Delighted to see Richard Speed from The Register writing up #MatrixConf2025 💚 💪 Europe’s enthusiasm for @npub1m9z3...whzq driven by digital sovereignty & geopolitics with strong adoption in France, Germany & Sweden 🇪🇺 EU Commission trial of Element ⚠️ The fragility of centralised systems 💰 The duality of governments embracing open source software, without thinking about funding upstream vendors 😮 Hypocrisy of governments adopting E2EE comms while supporting Chat Control
France signs up to the Matrix.org Foundation
Comment: Governments eye comms alternatives as sovereignty worries mount
🇸🇪 Sweden is exploring open standards for interoperable communication across government. At #MatrixConf2025, Anna & Kenneth shared how Försäkringskassan’s SAFOS (using @npub1m9z3...whzq + Element) collaboration platform doubled in usage. Initially developed to replace Skype for Business, SAFOS offers interoperable communications between authorities while maintaining digital sovereignty. Listen to their full talk!
💡 Incredibly important work from @npub1mjtw...pvyd to propose an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty, cybersecurity and competitiveness through sustainable, secure open-source technologies.
Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) - OpenForum Europe
EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF)
The report ‘Funding Europe’s Open Digital Infrastructure: The Economic, Legal, and Political Feasibility of an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF)...
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🌐 At The Matrix Conference, Tima from the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) shared how @npub1m9z3...whzq and Element are enabling secure collaboration across the UN system. 🚀 Already live with several UN orgs, the project is strengthening cybersecurity and set to scale further - supporting field operations and crisis management in conflict zones and areas affected by embargoes. 🎙️ Listen to her talk!
🇸🇪 Great writeup in Computer Weekly about Sweden exploring open-standard based messaging across government agencies. eSam, a membership organisation with over 40 government agencies, recommends adopting @npub1m9z3...whzq as the open protocol for sovereign, secure and interoperable collaboration. Matrix and Element are already in use by Forsäkringskassan and other agencies as part of the SAFOS collaboration platform.
ComputerWeekly.com
Inspired by the EU: Sweden eyes open standard for encrypted chat services | Computer Weekly
What if your messaging and collaboration app could talk to all the others? Swedish government agencies are investigating the possibility.
🌕 How do you communicate during a Moonwalk crisis? At The Matrix Conference, Aileen (@npub1zgm7...7euu / German Aerospace Center) and Jan-Lucas (@npub1j6dq...4maa) showed how Element and @npub1m9z3...whzq enabled real-time crisis communication on a simulated moonwalk at the LUNA Analog Facility. Listen to the full talk!
Yesterday’s AWS outage highlights the importance of decentralised communications, and digital sovereignty. Governments simply cannot rely on systems with a single point of failure.
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The move to decentralised systems for mission critical technology
Yesterday’s AWS outage highlights the importance of decentralised communications, and digital sovereignty. Governments simply cannot rely on syst...