European digital sovereignty helps everyone, not just Europeans

Anyone inside or outside the US that thinks they're safe relying on American tech providers and financial institutions should consider how quickly and enthusiastically they carried out the diktats of the Trump regime. Just in the last week, Google changed Google Maps' references from Lake Ontario to Lake America, and Paypal and the Internet Society froze financial assets and domain names of Autistici/Inventati. You risk instant humiliation, immiseration, and social death at the whims of a corrupt, vindictive, narcissistic dictator. No due process required or given. — Dave Wilburn (@DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange), August 30, 2026 As an American, I'm embarrassed by the entire situation. I hate that our country has elected a strongman who only understands the world as a zero-sum, transaction-based order. Depending on American companies and banks made sense when the US was a friend and ally because that meant Europe never had to build any of that themselves. The US is now using that…