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EU Parliament creates official body to probe NGO funding It’s the latest of a series of moves by right-wing forces to increase scrutiny of nonprofits.

🚨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...

VPN signups surge after Pornhub pulls out of France Parent company of Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn suspended the sites for French users on Wednesday.

No surprise here www.politico.eu/article/vpn-...

Fun fact: France is a top three traffic generator for Pornhub, with "French" being France's top category

Pornhub to suspend porn in France Porn industry giant protests Paris’ measures to verify the age of users.

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

EU Commission opens door for ‘targeted changes’ to AI Act Brussels is reviewing a swathe of laws in a deregulation push.

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

that's exactly the question we will try to answer next week! stay tuned

🚨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.

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

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.

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...

hello, blue sky