iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The EU KIDS Act would age-gate "Social Media+": social networks, video platforms, games, AI chatbots and app stores. Every rule in it hinges on one thing: knowing how old users are. That's the part that bites.👇

273

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Coalition for App Fairness has published a letter pressuring the European Commission to re-open its DMA enforcement against Apple, they've got a few additional signatories as well. But it's the same old story. They're not happy with what they've already won and they want more

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Well, it's happening. European regulators have decided that they want to use the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to make Google Search worse for all European users, so they can prop up European rivals and protect them from competition from Google.

110

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

171 drivers complained. The fine was €825 million. The two numbers are unrelated — and that's the problem. www.reuters.com/world/dutch...

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Social media bans are politically seductive. Protect children, draw a bright line, declare the problem solved. But Europe is discovering that curbing social media is much easier to promise than to design, enforce or justify.

110

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Big news for European app developers, Apple is making further changes to its business terms to meet EC requirements under the DMA. It's restructured and simplified its terms, reduced rates, scraped the Core Technology Fee and replaced it with a Core Technology Commission.

110

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Early this week the European Parliament agreed on its annual Competition Policy Report in plenary, meaning it's the Parliament's consolidated take on what EU competition policy should focus on and how it should adapt to present challenges. Let's dive in 🤿

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Earlier today the Commission announced that it was accepting binding commitments from SAP to address competition concerns in the way SAP was leveraging its software and services ecosystem and foreclosing rivals in aftermarket support services for ERP software. two important notes

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Chat Control 1.0 barely passes with a protection for end-to-end encryption, on the vote in parliament moments ago. Here's the key amendment:

110

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Last week marked the start of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. We wrote a letter congratulating them on the start of their mandate and an ambitious agenda, with three priorities that will help Europe simplify digital rules, protect creativity, and make online spaces safer.

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🥵 We've got another scorching hot day in Brussels, it's the second week like this, and it's not even July yet. 🌬️But the discourse around air conditioning in Europe is skewed. We need a different approach. 🧊Cool is Progressive🇪🇺 progresschamber.org/insights/eur...

progresschamber.org

Cool Is Progressive: Europe Needs Air Conditioning

Heat killed more than 61,000 Europeans in 2022. The progressive case for clean, efficient air conditioning as basic public-health infrastructure.

000

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft and Amazon are set to become designated as Gatekeepers under the EU's Digital Markets Act, the regime of ex-ante regulation of a handful of tech platforms. I've been working on the DMA for over five years, let me tell you what this means.

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In his latest Most Favoured Nation newsletter, Sam Lowe highlights the recent US Section 301 trade investigation into German purchasing of pharmaceuticals and sees some potential parallels with respect to digital trade. It's an insightful piece that's worth looking at 👇

110

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

"What we are doing now is going to determine so much ... You either choose to take the side of the oppressor, or you actively take a stand." Inspiring conversation at the @techforpalestine.org event here in Brussels with special guest Greta Thunberg and host @paulbiggar.com.

020

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Had the pleasure of a front row seat at today's GCR event in Brussels, with DMA head of unit Lucia Bonova and the fireside chat with Freshfields' Andreas von Bonin, and three statements on DMA enforcement really stood out. Let me share in case these seeds bear fruit.

100

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 29/05/2026

Earlier this month Chamber of Progress' VP for Europe @kayjebelli.bsky.social spoke on the opening panel of the EU-Startups Summit about the challenges and opportunities related to the European Commission's proposal for a 28th corporate law regime, EU Inc.

111

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I'm sorry but this is getting to be a bit of a farce. The Commission again putting pressure on Google to make changes to the search results page, threatening fines, but not actually offering guidance or clarification

100

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 15/05/2026

“Such a far reaching intervention requires a much more calibrated feature-by-feature assessment. Unfortunately, this two-week consultation is far too short to get to the bottom of it,” says @kayjebelli.bsky.social Read our full statement here: progresschamber.org/news/europea...

progresschamber.org

European Commission’s Proposed Measures for Google Android Interoperability Risk Breaking Ecosystem Dynamics : - Chamber of Progress

Hasty Action Carries Significant Risks

001

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

European MEPs are raising the alarm in Europe, in what is another case of policy conflict making Europeans weaker, poorer, and more vulnerable. Here, we have AI safety policy (and some industrial policy) delaying Europeans' access to frontier AI cybersecurity capabilities

120

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 05/05/2026

“The Commission’s decision to propose de-anonymising Europeans’ search data and giving it to Google’s rivals is an unprecedented breach of trust and user privacy,” said @kayjebelli.bsky.social Read our full statement here >> progresschamber.org/news/europea...

progresschamber.org

European Commission’s Proposed Measures for Google Search Data Raise Privacy Alarm Bells : - Chamber of Progress

Unprecedented User Data Exposure Should Not Proceed

021

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Tomorrow I'm traveling to Malta for the EU Startups Summit! I've got the privilege of speaking on the first panel on the 7th of May, on EU startup policy and the EU Inc. proposal. Let me know if you'll be there, I'd love to catch up over a coffee!

000

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Another complaint against Google for AI Overviews, is Google going to have to withdraw AI Overviews from Europe? www.mlex.com/mlex/articl...

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Commission has dropped its 3-year review of the DMA and there's actually a lot to unpack here. 🟩 Focus on enforcement of existing rules 🟥 Dismissive of negative user impacts and compliance costs 🟩 Looking at procedural changes 🟥 Likely to designate new AI services 🧵⬇️

131

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

438226565800

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

If this narrative keeps playing out we're not going to see the kind of meaningful reform that we need in Europe in order to be a digitally competitive bloc. We're struck with two major fallacies here. www.mlex.com/mlex/articl...

100

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 15/04/2026

Europe’s AI future depends on getting the balance right. The European Commission’s Digital Omnibus on AI is a step towards simpler, more innovation-friendly rules, but more work is needed.

122

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Bold new direction on European competition enforcement against US tech? ... I don't think so. pro.politico.eu/news/215958

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The European Parliament committee that helped draft the EU's Digital Markets Act regulating US big tech companies, has a resolution on DMA enforcement in advance of the EC's own statutory DMA review deadline, and it presents a challenge for the overstretched enforcer 👇

100

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 18/03/2026

The European Commission announced its proposal for a 28th company law regime (“EU Inc”) today that will give startup founders the option of a single legal entity that can operate seamlessly across the 27 European Member States.

111

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

@AdamEisgrau @adameisgrau.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

@Google.com and Hungarian publishers reportedly clashed today before the EU's highest court in a case with huge *potential* to define or even remake EU © law as plaintiffs urge; @Google.com argues the CJEU needn't and shouldn't.... 👀🧵⤵️

111

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Google is making further changes to its search result page in Europe, in order to placate European Commission demands. It's been a long back and forth of shifting goalposts, but we might finally be nearing an end, with Google rivals coming out on top, and consumers losing out.

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

There's increasing focus these days in Brussels on "tech sovereignty" and the need to de-couple from the US. Lots of ways of doing this, lots of different approaches, some of which will escalate transatlantic tension more than others. "Buy European" mandates are a poor option.

110

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

DG Progress @dgprogress.eu · 12/02/2026

Heard of EU-INC? Here's what it is: 🚀 A movement to make life easier for European companies to scale 💡 Entrepreneurs should be able to incorporate a business once be recognised everywhere 🇪🇺 28th regime could provide a single portal for founders to set up a business < 48hrs www.eu-inc.org/

eu-inc.org

EU–INC — One Europe. One Standard. — Pan-European legal entity.

EU–INC is a proposal for a pan-European standardized legal entity to unlock pan-European startup scaling.

011

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 11/02/2026

“Brussels sorely misses a tech-optimistic vision of European success. We need to pierce the policymaking bubble because Europe can’t afford business as usual any longer.” - @kayjebelli.bsky.social Read our announcement and subscribe here >> progresschamber.org/news/chamber...

progresschamber.org

Chamber of Progress Launches “DG Progress”: New Campaign Covers Latest EU Tech Developments & Digital Policy Analysis - Chamber of Progress

Chamber of Progress announced a new project today focused on Europe’s social, economic, and consumer progress. The “Directorate General for Progress,” DG

021

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Really proud of this one. Let's bring some Builder energy to Brussels!

020

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Good ex-ante news out of the UK today, with the CMA looking to accept commitments from Apple and Google under the DMCCA and their designation as SMS firms for Mobile Ecosystems. This means changes will happen sooner, and without extensive litigation. competitionandmarkets.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/10/...

competitionandmarkets.blog.gov.uk

Improving the way Apple and Google deliver app store services and enhancing iOS interoperability in the UK

How Apple and Google are proposing to address our concerns about their app store processes.

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Interesting story over in the US on how Finnish smart ring and digital health leader Oura is doing great things in the US.

101

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

US media didn't warn US voters loudly enough that Trump and Maga were out to create a kind of police state this time around. Thanks Pamela Moriniere @rtbf.be and @ifjglobal.bsky.social for the opportunity to hammer this point home.

open.spotify.com

Trump contre la presse : un avertissement pour l’Europe, avec Pamela Morinière

064

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Big competition law news coming out of Germany today, as the German BKA punishes Amazon for keeping prices on the platform low through various price control mechanisms.

111

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

European lawmakers can't seem to help themselves. They make laws, that's their job, it seems. So when even when there is massive political support (and necessity) for simplifying laws and reducing compliance burdens, European Parliamentarians can't seem to help themselves...

111

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Big news for the regulation of market power out of the UK today, with the first Conduct Requirements proposed by the CMA against Google's Search services. So what's the UK focusing on, and has it learned from the mistakes of other authorities? Let's take a look 👇

101

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 27/01/2026

The European Commission announced proceedings today against Google under the Digital Markets Act. These proceedings give the Commission broad powers to dictate how Google should comply with these obligations, and could force Google to share its technologies with competitors.

111

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

At the end of last week we got a bit more detail on exactly why Apple and other Gatekeepers are complaining about the DMA's "moving targets" and "shifting goalposts", and how these changing compliance standards could be a tactic to increase fines on US companies.

100

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Avoiding escalation" is good messaging but probably the wrong move. Europe needs real threats, and potentially real actions, that will make US, and particularly Republican-leaning, voters and politicians abandon MAGA. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

euronews.com

Europe wants to 'avoid escalation' with US over Greenland, says Merz

European leaders are closing ranks in response to Donald Trump's threat of additional tariffs to force the acquisition of Greenland. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Europe would hit back "if nec...

232

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Chamber of Progress @progresschamber.org · 12/01/2026

X has a new “spicy mode” that allows users to create explicit images of people (mostly women and sometimes children) without their consent using the platform’s built-in AI model, Grok. The results are a slew of offensive, abusive, and potentially illegal content.

132

Reposted by Kay Jebelli

Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

This is the first time Macron has retaliated so angrily against the provocations of his alleged "friend" Donald Trump. The policy of appeasement and flattery is breaking down.

18405130

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Protecting the freedom of speech means protecting speech you disagree with as well. The Center for Countering Digital Hate, The Global Disinformation Index, and Hate Aid do important work protecting people and advancing the policy debate. Commissioner Breton led EU legislative work democratically.

110

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

In a move that seems to be designed to avoid scrutiny and the ire of the Trump administration, the Italian competition authority (AGCM) has concluded its competition investigation into Apple's privacy controls (ATT) with a nearly €100 million fine.

110

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

But we won't wait another 250 years.

020

Kay Jebelli @kayjebelli.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Commission officials appear to be using public pressure to extract further concessions from Google, something we've seen in the past when it comes to DMA enforcement. Threat of fines and legal ambiguity used to extract commitments beyond the legal requirements.

110