Margarida Silva
@margaridasilva.bsky.social
I research Big Tech's power and campaign to limit it at @somoamsterdam.bsky.social
Big Tech has been at this for over a decade.
Leaked memos from Amazon and Google showed the firms boasted that they had effectively weakened and delayed updates to digital privacy rules.
All done behind the scenes, in cooperation with other businesses.
www.socialeurope.eu/facebook-fil...
Leaked memos from Amazon and Google showed the firms boasted that they had effectively weakened and delayed updates to digital privacy rules.
All done behind the scenes, in cooperation with other businesses.
www.socialeurope.eu/facebook-fil...
Facebook Files and ePrivacy lobbying expose the power of Big Tech
As MEPs host the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen this afternoon, they need to step up their challenge to the surveillance capitalists.
www.socialeurope.eu
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Big Tech has been at this for over a decade.
Leaked memos from Amazon and Google showed the firms boasted that they had effectively weakened and delayed updates to digital privacy rules.
All done behind the scenes, in cooperation with other businesses.
www.socialeurope.eu/facebook-fil...
Leaked memos from Amazon and Google showed the firms boasted that they had effectively weakened and delayed updates to digital privacy rules.
All done behind the scenes, in cooperation with other businesses.
www.socialeurope.eu/facebook-fil...
Reposted by Margarida Silva
⚠️In the face of aggressive tech lobbying, the Commission will water down the AI Act in the upcoming digital omnibus.
But while the Commission has done ‘reality checks’ with industry, it fails to listen to the reality of people targeted by biased and unfair AI systems.
But while the Commission has done ‘reality checks’ with industry, it fails to listen to the reality of people targeted by biased and unfair AI systems.
Privacy and AI fears, in EU bonfire of digital red tape
EU data laws are to become more business-friendly after 19 November, when the EU Commission unveils its "digital omnibus", amid privacy and security concerns.
euobserver.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
⚠️In the face of aggressive tech lobbying, the Commission will water down the AI Act in the upcoming digital omnibus.
But while the Commission has done ‘reality checks’ with industry, it fails to listen to the reality of people targeted by biased and unfair AI systems.
But while the Commission has done ‘reality checks’ with industry, it fails to listen to the reality of people targeted by biased and unfair AI systems.