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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 19h

⚠️For years, the Big Tech front group Allied for Startups has been underreporting its lobby budget.

👏 Following a complaint by CEO and @lobbycontrol.bsky.social, Allied for Startups has now been forced by the EU Transparency Register to correct its registration.

👉 corporateeurope.org/en/media/6430

Allied For Startups asbl datacard on lobbyfacts.eu

Check out all LobbyFacts data on Allied For Startups asbl as extracted from the EU lobby transparancy register. Allied For Startups is the policy voice of startups in the EU and worldwide. The organ...

www.lobbyfacts.eu

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Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 1d

Hear! Hear!! Hear!!! “The EU anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure. It should have big tech in its crosshairs to protect European sovereignty.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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Max Bank @maxbank.bsky.social · 1d

Shocking: In Berlin, SPD accepts social cuts in coalition with CDU, in Brussels S&D agrees to weaken corporate sustainability rules. Conservatives blackmail S&D with threat do vote with the far right. How about saving democracy by challenging corporate monopoly power & tackling inequality instead?

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LobbyControl @lobbycontrol.bsky.social · 9d

"Wenn Schutzregeln fallen: Brüssel auf dem Weg in die Entfesselung." Gastbeitrag unserer Campaigner*innen Nina Katzemich, @flxdffy.bsky.social & @maxbank.bsky.social zum Angriff der Konzernlobby auf EU-Gesetze im Infobrief der Arbeiterkammer Wien. wien.arbeiterkammer.at/interessenve...

Deregulierungswelle: Wenn Schutzregeln fallen

Eine drastische Deregulierungswelle droht europäische Schutzstandards abzuschwächen. Die Kommissionspräsidentin beugt sich dem Druck der Industrie.

wien.arbeiterkammer.at

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Max Bank @maxbank.bsky.social · 11d

We will not allow them to succeed! #breakupbigtech

Max Bank @maxbank.bsky.social · 11d

"Together, political predators & digital conquistadors have decided to wipe out the old elites & their rules. If they succeed, it will not only be the parties of lawyers and technocrats that will be swept away, but also liberal democracy as we have known it until today." on.ft.com/4nVwSII

How tech lords and populists changed the rules of power

Digital moguls and strongman leaders are more than disrupters of the old liberal order. Together they seek to sweep it away, writes Giuliano da Empoli

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18d

The US Department of Justice and Google will face off today in federal court to argue about what remedies the court should impose to unwind Google’s monopoly in the ad tech market. Karina Montoya from the Center for Journalism & Liberty at the Open Markets Institute breaks down what’s at stake:

DOJ vs Google: Back to Court for Remedies to Break Digital Ads Monopoly | TechPolicy.Press

Without both behavioral and structural remedies, nothing will be achieved to prevent future illegal conduct, writes Karina Montoya.

www.techpolicy.press

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LobbyControl Tech @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social · 17d

With our protests yesterday in Brussels, we call on the Commission to force Google to sell parts of its advertising technology business. It is time to break up the Google monopoly.
www.euractiv.com/news/protest...
@peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social @wemoveeurope.bsky.social @rebalance-now.bsky.social

Protesters outside Berlaymont urge EU to break up Google | Euractiv

NGOs call on the Commission to force Google to sell parts of its advertising technology business after it was fined €2.95 billion for violating EU competition rules

www.euractiv.com

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LobbyControl Tech @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social · 17d

Yesterday, we went to the EU-Commission’s headquarter in Brussels to protest for a Google break-up. Commissioner Ribera did the right thing with her adtech-decision. Now, she has to stay firm & resist pressure from inside the Commission & from the other side of the Atlantic. Time to break up Google!

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Women Against Fascism @wafeurope.bsky.social · 18d

👏👏 @lobbycontrol.bsky.social for today's action calling for Break Up of Big Tech, starting with Google at the EU's Headquarters.

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People Vs Big Tech @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social · 18d

👀Is that EU competition chief @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu taking a hammer to break up Google??

Today we're sending a loud message to @ec.europa.eu to dismantle Google's toxic advertising monopoly! #BreakUpBigTech. Great work @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social bsky.social @rebalance-now.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Protestors in Brussels call for the EU to Break Up Google

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LobbyControl Tech @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social · Sep 8

The EU has slapped Google with a record fine of €2.95 billion. For abusing its monopoly power in the online advertising market. Rightly so – but that's not enough.👇1/

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LobbyControl Tech @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social · Aug 29

Good news: Teresa Ribera, the EU Commission’s executive vice-president, defends the enforcement of EU tech rules and calls on the bloc to be “courageous” in response to threats from the US president and “to avoid the temptation of being subordinated to others’ interests”. www.ft.com/content/010c...

Stand up to Trump on Big Tech, says EU antitrust chief

Bloc must be prepared to walk away from trade deal with US if it retaliates against Brussels’ digital laws, warns Teresa Ribera

www.ft.com

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Filomena Chirico @filomenac.bsky.social · Aug 28

IYMI
Looking for views on #AI & 🇪🇺 #dma
How can we help development of AI by everyone and not just #gatekeepers?

Commission gathers views on how the DMA can support fair and contestable digital markets and AI sector

The European Commission is seeking feedback on how the Digital Markets Act (DMA) can support fair and contestable digital markets, including the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector.

digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu

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Max Bank @maxbank.bsky.social · Aug 26

After Trump's bold attack on our digital regulations DMA and DSA, the EU should use its anti-coercion to defend itself. If the US president challenges our democratic rules, he needs a clear response.

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · Aug 26

The EU must use the anti coercion instrument now, or be humiliated. Europe must be free to enforce its own law on its own soil.

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LobbyControl Tech @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social · Aug 21

Great news: Amazon must reveal its research funding to think tanks and academics: www.hbsslaw.com/press/amazon...

Amazon Ordered to Reveal Academic Research Ties in Major Price-Fixing Case

SEATTLE – A federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to reveal its relationships with academic researchers in a landmark antitrust class-action lawsuit. The world’s largest online retailer is facing claim...

www.hbsslaw.com

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Max Bank @maxbank.bsky.social · Aug 21

Very important ruling: Amazon must disclose its research funding including think tanks. This should become the standard for corporate research funding.

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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hmmm, what about the EU makes Germany and Poland demand stakes in Intel next time, before they offer multibillion euro handouts for semiconductor plants that have since been canceled.

Trump administration said to discuss taking 10% in Intel, Bloomberg News reports

The Trump administration is in talks to take a 10% stake in Intel by converting some or all of the struggling company's Chips Act grants into equity, Bloomberg News reported, citing a White House official and other people familiar with the matter.

www.reuters.com

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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · Aug 18

Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia www.accc.gov.au/media-releas...

Google admits anti-competitive conduct involving Google Search in Australia

The ACCC has today commenced Federal Court proceedings against Google Asia Pacific over anti-competitive understandings that Google admits it reached in the past with Telstra and Optus regarding the p...

www.accc.gov.au

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Max Bank @maxbank.bsky.social · Aug 14

MAGA Antitrust Agenda Under Siege by Lobbyists Close to Trump. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

MAGA Antitrust Agenda Under Siege by Lobbyists Close to Trump

The administration’s populist promise to be tough on companies is clashing with influence campaigns.

www.wsj.com

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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · Aug 11

KoreaStack www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/s...

South Korea charts one-of-a-kind course in AI race with U.S. and China

South Korea is looking to create a near self-sufficient AI industry and position its technology as an alternative to China and the U.S.

www.cnbc.com

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Javier Asensio 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @asensiojavier.bsky.social · Jul 3

America must not defang Europe’s new tech law, by @lutherlowe.bsky.social : “Big Tech lobbyists portray the DMA as anti-American. In reality, its goals align with American ideals of fair competition. This isn’t Europe versus America; it’s open markets versus closed ones”
on.ft.com/44KY6uI

America must not defang Europe’s new tech law

The EU’s DMA is the world’s most potent tool to curtail monopolistic self-dealing by US Big Tech

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · Aug 1

As predicted, here’s a preview of how the EU-US deal will inevitably affect the ability of the EU to regulate its market:

Exxon chief urges Donald Trump to use trade talks to fight ‘bone-crushing’ EU regulation

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Exxon chief urges Donald Trump to use trade talks to fight ‘bone-crushing’ EU regulation

Darren Woods says bloc’s climate and human rights directive will hurt competition

on.ft.com

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Lisa Göldner @lisagoeldner.bsky.social · Jul 31

[email protected] reveals how US lobbyists are pushing the EU to buy more US fossil gas. Only this week the EU pledged to buy $750bn worth of US fossil fuels. The lobbyists next target? The EU Methane Regulation - the EU's strongest tool to curb LNG climate damage.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Europe learned to love American gas. This is how Trump wrecks it.

Backroom deals, embassy contacts and brown liquor built a booming export trade. Now, the lobbyist who saw it all says the U.S. president’s dalliances with Vladimir Putin are an incoming “aste…

www.politico.eu

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