US tech giants allying with European far-right to strip back EU rules
Amid rising EU-US tensions, a new report has accused Big Tech of courting far-right MEPs to weaken the EU's regulatory power on AI and data.
"The Commission’s deregulation agenda is not just opening the door to Big Tech, it's inviting the far-right in," says @bramvranken.bsky.social
New article on the report by @corporateeurope.org and LobbyControl with comments from @ec.europa.eu, who deny the claims.
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14/01/26: A Dinamarca mandou tropas para a Groenlândia. À noite, treino de glúteos.
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Wie Big Tech in Brüssel Datenschutz- und KI-Regeln beeinflusst
Die Pläne der EU-Kommission bei Datenschutz und KI entsprechen in weiten Teilen den Lobbyforderungen von Big Tech.
🚨 Die EU-Kommission will Datenschutz- und KI-Regeln lockern – in sieben Fällen übernimmt sie dabei die Lobbypositionen von Big Tech. Das zeigt unsere aktuelle Untersuchung. Unterstützung erhält Big Tech dabei von Trump und rechten Abgeordneten im EU-Parlament www.lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di...
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A imprensa brasileira massacrou o autor da Avenida Brasil porque disse que esgarçaria a suspensão da descrença ao exigir a que acreditássemos um personagem adulto seria tão burro de guardar segredos incriminadores num pen drive a ser descoberto
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"Nós, judeus, devemos dizer não à transformação do nosso trauma coletivo em arma para assassinar palestinos. Não deveria ser controverso se posicionar contra assassinato de civis":
Atriz Hannah Einbinder condena o Holocausto Palestino executado por "israel" em discurso histórico
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AI promises to free up time. But what if it spares us from learning, writing, painting and exploring the world? | Joseph Earp
If I reduced my existence to a series of ChatGPT prompts, the act of my living is only shorter – not better
“Simply put: I don’t know where this endless march of shortening the act of living leads us to. AI promises to free up time. But if what it spares us from is learning from our friends, writing, painting and exploring the world, then what, actually, are we meant to do with that time?”
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Taylor in front of the European Parliament in Brussels
Taylor delivered the campaign and their story to Egelyn Braun, advisor for EU Commissioner Michael McGrath on Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law & Consumer Protection, alongside Avaaz Campaigner Nadia Cabral
Taylor meeting Kim van Sparrentak, Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA group
Nadia and Taylor delivering the voices of more than 200.000 people across Europe to Alex Agius Saliba, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President for The Socialists and Democrats Group.
Taylor survived social media addiction—many don’t.
We stood with them in Brussels, demanding action from EU leaders to end harmful, addictive features. And YOU can add your voice avaaz.org/SMaddiction
#EndSocialMediaAddiction
#TurnOffTheAddiction
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🇪🇺We stood before MEPs and EU decision-makers, and Taylor Little, a brave survivor of social media addiction, looked them in the eye, shared their story, and made sure they heard the call. Attention: this video has potential triggers.
#EndSocialMediaAddiction
#TurnOffTheAddiction
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One mother’s win over Meta will change social media for everyone
Britons will be able to opt out of targeted advertising after Tanya O’Carroll’s David-and-Goliath battle with Meta
Case closed! 🤩💥🚀. In settling my case, Meta has agreed to stop processing my personal data for direct marketing purposes. In non-legalese, that means I will no longer be shown surveillance-ads on Facebook. www.thetimes.com/article/ae70...
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer, we have an urgent agenda item for your discussion with President Trump: stop ethnic cleansing in #Sudan. 1 million people in Sudan’s largest camp for displaced persons, mostly women & children, are starving. And many could die unless YOU do something about it. #Darfur
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DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
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"Passou o tempo em que o tempo não contava", suspira o autor. "O ser humano atual não cultiva nada que não se possa abreviar."
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This is an absolutely astonishing report.
DOGE did a complete takeover of CFPB’s systems at the root.
This is identical to worst case scenarios for the most devastating cyberattacks by foreign actors, only this is an *internal* threat
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Artificial Ignorance
Donald Trump and Keir Starmer star in a new version of Dumb & Dumber.
NEW: Last week Trump announced 'Stargate' a $500bn AI sci-fi inspired plan to boost US economy. This week, I turn the spotlight on the man who stood behind Trump, lesser-known tech bro, Larry Ellison, his special friend Tony Blair & how they're coming for the UK too
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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This device has every book and song ever written, mostly for free.
Wow! What do you use it for?
Unwinnable fights with strangers about things I cannot control.
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I've been exploring how X Community Notes Data might be used for social media monitoring. Found some possibly interesting approaches: in-progress but wanted to share where it's at. When more robust I can share code etc. Please do share with the social media monitoring folks in your life!
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me! Nádia from Avaaz :)
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