> I mean, Brazil and other countries are pursuing "cyber-sovereignty". The EU's GDPR is fundamentally that. To a certain extent, but if the EU really wanted cy

> I mean, Brazil and other countries are pursuing "cyber-sovereignty". The EU's GDPR is fundamentally that. To a certain extent, but if the EU really wanted cyber-sovereignty it would: 1. make sure all chips used in electronics sold in the EU are designed and manufactured there, by European-owned companies. This prevents a backdoor being put in them. 2. make sure all operating systems used in the EU are written there, also to prevent backdoors. The obvious way to do this would be to make it open source and based on Linux. 3. make sure all social media popular in the EU is run on servers based in the EU, and run by companies owned and run in the EU. This is to prevent outside actors from manipulating public opinion or from building up kompromat on individuals. 4. make sure all internet-based data services (e.g. Google Maps API) are run on servers based in the EU by companies owned and run in the EU. This is to prevent outside actors from pulling the plug on them or jacking up prices.