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# EDF deploys French sovereign messaging app Private Discuss to staff
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-31-edf-selects-private-discuss-messaging/
- Published: 2025-10-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:02:40.000Z
- Description: EDF selected Lyon-based Private Discuss as its sovereign messaging platform after a European tender. It deployed the tool to more than 23,000 employees from 31 October 2025 to shield sensitive communications from the US Cloud Act.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Solutions-Numeriques, 31 October 2025](https://www.solutions-numeriques.com/souverainete-numerique-edf-choisit-la-messagerie-francaise-private-discuss/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that EDF has removed Microsoft Teams or other foreign tools elsewhere, only that this sovereign alternative now covers part of its workforce.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)