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Alexander Fanta
@fantafanta
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Journalist on the digital beat. Reporting on Big Tech and surveillance. FOI curious.
A local punk band where I grew up named an album "As long as people think".
Still think that's a great title.
A year ago, the Huaweigate scandal rocked Brussels.
But the prosecution of MEPs allegedly involved has hit a few roadblocks - including an embarrassing mistake by Belgian authorities:
https://www.ftm.eu/newsletters/huaweigate-turns-one-this-week-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont
@publictorsten Oder:
Sondervermögen Geschlechtstrieb
Sondervermögen Geschlechtstrieb
Any true European alternative to Tinder can only be called "EU Singles Market"
@pa27 Yeah, but if this stands, what's next?
MAGA's war on European civil society is escalating. Visa bans for NGO leaders and former EU officials, plus congressional demands for documents - it's all about undermining the Digital Services Act to protect Big Tech.
If Europe doesn't push back hard, "the law is dead."
Trump allies target European NGOs in battle over Big Tech rules
Trump allies have waged an aggressive campaign against civil society and academics in the United States. Now, they’re setting their sights across the Atlantic, threatening Europe’s efforts to rein in Big Tech.
Julian JaurschSome great insights/summary of US efforts to badmouth and unduly pressure NGOs, thus undermining DSA enforcement (because DSA enforcement relies in part on the important research fron outside of bureaucracies).
@fantafanta and @harmbotje at @FTM_nl: https://www.ftm.eu/articles/trump-allies-fight-target-europe-battle-big-tech
Trump allies target European NGOs in battle over Big Tech rules
Trump allies have waged an aggressive campaign against civil society and academics in the United States. Now, they’re setting their sights across the Atlantic, threatening Europe’s efforts to rein in Big Tech.
Telegram has successfully avoided coming under direct supervision of the European Commission under the EU's Digital Services Act. The "poor man's dark web" remains unregulated, for now.
From our latest newsletter: https://www.ftm.eu/newsletters/newsletter-who-pays-for-europes-pandemic-debts-member-states-are-about-to-find-out
