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France to ditch US platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom for ‘sovereign platform’ amid security concerns (www.euronews.com)
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France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/27/france-to-ditch-us-platforms-microsoft-teams-zoom-for-sovereign-platform-amid-security-con

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.

France will replace the American platforms Microsoft Teams and Zoom with its own domestically developed video conferencing platform,

They...chose a name that's the same as the registered trademark for a Microsoft product?

https://uspto.report/TM/74275413

I mean, that isn't an issue if they're using it internally to the government, but it might be if they want to commercialize the service without rebranding.