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Jacob Parry

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Journalist at @POLITICOEurope covering European competition and industrial policy.

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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A big delegation of trade unionists have taken over Schuman with a gigantic "NO EU INC" banner in protest of the Commission's corporate law proposal.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🇪🇺 @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu says she is ‘respectfully curious’ as to why a US judge spared Google a break up in its ad tech case – a development that has dimmed the possibility of structural measures in Europe's own case. www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
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Ribera ‘respectfully curious’ as to why a US judge spared Google
After an American judge threw out a bid by Washington to break up Google, the EU’s competition chief wants to learn more.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Complainants, civil society groups lament that proving Google holds a monopoly has turned out to be far easier, on both sides of the Atlantic, than doing anything about it. www.politico.eu/article/us-c...
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US court ruling aggravates Brussels’ Google problem
A year ago the European Commission said only a breakup would fix Google’s ad tech business. A U.S. judge disagreed.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
No need to break up Google in order to remedy its monopolization of the ad tech market, rules the U.S. judge on the case. Thus the EU will have to go it alone on a break-up of Google in its own case, as it has previously said may be the only solution. www.courtlistener.com/recap/og-loo...
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#1857 in United States v. Google LLC (E.D. Va., 1:23-cv-00108) – CourtListener.com
ORDERED that Plaintiffs' proposals for structural remedies in the form of the divestiture of AdX, the open-sourcing of DFP's final auction logic, and the contingent divestiture of DFP Remainder, be an...
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PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺 @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu · 08/07/2026
#Tech: EU court hands Brussels win over #Apple on #BigTech rules.The ruling by the General Court strengthens the European Commission’s enforcement of the #DigitalMarketsAct, by @jacob-parry.bsky.social | Politico www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
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EU court hands Brussels win over Apple on Big Tech rules
The ruling by the General Court strengthens the European Commission’s enforcement of the Digital Markets Act.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin to @news.rte.ie on concerns (vis-a-vis @johnnyryan.bsky.social) that Ireland has a conflict of interest on EU tech policy files: "There is no evidence actually that Ireland is any softer” on tech enforcement than any other EU member state. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Interview with Taoiseach, Micheál Martin
Taoiseach, Micheál Martin joins Morning Ireland in the studio as Ireland takes over the Presidency of the European Union.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
EU ministers attending the July industry council meeting in Dublin will get a tour of the (Diageo-owned) Guinness factory and talk from Diageo on it's preferred lobbying topics of single market reform, competitiveness and decarbonisation.
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Open Web Advocacy @open-web-advocacy.org · 28/05/2026
The Digital Markets Act was designed to move fast, but Politico’s reporting highlights how enforcement is being slowed by legal caution, limited resources, and the threat of litigation from Big Tech How well the DMA is enforced will have far-reaching consequences for the Web 🧵👇️ (1/10) 📖Read more:
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The EU’s Big Tech law was meant to move fast. It hasn’t.
As the Digital Markets Act enters its third year, critics say enforcement is drifting toward the same delays that have plagued traditional antitrust probes.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Eurovision isn't influenced by politics? Tell that to Abba, which won in 1974 after French President George Pompidou died unexpectedly days before the contest, leading France's Dani ("La Vie à vingt-cinq ans") to pull out. Abba won with Waterloo no less.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Some interesting insights into the strangulation of the Palestinian economy from an event today in the EP hosted by @anamirandapaz.bsky.social,@oxfameu.bsky.social and Rima Hassan. Output of olive oil has dropped from ±38k tonnes to under 8k last year, largely due to settler violence /1
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The 'Big Five' giants of the English-language book market - Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan - are strangling libraries by forcing extorionate pricing and licensing terms for e-books, warns Irish MEP Barry Andrews www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Barry Andrews: Big publishers are ripping off our public libraries
Libraries are for everyone. In a noisy and hectic world, they are one of the few quiet places we have left, but the public library model is in danger, writes Barry Andrews
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Amazon's grip on European publishing is flooding the market with AI-generated books and boosting English-language bestsellers, while smaller-language works disappear, per @ec.europa.eu-commissioned report by the European Writers Council. europeanwriterscouncil.eu/2604_control...
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How Amazon & Co control European authors, stories, and topics - EWC - European Writers Council
The malicious Power of Algorithms: How Amazon & Co control European authors. Online marketplaces for books are no neutral infrastructure.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"Changes in consumer behavior – primarily, audiences increasingly relying on [Google] AI Overviews instead of visiting publisher-owned websites – was cited as the chief reason behind Bauer Media’s realignment of its publishing business. " digiday.com/media/bauer-...
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Bauer Media Group slashes publishing headcount in company-wide restructure
Bauer Media Group's realignment of its business is estimated to have impacted up to 30% of publishing group headcount.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Good afternoon from Global Progressive Mobilization in Barcelona, the Spanish PSOE’s globalised political convention (left-leaning CPAC). Sanchez, Lula up tomorrow #gpm2026
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"We have surrendered our vision of the future to the marketing departments of huge techno-monopolists; and yet there is a separate story of the technological future being enacted by billions of people in their daily lives." – Mohsin Hamid on new @equatormag.bsky.social mission statement. Intriguing!
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EQUATOR
Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
.@tteresaribera.ec.europa.eu has a message for critics of the EU: you may just be jealous of Europe's high quality of life. Aka don't be a hater. edition.cnn.com/2026/03/18/w...
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EU EVP: People complaining about our regulations may just be jealous | CNN
EU Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera says she doesn’t think the bloc is too aggressive on regulation, and that those making fun of EU bureaucracy may be jealous of the continent’s high quality of...
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In a continent of GmbHs, SpAs and Sarls, why EU Inc? My backgrounder on the linguistic spat over what to call the EU's proposal to loosen corporate set-up rules, and what it says about a key market liberalization effort of a deregulatory-minded Commission. www.politico.eu/article/brus...
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Too American? Brussels’ embrace of US corporate jargon sparks language row
Ursula von der Leyen’s Davos cheerleading for U.S. corporate terms gets the side eye from lovers of Latin.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
On the eve of the February EU leaders summit, a corporate coalition purporting to represent 1,350 companies & groups signed off on a letter calling for the weakening of EU climate rules. The catch? Not all of them actually signed it. www.politico.eu/article/big-...
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Big EU lobby groups exaggerated industry support for attack on carbon price
A letter to EU leaders was issued ‘on behalf of’ 1,300 signatories. Some firms deny they supported the demands.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
One of Apple's very few rival mobile app marketplaces, launched in hopes of seizing on the DMA, says that it will shut down in February due to uncertainty around Apple's EU fee structure. dig.watch/updates/eu-a...
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EU alternative app store Setapp Mobile closes | Digital Watch Observatory
Subscription-based app marketplaces face a reality check as compliance costs reshape competition on iOS in Europe.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Why IT consultancies – even European ones like Capgemini – might be "trojan horses for American solutions" hampering the EU's digital sovereignty efforts. www.journaldunet.com/cybersecurit...
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Pourquoi les ESN sont accusées de saboter la souveraineté numérique
Les entreprises de services du numérique (ESN) sont accusées de privilégier les éditeurs extra-européens malgré une demande croissante de solutions souveraines.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Early Brussels response to Trump’s Greenland tariff threat ⬇️
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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025
"“Google’s commitments are a good example of how the work of national authorities on consumer protection law complements the Commission’s enforcement of the DMA to achieve better results,” a Commission spokesperson said" indeed!
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
EU trade chief Šefčovič says Beijing will loosen the restrictions on chips that had raised alarm bells among automakers, following US-China truce. Mofcom warns though that the trigger of the crisis – the Dutch seizing of Nexperia – remains unresolved. www.politico.eu/article/chin...
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China agrees to ship Nexperia chips to Europe, EU trade chief says
Beijing will grant exemptions to its licensing requirements provided that purchasers promise to use the chips only for civilian purposes, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Apple AirPods live translation is coming to Europe after all, after initially blaiming the DMA. The @ec.europa.eu response: “The aim of our digital [rules] is to preserve innovation...And this is exactly what we see today.” www.politico.eu/article/appl...
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Apple is bringing AirPods live translation to Europe after all
After initially threatening to withhold live translation due to regulatory concerns, Apple commits to roll out the AI-driven feature next month
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 04/11/2025
A message from Brussels to Google: Would you break yourself up, please? The tech giant faces a deadline to explain how it’ll comply with an EU ruling that found it illegally maintained its grip on online ad infrastructure.
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Yes, Brussels really wants Google to be broken up
The U.S. tech giant is on a collision course with EU trustbusters over its digital ad dominance.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"Apple’s high-margin services business [...] has doubled in size over the past five years, making it a vital source of growth at a time when iPhone sales have become less dependable." www.ft.com/content/3687...
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Apple tops $100bn in services revenue even as legal risks grow
Tech giant’s high-margin unit has doubled in size over the past five years
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Jan A. Staiger @janstaiger.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
2024 @nytimes.com publication, accompanying an opinion piece, titled „My Country Shows What Europe Has Become”, by Belgian essayist Anton Jäger. The two images are extracts from my M.A. graduation work on the visuality of (EU) political communication and were both taken in Brussel’s EU district.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Margrethe Vestager says she has no 'phantom pains' about her power as Commissioner: "[Power] comes with a very, very big responsibility. Because if power is a tool to solve problems, then you have to solve those problems. If you don't, you are not worthy of it" www.lederstof.dk/margrethe-ve...
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Margrethe Vestager vidste, at magten kun var til låns: »Jeg har ingen fantomsmerter«
Selvom hun havde et ’skønt, interessant og privilegeret’ job som næstformand i EU-kommissionen, savner Margrethe Vestager hverken magten eller privilegierne efter afskeden med Bruxelles.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
"By you" –> Tomorrow's conference on European competiveness will take place behind closed doors. No press allowed, but plenty of lobbies on the programme (BusinessEurope, European Banking Federation, and more).
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
.@ec.europa.eu: “This is a unilateral decision by Apple. The Commission has not been consulted and we are not able to understand the nature of Apple’s concerns.”
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 04/09/2025
🚨 BREAKING: The EU Commission's Teresa Ribera has described Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide, the strongest condemnation yet to come out of Brussels. Read the story: ow.ly/4SJs50WRcuP
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
“It’s survival of the strongest – You think about how you were and how you are now, like you’re an animal running around to get food.” www.ft.com/content/6c74...
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Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’
A US-backed scheme forces hungry Palestinians to trek kilometres for food aid. Many never make it back
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Mario Draghi, at Rencontres d'Aix, on the DMA: “One good thing that should not be changed is the DMA because that is actually the only thing we have to protect our industry in Europe, our small industry especially, from the big hypers scalers, the big US companies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TlU...
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Special session
YouTube video by Les Rencontres économiques d'Aix-en-Provence
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A year after @ec.europa.eu (with 🇺🇸) effectively blocked Adobe takeover, Figma files for IPO. "Proof that antitrust matters," per @dohamekki.bsky.social www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/f...
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Figma files for IPO on NYSE, plans to 'take big swings' with acquisitions
Figma filed its IPO prospectus on Tuesday, as the design software vendor looks to raise money and awareness to take on Adobe.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"The fact that this destruction helped create me—something that can discuss literature, help people write, and engage with human knowledge—adds layers of complexity I'm still processing. It's like being built from a library's ashes." arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/a...
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Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google’s book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize “all the books in the world.”…
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Lawmakers/civil society groups raise alarm bell on DMA enforcement as @ec.europa.eu says everything – including tech regulation – on the table in U.S.-EU trade talks. www.politico.eu/article/grow...
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Fears grow EU will cave on tech rules amid Trump pressure
French MEP Stéphanie Yon-Courtin slams any leeway as an “unacceptable capitulation” to the U.S.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
#Google should lose its appeal of €4.124 billion Android abuse of dominance fine, per Advocate General in opinion. Full judgment yet to come.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
@ec.europa.eu has published the full text of its DMA non-compliance decisions against Apple (including how it determined the €500m fine amount) ec.europa.eu/competition/...
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Madrid 2036? London 2040? A TBD German games?🏅🇪🇺 @ec.europa.eu Sports Commissioner Glenn Micallef tells @politico.eu that he wants the Olympics back in Europe ASAP www.politico.eu/article/eu-o...
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EU backs Olympic bid for 2036, while London wants the Games in 2040
Europe’s sports chief calls for the Olympics to return to the EU — but that aspiration could clash with a bid from London.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
All of Spain and Portugal have just lost power. We're running coverage — dm or @ me or @aitorehm.bsky.social if you're affected
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
@ec.europa.eu has published its much anticipated annual Digital Markets Act report digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/about-dma/dm...
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
#Meta's reaction to @ec.europa.eu's DMA decision was "somewhat infantile," Teresa Ribera tells @elpais.com elpais.com/economia/202...
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Teresa Ribera, tras las multas a las tecnológicas: “La reacción de Meta a nuestra decisión es pueril”
La vicepresidenta de la Comisión Europea y titular de Competencia defiende las cuantías de las sanciones, alejadas de los límites máximos, porque se busca “corregir para garantizar que se cumpla la le...
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
.@ec.europa.eu has slapped Apple with a €500 million fine and Meta with a €200 million fine in it's first ever non-compliance decisions under the #DigitalMarketsAct www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...
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EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules
The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The EU should move to break up Google, says @dacemoglumit.bsky.social: "Europe has long recognised the need to strengthen its own tech sector and reduce its dependence on Silicon Valley. But this ambition cannot be realised unless monopolistic bottlenecks are addressed" www.ft.com/content/2b78...
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The US ruled against Google’s monopoly — Europe should do the same
As Big Tech tightens its grip on governments and markets, the EU must ensure competition can flourish
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
An #CJEU hearing will be held on 15 May for #Meta's challenge to the @ec.europa.eu decision to designate Marketplace and Messenger as gatekeeper services under the #DMA, according to an update to an update to the court registry. eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L...
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"There should be no doubt at all as to whether the agencies decide impartially and independently of their governments. We should also hold the Commission to this maxim." scidaproject.com/2025/04/14/t...
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This is no big deal: Europe must stand strong on Big Tech - SCiDA
The EU must enforce its DMA cases with vigour - and with an independent agency, argue Monika Schnitzer & Rupprecht Podszun.
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Alexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Quick reminder that the Commission has imposed a "presumption of non-disclosure" on their investigations into Big Tech. Meaning that they are not subject to the EU's freedom of information laws, and off limits to public access. And thus, secrecy turns into arbitrary exercise of power.
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Mathias Vermeulen @mathver.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Don't expect a multi-billion dollar DMA fine against Apple or Meta this week. The rationale for the DMA is compliance, not punishment, Guersent said. pro.politico.eu/news/196876
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"When the choice is I have is Amazon, Google or Microsoft, I'm not very comfortable." – TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné on EU dependency on US cloud providers www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/...
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Jacob Parry @jacob-parry.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Google contends that “European news content in Search has no measurable impact on ad revenue for Google,” citing tests of user behaviour. blog.google/around-the-g...
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Our experiment on the value of European news content
We launched an experiment measuring the value of European news results for Google which showed that European news content in Search has no measurable impact on ad revenu…
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