Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan
Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan
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Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan
Second, companies in this increasingly autocratic and hostile US control every major digital platform that Europeans use to debate and share news, with the exception of TikTok, which is Chinese. Even Europe’s news organisations rely on Google and other US advertising technology companies for online revenue. Trump can humiliate or cripple the oligarchs who control these companies.
well, i wouldn't say pointless, but yeah, Europe needs a big independent internet media platform
Fediverse?
it would be the obvious choice, but for some reason it doesn't take off. i remember, back when i used mastodon, there was a "MEP assistant" using it. The stuff they posted wasn't interesting for me, but it was a good thing.