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Very high sovereignty because French nonprofit-backed, open-source federated video; high sovereignty when EU organizations self-host.

Company name: Framasoft
URL: https://joinpeertube.org

Digital services offered: Video
Criterion Score Short Assessment Long Rationale
SOV-1 (strategic) 4 French nonprofit steward.
PeerTube development is supported by French non-profit Framasoft. → SEAL-4.
SOV-2 (legal) 4 EU jurisdiction.
French/EU legal environment governs the steward organization. Main instance (joinpeertube.org) is also hosted in EU. → SEAL-4.
SOV-3 (data & AI) 4 Self-hosted video.
Instances can be hosted in Europe with local data control and federation.→ SEAL-4.
SOV-4 (operational) 4 French nonprofit-operated instance under EU legal jurisdiction.
The central PeerTube reference instance (peertube.cpy.re) is operated by Framasoft, a French nonprofit under EU jurisdiction. Operational governance, support, and control are EU-anchored, without structural reliance on US/chinese hyperscaler runtime management, meeting SOV-4 operational sovereignty requirements. Self-hosting is also an option. → SEAL-4
SOV-5 (supply chain) 3 Global dependencies.
Relies on global open-source and hosting hardware supply chains. → SEAL-3.
SOV-6 (technological) 4 EU-stewarded open-source; federated, auditable, and forkable.
PeerTube is open-source and stewarded under EU jurisdiction, enabling full audit and independent evolution. Federation and open protocols reduce lock-in and permit sovereign operation without dependence on proprietary vendor stacks. → SEAL-4
SOV-7 (security) 3 EU-operated instance; no certified sovereign compliance layer.
The central PeerTube instance is operated by a French nonprofit under EU jurisdiction. While governance and hosting are EU-controlled, no published ISO-certified or sovereign-grade compliance framework exists for the service layer, limiting SOV-7 to SEAL-3. → SEAL-3
SOV-8 (environmental) 2 EU-operated instance; sustainability disclosures not evidenced publicly.
The central PeerTube instance is EU-operated, but SOV-8 focuses on measurable energy efficiency, circular hardware practices, and transparent carbon/water reporting. Without publicly evidenced disclosures and targets for these indicators at the instance level, assurance stays at partial compliance. → SEAL-2
Is this a full cloud service? no

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