OSZE-Jahrbuch 2014: Jahrbuch zur Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (OSZE)

W Social: Europas X-Alternative wirft so manche Frage auf | 1E9.community

Das Social Network W Social soll eine unabhängige europäische Alternative zu X werden – sicherer, offener und stärker an europäischen ...

Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)

#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source! This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected! My full article - with a great analysis by @aral@mastodon.ar.al: 🔗: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/ #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech

Un démantèlement d’ampleur des lois environnementales est en cours en Europe, alerte un collectif d’ONG

Vingt mesures de dérégulation ou d’affaiblissement du droit de l’environnement ont été adoptées depuis 2024 au niveau de l’Union européenne ; trente nouveaux reculs sont en cours de discussion, ont comptabilisé les organisations non gouvernementales.

Einzelheiten zur Initiative | Europäische Bürgerinitiative

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, le réseau social européen et open source qui ne l’était pas vraiment

Censé être un grand jour pour l’internet européen, le 17 juin dernier a pris des airs de farce. Le lancement de W, le réseau social européen, a

Built, Owned & Stewarded in Europe

Steward & Employee Ownership keep mission, capital and talent rooted in Europe. We're asking the EU to make it an option.

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, 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?

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 European Social Stack · An open declaration

An open declaration: The European Social Stack. Open Social Platforms and Private Messaging.

The European Social Stack · An open declaration

An open declaration: The European Social Stack. Open Social Platforms and Private Messaging.

"Zeit für Plattform in Europa": Soziales Netzwerk "W Social" online

Die neue Plattform verspricht Transparenz, Datenschutz und echte Identität. Kann sie eine Antwort auf den US-amerikanischen Riesen "X" sein?