Internal documents, obtained by @politico.eu, show just how far the EU Commission is willing to go to please Big Tech oligarchs 🙇

In a trip to the US in May, commissioner Virkkunen promised the CEOs of Apple, Google, Meta and others to weaken the AI Act and 'simplify' EU rules.

Uber is inviting MEPs for a watch party of the Eurovision semi-finals with 'music, glitters and surprises'.

When @corporateeurope.bsky.social tried to register, Uber said they were at full capacity 🤔

Just three years after the #UberFiles, the company shouldn't be organizing dodgy lobby fests.

After intense lobbying from Google and Facebook, EU tech Commissioner Virkkunen now promises to implement the AI Act in "an innovation-friendly way" 🤦

The AI Act was already severely watered down due to corporate pressure 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/03/t...

The Wilfried Martens Centre, the official think tank of the EPP, is organising a conference sponsored by:

- Apple
- Meta
- Qualcomm
- AT&T
- Johnson&Johnson

Tech commissioner Virkunnen, MEPs and national ministers are all present.

www.martenscentre.eu/wp-content/u...

Big Tech is all over the EU bubble this week.

Here are two examples of events today sponsored by tech companies.

The @politico.eu event on sustainability looks like a corporate trade fair. Greenwashing anyone 🤔