We have extensive discussions about our enormous dependence on American clouds, but what exactly are we talking about? And is Europe equally dependent on all types of cloud? This article is aimed at policy makers, but it may also provide some clarity about the broader landscape to actual cloud users.

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-european-cloud-ladder/

If you send an email to a recipient whose email account is hosted by Microsoft, or you share you email address with such entities, you are part of the problem.

I refuse to be part of the problem. So before contacting a recipient (gov agencies in particular), I do an MX lookup on their email address. It almost always points to MS servers.

So snail mail it is. Otherwise sending them email serves as a signal to the recipient that MS is okay for email.

"It's just possible that you, a sentient being with active sensory input, have cause for concern about the security of data hosted both in the United States and by Microsoft. GitHub has been ubiquitous and indispensable for technologists. But maybe it's time to reconsider that status."

https://taggart-tech.com/migrate-to-codeberg/

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20134554

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After nearly a year of regulatory hurdles, Meta has finally begun deploying its conversational AI assistant across the European Union and neighboring countries this week.

The rollout, which covers 41 European countries and 21 overseas territories, marks Meta’s largest global expansion of Meta AI to date, though European users will initially access only a limited version of the technology.

European users will initially have access to what Meta describes as an “intelligent chat function” available in six European languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Italian.

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The AI assistant will be integrated across Meta’s suite of applications, including WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. Users can access Meta AI by tapping a blue circle icon within these apps to initi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClvjCSmV-js

Update:

This post started as "Petition to the European Union: Transitioning Social Media Presence to the Fediverse" but seems to be clear that what we need is actually an ECI as petitions works different in the EU compared to some local governments. For more information see this link: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/_en

I currently looking to create a Group of Organizers as the ECI required that before doing anything else.

Please, send me a message if you are interested, I will get back to you as soon as I can.

According to the official website, the requirements are:

• It must contain at least 7 people old enough to vote in elections to the European Parliament (18 years old, except in Belgium, Malta and Austria where the voting age is 16, and Greece where it’s 17).
• They must be living in at least 7 different EU countries. They must be EU nationals but don’t have to be nationals of 7 different EU countries. For example, the group could contain 3 Portuguese and