Element Blog

Making sovereignty standard for European governments

Element is thrilled to be sponsoring the public sector track at The Matrix Conference again, running from October 20th to 23rd, 2026, in Malmö, Sweden.

Cyber Resilience Act: What changes this week and how Element is preparing

On 11 September 2026, the first substantive deadline under the Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, "the CRA") will come into effect.

Organise your chats your way with Sections

If your All Chats list has grown to the point where finding anything feels like work, you're not

Danielle Kirkwood

Interoperability

We’re interoperable, so you can be sovereign

Interoperability is the foundation of digital sovereignty; it’s the key ingredient to ensure that end-users stay in control, rather than the vendor.

Interoperability

Matrix-based ZaPuK confirmed as a core component within Germany’s Deutschland-Stack

Matrix-based ZaPuK is confirmed as a cornerstone of Germany’s Deutschland-Stack.

Dr Patrick Alberts

Element recognised as a Digital Public Good

We're pleased that Element has been recognised as a Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), a multi-stakeholder initiative endorsed by the United Nations.

CompuGroup Medical (CGM) and Element partner to transform healthcare communications

Element partners with CompuGroup Medical (CGM) to help build a new generation of secure, interoperable communication tools for healthcare using the open Matrix standard.

Sweden goes live with Matrix-based federation!

Sweden's public sector just went live with Matrix-based federation!

Air-gapped communications for national security

Governments and national security organisations rely on air-gapped communications to protect sensitive and classified information. Yet the majority of air-gapped networks are running legacy technology.

Seamless encrypted history sharing arrives in Element

Seamless encrypted history sharing arrives in Element

Digital sovereignty

Digital sovereignty is built on an open standard that enables federation

Across Europe, sovereign communications systems are already being deployed, and crucially, they don’t have to exist in isolation.

Introducing the ESS Community migration tool

We are officially releasing the first version of the ESS Migration Tool.

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Featured Posts

The EU Digital Markets Act is here.

🇪🇺 Happy DMA day, everybody! 🇪🇺 March 7th 2024 is the deadline

Matthew Hodgson

Gitter is joining Element

When GitLab proposed that Gitter could be stronger as part of the Matrix network, we knew we couldn’t miss the chance!

Amandine Le Pape

Be in your element.