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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

He'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.gov

US committee demands Big Tech share private comms with EU officials

The 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 ...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

Big 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.com

US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case

The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

Tech companies will do *anything* for *any* leader who can guarantee those outcomes. There's no capitulation too petty and stupid for Big Tech: people.com/apple-maps-j... 37/

people.com

Apple Maps Joins Google in Approving Trump’s ‘Lake America’ Change on U.S. Maps

After Google Maps changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, Apple Maps made the same change in accordance with President Donald Trump’s executive order.

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