Gizmodo: EU Designates the Big Six 'Gatekeepers' of Tech that Need to Bow to Regulations https://gizmodo.com/eu-six-gatekeepers-apple-google-digital-markets-act-1850807689?utm_source=regular #technologyinternet #linuxdistributions #digitalmarketsact #internetculture #americanbrands #thierrybreton #eucommission #alphabetinc #bytedance #microsoft #appstore #imessage #appleinc #facebook #alphabet #samsung #bigtech #amazon #google #itunes #apple #meta

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@StefanThinks from your keyboard to the #eucommission desk

Rule of law: EU reprimands Poland and Hungary

https://www.dw.com/en/rule-of-law-eu-reprimands-poland-and-hungary/a-66165982?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Poland #Hungary #EUCommission

Die EU-Staaten werden in meinen Augen von machtgeilen, hirnkranken Politikern geführt.
#eucommission #Chatkontrolle
Netzpolitik.org: Chatkontrolle: EU-Staaten wollen Verschlüsselung doch nicht schützen
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/chatkontrolle-eu-staaten-wollen-verschluesselung-doch-nicht-schuetzen/

@datenritter @tagesschau schon klar: Unsere Chats sollen, obwohl der Nutzen mehr als fraglich ist, voll kontrolliert werde, hier sollen wir zur Datenpreisgabe ohne Einverständnis gezwungen werden.
#Innenministerin #eucommission

I'm personally agnostic on the direct election of the #eucommission President proposal, I'm open to reading both sides arguments and I sympathise with their fear of losing sovereignty. #Sovereignty is important. It's just that #UE member state politicians are so used to having this cosy arrangement that they refuse to be honest with voters about the (overwhelmingly advantageous) tradeoffs of pooling sovereignty as a member of the #EuropeanUnion

So cry me a river.

#Hungary just got the latest #ruleoflaw #memo from #Brussels/#Strasbourg. 6 out of 8 not fulfilled. #Hungarian #government #populist #bullshitbingo about demands not even mentioned. Also asking if #Hungarians' #money was sent to #Ukraine instead.

Heavily criticized #law on the #employment status of #teachers passed with 2/3 #govt #majority. #Opposition helpless against that.
#EUCommission wants the law text. Wouldn't be surprised if they get a customized version.

#EUCO #RuleOfLawConditionality

Our governments biggest nightmare with regards to #EU institutional reform is the prospect of a bunch of Ursula von der Leyens touring #Europe in campaign mode and getting democratic legitimacy from voters who might start to realise just how important EU institutions are for their future. I'm personally agnostic on the directly elected #eucommission proposal and even sympathetic to their #sovereignty concerns. It's important, even if they try to avoid The Talk.

Just received the documents for the July 1st meeting between the #EUCommission's Ursula von der Leyen and #OpenAI's Sam Altman. Altman requested the meeting.

#AI #lobby #lobbying #transparency

https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/documents_related_to_01062023_me#incoming-46240

Happy birthday to the BEST #topjobs #eu summit ever. #calendariomanfred

Today is the 2nd of July 2023, we've now been blessed with NOT having Manfred Weber as #eucommission Preseident for 1.461 days. #mercipatron

#Israel accused of employing 'automated apartheid'

#Amnesty International and the #EUCommission holding talks in Brussels on Israel’s use of Artificial Intelligence to mass surveil #Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMc1ywLeB5g

EU’s climate calculator needs an overhaul https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/eus-climate-calculator-needs-an-overhaul/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #2040climatetarget #energyefficiencydirective #EUCommission

As negotiators on the UK rejoining the #Horizon research program remain deadlocked, Mujtaba Rahman, (Eurasia Group) observes that:

'Brussels sees little reason to reward the UK simply for delivering on its treaty commitments. The fact is, life as a ‘third country’ outside the EU is tough, as the ongoing friction over e-passport gates, Horizon, euro clearing & rules of origin clearly demonstrates'.

At #EUCommission, the feeling is likely 'you wanted out, so this is what out looks like'!

h/t FT

I feel like I have to rant about the #EUCommission's plans to scan everybody's messages by breaking #endtoendencryption.
This EU has been a beacon of hope and democracy for decades. It has in place one of the best data protection laws in the world and yet almost ALL of its leaders want to take away their citizens' right to privacy. The implementation of #Chatcontrol would put the EU's privacy rights on one level with countries such as China, where private messaging is not allowed either. 1/

EU’s Banking Regulator Highlights AML Risks in Privacy Coins, Self-Hosted Wallets - The European Banking Authority wants to extend money laundering guidance to crypto firms ... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/05/31/eus-banking-regulator-highlights-aml-risks-in-privacy-coins-self-hosted-wallets/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #europeanbankingauthority #moneylaundering #eucommission #regulations #policy #news

The 5th annual conference of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) is taking place today. This is a good opportunity to read our study, which highlights the problematic and opaque role of the RSB in EU legislation.

https://www.lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/uploads/The-EUs-Commission-Regulatory-Scrutiny-Board_Studie_2023.pdf

#betterregwatch #RSB #EUCommission #EU

EU Banks Could Access Stablecoins More Easily Under Leaked Plans - The European Commission's plans could moderate a push from Parliament to discourage crypt... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/05/23/eu-banks-could-access-stablecoins-more-easily-under-leaked-plans/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #bankingregulation #eucommission #regulations #stablecoins #policy #tradfi #news #eu

Socialists and liberals oppose Commission’s EU Ethics Body proposal https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/socialists-and-liberals-oppose-commissions-eu-ethics-body-proposal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EUCommission #EUEthicsBody #EuropeanParliament #Metsola #Qatargate

RT @lobbyctrl_tech
Black box Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB): A new study highlights the problematic and opaque role of the RSB in EU legislation.

#betterregwatch #RSB #EUCommission #EU