"Paris has framed the decision as a strategic break from dependence on American cloud and collaboration platforms. The French government is explicitly linking it to a broader doctrine of "digital sovereignty." This EU-based movement, which has been around for over a decade, is dedicated to the proposition that EU countries should rely on native EU tech companies, cloud services, and platforms."
"It's not about the French government not trusting US tech companies... Sorry, actually, it is. It's all about France not trusting American companies with its data or services. As David Amiel, France's minister-delegate for the civil service and state reform, put it: France is committed " to regaining our digital independence. We cannot risk having our scientific exchanges, our sensitive data, and our strategic innovations exposed to non-European actors.""
France is replacing US videoconferencing services with Visio, an MIT-licensed open-source platform. Visio is being deployed now and will supplant existing services by 2027. The move is framed as a strategic effort to regain digital independence and to avoid exposing sensitive government and scientific data to non-European actors. The decision aligns with a broader EU digital sovereignty movement that favors native EU tech companies, clouds, and platforms. EU officials cite legal risks such as the 2018 US Cloud Act, which can grant US authorities access to data hosted abroad. Non-European platforms will not be renewed.
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