Mastodawn

@rawveg Big Tech tried and did that in 2021-2 already, https://corporateeurope.org/en/2023/02/lobbying-ghost-machine. Insatiable avarice. 😢

#ai #aiact #europe #lobbying #bigTech

The lobbying ghost in the machine | Corporate Europe Observatory

Documents obtained by Corporate Europe Observatory reveal how the EU’s pioneering attempt to regulate artificial intelligence has faced intense lobbying from US tech companies.

Corporate Europe Observatory

Matthew Rimmer 11h ago

‘Independent’ group Energy for Australians that ran anti-Labor ads received more than $1m from coal lobby https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/19/energy-for-australians-accepted-1m-coal-australia-independent-claims
Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the public
#auspol #auslaw #greenwashing #astroturfing #donations #lobbying #influence

‘Independent’ group Energy for Australians that ran anti-Labor ads received more than $1m from coal lobby

Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the public

The Guardian

ResearchBuzz: Firehose 1d ago

The Guardian: US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret. “Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/the-guardian-us-tech-firms-successfully-lobbied-eu-to-keep-datacentre-emissions-secret/

The Guardian: US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret

The Guardian: US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret. “Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of t…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

MediaFaro Analysis 1d ago

How the tech lobby made secrecy part of an EU law on data centres.

Microsoft and the tech industry lobby secured a provision from the EU to keep environmental data about the massive data centres they operate in Europe confidential, according to an investigation by the Investigate Europe consortium, in collaboration with Le Monde.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260417-how-the-tech-lobby-made-secrecy-part-of-an-eu-law-on-data-centres?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#EU #DataCentres #BigTech #Lobbying #Tech #Environment #EuropeanCommission

How the tech lobby made secrecy part of an EU law on data centres.

Microsoft and the tech industry lobby secured a provision from the EU to keep environmental data about the massive data centres they operate in Europe confidential, according to an investigation …

Le Monde

Mark 2d ago

#US #tech firms successfully lobbied #EU to keep data centre #emissions secret

Legally questionable #confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of #Microsoft and trade groups ...

#CorporateGreed #greed #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #CO2 #ClimateEmergency #corruption #lobbying #USThreats #PeopleNotProfits #LifeNotProfits #CorporateTerrorism

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Aral Balkan 2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere/116418970134157619

Hey, @EUCommission, this you, bro?

#institutionalCorruption #EuropeanCommission #EU #BigTech #lobbying

Benoit Petit 2d ago

Une vraie déception

Les données issues de la collecte EED sont très attendues. Elles devaient être publiées à une maille aggrégée par opérateur et non par site.

Elles seraient donc finalement publiées uniquement à l'échelle nationale.

Bravo M$

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Oth

#datacenter #bigtech #lobbying #datacenters

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret

Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups

The Guardian

Louis Derrac 2d ago

[🗞️Veille] https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2026/04/17/comment-le-lobby-de-la-tech-a-fait-entrer-le-secret-dans-le-droit-europeen-sur-les-centres-de-donnees_6680823_4355770.html https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2026/04/17/comment-le-lobby-de-la-tech-a-fait-entrer-le-secret-dans-le-droit-europeen-sur-les-centres-de-donnees_6680823_4355770.html
#datacenter #lobbying #écologie
📑Note commentée https://veille.louisderrac.com/shaare/MLri1Q
🗃️Toute ma veille https://veille.louisderrac.com

Comment le lobby de la tech a fait entrer le secret dans le droit européen sur les centres de données

Microsoft et le lobby de la tech ont obtenu de l’Union européenne que sa réglementation garde le secret sur les données environnementales des gigantesques centres de données qu’ils utilisent en Europe, selon une enquête menée par le consortium Investigate Europe, en collaboration avec Le Monde.

Le Monde