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Microsoft’s forced unbundling of Teams in the EU is more than an antitrust event. It's a reminder that enterprises must carefully deconstruct how they build dependence on platforms that mix sensitive and non-sensitive workloads, especially those outside sovereign control. The key lesson: separating sensitive from public-facing communications, and sovereign from non-sovereign platforms, is now a strategic imperative.

The Commission’s compliance is not just a Microsoft win—it’s a signal to all European institutions and businesses. To meet EU rules, the Commission had to enforce strict limits on data transfers, improve contractual safeguards, and guarantee that data processing takes place within the European Economic Area wherever possible.

We’re excited to announce a major enhancement to the Wire iOS app - support for multiple accounts across multiple backends. With this release, we’re pushing the boundaries of flexibility and security for professionals and organizations using Wire across different environments.

Open source is becoming central to Europe’s digital strategy as organizations look for alternatives that respect privacy and sovereignty. XWiki and CryptPad are not new names in the European tech space. Both are open source platforms with roots going back over 20 years. Headquartered in Paris, the company behind them has grown from community-driven projects into widely used tools across industries and governments.

Wire and Agilimo have entered a new partnership aimed at making sovereign communication a reality for governments, regulated industries and enterprises across Europe. Wire brings its secure collaboration platform, already used by more than 1,800 organizations worldwide.

In this episode of Wire Uncut, we spoke with Bozhena Pieniazek, VP of Marketing at Meister, a company building productivity tools for teams that want to move off pen and paper and away from Big Tech.

The goal of the ChatControl proposal is to detect any online material within messaging communications that indicates evidence of abuse, otherwise known as CSAM. EU legislation—Directive 2011/93/EU—defines CSAM, requiring member states to criminalize: It also requires the removal of CSAM websites hosted in the EU, and cooperation with international partners when hosted abroad. There is no controversy about the value of stopping these criminal behaviors.

That notion of digital space is no less true for everyone’s personal lives. Billions of people spend a significant portion of their time in an extended digital living space. We chat and message with our friends and relatives. We call and videoconference together. We share files, images, videos, and even collaborate on joint projects online. We play games together, watch videos together, and do so many collaborative things online.

Cybersecurity breaches are increasing in frequency, scale, and cost. In Q2 2024 alone, incidents rose 30% year-on-year, with almost 2,200 attacks every day, that’s one every 39 seconds. The financial impact is climbing just as fast and in 2025, the risks have never been greater.

Based on insights from over 270 surveyed technology, policy, and security leaders across Europe, this report explores the challenges, blockers, and breakthroughs shaping the continent's path toward tech independence.