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We support businesses and organizations migrating away from US-based big tech to self-hosted free software and European alternatives.

We will focus on stories that illustrate the reasons to migrate, offer practical advice on how to migrate, and highlight stories of organizations that have successfully migrated.

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Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by tad_lispy@lemm.ee to c/esc@lemm.ee

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Second, companies in this increasingly autocratic and hostile US control every major digital platform that Europeans use to debate and share news, with the exception of TikTok, which is Chinese. Even Europe’s news organisations rely on Google and other US advertising technology companies for online revenue. Trump can humiliate or cripple the oligarchs who control these companies.

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[–] tad_lispy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

It's probably the same for politicians. They are looking for widest reach. It's not only about posting. To be effective, they need to moderate and engage with comments, which is harder to automate. Also, they might just not know about fediverse platforms (lack of marketing). In that case the solution would be to promote fediverse among users, European business, organizations and politicians.