Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
Local-First Conf on Twitter / X
If you're around Berlin after the conference, check out this fun community-organised event: User Agents Berlin - two days of space for hanging and hacking with friends you met at Local-First Conf! Register here: https://t.co/IXdajX7CdH— Local-First Conf (@localfirstconf) May 6, 2025
Social Media: Now It's Europe's Turn! - Das Netz ist politisch
(English version of Social Media: jetzt ist Europa dran!, translation partially done by Deepl and Kagi Translate)
European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist. Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web. And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
🇪🇺🌐 The future of social media may be decided in Europe
A survey of European AT Protocol projects, including 4 mini case-studies
Social Media: jetzt ist Europa dran! - Das Netz ist politisch
(see Social Media: Now It’s Europe’s Turn! for the english version)
W-Social: What does sovereignty mean for social media? – Open Future
The European Commission’s move to W-Social frames it as a European alternative to X, but its closed-source code and reliance on Bluesky’s infrastructure show that sovereign social media requires open infrastructure—not European ownership alone.
W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty | Hacker News
And weirdly, there was never a peep about this in the press - while the W Social launch was on national news and a bunch of high-profile EU politicians immediately joined. What's going on here?
W Social – Public Beta Launch
AHOY! European Social Web Day 2025
Social media is worth fixing - and you can help! Join us in Hamburg on April 24, 2025 to connect with early adaptors from 10+ countries of the Bluesky and AT Protocol ecosystem.
We Build On Hope @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026
Keynote by Robin Berjon The current state of tech can feel disheartening. Years of critical analysis and reform efforts have left us with a digital sphere that seems worse than ever. In Europe, our...
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop, 2026/03/02
FR#166 – No Change
Many people in Europe see the open social web as a path to digital sovereignty. This week demonstrated a problem: the assumption that European governments actually want to be sovereign.
Announcement: WECG meetup in Berlin, March 2025 · Issue #759 · w3c/webextensions
After productive meetings in San Diego and TPAC last year, we're announcing another in person + online meetup at the Mozilla office in Berlin, March 25-28 2025: Mozilla Berlin Gebäude 3, 4. Obe...
The European Social Stack · An open declaration
An open declaration: The European Social Stack. Open Social Platforms and Private Messaging.
Going to the W Social launch this afternoon at the Brussels Press Club. Should be interesting! Anyone I know joining me?
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til w social client became closed source; a lil concerning since some high level eu officials moved to w instead of eurosky, might be the start of a "big tech but eu" trend from blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-… by @elenarossini.com
We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be working with @eurosky.social to help to define and develop open social web infrastructure for the AT Protocol! igalia.com/2026/03/18/Advancing-the-AT-P…
Advancing the AT Protocol in Partnership with Eurosky | Igalia
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