News Summary

• Across Europe, governments are reducing their reliance on US technology companies.
• On 3 June, the European Commission laid out plans to enhance digital autotomy.
• These include plans to boost home-grown cloud services and artificial intelligence and promote use of open-source technologies.
• Some research institutions in Europe have already cancelled contracts for US digital products, and many others are actively discussing how to become more digitally independent.
• For many, these actions are driven by concerns around data privacy and the decline in academic freedom in countries such as the United States.