LobbyControl TechMar 2
‪"Putting a former Meta lobbyist in charge of rewriting Europe's privacy rules – the so-called GDPR – is unacceptable" https://www.brusselstimes.com/1992574/ex-meta-lobbyist-put-in-charge-of-eus-digital-rules-tech-oligarchy-writing-its-own-rulebook
Ex-Meta lobbyist put in charge of EU's digital rules: 'Tech oligarchy writing its own rulebook'

Pressure is growing to drop the appointment of a former Meta lobbyist, elected as an MEP in 2024, from a file which could rewrite the EU's regulation of US tech giants.

Show threadDźwiedziuMar 2

@lobbyctrl_tech
I'm sorry, but what the actual fuck?

I could believe in an redemption arc, but not trough the EPP.

@aral

Show threadAral Balkan
@dzwiedziu @lobbyctrl_tech It’s not a redemption arc, it’s institutional corruption (lobbying and revolving doors).
Mar 2 at 4:21pmWeb
Show threadDźwiedziuMar 2

@aral
Yes, I was implying that this set of “circumstances” has no possibility of this not being corruption.

@lobbyctrl_tech