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Next week, join a live panel discussion - Big Tech’s Hostile Takeover of Democracy: Europe at a Crossroads.
Featuring Carole Cadwalladr, Sophie in 't Veld, Reinier van Lanschot, and Roger McNamee this panel will explore what's preventing Europe from achieving true Digital Sovereignty and what true democratic alternatives could look like.
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#EU #SocialWeb #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech
Big Tech’s hostile takeover of democracy: Europe at a crossroads
Join us live with Citizens founder Carole Cadwalladr, investor-turned-big-tech critic Roger McNamee, Reinier van Lanschot MEP and former MEP Sophie in ’t VeldThe Citizens (Citizens Reunited)
- ditching #chatcontrol for good, along with all other ways of mass surveillance, like (european versions of) #Palantir.
- actually enforcing fines against #BigTech instead of halting it like von der Leyen did with #Google
- not selling our data to usa by #omnibus
- list goes on
Hear it from #BigTech itself:
Using #AI is more expensive than paying human employees.
fortune.com/2026/05/22/microso…
Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees | Fortune
Companies are racing to incentivize employees to use AI. But as some companies are finding, the more employees that use the technology, the heavier the bill.Jake Angelo (Fortune)
Palantir boss hits out at Khan in Met contract row
Putting public safety over greed ?
that’s what palantir means
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wend…
#palantir #bigtech #business #privacy #software #uk #ukpol #ukpolitics #police #london #britain #british #nhs #data #us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #trump #donaldtrump #maga #gop #metpolice #metropolitanpolice #met #sadiqKhan
London mayor putting 'politics over safety' Palantir UK boss says
Palantir UK chief says blocking £50m Met deal will give "hostile states and criminals an advantage".BBC News
“Met Police Palantir contract blocked by City Hall”
Great news - long may it continue !
NHS take note
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyp1e…
#palantir #bigtech #business #privacy #software #uk #ukpol #ukpolitics #police #london #britain #british #nhs #data #us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #trump #donaldtrump #maga #gop #metpolice #metropolitanpolice #met
Met Police Palantir contract blocked by City Hall
City Hall has refused a contract worth up to £50m with the US technology firm Palantir.Adriana Elgueta (BBC News)
#BigTech Is Stalking Your #Healthcare Data #privacy #TargetedAdvertising
LoL:
"Europe is pouring more than €2 billion into sovereign cloud initiatives designed to reduce exposure to US legal reach. The EU's IPCEI-CIS program funds infrastructure development. France qualifies operators under SecNumCloud, a framework with nearly 1,200 technical requirements promising "immunity from extraterritorial laws."
But most datacenters and qualified cloud operators still rely heavily on Intel or AMD processors. And inside those processors sits a computer beneath the computer: management engines operating at Ring -3, below the operating system, outside the control of host security software, persistent even when the machine appears powered off. Under the US Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA) 2024, hardware manufacturers count as "electronic communications service providers" subject to secret government orders. "
theregister.com/systems/2026/0…
#EU #DigitalSovereignty #SovereignClouds #BigTech
Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Then forgot about the processors
Intel ME and AMD PSP: The silicon layer nobody certifiesKim Loohuis (theregister)
What #diVine is all about (it's an AI training farm)
By Allie Tricaso, full ▶️: youtu.be/yAfQZ30fdx0
#Vine #Vine2 #NewVine #JackDorsey #TikTok #shorts #AI #BigTech #fyp #clips #funny
something isn't right with this "new vine"
Try Rocket Money for FREE or unlock more features with premium at:https://RocketMoney.com/AllieTricasoWhat do you think about DiVine???Check my links out!!!h...Allie Tricaso (YouTube)
NHS to grant Palantir contractors ‘unlimited access’ to patient data
Staff from consultancy firms drafted in to work on Federated Data Platform project set to benefitLaura Hughes (Financial Times)
American AI regulation is working exactly as designed, and what it's designed to do is protect the companies building AI, not the citizens living with its consequences. The EU fined Meta €1.2B for violating data rights. Eight months later, the US revoked AI safety rules.
readuncut.com/the-great-ai-mis…
#AI #TechPolicy #Regulation #DataPrivacy #BigTech
The Great AI Misdirection: "Regulation Can't Keep Up"
AI regulation in America is not a missed opportunity but rather exactly what is being optimized for - money. This article explores why and the fundamental differences in how the EU and USA treat their citizens.James (Read Uncut)
Is there a realistic path forward for a #digitalEurope that is different from the hostile dystopia engineered by US #bigtech ?
It is unclear, but on this #europeday some thoughts and speculations on whether European #digitalsovereignty is a pie in the sky or something that might actually happen.
First, digital society is built on silicon stuff. In hardware, Europe is at best a small part of a US dominated supply chain. This means debilitating, eventually terminal long-term dependency.
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Herzlich willkommen im #fediverse
Schön, dass ihr es aus X raus geschafft habt.
netzpolitik.org/2026/neue-well…
#leavex #wirverlassenx #spd #gruene #linke #bigtech #digitalesouveränität #diday
SPD, Linke und Grüne verlassen Musks Plattform X
Nach langer Diskussion kehren SPD, Linke und Grüne der Plattform X gemeinsam den Rücken. Sie begründen diesen Schritt mit Chaos und Desinformation auf Elon Musks Netzwerk. Viele der Accounts machen bei Bluesky weiter.Markus Reuter (netzpolitik.org)
👁️ Meta strikes again.
While the company promised end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp, allegations suggest it may have allowed not only employees, but even third-party contractors to access user messages. ✉️
👉 Forbes India: forbesindia.com/article/news/c…
What messengers do you trust?
Let us know your thoughts! 👇
WhatsApp Lawsuit Explained: Privacy Claims, Message Access and India’s DPDP Act
As a US lawsuit questions Meta’s privacy claims, legal experts say a gap between what a platform claims and how it operates could amount to material misrepresentationEnglish (ForbesIndia)
Meta zeichnet auf Büro-PCs seiner Mitarbeiter Mausbewegungen, Klicks und Tastenanschläge auf – inklusive Screenshots. Zweck: KI-Agenten trainieren, die menschliches Computerverhalten imitieren. In der EU wäre das illegal, in den USA ist es einfach… Unternehmenskultur.
Traumarbeitgeber. 🙃
heise.de/news/Meta-erfasst-Mau…
#Meta #Überwachung #Datenschutz #KI #BigTech
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Meta erfasst Mausbewegungen und Tastenanschläge von Mitarbeitern für KI-Training
Neue Tracking-Software auf Büro-PCs bei Meta Platforms zeichnet Maus- und Tastaturaktionen der Nutzer auf. So sollen KI-Modelle menschliches Verhalten lernen.Frank Schräer (heise online)
A new report by Investigate Europe details how US tech giants (incl. Google, Amazon and Meta) aggressively and successfully lobbied EU regulators and politicians to keep the environmental harm caused by their euro-zone datacenters secret from the public.
investigate-europe.eu/posts/bi…
#bigtech #environment #climate #digitalimperialism
How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.Investigate Europe