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Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data

https://www.techspot.com/news/112362-europe-may-restrict-microsoft-amazon-google-handling-sensitive.html

Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data

According to people familiar with the matter, the European Commission is preparing yet another unpleasant regulatory surprise for the current US administration. CNBC talked with two unnamed...

TechSpot
May 14 at 4:46pmWeb
Show threadLuuk_AaldersMay 14

@eunews

The sooner the better!

Show threadAlli 🇪🇺May 14
@eunews it can hopefully stop the stupid Dutch plan to move #DigiD to an American hosting company.
Show threadSocke65May 14

@eunews

about time. ...before the orange hits the kill switch!

Show threadEdith Mair 🇺🇦May 14

@eunews

I don't believe until I see it.

Show threadcrossgolf_rebel - kostenlose KwalitätspostsMay 14
@edithmair1 me too @eunews
Show threadGrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸May 14
@eunews We should have done it like 10 years ago.
Show threadಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)May 14
@eunews Now do Palantir!
Show threadsgt1372May 14
@eunews Sounds like a "good thing."
Show threadpafurijazMay 14
@eunews EU is full of two unnamed EC officials..😅
Are we sure these people work there?
Show threadw1ntermuteMay 14
@eunews There is non source claiming this. Please read the article.
Show threadNine Stones CloseMay 14
@eunews about time. Move faster. And fuck Palantir as well.
Show threadLaurenz0071May 14
@eunews should people believe after they stopped a huge fine for big tech?
Show threadSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸May 14
@eunews I effing hope so!
Show threadKevin AshworthMay 14
@eunews It would be a very wise move. Hope it happens asap.
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)May 14
@eunews …what about Apple? …Palantir?
Show threadDavid August ❌👑May 14
@eunews that's a good plan.
Show threaddecapitaeMay 14
@eunews A wise decision
Show threadCiarán (mc)May 14
@eunews about f'n time!
Show threadllewellyMay 14
@eunews good.
Show thread`Da ElfMay 14

@eunews Which should have been the default setting. The damage is already done because they already have the data.

Do we trust them to delete it, if they are told to?

Show threadGertrudeZane 🇺🇦May 14
@eunews
How about blocking Peter Thiel, Alex Karp and Palantir?
Show threadCM ThiedeMay 15
@eunews good idea
Show threadDragonFlameMay 15
@eunews Would be very glad to believe this, but needs official source.
"Two unnamed EU officials" is not convincing.
Show threadRaymondPierreL3May 15
@RHW @eunews
The trend is cleary there though and getting up a head of steam fromwhat I read elsewhere,
Show thread@iveylineMay 15
@eunews Good move.
Show threadxs4me2May 15
@eunews Excellent idea to have regulations in place for handling such data.
Show threadJos WolfkampMay 15
@eunews
Sure?
On another note I read something completely different:
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights
Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights | Corporate Europe Observatory

In a new analysis we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the Trump administration and the European far right.

Corporate Europe Observatory
Show threadTammo ter HarkMay 15

@eunews

Great news!

Show threadLuna / Miika ☭ May 15
@eunews So that a european company can instead manage my data? Fucking bullshit, why would I trust a different capitalist? Im not a nationalist
Show threadjan-leilaMay 15
@eunews so what I'm hearing is Linux on all government jobs, healthcare systems, and banks?
Show threadCritical AngleMay 16
@eunews of course we should!!
Show threadsenda  May 25
@eunews so we're building datacenters owned by USA BigTech all over Europe and at the same time talking about blocking them? Doesn't it sound crazy to you?