Serve the public sector, not Big Tech
Open-source technology free from vendor control, predatory algorithms and opaque data mining practices, enables elected officials to forge a culture of transparency, trust and openness.
Email was the original open digital communication solution. Now we need the same level of interoperable connectivity as email with added features like instant messaging, group chats, voice calling and video conferencing.
Element is built on the Matrix open standard. This enables governments to fulfil their communication requires without being reliant on platforms and services belonging to enormous, centralised (and often US-based) technology companies.
In a world where trust in governments is tanking, technology like ours has the power to re-establish trust. A belief in open source software is central to the paradigm shift away from today’s proprietary communication silos.
Proprietary software in the public sector prioritises vendors’ profits, over people’s rights. Protecting people and ensuring societal wellbeing are the central roles of government.
Illustration: Multiple autonomous energy organisations using Element to create a nation-wide federation.
Conventional real-time communication apps take away the interoperability we gained as email became mainstream in the mid-1990s.
Apps like Teams, Slack, WhatsApp and Skype create a ‘dysfunction by design’ that spreads across previously united organisations. As departments go in search of new communication solutions to meet their needs (e.g. instant messaging and video calling), data is unwittingly handed over to gigantic technology companies locking them into a tangle of proprietary offerings.
With better technology, and through lessons learned, it’s possible to provide the best of both worlds: all the modern communication features we’ve grown accustomed to, without compromising security and sovereignty.
We provide the technology, you control the data.
Powerful platform and chat room management for admins
For SSO and role-based permissions
For compliance and corporate oversight
Manage your users’ conversations.
Air-gapping enables internet-restricted sites to establish high-side communication networks. Physically isolate critical information from external threats.
Check out how organisations are using our digitally sovereign solution
Secure collaboration for the French government
Tchap, a secure messenger and collaboration platform, connects over 300,000 civil servants in the French government. Element's self-hosting solution provided the necessary security and control for its sensitive communications.
Learn more about Tchap
