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Europe Can Build Its Own Social Media by Sebastian Vogelsang - Project Syndicate
Curated:
26/07/2025 from
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-can-build-own-social-media-on-at-protocol-by-sebastian-vogelsang-2025-07
my notes ( ? )
"Europe’s systemic dependency on Big Tech’s social-media platforms threatens the continent’s digital sovereignty" - perhaps nothing new, but well argued nevertheless:
- "Just as the European Union seeks to reduce its reliance on external providers for semiconductors... it must do the same for social media.
- dominant platforms extract value from European users ... while paying little in taxes and skirting regulations. Their proprietary infrastructure increasingly shapes our lives"
- Musk weaponised X to get Trump elected and has "threatened to interfere in European elections."
Despite this, the EC's "new International Digital Strategy is likewise skeptical that the bloc can wean itself off Big Tech", ignoring alternatives which are built to align better with European values and could, given support, "break Big Tech’s monopoly power over social media, which has stifled European innovation for decades... European policymakers should designate these social-networking frameworks as critical infrastructure".
What was really interesting was the number of negative comments from Fedizens on Bluesky.
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