<![CDATA[A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.]]>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!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/1b86ae66-679f-4337-8efa-93e4a7591e23/a-strong-europe-needs-independent-digital-spaces.RSS for NodeFri, 19 Jun 2026 17:55:48 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2026 16:00:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:26:18 GMT]]>@EUCommission It's just European-branded Twitter with the same kinds of money and people behind it as Twitter.

Why bother?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gooba42/statuses/116767324798441038https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gooba42/statuses/116767324798441038Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:26:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:26:06 GMT]]>@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @blackDragonfly@techhub.social You can selfhost any part of the ATMosphere. You can host your PDS, your AppView, your relay. Eurosky is a fully European PDS, BlackSky is one too.
You have alternative content to microblogging, like Peertube for ActivityPub.
During the recent major BlueSky downtime, all other non BlueSky system continue to work without trouble.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://firefish.imirhil.fr/notes/anm353a3hps700ahhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://firefish.imirhil.fr/notes/anm353a3hps700ahWed, 17 Jun 2026 20:26:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:23:39 GMT]]>@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @blackDragonfly@techhub.social It is.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://firefish.imirhil.fr/notes/anm31xuihps700aghttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://firefish.imirhil.fr/notes/anm31xuihps700agWed, 17 Jun 2026 20:23:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:22:52 GMT]]>@EUCommission a wait list? Why is the EC actively promoting some commercial product?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/placebo/statuses/116767311287381970https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/placebo/statuses/116767311287381970Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:22:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:22:37 GMT]]>@aeris @EUCommission @blackDragonfly "fully decentralized" 🤣 🤣 🤣 that's a good one! 🤣 🤣 🤣

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mammut.gogreenit.net/users/chewie/statuses/116767310323690567https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mammut.gogreenit.net/users/chewie/statuses/116767310323690567Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:22:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:21:20 GMT]]>@EUCommission No, nay, never.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.fjerland.no/users/eivind/statuses/116767305265313618https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.fjerland.no/users/eivind/statuses/116767305265313618Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:21:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:21:13 GMT]]>@Gargron @EUCommission If I didn't know better, which I don't, I'd suspect money changed hands.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116767304804195039https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116767304804195039Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:21:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:21:01 GMT]]>@EUCommission really bad move. there’s activitypub and mastodon for what you want to achieve.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://w3c.social/users/hvdsomp/statuses/116767304039723058https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://w3c.social/users/hvdsomp/statuses/116767304039723058Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:21:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:19:31 GMT]]>@EUCommission

You Failed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/HaraldKi/statuses/116767298124931936https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/HaraldKi/statuses/116767298124931936Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:19:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:16:28 GMT]]>@daemon_byte @EUCommission Absolutely - don't trust any social media with your ID....

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mammut.gogreenit.net/users/chewie/statuses/116767286101813832https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mammut.gogreenit.net/users/chewie/statuses/116767286101813832Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:16:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:15:21 GMT]]>@EUCommission I'll pass thanks, and stay on here....

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mammut.gogreenit.net/users/chewie/statuses/116767281746129317https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mammut.gogreenit.net/users/chewie/statuses/116767281746129317Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:15:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:13:53 GMT]]>@EUCommission

No, not following you there. Wrong move. Also: ewwww (W is centralized, for-profit, closed-source).

You are more than welcome to stay here among us and continue investing in the .

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/lavergnetho/statuses/116767275966935960https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/lavergnetho/statuses/116767275966935960Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:13:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:13:33 GMT]]>@mike @weirdfoodie @Gargron @EUCommission Control, control, control … They could have better called it C.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Herman/statuses/116767274689740183https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Herman/statuses/116767274689740183Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:13:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:13:15 GMT]]>@mike @Gargron @EUCommission Probably both...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/martinlentink/statuses/116767273467629285https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/martinlentink/statuses/116767273467629285Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:13:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:12:50 GMT]]>@WeirdWriter @EUCommission in other EU news https://www.thejournal.ie/eu-digital-id-wallet-ireland-plans-online-verification-explainer-factcheck-vaccines-misinformation-7045802-May2026/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://glasgow.social/users/craignicol/statuses/116767271827386013https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://glasgow.social/users/craignicol/statuses/116767271827386013Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:12:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:12:32 GMT]]>@EUCommission read the room

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/krazykitty/statuses/116767270641631876https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/krazykitty/statuses/116767270641631876Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:12:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:11:59 GMT]]>@blackDragonfly@techhub.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu It seems to be based on ATProtocol, a fully decentralized and opensource one.
https://atproto.com/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://firefish.imirhil.fr/notes/anm2mxlvhps700adhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://firefish.imirhil.fr/notes/anm2mxlvhps700adWed, 17 Jun 2026 20:11:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:10:42 GMT]]>@EUCommission @Gargron @delafin Mastodon is not centrally controlled. That is the problem for the . They want control, verification.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Herman/statuses/116767263465465529https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Herman/statuses/116767263465465529Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:10:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:09:44 GMT]]>@EUCommission Could you just explain where W is decentralized as well as an open ecosystem? And how do you define independent?

And aren’t commercial goals and public responsibility slightly conflicting interests, not that politicians seems to have a problem with that?

At least the first and hopefully the last statement remains true.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/blackDragonfly/statuses/116767259679635856https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/blackDragonfly/statuses/116767259679635856Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:09:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:07:38 GMT]]>@Gargron
It seems someone had political connections or a bunch of money to buy the political connection.

@EUCommission

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/carstenfranke/statuses/116767251422806600https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/carstenfranke/statuses/116767251422806600Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:07:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:06:01 GMT]]>@EUCommission wrong platform to brag about that, darling.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/ralocycleuse/statuses/116767245043006500https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/ralocycleuse/statuses/116767245043006500Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:06:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:03:41 GMT]]>@EUCommission the w stands for wtf

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/116767235846624936https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/116767235846624936Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:03:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:01:29 GMT]]>@Gargron @EUCommission I guess you did not pay enough. 😁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://orthographieanarchist.de/users/kobold/statuses/01KVBJSAYH3J9N3EKW4NQF1ZP1https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://orthographieanarchist.de/users/kobold/statuses/01KVBJSAYH3J9N3EKW4NQF1ZP1Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:01:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:00:26 GMT]]>@EUCommission W is not an alternative if it is closed-source.
You're heading back into a walled garden, which is then contrary to "true digital sovereignty".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.cr-net.be/users/haploc/statuses/116767223097170876https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.cr-net.be/users/haploc/statuses/116767223097170876Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:00:26 GMT