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Tech and competition editor for Politico, Brussels-based journalist ex-Bloomberg and ex-AP.
Hungary rebuked by EU court over trans refugee’s gender status, via
@sgclark92.bsky.social
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Hungary rebuked by EU court over trans refugee’s gender status
Iranian transgender man had been seeking to correct Hungary’s asylum register which listed him as a woman.
https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-rebuked-by-eu-court-over-trans-refugees-gender-status/
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The EU's Irishman goes to Washington as trade tensions heat up, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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EU justice chief goes to Washington as trade tensions heat up
Tech regulation could be the next point of contention between the new U.S. administration and the EU.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-justice-chief-to-travel-to-washington-amid-tariffs-escalation/
7 months ago
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Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic,’ via
@thisisbartosz.bsky.social
and Hannah Roberts
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Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic.’
Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization suspends projects after U.S. stops $300M a year in funding.
https://www.politico.eu/article/un-food-and-agriculture-farming-seeds-donald-trump-fao/
7 months ago
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Europe's chemicals industry wants to join steel, cars and pharma in getting an EU lifeboat, via Leonie Cater.
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Italy, Spain back France’s plan to rescue EU chemicals industry
A ‘critical chemicals act’ would keep production of key molecules on EU soil, countries argue.
https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-spain-back-france-chemicals-proposal-industry/
7 months ago
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EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments, via
@framiche.bsky.social
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@audevdh.bsky.social
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EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments
State aid rules underpinning the Clean Industrial Deal aim to boost renewable power, decarbonization and clean tech.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-lays-out-state-aid-push-to-stoke-green-investments/
8 months ago
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European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions, via
@framiche.bsky.social
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European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s possible deal with Starlink could pit national interests against European ones.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europa-rival-to-elon-musk-starlink-satellites-tests-stomach-for-cross-border-champions/
8 months ago
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EU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief
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US critic Jim Jordan via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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EU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief tells US critic
Henna Virkkunen tells U.S. member of Congress that the EU is ‘deeply committed’ to protecting free speech.
https://www.politico.eu/article/social-media-law-does-not-regulate-speech-eu-tech-chief-tells-us-lawmaker-henna-virkkunen/
8 months ago
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US official slams EU’s social media ‘censorship,’ via
@mathieupollet.bsky.social
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US official slams EU’s social media ‘censorship’
Federal Communications Commission chair warns that the EU’s Digital Services Act threatens censorship that is “incompatible” with U.S. free speech.
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-official-slams-eus-social-media-censorship/
8 months ago
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Politico's tech newsletter freebies continue today! EU:
www.politico.eu/article/star...
U.K.:
www.politico.eu/article/reyn...
France:
www.politico.eu/article/inte...
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Starlink looks pale in comparison with what Europeans can get
A daily download of the topics driving the tech policy agenda, from Brussels to London to Silicon Valley. By PIETER HAECK with MATHIEU POLLET and ELIZA GKRITSI View in your browser or listen to aud…
https://www.politico.eu/article/starlink-looks-pale-in-comparison-what-europeans-can-get/
8 months ago
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Ex-footballer Glenn Micallef is the
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's youngest commissioner at 35 and will shortly lay out an EU strategy for "intergenerational fairness," via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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@eddywax.bsky.social
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8 months ago
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The European Commission's red tape-cutting effort is scrapping proposals that aren't moving, including AI liability, e-privacy and, in a real surprise, standard essential patent rules:
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https://pro.politico.eu/news/193856
8 months ago
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We're running our tech newsletters free again today. Morning Tech (EU):
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Morning Technology UK:
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Tech Matin:
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https://pro.politico.eu/news/193856
8 months ago
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How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
@heroceane.bsky.social
and Tom Bristow.
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How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI
Politicians have shifted from AI regulation to innovation — and the industry loves it.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ai-action-summit-france-paris-macron-vance-modi-artificial-intelligence-technology/
8 months ago
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The European Union made its biggest response yet to a massive U.S. financing plan for AI with a €20B fund that it says could leverage €200B investment, via
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https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-makes-e20-billion-push-into-computing-power-for-ai/
8 months ago
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JD Vance warns Europe to go easy on tech regulation in major AI speech, via
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JD Vance warns Europe to go easy on tech regulation in major AI speech
U.S. vice president pushes for “international regulatory regimes that foster creation” ahead of the artificial intelligence “revolution.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/vp-jd-vance-calls-europe-row-back-tech-regulation-ai-action-summit/
8 months ago
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Politico's tech newsletters for the EU, France and the U.K. are free to read again today! Here's our coverage of the AI Action summit in Paris. EU:
www.politico.eu/article/virk...
France:
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U.K.:
www.politico.eu/article/time...
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Virkkunen stands firm on American pushback against EU tech laws
A daily download of the topics driving the tech policy agenda, from Brussels to London to Silicon Valley. By PIETER HAECK with MATHIEU POLLET and ELIZA GKRITSI View in your browser or listen to aud…
https://www.politico.eu/article/virkkunen-stands-firm-against-american-pushback-against-eu-tech-laws/
8 months ago
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The AI rollercoaster of recent weeks – the U.S. $500B announcement, DeepSeek proving AI can be done without huge outlays – has been a wake-up call for France and the EU's tech ambitions, via
@cleacaulcutt.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/the-...
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The 15 days that upended Macron’s vision for European AI
The French tech world is reeling from Donald Trump’s Stargate announcement and DeepSeek’s recent breakthrough.
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-15-days-that-upended-emmanuel-macron-vision-for-european-ai/
8 months ago
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Politico's three tech newsletters covering the EU, the U.K. and France are out free to read today as our reporters hit the AI Action Summit in Paris:
www.politico.eu/article/ai-s...
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Sommet sur l’IA : Mistral gagnant
Ne suivez pas l’info sur les politiques numériques. Devancez-la. Par ÉMILE MARZOLF Avec OCÉANE HERRERO et KLARA DURAND View in your browser or listen to audio AU MENU — Au Sommet sur l’IA, le champ…
https://www.politico.eu/article/sommet-sur-lia-mistral-gagnant/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication#:~:text=Le%20Sommet%20sur%20l'IA,artificielle%2C%20sera%20au%20premier%20rang
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How did this porn app get on my iPhone? via
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How did this porn app get on my iPhone?
The EU’s digital competition law means users can now download a pornography video app in Europe.
https://www.politico.eu/article/iphone-apple-eu-ios-dma-big-tech-anti-competition-pornhub-users-app/
9 months ago
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Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid, via
@sgclark92.bsky.social
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@victorjack.bsky.social
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Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid
A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.
https://www.politico.eu/article/baltics-brace-cyberattacks-depart-russian-electricity-grid-brell/
9 months ago
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China’s online shopping boom faces EU crackdown, via
@mathieupollet.bsky.social
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China’s online shopping boom faces EU crackdown
The European Commission plans more customs checks and fees to stem flood of low-value parcels from China.
https://www.politico.eu/article/chinas-online-shopping-boom-gets-eu-crackdown/
9 months ago
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Fact-check: Did the European Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal? TLDR, contracts "do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf."
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Fact-check: Did the European Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal?
Confidential contracts seen by POLITICO do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf.
https://www.politico.eu/article/fact-check-european-commission-ngo-lobby-green-deal-activist/
9 months ago
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Meta's chief lobbyist echoes Zuck's comments that the EU's approach on tech resembles “a tax or a tariff,” via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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Meta chief lobbyist slams EU tech laws and fines
Joel Kaplan told a Brussels Meta event that the approach Brussels is taking to tech resembles “a tax or a tariff.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/meta-chief-lobby-eu-tech-artificial-intelligence-fines-marketplace-joel-kaplan/
9 months ago
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The EU’s AI Act bans some “unacceptable” use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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The EU’s AI bans come with big loopholes for police
The EU’s AI Act bans some “unacceptable” use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ai-deepseek-chatgpt-openai-eu-bans-series-of-ai-practices-but-with-loopholes/
9 months ago
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The Mediterranean diet is a lie, says
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The Mediterranean diet is a lie
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
https://www.politico.eu/article/mediterranean-diet-child-obesity-italy-health-europe/
9 months ago
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What’s in Von der Leyen’s plan to save the EU economy?
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What’s in Von der Leyen’s plan to save the EU economy?
We analyzed every line of Brussels’ Competitiveness Compass proposal (so you don’t have to).
https://www.politico.eu/article/wheres-the-eu-competitiveness-compass-pointing/
9 months ago
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Von der Leyen’s Competitiveness Compass bid to boost the EU economy relies on government help, via
@audevdh.bsky.social
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Von der Leyen’s bid to boost business relies on government help
The European Commission lays out its policy plans for the next five years to help turn the continent’s economy around.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-competitiveness-compass-pitch-relies-on-government-help/
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No soft words from
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: "Our business model has basically relied on cheap labor, from China presumably, cheap energy from Russia and partially outsourcing, security and security investment. These days are gone."
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Von der Leyen builds a bonfire of EU’s environmental red tape, via
@mariannegros.bsky.social
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Von der Leyen builds bonfire of EU’s environmental red tape
Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-environmental-regulation-industry-competition/
9 months ago
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China's AI success could be a European opportunity, showing that flashing the cash might not be key to pushing AI boundaries, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europe’s AI hopes rebound after DeepSeek success
New Chinese model suggests winning the AI race could be done on the cheap.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-ai-scene-hope-china-deepseek-ai-model-r1-success/
9 months ago
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Fact-checkers under fire as Big Tech pulls back with some of them saying Meta's move to ditch fact-checking put a target on the back of fake-news fighters, via
@mathieupollet.bsky.social
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Fact-checkers under fire as Big Tech pulls back
Meta’s move to ditch fact-checking put a target on the back of fake-news fighters, they warn.
https://www.politico.eu/article/fact-checkers-under-fire-meta-big-tech-censorship-mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump/
9 months ago
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China’s cyber spies are targeting Russia’s aerospace and defense firms, via
@antoanetaroussi.bsky.social
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China’s cyber spies are targeting Russia’s aerospace and defense firms
State-backed hackers seek intel on nuclear weapons and military capabilities, researchers say.
https://www.politico.eu/article/china-state-hackers-russia-targeting-aerospace-and-defense-firms/
9 months ago
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Trump’s $500B AI plan is a ‘slap in the face’ for Europe where action to hit AI ambitions is paltry in comparison, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/us-5...
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Trump’s $500B AI plan is ‘slap in the face’ for Europe
Massive U.S. investments in artificial intelligence leave EU ambitions in the dust.
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-500-ai-europe-donald-trump-global-leadership-eu-social-media-china/
9 months ago
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The U.K. ousted its antitrust chief in a row over a new pro-growth agenda and brings in a former Amazon exec just as new digital competition powers kick in, via Tom Bristow and
@samblewett.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/uk-a...
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UK ousts antitrust chief, brings in former Amazon exec
Marcus Bokkerink will leave the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after facing pressure from Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds.
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-appoints-ex-amazon-boss-as-antitrust-chief/
9 months ago
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Poland, which styles itself as a key US ally and European military power, is fuming over the US block on AI chips, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/pola...
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Poland fumes over US block on AI chips
Poland styles itself as a key US ally, but the chip restriction threatens to impact its ambitious military expansion on Putin’s border.
https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-fumes-us-block-joe-biden-ai-chips-cap-export/
9 months ago
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Don’t go soft on US Big Tech, EU Parliament urges the European Commission, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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Don’t go soft on US Big Tech, European Parliament urges
Resist potential Trump pressure to soften rules that rein in U.S. tech giants, lawmakers tell Commission.
https://www.politico.eu/article/parliament-tech-eu-european-commission-us-president-donald-trump-meta-mark-zuckerberg/
9 months ago
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“There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of engagement, and source of community,” said the U.S. Supreme Court. But...
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EU is looking for more information on X interfaces to check how accounts go viral, widening an existing probe amid European politicians' complaints on Musk’s political meddling, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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EU steps up scrutiny of X as anger grows over Musk’s political meddling
Musk has made major interventions to back far-right figures in Germany and Britain.
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-steps-up-scrutiny-of-musks-x/
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EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks, via
@sgclark92.bsky.social
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EU lines up intel-sharing, cyber squads to stop hospital hacks
EU health care sector pummeled with cyberattacks in recent years.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-intel-system-cyberattacks-hospital-hacks-henna-virkkunen/
9 months ago
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US limits on AI chips have split the EU into AI winners and losers. France, Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland are in. Poland is out, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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US limits on AI chips split EU
Export restrictions on cutting-edge microchips will affect some EU countries, including Poland.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-warns-back-against-us-artificial-intelligence-chip-export-china-limits/
9 months ago
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The European Commission’s competitiveness check proposal gets bumped (again) to Jan. 29. It's a key part of
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
's strategy and something EU nerds are eagerly awaiting, via Aude van den Hove, Giovanna Faggionato and
@ziaweise.bsky.social
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Commission’s competitiveness proposal gets bumped to Jan. 29
The EU’s Competitiveness Compass, aiming to set out the bloc’s economic strategy, has now been delayed by another week, according to a fresh agenda.
https://www.politico.eu/article/commissions-competitiveness-proposal-gets-bumped-to-jan-29
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And another view on this from the
@financialtimes.com
"If Meta and X were confident in heading off the regulatory impositions of the EU, Brazil and elsewhere, they would not need to swing behind Trump and the new administration."
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News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
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Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, saying antitrust fines are "almost like a tariff" on U.S. tech companies.
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Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.
https://www.politico.eu/article/zuckerberg-urges-trump-to-stop-eu-from-screwing-with-fining-us-tech-companies/
9 months ago
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EU censorship? “We know that it’s not true,” EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said. “In Europe, freedom of speech is one of our fundamental values and it’s also respected and protected [in] our Digital Services Act. So it’s very misleading also to say that.”
www.politico.eu/article/mark...
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Zuckerberg’s censorship claims were ‘misleading’ — EU tech chief
Meta boss is fact-checked by top European commissioner after accusations that EU restricts free speech.
https://www.politico.eu/article/mark-zuckerberg-meta-misleading-censorship-henna-virkkunen/
9 months ago
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Where are our robots? The EU has only 22 robots per 1,000 workers compared to 29 in the U.S. and 101 in South Korea, via @MathieuPollet_ (source is a @EU_Commission report on the single market due to be published soon).
www.politico.eu/article/robo...
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Revealed: The robot problem haunting Europe
A report seen by POLITICO reveals how the continent is lagging behind.
https://www.politico.eu/article/robot-europe-trails-korea-us-annual-single-market-and-competitiveness-report/
9 months ago
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Far-right European Parliament lawmakers feel empowered to step up their attacks against EU social media rules after criticism from X's Elon Musk and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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Musk, Meta fuel far-right attack against EU tech ‘censorship’
Far-right lawmakers feel empowered to step up their attacks against EU social media rules.
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-x-mark-zuckerberg-meta-fuel-far-right-attack-against-eu-tech-censorship/
10 months ago
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YouTube influencer Fidias Panayiotou is a member of the European Parliament who has become a kindred spirit of Elon Musk, via
@maxgriera.bsky.social
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@egreechee.bsky.social
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Elon Musk’s man in the European Parliament
Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou met the billionaire in 2023 and has taken his line on some big political issues, from Ukraine to digital rules.
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-man-european-parliament-fidias-panayiotou/
10 months ago
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In all the noise, don't miss this fine story from
@ziaweise.bsky.social
World ‘teetering on edge’ of breaching Paris Agreement, scientists say 2024 was the first year to break through the 1.5C temperature barrier, an EU agency finds.
www.politico.eu/article/worl...
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World ‘teetering on edge’ of breaching Paris Agreement, scientists say
2024 was the first year to break through the 1.5C temperature barrier, an EU agency finds.
https://www.politico.eu/article/world-edge-breaching-paris-agreement-scientists-say-planet-heating-hottest-year-climate-change/#:~:text=2024%20was%20the%20first%20year,barrier%2C%20an%20EU%20agency%20finds.&text=BRUSSELS%20%E2%80%94%20Humanity%20is%20%E2%80%9Cdangerously%20close,year%20of%20heat%2C%20scientists%20warn
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Up to 150 EU experts in Brussels and Seville will be checking whether Musk’s livestream interview tonight boosts German far-right Alice Weidel, via
@pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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Brussels will be watching whether Musk breaks EU law in far-right livestream
Up to 150 experts in Brussels and Seville will be checking whether Musk’s livestream interview boosts the German far right.
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-alice-weidel-alternative-for-germany-x-interview-eu-big-tech-regulation/
10 months ago
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Albania’s TikTok ban raises rule of law questions, via
@egreechee.bsky.social
and Jakob Weizman
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Albania’s TikTok ban raises rule of law questions
Planned nationwide embargo on TikTok is an “abuse of power” and will suppress free speech, opposition warns.
https://www.politico.eu/article/albania-tiktok-ban-rule-of-law-edi-rama-free-speech/
10 months ago
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