By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026In exchange, Trump got Canada and the UK to ditch their plans to levy a 3% tax on American tech giants; he got the EU to gut its privacy laws; he sanctioned EU officials who tried to regulate social media. 34/ 113815 138
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026He's told the tech companies to go through EU officials' private messages, looking for anti-Big Tech partisans whom he will ban from ever entering the USA: judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the... 35/judiciary.house.govUS committee demands Big Tech share private comms with EU officialsThe U.S. Congress Judiciary Committee is pushing technology companies to provide access to all communications with European Commission officials that relate to the enforcement of EU digital rules, in ... 113618 136
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026Big Tech has proved that its only principles are not paying taxes, invading your privacy, and not being broken up by antitrust enforcers: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026... 36/arstechnica.comUS court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust caseThe DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted. 121468 214
