Théophane Hartmann
@theophane.euractiv.com
🇪🇺 tech journalist at @Euractiv.com
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Opinions mine only.
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🇪🇺 bodies block 🇺🇸-linked app association from telecoms standards institute
The key concern is that ACT would boost 🇺🇸 tech influence in 🇪🇺 standard-setting
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The key concern is that ACT would boost 🇺🇸 tech influence in 🇪🇺 standard-setting
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EU bodies block US-linked app association from telecoms standards institute | Euractiv
The key concern is that ACT would boost US tech influence in EU standard-setting
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December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🇪🇺 bodies block 🇺🇸-linked app association from telecoms standards institute
The key concern is that ACT would boost 🇺🇸 tech influence in 🇪🇺 standard-setting
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The key concern is that ACT would boost 🇺🇸 tech influence in 🇪🇺 standard-setting
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In today's @euractiv.com Tech Pro newsletter, we report on Berlin's Space Act ire, which got Brussels surprised rather than scared
& now even the German's Federal Ministry in charge of Space claims that it is "very actively involved in the Council negotiations"
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& now even the German's Federal Ministry in charge of Space claims that it is "very actively involved in the Council negotiations"
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THE HACK: EU's geopolitical fight against the US | Euractiv
In today's edition: Digital Markets & Space Act disputes, Google drops Azure complaint
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December 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
In today's @euractiv.com Tech Pro newsletter, we report on Berlin's Space Act ire, which got Brussels surprised rather than scared
& now even the German's Federal Ministry in charge of Space claims that it is "very actively involved in the Council negotiations"
www.euractiv.com/news/the-hac...
& now even the German's Federal Ministry in charge of Space claims that it is "very actively involved in the Council negotiations"
www.euractiv.com/news/the-hac...
'Get your (Space) Act together', reacted shadow rapporteurs following a draft non-paper by Germany calling on the @ec.europa.eu to withdraw its EU Space Act proposal and table a new one.
Read our daily newsletter for more and detailed comments from MEPs:
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Read our daily newsletter for more and detailed comments from MEPs:
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THE HACK: Get your (Space) Act together | Euractiv
In today's edition: Countries unpick DNA, AgoraEU talks, 28th regime
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November 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
'Get your (Space) Act together', reacted shadow rapporteurs following a draft non-paper by Germany calling on the @ec.europa.eu to withdraw its EU Space Act proposal and table a new one.
Read our daily newsletter for more and detailed comments from MEPs:
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Read our daily newsletter for more and detailed comments from MEPs:
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Now updated with another non-paper from 🇮🇪 & 🇨🇿
EU heavyweights pick apart @ec.europa.eu's telecoms reform plan
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹 as well as 🇦🇹, 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇮 are urging other capitals to oppose the European Commission's ambitions for the Digital Networks Act
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🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹 as well as 🇦🇹, 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇮 are urging other capitals to oppose the European Commission's ambitions for the Digital Networks Act
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EU heavyweights pick apart Commission's telecoms reform plan | Euractiv
Germany, France, and Italy lead a group of six countries urging other capitals to oppose the Commission's ambitions for the Digital Networks Act
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November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Now updated with another non-paper from 🇮🇪 & 🇨🇿
EU heavyweights pick apart @ec.europa.eu's telecoms reform plan
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹 as well as 🇦🇹, 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇮 are urging other capitals to oppose the European Commission's ambitions for the Digital Networks Act
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🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹 as well as 🇦🇹, 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇮 are urging other capitals to oppose the European Commission's ambitions for the Digital Networks Act
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EU heavyweights pick apart Commission's telecoms reform plan | Euractiv
Germany, France, and Italy lead a group of six countries urging other capitals to oppose the Commission's ambitions for the Digital Networks Act
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November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
EU heavyweights pick apart @ec.europa.eu's telecoms reform plan
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹 as well as 🇦🇹, 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇮 are urging other capitals to oppose the European Commission's ambitions for the Digital Networks Act
@euractiv.com
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🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹 as well as 🇦🇹, 🇭🇺 and 🇸🇮 are urging other capitals to oppose the European Commission's ambitions for the Digital Networks Act
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EU Space Act's lead rapporteur to push to shield national agencies' powers
ECR MEP Elena Donazzan is also keen for the proposed space law to keep the US on side, as well as pushing for a simplification agenda
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ECR MEP Elena Donazzan is also keen for the proposed space law to keep the US on side, as well as pushing for a simplification agenda
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November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
EU Space Act's lead rapporteur to push to shield national agencies' powers
ECR MEP Elena Donazzan is also keen for the proposed space law to keep the US on side, as well as pushing for a simplification agenda
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ECR MEP Elena Donazzan is also keen for the proposed space law to keep the US on side, as well as pushing for a simplification agenda
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🚨 BREAKING: After years of negotiations, the Council is now ready to start talks with the Parliament on CSAM. Mandatory detection orders were ditched in order to get the sufficient backing from member states, they would now remain voluntary
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Council agrees position on 'chat control' after years of stalled talks | Euractiv
Negotiations with MEPs on the proposal to combat the spread of online child sexual abuse material can start after countries ditch controversial mandatory detection orders
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November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Now that's an unexpected Christmas gift! Wishing luck to 🇨🇾
EXCLUSIVE: @consilium.europa.eu pushes to update EU digital investment strategy amid geopolitical shifts
In the text, obtained by @euractiv.com, countries push the @ec.europa.eu for measures to boost European competitiveness that align with a tech sovereignty agenda
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In the text, obtained by @euractiv.com, countries push the @ec.europa.eu for measures to boost European competitiveness that align with a tech sovereignty agenda
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EXCLUSIVE: Council pushes to update EU digital investment strategy amid geopolitical shifts | Euractiv
In the draft Council text, obtained by Euractiv, countries push the Commission for measures to boost European competitiveness that align with a tech sovereignty agenda
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November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @consilium.europa.eu pushes to update EU digital investment strategy amid geopolitical shifts
In the text, obtained by @euractiv.com, countries push the @ec.europa.eu for measures to boost European competitiveness that align with a tech sovereignty agenda
www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
In the text, obtained by @euractiv.com, countries push the @ec.europa.eu for measures to boost European competitiveness that align with a tech sovereignty agenda
www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...
@ec.europa.eu just opened its call for evidence on the Digital Decade review, due June 2026.
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@ec.europa.eu just opened its call for evidence on the Digital Decade review, due June 2026.
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"Deep integration with Microsoft 365 is dangerous and reckless", claim MEPs in the letter, when mentioning US extraterritorial laws giving their surveillance authorities capacities to access cloud customer data.
A group of lawmakers has called on the @europarl.europa.eu to use more EU software and hardware, namechecking a whole host of solutions which they say can replace the current – dominantly US – tech suite.
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Read my article at @euractiv.com:
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Parliament must buy European IT, lawmakers tell Metsola | Euractiv
A letter from MEPs to the parliament's president, obtained by Euractiv, name-checks European alternatives to buying Microsoft products
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November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Deep integration with Microsoft 365 is dangerous and reckless", claim MEPs in the letter, when mentioning US extraterritorial laws giving their surveillance authorities capacities to access cloud customer data.
EU must boost competitiveness of space firms, opinion S&D rapporteur for the IMCO committee at the European Parliament says.
French MEP @francoiskalfon.bsky.social also calls for a registry tracking foreign components in EU satellites
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French MEP @francoiskalfon.bsky.social also calls for a registry tracking foreign components in EU satellites
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EU must boost competitiveness of space firms, key MEP says | Euractiv
French MEP François Kalfon also calls for a registry tracking foreign components in EU satellites
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November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
EU must boost competitiveness of space firms, opinion S&D rapporteur for the IMCO committee at the European Parliament says.
French MEP @francoiskalfon.bsky.social also calls for a registry tracking foreign components in EU satellites
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French MEP @francoiskalfon.bsky.social also calls for a registry tracking foreign components in EU satellites
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Holocaust denial by Musk's AI chatbot to feed French criminal probe of X
The criminal investigation of the social media platform's algorithm is looking into foreign interference concerns, among other allegations
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The criminal investigation of the social media platform's algorithm is looking into foreign interference concerns, among other allegations
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Holocaust denial by Musk's AI chatbot to feed French criminal probe of X | Euractiv
The criminal investigation of the social media platform's algorithm is looking into foreign interference concerns, among other allegations
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November 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Holocaust denial by Musk's AI chatbot to feed French criminal probe of X
The criminal investigation of the social media platform's algorithm is looking into foreign interference concerns, among other allegations
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The criminal investigation of the social media platform's algorithm is looking into foreign interference concerns, among other allegations
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🇳🇱 government suspends takeover of chips manufacturer @nexperia.bsky.social
Economic Affairs Minister said the move follows the resumption of chip supplies to the 🇪🇺 and 'constructive meetings' with 🇨🇳
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Economic Affairs Minister said the move follows the resumption of chip supplies to the 🇪🇺 and 'constructive meetings' with 🇨🇳
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Dutch government suspends takeover of chips manufacturer Nexperia | Euractiv
Economic Affairs Minister said the move follows the resumption of chip supplies to the EU and 'constructive meetings' with China
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November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🇳🇱 government suspends takeover of chips manufacturer @nexperia.bsky.social
Economic Affairs Minister said the move follows the resumption of chip supplies to the 🇪🇺 and 'constructive meetings' with 🇨🇳
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Economic Affairs Minister said the move follows the resumption of chip supplies to the 🇪🇺 and 'constructive meetings' with 🇨🇳
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🇨🇵 and 🇩🇪 unite behind sovereign European cloud push
Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron backed plans for a shared cloud sovereignty definition and a ‘Buy European’ approach
@euractiv.com with @maximilian-henning.bsky.social
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Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron backed plans for a shared cloud sovereignty definition and a ‘Buy European’ approach
@euractiv.com with @maximilian-henning.bsky.social
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Paris and Berlin unite behind sovereign European cloud push | Euractiv
Merz and Macron back plans for a shared cloud sovereignty definition and a ‘Buy European’ approach
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November 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
🇨🇵 and 🇩🇪 unite behind sovereign European cloud push
Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron backed plans for a shared cloud sovereignty definition and a ‘Buy European’ approach
@euractiv.com with @maximilian-henning.bsky.social
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Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron backed plans for a shared cloud sovereignty definition and a ‘Buy European’ approach
@euractiv.com with @maximilian-henning.bsky.social
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🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 cybersecurity agencies commit to refine EU cloud sovereignty score with a pass/fail criteria!
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French and German cybersecurity agencies commit to refine EU cloud sovereignty score | Euractiv
Letter announcing "joint effort" by France's ANSSI and Germany's BSI was put out on the eve of today's Franco-German tech sovereignty summit
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November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 cybersecurity agencies commit to refine EU cloud sovereignty score with a pass/fail criteria!
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🇺🇸 cloud giants Amazon and Microsoft face investigation under EU's Digital Markets Act
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with @anupriyadatta.bsky.social @euractiv.com
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November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🇺🇸 cloud giants Amazon and Microsoft face investigation under EU's Digital Markets Act
with @anupriyadatta.bsky.social @euractiv.com
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with @anupriyadatta.bsky.social @euractiv.com
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EU countries oppose @ec.europa.eu's plan for telecoms rules reset
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
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🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
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EU countries oppose Commission's plan for telecoms rules reset | Euractiv
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, and the Netherlands among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
EU countries oppose @ec.europa.eu's plan for telecoms rules reset
🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
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🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇱, and 🇳🇱 are among a majority of countries against key reforms expected in the upcoming Digital Networks Act
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An 🇪🇺 @viginum.bsky.social?
@ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social
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@ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social
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EU pitches new agency to fight Russian disinformation and bots | Euractiv
The Commission wants a new "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by Euractiv
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November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
An 🇪🇺 @viginum.bsky.social?
@ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-pitc...
@ec.europa.eu is expected to suggest a "European Centre for Democratic Resilience", per a draft of the European Democracy Shield initiative seen by my @euractiv.com colleagues @anupriyadatta.bsky.social & @elisabraun.bsky.social
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🇩🇪 opposes @ec.europa.eu preferred legal basis for upcoming telecoms reform
A German position paper seen by @euractiv.com shows it favours a directive, not a regulation, for the Digital Networks Act
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A German position paper seen by @euractiv.com shows it favours a directive, not a regulation, for the Digital Networks Act
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Germany opposes Commission’s preferred legal basis for upcoming telecoms reform | Euractiv
A German position paper seen by Euractiv shows it favours a directive, not a regulation, for the Digital Networks Act
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November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🇩🇪 opposes @ec.europa.eu preferred legal basis for upcoming telecoms reform
A German position paper seen by @euractiv.com shows it favours a directive, not a regulation, for the Digital Networks Act
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A German position paper seen by @euractiv.com shows it favours a directive, not a regulation, for the Digital Networks Act
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The @consilium.europa.eu set to call for sovereign cloud 'criteria' to tackle 🇺🇸 surveillance concerns
Latest document of the Council's review of the EU's Digital Decade policy framework, seen by @euractiv.com, calls for "common criteria" for sovereign cloud services
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Latest document of the Council's review of the EU's Digital Decade policy framework, seen by @euractiv.com, calls for "common criteria" for sovereign cloud services
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November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The @consilium.europa.eu set to call for sovereign cloud 'criteria' to tackle 🇺🇸 surveillance concerns
Latest document of the Council's review of the EU's Digital Decade policy framework, seen by @euractiv.com, calls for "common criteria" for sovereign cloud services
www.euractiv.com/news/council...
Latest document of the Council's review of the EU's Digital Decade policy framework, seen by @euractiv.com, calls for "common criteria" for sovereign cloud services
www.euractiv.com/news/council...
@ec.europa.eu published its webpage for the review of the Digital Decade (planned for 30 June 2026), but the call for evidence is yet to be opened:
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
ec.europa.eu
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@ec.europa.eu published its webpage for the review of the Digital Decade (planned for 30 June 2026), but the call for evidence is yet to be opened:
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Paris prosecutor investigates 4 platforms over 'child-like' sex doll listings
Police will look into whether ecommerce platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress, and Wish are responsible for disseminating or depicting child porn
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Police will look into whether ecommerce platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress, and Wish are responsible for disseminating or depicting child porn
@euractiv.com w @anupriyadatta.bsky.social
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Paris prosecutor investigates four platforms over 'child-like' sex doll listings | Euractiv
Police will look into whether ecommerce platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress, and Wish are responsible for disseminating or depicting child porn
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November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paris prosecutor investigates 4 platforms over 'child-like' sex doll listings
Police will look into whether ecommerce platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress, and Wish are responsible for disseminating or depicting child porn
@euractiv.com w @anupriyadatta.bsky.social
www.euractiv.com/news/paris-p...
Police will look into whether ecommerce platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress, and Wish are responsible for disseminating or depicting child porn
@euractiv.com w @anupriyadatta.bsky.social
www.euractiv.com/news/paris-p...
‼️Digital Networks Act publication pushed from mid-December to 20 January 2026‼️
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November 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
‼️Digital Networks Act publication pushed from mid-December to 20 January 2026‼️
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Germany frets over EU funding shortfall for AI training hubs
The @ec.europa.eu's flagship plan to develop large gigafactories for computing will cost billions
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The @ec.europa.eu's flagship plan to develop large gigafactories for computing will cost billions
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Germany frets over EU funding shortfall for AI training hubs | Euractiv
The European Commission's flagship plan to develop large gigafactories for computing will cost billions
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November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Germany frets over EU funding shortfall for AI training hubs
The @ec.europa.eu's flagship plan to develop large gigafactories for computing will cost billions
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www.euractiv.com/news/germany...
The @ec.europa.eu's flagship plan to develop large gigafactories for computing will cost billions
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www.euractiv.com/news/germany...
European standards-setting should be 'tactical', says ETSI director
About @ec.europa.eu-ETSI relations Jan Ellsberger denied a need to mend things, but told @euractiv.com's @claudiemoreau.bsky.social and I: “I’m not there to please the Commission…"
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About @ec.europa.eu-ETSI relations Jan Ellsberger denied a need to mend things, but told @euractiv.com's @claudiemoreau.bsky.social and I: “I’m not there to please the Commission…"
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European standards-setting should be 'tactical', says ETSI director | Euractiv
The European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute (ETSI) is leaning into playing a strategic support role for the EU, its director general tells Euractiv
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November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
European standards-setting should be 'tactical', says ETSI director
About @ec.europa.eu-ETSI relations Jan Ellsberger denied a need to mend things, but told @euractiv.com's @claudiemoreau.bsky.social and I: “I’m not there to please the Commission…"
www.euractiv.com/news/europea...
About @ec.europa.eu-ETSI relations Jan Ellsberger denied a need to mend things, but told @euractiv.com's @claudiemoreau.bsky.social and I: “I’m not there to please the Commission…"
www.euractiv.com/news/europea...