# Demystifying European Digital Sovereignty

DevFeed: [Demystifying European Digital Sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/demystifying-european-digital-sovereignty-36353.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/demystifying-european-digital-sovereignty/>)

Published: 2021-07-13T19:15:30Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [digital sovereignty](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-sovereignty.md>), [scaleway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scaleway.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

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## AI overview

The article reflects on a panel about European digital sovereignty. It argues that Europe's reliance on foreign platforms for digital communication services raises concerns about data access, legal protection, and future dependence, and discusses regulation and stronger European digital services as possible responses.

## Source excerpt

This article is part of a series on (European) innovation and capabilities. Recently I participated in a very useful panel that aimed to demystify European digital sovereignty. Even though we spoke for more than an hour (video), we obviously were not able to fix all of Europe's sovereignty problems! The event was organized by Scaleway (previously Online SAS or Online.net), a 100% subsidiary of what I think is Europe's most innovative telecommunications company, Iliad.