty

(...) Governments themselves are huge cloud customers and could create a healthy market simply by (...) running tenders that European suppliers could win. “Right now, anyone who is not Microsoft has a very hard time getting government business, which is not helpful,” added Hubert.

European solutions are basically excluded from competition in Europe. And as long as that is not addressed, big tech will continue to dominate.

computerweekly.com/news/366626

ComputerWeekly.com · Dutch cloud pioneers face the hard limits of digital sovereigntyBy Kim Loohuis
XWiki SAS

Still on Confluence? Many teams are (already) moving away from vendor lock-in and looking at open-source alternatives.

We put together a clear comparison of XWiki vs Confluence so you can see the differences yourself:
🔗 xwiki.com/en/Alternatives/xwik

XWiki is European, open source, and built for flexibility, sovereignty, and long-term control of your data.

xwiki.comXWiki vs ConfluenceXWiki can be deployed both on your server and on our cloud, but the best thing is that you can change your mind at any given time.
#OpenSource#XWiki#ConfluenceMigration
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷

Ohhh. I missed this so far.

I think this makes sense: browsers are one of *the* most fundamental digital public goods at this point. (Right after a mobile OS.)

I'd have preferred if they had picked #Firefox or #Verso, but hey, poking #Google gets my vote too 🙂

(Is #Ecosia the best host? Probably not; I'd see this as a @sovtechfund
@nlnet et al project.)

reuters.com/business/germanys-

#DigitalSovereignty#OpenSource#Chrome
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