Eric Maugendre about dataFeb 2, 2023
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic wrote: The EU's top privacy regulator may declare Facebook's business model illegal, banning surveillance-based ads: https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/07/luck-of-the-irish/#schrems-revenge
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#JCPA #surveillance #adModel #networkEffects #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #cookieWall #business #commercial surveillance #consent theater #contextualAdvertising #corruption #dma #dsa #eu #gdpr #ireland #link tax #Schrems #noyb #private #surveillance #advertising @dataGovernance
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"It’s not just Big Tech that’s playing for all the marbles - it’s also the systems of democratic control and accountability. If Apple can sabotage the DMA’s insistence on taking away its veto over its customers’ software choices, that will spill over into the US Department of Justice’s case over the same issue, as well as the cases in Japan and South Korea."

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead @data @datadon

#EFF #Meta #dma #dsa #eu #privacy #advertising #GDPR #dataProtection

Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead"

The European Union’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a complex, many-legged beast, but at root, it is a regulation that aims to make it easier for the public to control the technology they use and rely on. One DMA rule forces the powerful “gatekeeper” tech companies to allow third-party app stores...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
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@maugendre @pluralistic @data @datadon

If there's one thing Oligarchs HATE, it's the the E.U.

Show threadEric Maugendre on collectivesOct 28, 2024

@eu @economics

"Former competition officials possess in-depth knowledge and confidential information that they may use to the benefit of their new employers."

"The Commission […] admits it relies on trust in the former official to [mitigate the conflict of interest].

"Making matters worse, the commission refuses to provide any transparency on the restrictions it puts in place".

https://euobserver.com/eu-political/ar1234f8b4

#DMA #DSA #EU #competition #Europe #BigTech #Microsoft

How Big Tech's revolving doors erode EU antitrust laws

A few weeks ago, yet another EU competition official joined a law firm to work for clients facing antitrust investigations. DG Competition's spinning revolving door is putting the integrity of the EU’s competition policy at severe risk.

EUobserver
Show threadEric Maugendre on collectivesOct 29, 2024

"Undisclosed affiliations distort Digital Market Act’s public workshops" 🧵

"Gatekeeper companies like #Alphabet, #Amazon, and #Meta were able to complement their own legal and lobbying teams’ influence through a vast and undisclosed network of law firms, lobby consultants, trade associations and think tanks."

https://corporateeurope.org/en/2024/10/uncovering-big-techs-hidden-network

#DMA #DSA #EU #competition #Europe #BigTech #Microsoft #Google #Apple #EuropeanUnion #workshops #ByteDance #lobbies #lobbying #consultations #stealth

Uncovering Big Tech's hidden network | Corporate Europe Observatory

In March 2024, the EU Commission set up a series of public workshops to test Big Tech' compliance with the Digital Markets Act. Research by CEO, LobbyControl and SOMO now shows that 1 in 5 workshop participants had a direct connection with Big Tech.

Corporate Europe Observatory