New #zine alert ‼️ Inspired by @stefan@stefanbohacek.online’s zine about the #Fediverse. I’ve noticed that so many #artists only use #Instagram despite worries about how their #data and #artwork might be used without their consent. Maybe this can convince someone to try the Fediverse. #datasovereignty #MastoArt #socialmedia
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May 04, 2026
Julian Oliver
@JulianOliver@mastodon.social
I deploy and secure sovereign digital platforms and server infrastructure for NGOs, human rights and environmental defenders, while teaching people to do the same for communities and orgs important to them | https://nikau.io I also make and teach tech/media/electronic art, exhibiting internationally since the late 90's | https://julianoliver.com Big Tech & AI-free. Local rainforest conservation when I can. Aotearoa New Zealand, Pākehā, Tangata Tiriti, he/him, herbivore
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Delighted to report that Amazon has abandoned its plans to build a datacenter here.
The "lease-and-equip" model they're switching to is a lot easier to get rid of, when we eventually kick these digital imperialists out altogether.
I'll raise a sovereign glass of fresh water to that.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/594164/amazon-takes-45m-hit-abandons-planned-west-auckland-data-centre
#privacy #datasovereignty #imperialism
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On 25 Feb 2026, the UAE announced the world's first sovereign financial cloud. The CEO: "Finance runs on digital infrastructure; hence it must be sovereign."
Four days later, drones hit AWS ME-CENTRAL-1. Two AZs down simultaneously. 109 services disrupted. 37 still dark two months later.
They understood the problem. The implementation gap killed them anyway.
https://haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/finance-runs-on-digital-infrastructure/
#CloudSovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #AWS #CloudResilience #InfoSec #Infrastructure #DataSovereignty #FinTech
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The EU Commission just created something that didn't exist before: a way to actually measure digital sovereignty.
Their new SEAL framework rates cloud providers 0–4. No US hyperscaler won a lead contract. €180M goes to OVHCloud, STACKIT, Scaleway, Proximus.
The quiet part: SEAL-2 minimum means your provider can't be compelled by foreign law to hand over your data. Most winners hit SEAL-3 — immune to non-EU supply chain disruption.
This is procurement policy, not rhetoric. It will cascade.
https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/commission-advances-cloud-sovereignty-through-strategic-procurement-2026-04-17_en
#DataSovereignty #SovereignCloud #EU #Privacy #FOSS
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