Diego Naranjo
@diegonaranjo.bsky.social
Advisor for non-profits on human rights and technology | EU advocacy trainings | labour rights at heart | photographer by night
President of the EMAlumni association and Advisory Board Member World Ethical Data Foundation
www.diegonaranjo.eu
President of the EMAlumni association and Advisory Board Member World Ethical Data Foundation
www.diegonaranjo.eu
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Exposed: Big Tech is rewriting the rules globally 🚨
In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐
Read our analysis:
www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐
Read our analysis:
www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
February 12, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Exposed: Big Tech is rewriting the rules globally 🚨
In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐
Read our analysis:
www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
In the Big Tech Lobby Playbook we reveal how these giants are shaping laws and politics in their favour, all around the world.
Spoiler alert: their influence is unprecedented. 🧐
Read our analysis:
www.somo.nl/big-tech-lob...
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🚨 Tomorrow, von der Leyen meets corporate lobbyists just hours before EU leader retreat.
Trade union and NGO coalition warns against an (E)U-turn on protections.
We call for rules that protect democracy, people & planet - not polluters.
📄 Joint Declaration:
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/t...
Trade union and NGO coalition warns against an (E)U-turn on protections.
We call for rules that protect democracy, people & planet - not polluters.
📄 Joint Declaration:
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/t...
Trade union and NGO coalition calls out corporate "shadow roadmap" dictating EU agenda | Corporate Europe Observatory
A coalition of major civil society and trade union organisations has issued a joint declaration to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, stating that the EU Commission is prioritising a ...
corporateeurope.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
🚨 Tomorrow, von der Leyen meets corporate lobbyists just hours before EU leader retreat.
Trade union and NGO coalition warns against an (E)U-turn on protections.
We call for rules that protect democracy, people & planet - not polluters.
📄 Joint Declaration:
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/t...
Trade union and NGO coalition warns against an (E)U-turn on protections.
We call for rules that protect democracy, people & planet - not polluters.
📄 Joint Declaration:
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/t...
"In Germany, Palantir has supplied software for counter-terrorism and law enforcement(...). In Brussels, officials privately admit that the EU’s migration agenda is now technologically dependent on US-born systems." www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
The Authoritarian Stack: Mapping Big Tech’s Capture of State Power - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
A new project exposes the infrastructure of techno-oligarchic control — and why Europe must act
www.rosalux.de
February 10, 2026 at 8:41 AM
"In Germany, Palantir has supplied software for counter-terrorism and law enforcement(...). In Brussels, officials privately admit that the EU’s migration agenda is now technologically dependent on US-born systems." www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/5...
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The European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in violation of the Digital Services Act on Friday, for breaching the EU’s addictive design rules — such as not adequately assessing addiction risk and implementing weak mitigation features
TikTok’s addictive design breaches the DSA, EU Commission finds
The European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in violation of the Digital Services Act on Friday, for breaching the EU’s addictive design rules — such as not adequately assessing addiction risk and implementing weak mitigation features
euobserver.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in violation of the Digital Services Act on Friday, for breaching the EU’s addictive design rules — such as not adequately assessing addiction risk and implementing weak mitigation features
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The EU Commission is preparing a Digital Fairness Act with measures against addictive design of social media 👏
Our new investigation reveals intense #lobbying by Big Tech to block such measures 🚨
Will EU decision-makers stand up against Big Tech lobbying?
#DFA
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...
Our new investigation reveals intense #lobbying by Big Tech to block such measures 🚨
Will EU decision-makers stand up against Big Tech lobbying?
#DFA
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...
Addicted to the algorithm: how Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on social media | Corporate Europe Observatory
As the EU prepares the Digital Fairness Act to tackle the addictive nature of social media design, big tech aggressively protects its business models. With Trumpists and far-right allies likely to joi...
corporateeurope.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 AM
The EU Commission is preparing a Digital Fairness Act with measures against addictive design of social media 👏
Our new investigation reveals intense #lobbying by Big Tech to block such measures 🚨
Will EU decision-makers stand up against Big Tech lobbying?
#DFA
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...
Our new investigation reveals intense #lobbying by Big Tech to block such measures 🚨
Will EU decision-makers stand up against Big Tech lobbying?
#DFA
corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...
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The US is asking access to EU data of citizens to impose its authoritarian surveillance views on the EU. The EU will negotiate with someone who called the ICU nurse Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist
EU government and
@hennavirkkunen.bsky.social are ok... "will be limited"
Who believes those folks
EU government and
@hennavirkkunen.bsky.social are ok... "will be limited"
Who believes those folks
EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
Washington is demanding access to sensitive data as ICE heightens fears in Europe.
www.politico.eu
February 5, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The US is asking access to EU data of citizens to impose its authoritarian surveillance views on the EU. The EU will negotiate with someone who called the ICU nurse Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist
EU government and
@hennavirkkunen.bsky.social are ok... "will be limited"
Who believes those folks
EU government and
@hennavirkkunen.bsky.social are ok... "will be limited"
Who believes those folks
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‼️ Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality.
Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
#WEF26
Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
#WEF26
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 AM
‼️ Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality.
Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
#WEF26
Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
#WEF26
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🎁 Just before the holidays, the EU Commission granted Big Tech its Christmas wish-list: an unprecedented attack on our digital rights.
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands.
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands.
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...
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 ...
corporateeurope.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:56 AM
🎁 Just before the holidays, the EU Commission granted Big Tech its Christmas wish-list: an unprecedented attack on our digital rights.
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands.
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands.
👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...
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After taking to the streets, people in Iran have now been disconnected from the rest of the world for more than five days. That’s +120 hours in the dark!
Alongside +19 orgs, we demand that authorities immediately restore internet access and uphold rights.
www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
Alongside +19 orgs, we demand that authorities immediately restore internet access and uphold rights.
www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
Access Now - #KeepItOn: Iran plunged into digital darkness, concealing human rights abuses
join the international community, including the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, in calling on Iran to immediately restore internet and mobile communications and in demanding accou...
www.accessnow.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
After taking to the streets, people in Iran have now been disconnected from the rest of the world for more than five days. That’s +120 hours in the dark!
Alongside +19 orgs, we demand that authorities immediately restore internet access and uphold rights.
www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
Alongside +19 orgs, we demand that authorities immediately restore internet access and uphold rights.
www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
In my last working hours of 2025 I have chosen to look forward to 2026 with hope, ambition, and courage (despite feeling otherwise). The pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will, as Gramsci put it.
Let's take the power (and the tech) back in 2026. www.linkedin.com/pulse/2026-y...
Let's take the power (and the tech) back in 2026. www.linkedin.com/pulse/2026-y...
2026 - The year we fight back
Everywhere I look in my professional and personal circles, things look rather depressing. Whether the ongoing genocide in Palestine, Russian's invasion of Ukraine, the latest Trump's attack on democra...
www.linkedin.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
In my last working hours of 2025 I have chosen to look forward to 2026 with hope, ambition, and courage (despite feeling otherwise). The pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will, as Gramsci put it.
Let's take the power (and the tech) back in 2026. www.linkedin.com/pulse/2026-y...
Let's take the power (and the tech) back in 2026. www.linkedin.com/pulse/2026-y...
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The French intelligence agaency DGSI renews its contract with Palantir.
La DGSI renouvelle encore son contrat avec Palantir
La DGSI renouvelle encore son contrat avec Palantir
La DGSI vient de signer avec Palantir pour renouveler son contrat relatif à ce que le milieu appelle un « outil de traitement des données hétérogènes » (OTDH). Cette solution a été mise en place après les attentats du 13 novembre 2015. Elle est renouvelée régulièrement tout en étant présentée comme « transitoire » par […]
dlvr.it
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The French intelligence agaency DGSI renews its contract with Palantir.
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Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026.
✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law
www.eurosky.social/register
✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law
www.eurosky.social/register
Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky
www.eurosky.social
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026.
✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law
www.eurosky.social/register
✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative
✅ Hosted on European cloud
✅ Governed by European law
www.eurosky.social/register
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ICYMI
The EU's digital omnibus is deregulation dressed up as innovation and weakens also rights and protections of workers
by Aida Ponce @etui.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
On deregulation see @corporateeurope.org
On how the omnibus attacks GDPR rules see @noyb.eu
On big tech @parismarx.com
The EU's digital omnibus is deregulation dressed up as innovation and weakens also rights and protections of workers
by Aida Ponce @etui.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
On deregulation see @corporateeurope.org
On how the omnibus attacks GDPR rules see @noyb.eu
On big tech @parismarx.com
The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation
The EU's sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants.
www.socialeurope.eu
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ICYMI
The EU's digital omnibus is deregulation dressed up as innovation and weakens also rights and protections of workers
by Aida Ponce @etui.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
On deregulation see @corporateeurope.org
On how the omnibus attacks GDPR rules see @noyb.eu
On big tech @parismarx.com
The EU's digital omnibus is deregulation dressed up as innovation and weakens also rights and protections of workers
by Aida Ponce @etui.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
On deregulation see @corporateeurope.org
On how the omnibus attacks GDPR rules see @noyb.eu
On big tech @parismarx.com
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Palantir should not be anywhere near critical systems in Europe. Yet national government are quietly allowing it to operate inside intel services, police and public health systems. This should be banned instantly
Palantir encouraged those "unable to sit still," like Alex Karp, to apply for the new Neurodivergent Fellowship.
If you relate to Alex Karp's body language in this viral video, Palantir says it has a new fellowship for you
Palantir encouraged those "unable to sit still," like Alex Karp, to apply for the new Neurodivergent Fellowship.
www.businessinsider.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Palantir should not be anywhere near critical systems in Europe. Yet national government are quietly allowing it to operate inside intel services, police and public health systems. This should be banned instantly
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"Red-tape cutting has become a ‘terrible political spectacle,’ EU’s Ribera says. The European Commission’s No.2 official criticized a “Trumpist” approach to EU #deregulation." 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Red-tape cutting has become a ‘terrible political spectacle,’ EU’s Ribera says. The European Commission’s No.2 official criticized a “Trumpist” approach to EU #deregulation." 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...
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Good round-up of current state of affairs on ICC, Microsoft and which EU state and sub-state entities have publicly abandoned US tech for open source solutions:
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Good round-up of current state of affairs on ICC, Microsoft and which EU state and sub-state entities have publicly abandoned US tech for open source solutions:
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
"larger geopolitical trend of States and the UN embracing OSS as a critical tool for realising their digital autonomy and resilience."
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OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
Recommendation on the European Commission’s compliance with ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements in preparing legislative proposals that it considered to be urgent (983/2025/MAS...
The three cases concern how the European Commission applied its ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements when preparing legislative pro...
www.ombudsman.europa.eu
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
OMNIBUS I found in breach of EU law as it departed from basic procedural guarantees such as public consultation.
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
This @ombudsman.europa.eu recommendation carries important implications for omnibuses to come and the whole simplification agenda www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommend...
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When EU digital sovereignty started gained traction it was grounded to a different way of doing business, one bound by EU rules.
With this week's #DigitalOmnibus ,the EU is sacrificing digital rules for the sake of an over-hyped AI race.
Who wins? Big Tech of course
www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
With this week's #DigitalOmnibus ,the EU is sacrificing digital rules for the sake of an over-hyped AI race.
Who wins? Big Tech of course
www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
The real winners of the AI Race : Amazon, Google, Microsoft - SOMO
Who really profits from the 'AI race'? Amazon, Google, and Microsoft own the AI infrastructure, and startups are dependent on Big Tech firms.
www.somo.nl
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When EU digital sovereignty started gained traction it was grounded to a different way of doing business, one bound by EU rules.
With this week's #DigitalOmnibus ,the EU is sacrificing digital rules for the sake of an over-hyped AI race.
Who wins? Big Tech of course
www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
With this week's #DigitalOmnibus ,the EU is sacrificing digital rules for the sake of an over-hyped AI race.
Who wins? Big Tech of course
www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
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❗🇪🇺 The ‘Digital Omnibus’ has now been officially presented by the European #Commission.👀 Read all about what this means for the #GDPR on our website 👉 noyb.eu/en/digital-o...
Digital Omnibus: EU Commission wants to wreck core GDPR principles
The EU Commission has published its proposal for the "Digital Omnibus". The planned changes to the GDPR would lower protections for Europeans
noyb.eu
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
❗🇪🇺 The ‘Digital Omnibus’ has now been officially presented by the European #Commission.👀 Read all about what this means for the #GDPR on our website 👉 noyb.eu/en/digital-o...
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📰 "With the 'Digital Omnibus', the #Commission claims to reduce burdens and simplify regulation for businesses. However, this premise rests on a misleading assumption: that Europe’s #innovation is being held back by excessive regulation."
Read more 👉 epicenter.works/en/content/d...
Read more 👉 epicenter.works/en/content/d...
Digital Omnibus: When “Simplification” Becomes a Security Risk
Under the banner of “simplification,” the European Commission plans to revise core pieces of digital protection: from data protection to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. What sounds like cutting red tape could, in reality, erode Europe’s digital safeguards. Instead of clarity and strategic direction, fundamental rights, security, and trust risk being sacrificed to a misguided deregulatory logic.
epicenter.works
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
📰 "With the 'Digital Omnibus', the #Commission claims to reduce burdens and simplify regulation for businesses. However, this premise rests on a misleading assumption: that Europe’s #innovation is being held back by excessive regulation."
Read more 👉 epicenter.works/en/content/d...
Read more 👉 epicenter.works/en/content/d...
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🚨 Brussels, today 🚨Ursula! Stand up for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros!
As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨 Brussels, today 🚨Ursula! Stand up for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros!
As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊
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Data collection at scale is a national security issue. This trading is happening even with GDPR protections.
And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.
And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.
cyberinsider.com/precise-loca...
This #databrooker business must be stopped.
FYI @carissaveliz.bsky.social
This #databrooker business must be stopped.
FYI @carissaveliz.bsky.social
Precise Locations of EU Officials Retrieved Through Data Brokers
Phone location data, collected under the guise of ad tracking, can be used to precisely track the movements of millions in the EU.
cyberinsider.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Data collection at scale is a national security issue. This trading is happening even with GDPR protections.
And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.
And yet the Commission is advocating changes that would remove such data from the scope of the regulation.
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REACTION: Latest UNEP Emissions Gap report shows that the super-rich are putting world on track for climate catastrophe❗️
More 👉 oxf.am/emissions-gap
#MakeRichPollutersPay #EmissionsGap
More 👉 oxf.am/emissions-gap
#MakeRichPollutersPay #EmissionsGap
November 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
REACTION: Latest UNEP Emissions Gap report shows that the super-rich are putting world on track for climate catastrophe❗️
More 👉 oxf.am/emissions-gap
#MakeRichPollutersPay #EmissionsGap
More 👉 oxf.am/emissions-gap
#MakeRichPollutersPay #EmissionsGap
I remember when the CSO/Big Tech gap was huge in 2014 when I started working on digital rights in Brussels. The gap is just exploding now. Thankfully, many CSOs started working on digital since then and there is a growing opposition to Big Tech domination and the de-regulatory agenda.
📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.
corporateeurope.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I remember when the CSO/Big Tech gap was huge in 2014 when I started working on digital rights in Brussels. The gap is just exploding now. Thankfully, many CSOs started working on digital since then and there is a growing opposition to Big Tech domination and the de-regulatory agenda.
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Doing things simpler may be a good idea. Deregulating may leave people behind and incentivise 27 different answers to replace the common one.
www.ft.com/content/adba...
www.ft.com/content/adba...
Developing countries at risk from EU’s simplification drive, UN warns
Bid by Brussels to cut red tape is too dominated by politics, top officials say
www.ft.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Doing things simpler may be a good idea. Deregulating may leave people behind and incentivise 27 different answers to replace the common one.
www.ft.com/content/adba...
www.ft.com/content/adba...