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

Video. French government to ditch US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control'

Updated: 28/01/2026 - 9:01 GMT+1

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

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