🚨NEW: the European Parliament will set up a working group to probe EU-funded NGOs, in move that saw the EPP side once again with the right-wing and far-right groups. W/ @maxgriera.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...

France will see Pornhub and other sites display a political message as opposed to their rich content libraries, starting this afternoon, in the latest iteration of the age verification saga. Story with ‪@emilemarzolf.bsky.social‬ and @klaradurand.bsky.social‬ www.politico.eu/article/porn...

NEW: The European Union would become a world leader in stopping kids from using social media under a new proposal gaining traction in Brussels. — Free-to-read take from our Friday scoop. www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

SCOOP — Three European countries, France, Spain and Greece, are pushing for an EU-wide minimum age for accessing social media, in a bid to keep minors from social media. By me & @egreechee.bsky.social pro.politico.eu/news/198791

The European Commission is open to amending the EU’s AI Act following an upcoming review, a top Commission official told our #POLITICOAITech summit today.

“It’s important to remember that 90 percent of the content that we consume online is surfaced by an algorithm,” says Marc Faddoul, co-founder and director of AI Forensics. #POLITICOAITech

prepping for Politico's AI&Tech summit disinfo panel and wondering how to best bring up the Macron/Merz/Starmer white powder incident

🚨 BREAKING: TikTok has been hit with a €530 million fine after illegally sending the personal data of European users to China. Read the story: ow.ly/16Yh50VLQ9I

Important explainer👇 by @egreechee.bsky.social “Adding to the bind is the lack of legal precedent and the vague wording of the DSA” - that’s exactly what’s at State (And how long till X no longer qualifies as a VLOP?)

A group of startups, investors, and trade associations (one of whom has beef with Apple and incl. Y Combinator) are pleading with the White House in defense of the DMA 🍿 pro.politico.eu/news/195486

🚨Another one. Jim Jordan of Judiciary Committee sent letters to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, Keir Starmer and Lula da Silva "as a courtesy" to let them know they would start receiving their comms with Big Tech as they investigate their policies as "censorship regimes" pro.politico.eu/news/194780%...

Important to note in light of CDU's election victory in Germany. The party pushed for a "sovereign AI and cloud". This is a win for Eurostack fans — an increasingly bigger group of people pushing for a European tech infrastructure. Caveat: building out European tech infrastructure is expensive.

The EU Commission clapped back at Trump's memorandum threatening tariffs in retaliation for EU policies. 🍿🍿🍿 pro.politico.eu/news/europea...

Back from a holiday hiatus to bring you nerdy DSA news pro.politico.eu/news/192500

YouTube influencer Fidias Panayiotou is a member of the European Parliament who has become a kindred spirit of Elon Musk, via @maxgriera.bsky.social and @egreechee.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/elon...

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