Cllr Gareth KitchenHuge result and the UK really needs to follow suit. <br><br>There's a huge dependency in local Government on Microsoft, Google and Amazon products. <br><br>Even Stroud District Council's comms is via X and Facebook, which forces residents and councillors to consume an American news and a soft-porn agenda. <br><br>I just thought it was male councillors targeted by Facebook with soft-porn, but no, female councillors are subjected to it too! That was a bizarre unsolicited chat with two of my my female colleagues! Another male councillor colleague has mentioned that he can't browse social media in a public place because of it. <br><br>This has to change, there are great alternatives to reduce our dependency on these tax avoiding US companies owned by Andrew Tate wannabes which would be good for our local economy as well as our mental health.<br><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-parliament-calls-end-reliance-us-software-2025-03-18" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-parliament-calls-end-reliance-us-software-2025-03-18</a><br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://stroud.social/tag/stroud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stroud</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://stroud.social/tag/gloucestershire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gloucestershire</a>