US EditionFrance dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
France aims to secure digital sovereignty by replacing U.S. video tools with Visio for 2.5 million civil servants by 2027, reducing reliance on non-European providers.
- The French government announced that 2.5 million civil servants would stop using video conferencing tools from U.S. providers like Zoom and Microsoft Teams by 2027 and switch to a homegrown service called Visio to guarantee security and confidentiality.
- Germany's Schleswig-Holstein state migrated 44,000 employee inboxes from Microsoft to open source email and file sharing platforms to become independent of large tech companies and ensure digital sovereignty.
- Europe is seeking digital autonomy from the U.S. amid concerns over data privacy and the ability of American tech giants to cut off services, as seen when Microsoft canceled the International Criminal Court's email after U.S. sanctions.
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France Ditches Zoom, Teams as Europe Seeks Digital Autonomy From US
In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the military dropped Microsoft Office.
France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from U.S.
European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives. France plans to replace Zoom and Teams with a homegrown video conference system by 2027.
Winnipeg Free Press
France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
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European governments push back against US software reliance
European national and local governments are trying to move away from US software for their operational work, in a push towards local or open-source alternatives, in fear that US President Donald Trump may force tech giants to cut access. The more recent and most significant push is coming from France. President Emmanuel Macron has long advocated that European countries become more autarchic in their tech needs. His government announced that, fro…
In France, public officials will stop using Zoom and Teams to adopt a national production video conferencing system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source software to write reports because the army stopped using Microsoft Office. Bureaucrats in a German state have also resorted to free software for their administrative work.
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