The Europeans banned from the US for fighting misinformation: ‘Elon Musk has pushed the nuclear button. He doesn’t like us’
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-02-08/the-europeans-banned-from-the-us-for-fighting-misinformation-elon-musk-has-pushed-the-nuclear-button-he-doesnt-like-us.htmlOpen linkView original on sopuli.xyz
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Given such news, isn't it crazy that most Europeans in 2026 still largely rely on US digital services?
France never abandoned strategic thinking.
Yes, it can and should be done! Unfortunately, it has to be done on a per-Wi-Fi basis, so you need to set it up for every Wi-Fi network separately, but it's still worth doing for your home/work Wi-Fi.
Go to Settings > Wi-Fi > tap on the 'i' icon on the right of the Wi-Fi name > scroll down to 'Configure DNS' > select 'Manual' > tap on 'Add server' > enter 86.54.11.13 and 86.54.11.213 for DNS4EU with ad and malware filtering, or enter any other IPs you want to use. I personally use these two and they work very well.
You can utilise profiles to control DNS on Apple devices...
https://docs.quad9.net/Setup_Guides/iOS/iOS_14_and_later_%28Encrypted%29/
... but every deep dive I've read to date indicates you can never trust Apples own services to obey user network settings (even VPN's). Ain't capitalism fun?
Yes crazy it is but there's a momentum to switch away from US dependance.
Isn't it crazy that the west largely relies on China for manufacturing and Taiwain for advanced semi-conductors? I guess that depends on your stance on globalization.
There are smaller infrastructure providers in Europe, but nothing that even comes close to the scale of Amazon or Google.
Biggest effort I see are from French and Swiss providers. Check out Chatons for a list of Europe (mostly France and Belgium) based privacy-respecting cloud service providers.
Maybe all the people of Greenland should seek to get this (otherwise rather unimportant) badge of honor.
why would one even want to go there though? You'd have to constantly be worried about being arrested without warrant and hauled to somewhere
We, millenials from the rest of the world, used to grow up thinking we'd move to USA to live there.
2025 - USA, not requiring visa up to 90 days, is not even on the travel list. Same status as some middle eastern countries.
Did we?
This really sucks for them, however, I think it would let me know that I'm on the right track to be on the hit-list of the most vile people on earth.
Good!
Who are they? Seems like their support was lip service.