🚨NEW: the European Parliament will set up a working group to probe EU-funded NGOs, in move that saw the EPP side once again with the right-wing and far-right groups.
W/ @maxgriera.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...
Fun fact: France is a top three traffic generator for Pornhub, with "French" being France's top category
France will see Pornhub and other sites display a political message as opposed to their rich content libraries, starting this afternoon, in the latest iteration of the age verification saga. Story with
@emilemarzolf.bsky.social and @klaradurand.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/porn...
NEW: The European Union would become a world leader in stopping kids from using social media under a new proposal gaining traction in Brussels.
— Free-to-read take from our Friday scoop.
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
SCOOP — Three European countries, France, Spain and Greece, are pushing for an EU-wide minimum age for accessing social media, in a bid to keep minors from social media.
By me & @egreechee.bsky.social
pro.politico.eu/news/198791
The European Commission is open to amending the EU’s AI Act following an upcoming review, a top Commission official told our #POLITICOAITech summit today.
“It’s important to remember that 90 percent of the content that we consume online is surfaced by an algorithm,” says Marc Faddoul, co-founder and director of AI Forensics.
#POLITICOAITech
prepping for Politico's AI&Tech summit disinfo panel and wondering how to best bring up the Macron/Merz/Starmer white powder incident
🚨 BREAKING: TikTok has been hit with a €530 million fine after illegally sending the personal data of European users to China.
Read the story: ow.ly/16Yh50VLQ9I
Important explainer👇 by @egreechee.bsky.social
“Adding to the bind is the lack of legal precedent and the vague wording of the DSA” - that’s exactly what’s at State
(And how long till X no longer qualifies as a VLOP?)
A group of startups, investors, and trade associations (one of whom has beef with Apple and incl. Y Combinator) are pleading with the White House in defense of the DMA 🍿 pro.politico.eu/news/195486
that's exactly the question we will try to answer next week! stay tuned
🚨Another one. Jim Jordan of Judiciary Committee sent letters to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, Keir Starmer and Lula da Silva "as a courtesy" to let them know they would start receiving their comms with Big Tech as they investigate their policies as "censorship regimes" pro.politico.eu/news/194780%...
Important to note in light of CDU's election victory in Germany. The party pushed for a "sovereign AI and cloud". This is a win for Eurostack fans — an increasingly bigger group of people pushing for a European tech infrastructure.
Caveat: building out European tech infrastructure is expensive.
The EU Commission clapped back at Trump's memorandum threatening tariffs in retaliation for EU policies.
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Back from a holiday hiatus to bring you nerdy DSA news pro.politico.eu/news/192500
YouTube influencer Fidias Panayiotou is a member of the European Parliament who has become a kindred spirit of Elon Musk, via @maxgriera.bsky.social and @egreechee.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/elon...
hello, blue sky
