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  • Zerush@lemmy.mltoTechnology@lemmy.ml•Microsoft Can't Keep EU Data Safe From US Authorities
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    8 days ago

    Summary

    Microsoft has admitted it cannot protect EU citizen data from U.S. government access, even when stored in European data centers. In sworn testimony before a French Senate inquiry in June 2025, Microsoft France’s legal director Anton Carniaux stated “No, I cannot guarantee” that French citizen data would never be transmitted to U.S. authorities without explicit French authorization[1].

    The admission stems from the U.S. CLOUD Act, which compels American companies to hand over user data regardless of where it is stored[1:1]. While Microsoft claims to resist “unfounded” requests, they must ultimately comply with legally valid U.S. demands[2].

    This revelation has significant implications for European data sovereignty, as U.S. firms control 69% of Europe’s cloud infrastructure[1:2]. The issue affects all major U.S. cloud providers - Microsoft, Google, and AWS must all comply with U.S. surveillance laws including FISA, the CLOUD Act, and Executive Order 12333[2:1].

    European officials worry this creates dangerous dependencies, as sensitive government, healthcare and business data could be accessed without EU oversight[3]. Some experts advocate shifting to EU-based providers operating solely under European jurisdiction[2:2].

    Well, it’s clear that the EU can’t avoid leaking data to the US, when they continue using US Cloud providers, irrelevant if they use MS, Google or any other. They can force MS to have OneDrive desactivated by default, let the choice to the user if he want to use it or any other EU provider, if he can’t o won’t to use Linux, but there is the same problem when he use US cloud providers, is there where tha data are property of the corresponding company and the gov “to protect the childrem and making America great again”

    EU sovereignty in soft an services, better yesterday as tomorrow, FTUS

    1. Forbes - Microsoft Can’t Keep EU Data Safe From US Authorities ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

    2. Wire - Why Big Tech Can’t Deliver True Data Sovereignty ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

    3. Fudzilla - Microsoft can’t keep EU data out of US paws ↩︎

  • Zerush@lemmy.mltoTechnology@lemmy.ml•The Authoritarian Stack
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    9 days ago

    Nor for me, but I found alternative info

    Tech billionaires are systematically dismantling American democratic institutions through unprecedented concentration of wealth and power, with Europe potentially facing similar threats[1][2].

    Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and other tech leaders are implementing an explicitly anti-democratic vision outlined in “The Sovereign Individual,” a 1997 manifesto that predicted nation-states would collapse as wealthy elites gain independence from democratic control[3]. This ideology sees democracy as incompatible with freedom and envisions a “cognitive elite” rising to power through cryptocurrency and internet technologies[2:1].

    The strategy has three key components:

    1. Direct Political Control: Tech billionaires like Musk have gained extraordinary influence through campaign spending and direct government roles. Musk now controls critical government infrastructure through his “Department of Government Efficiency,” modifying federal payment systems without oversight[4].

    2. Institutional Capture: Wealthy tech leaders are systematically weakening government agencies and civil service protections. Trump’s “Schedule F” order could replace tens of thousands of civil servants with political loyalists vetted by conservative groups[2:2].

    3. Alternative Power Centers: Billionaires are establishing autonomous zones and acquiring land in places like New Zealand as “boltholes” for societal collapse. Thiel obtained New Zealand citizenship despite spending only 12 days in the country[3:1].

    The model draws from competitive authoritarian regimes where “elections are often fiercely contested battles in which incumbents have to sweat it out” but the system is rigged through government machinery to attack opponents and co-opt critics[2:3].

    Europe faces similar pressures as tech companies resist regulation and establish parallel power structures. According to tech policy experts, the U.S. must not undermine European efforts to “regain sovereignty over their information systems and resist domination by Big Tech”[5].

    1. NPR - Breaking News, Analysis, Music, Arts & Podcasts ↩︎

    2. The Path to American Authoritarianism ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

    3. Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand ↩︎ ↩︎

    4. Oligarchy in the open: What happens now as the U.S. is forced to confront its plutocracy problem? ↩︎

    5. Democracy — Publications — Center for Journalism & Liberty ↩︎