Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)44m ago
TikTok bans ‘unhealthy’ SkinnyTok hashtag after pressure from regulators https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-skinnytok-ban-social-media-regulation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #DigitalServicesAct #Contentmoderation #Mentalhealth #SocialMedia #Algorithms #Technology #Platforms #Lobbying #Services #digital #Safety #Media
TikTok bans ‘unhealthy’ SkinnyTok hashtag after pressure from regulators

Social media platform TikTok has banned worldwide a popular hashtag linked to weight-loss videos following scrutiny from policymakers in Brussels and Paris. The “SkinnyTok” trend saw TikTok in rece…

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Show threadEric Maugendre1h ago

"The report highlighted some of Europe’s weaknesses, including its openness to global trade, its reliance on advanced technology and essential materials and minerals from overseas, as well as its high energy costs."

#Securitisation is pooling financial assets (such as Small and Medium Enterprise loans or mortgages) into interest-bearing, tradable securities.

William Thomson: https://braveneweurope.com/william-thomson-more-securitisation-creates-less-financial-security

#finance #securities #Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #banking #lobbying #economics #Minsky #MMT

William Thomson - More securitisation creates less financial security - Brave New Europe

Deregulating finance is in vogue in Brussels once again. William Thomson is a Political Economist and Founder of Scotonomics. (www.scotonomics.scot) Billed as simply a ‘technical reappraisal’, the European Commission has concluded its consultation on a [...]

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Mark2h ago

How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making #US #cities #hotter

As cities heat up, reflective #roofs could lower #energy #bills and help the #climate.

But dark-roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/01/dark-roof-lobby

#lobbying #corruption #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateEmergency

How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter

As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark-roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules

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CBC New Brunswick10h ago
Liberal lobbyists line up to influence Holt government
New Brunswick’s registry of lobbyists has seen a wave of new filings from Liberal-connected consultants looking to influence Premier Susan Holt’s Liberal government on behalf of paying clients.
#politics #lobbying #NewBrunswick #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-lobbyists-holt-liberal-government-1.7548527?cmp=rss
Wen13h ago

The inexorable rise of unaccountable ‘think tanks’ - this time muddying the waters around disposable vapes.

http://archive.today/2025.06.01-192240/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/disposable-vapes-ban-starts-lnxq3qsp3 (archive)

A pretty web site, no information about funding and little about the people involved
https://www.futurehealth-research.com/people/

Given the director and his history, I suspect an industry funded business with the intention of scuppering any attempts to control disposable vapes.

#Vaping #Lobbying #Accountability #Health #UkPolitics #DisposableVapes

Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧13h ago
#Lobbying: Conservative Lord proposed delay on UK’s heated #tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit Industry giant paid for Lord Vaizey’s trip to Switzerland before he tabled amendment to tobacco and #vapes bill www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tory peer proposed delay on he...
Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit

Industry giant paid for Lord Vaizey’s trip to Switzerland before he tabled amendment to tobacco and vapes bill

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La Griffe1d ago

À #Paris un gala de soutien à l'armée israélienne rassemble essayistes et journalistes d' #extremedroite pour rire des morts à #Gaza

Bernard-Henri Lévy, Enrico Macias, Arthur... Un événement de soutien à l’armée israélienne https://www.ddforces.org/ a eu lieu le 27 mai en présence de figures médiatiques et politiques françaises. Le député LFI Aymeric Caron a saisi le parquet pour apologie de crimes de guerre. La justice suivra-t-elle ? https://www.msn.com/fr-fr/actualite/other/%C3%A0-paris-un-gala-de-soutien-%C3%A0-larm%C3%A9e-isra%C3%A9lienne-rassemble-essayistes-et-journalistes-dextr%C3%AAme-droite-pour-rire-des-morts-%C3%A0-gaza/ar-AA1FSOZC

#lobbying #israel

eicker.news ᳇ tech news2d ago
»#ElonMusk is #lobbying lawmakers on #driverlessvehicle rules: #Tesla is expected to launch a small and geofenced #robotaxi service in Austin, Texas.« https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/30/elon-musk-is-lobbying-lawmakers-on-driverless-vehicle-rules/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Elon Musk is lobbying lawmakers on driverless vehicle rules | TechCrunch

Musk and others in his orbit have been calling members of Congress directly, according to Bloomberg.

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Show threadCorporate Europe Observatory3d ago

Now that the Commission has upgraded its rules, it’s high time for the European Parliament to also firm up its Article 5.3 implementation 🚭

This is clearly urgent in the light of the very high numbers of #tobacco industry #lobbying meetings with MEPs, particularly with far right MEPs 🚨

#WNTD2025

Show threadCorporate Europe Observatory3d ago

During the Barroso and Santer years, the European Commission stubbornly refused introducing strong rules against #tobacco industry interference 🤔

The Commission's new approach to tobacco #lobbying is weaker than what civil society groups had recommended, but a significant step forward 👏

#WNTD2025