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Milestone decision: Netherlands government blocks the US take-over of a vital digital tech supplier, citing "a possible risk to the public interest."
BREAKING: #Netherlands blocks US takeover of a vital digital supplier.
NL investment screening authority sees the purchase as posing "a possible risk to the public interest."
NL govt now adopts the advice, a week before the EU Commission comes with its #TechSovereignt Package.
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#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#BigTech #tech
https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-blocks-us-takeover-vital-digital-supplier
Europe is spending billions to free itself from foreign, undemocratic control of its digital infrastructure.
But what happens when the authoritarian is European?
"You don't build sovereignty by kissing the ring."
EU Parliamentarian slams Von Der Leyen for delaying the EU's Tech Sovereignty Package — again.
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https://eupolicy.social/@alexandragees[email protected]/116611765517520071
EU Parliament demand EU Commission scrap Big Tech's ‘unlawful’ secrecy on data centres environmental footprint.
Europe's big #tech bet is only as safe as its #democracy.
"As a sovereignty project, #EuroStack has the best answer to external threats. But it has yet to address potential threats from within. What happens when the authoritarian is European?"
Europe's big #tech bet is only as safe as its #democracy.
"As a sovereignty project, #EuroStack has the best answer to external threats. But it has yet to address potential threats from within. What happens when the authoritarian is European?"
For EU's tech sovereignty, "Buy European" is not enough.
Will EUrope fund tech "capacity that can be captured, or infrastructure that resists capture by design"?
What should be the new slogan?
"Invest in values-based, steward-owned European infrastructure"?
The #AI hype has now arrived at the heart of European lawmaking.
"Through substantial influence over the production of regulatory knowledge, #BigTech seeks to achieve epistemic capture of the EU regulation process, showing how hype can dismantle public expertise."
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https://www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-and-the-capture-of-eu-ai-regulation/
