European Commission publishes Tech Sovereignty Plan with emphasis on hardware, neglect of open social infrastructure (hamishcampbell.com)

• EU Commission prioritizes hardware and AI over open social infrastructure
• Mastodon usage cited as sole example of support for decentralized social media
• Open source treated as procurement strategy rather than social ecosystem

"The European Commission has published its Tech Sovereignty Plan, allocating substantial resources to semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, AI, and data centers. Open source and decentralized social media like the Fediverse receive minimal attention. The author criticizes the plan for ignoring social infrastructure—open protocols, federated communication, and digital commons—which are essential for genuine digital sovereignty. Instead of fostering citizen-controlled systems, the plan risks creating European versions of existing US platforms."