Simonetta Vezzoso
@wavesblog.bsky.social
https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/ (daily reading list and more)
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"The French offices of the social network X, owned by Elon Musk, were raided on Tuesday, February 3, the Paris prosecutor's office announced." www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...
Les locaux de X en France perquisitionnés, la justice veut entendre Elon Musk en audition libre
Une perquisition est « diligentée dans les locaux français » de la plateforme X par la section de lutte contre la cybercriminalité du parquet de Paris, a annoncé ce dernier mardi sur les réseaux socia...
www.lemonde.fr
February 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
"The French offices of the social network X, owned by Elon Musk, were raided on Tuesday, February 3, the Paris prosecutor's office announced." www.lemonde.fr/pixels/artic...
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Take note of the 'more witnesses to be announced' placeholder.
Whoever the minority puts forward will have a large (and laudable) weight to carry. judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
Whoever the minority puts forward will have a large (and laudable) weight to carry. judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II
judiciary.house.gov
February 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Take note of the 'more witnesses to be announced' placeholder.
Whoever the minority puts forward will have a large (and laudable) weight to carry. judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
Whoever the minority puts forward will have a large (and laudable) weight to carry. judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
A merger externality 🤔?
A passionate group of women rediscovered fitness in VR. They’re furious with Mark Zuckerberg for killing their community.
Read more from @vicmsong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/871250/...
Read more from @vicmsong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/871250/...
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A merger externality 🤔?
What did they discuss, in the Swiss Alps? H/T Dario
February 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
What did they discuss, in the Swiss Alps? H/T Dario
Part I caused quite a stir over here, on Wed "Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II" more EU "academics" testifying? judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II
judiciary.house.gov
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Part I caused quite a stir over here, on Wed "Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II" more EU "academics" testifying? judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
Marking Students' exam papers and smiling "for sure [Big Tech] will start taking the matter more seriously when competition authorities start dismantling their empires" @tomasoduso.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Marking Students' exam papers and smiling "for sure [Big Tech] will start taking the matter more seriously when competition authorities start dismantling their empires" @tomasoduso.bsky.social
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
I don't know about you, but this might also look as a way of diverting attention from the fact that one of our European Champions offers this type of surveillance technology at all 🤔?
"Capgemini met en vente sa filiale travaillant pour la police de l’immigration américaine, l’ICE" www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
February 2, 2026 at 10:07 AM
I don't know about you, but this might also look as a way of diverting attention from the fact that one of our European Champions offers this type of surveillance technology at all 🤔?
"Capgemini met en vente sa filiale travaillant pour la police de l’immigration américaine, l’ICE" www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
February 2, 2026 at 9:51 AM
"Capgemini met en vente sa filiale travaillant pour la police de l’immigration américaine, l’ICE" www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
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Un petit bonbon vidéo proposé par Jules Grandin (@julesgrandin.bsky.social) pour bien commencer cette semaine très spéciale pour les personnes passionnées de cartographie #JourDeLaCarte
"Plan Carte - L'IGN épisode 1 - Comment la France se bat contre Google Maps"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt2y...
"Plan Carte - L'IGN épisode 1 - Comment la France se bat contre Google Maps"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt2y...
Comment la France se bat contre Google Maps
YouTube video by Les Echos
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Un petit bonbon vidéo proposé par Jules Grandin (@julesgrandin.bsky.social) pour bien commencer cette semaine très spéciale pour les personnes passionnées de cartographie #JourDeLaCarte
"Plan Carte - L'IGN épisode 1 - Comment la France se bat contre Google Maps"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt2y...
"Plan Carte - L'IGN épisode 1 - Comment la France se bat contre Google Maps"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt2y...
"We here love free software, but we often don't examine why. We don't often say, what is about free software? What problems does it solve? Why do we prefer this over other ways of developing, distributing software?"
"You need to point out that the only real path to digital sovereignty is through the total disintermediation of centralized control" Marc Prud'hommeaux #FOSDEM26 - read it all here, really worth it competitionwave.blogspot.com/2026/02/fear...
February 2, 2026 at 8:03 AM
"We here love free software, but we often don't examine why. We don't often say, what is about free software? What problems does it solve? Why do we prefer this over other ways of developing, distributing software?"
"en pratique ces sanctions touchent l'ensemble des actes de votre vie quotidienne parce que le numérique américain détient un quasi-monopole sur notre vie quotidienne"
"nous devons changer de paradigme en Europe et nous devons créer un véritable droit de la souveraineté européenne" magnifique discours prononcé par Nicolas Guillou, juge à la Cour pénale internationale competitionwave.blogspot.com/2026/02/nous...
February 2, 2026 at 7:56 AM
"en pratique ces sanctions touchent l'ensemble des actes de votre vie quotidienne parce que le numérique américain détient un quasi-monopole sur notre vie quotidienne"
Who's keeping track of all Epstein/antitrust connections for research purposes?
February 2, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Who's keeping track of all Epstein/antitrust connections for research purposes?
"nous devons changer de paradigme en Europe et nous devons créer un véritable droit de la souveraineté européenne" magnifique discours prononcé par Nicolas Guillou, juge à la Cour pénale internationale competitionwave.blogspot.com/2026/02/nous...
February 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"nous devons changer de paradigme en Europe et nous devons créer un véritable droit de la souveraineté européenne" magnifique discours prononcé par Nicolas Guillou, juge à la Cour pénale internationale competitionwave.blogspot.com/2026/02/nous...
"You need to point out that the only real path to digital sovereignty is through the total disintermediation of centralized control" Marc Prud'hommeaux #FOSDEM26 - read it all here, really worth it competitionwave.blogspot.com/2026/02/fear...
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"You need to point out that the only real path to digital sovereignty is through the total disintermediation of centralized control" Marc Prud'hommeaux #FOSDEM26 - read it all here, really worth it competitionwave.blogspot.com/2026/02/fear...
Google: ""Ich glaube, wir sind an dem Punkt gekommen, wo das einzige Heilmittel ist, zu sagen: Ein Teil des Geschäfts wird jetzt veräußert“, sagt er" strategisch... @tomasoduso.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Google: ""Ich glaube, wir sind an dem Punkt gekommen, wo das einzige Heilmittel ist, zu sagen: Ein Teil des Geschäfts wird jetzt veräußert“, sagt er" strategisch... @tomasoduso.bsky.social
"Asked why the decision had not yet been published by the EU, European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told Tech Policy Press that decisions can only be released after due diligence" and that process is depressingly slow, at times (researcher speaking) www.techpolicy.press/eu-decision-...
EU Decision Behind €120m Fine on Musk’s X Released by US Lawmakers
This marks the first time a Digital Services Act enforcement decision of this magnitude has been disclosed.
www.techpolicy.press
February 1, 2026 at 8:09 AM
"Asked why the decision had not yet been published by the EU, European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told Tech Policy Press that decisions can only be released after due diligence" and that process is depressingly slow, at times (researcher speaking) www.techpolicy.press/eu-decision-...
That applies to their antitrust enforcement too, sadly.
Jeffries: "We cannot trust the Department of Justice. They're an illegitimate organization right now under the leadership of Pam Bondi and the direction of Donald Trump."
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
That applies to their antitrust enforcement too, sadly.
Starting! live.fosdem.org/watch/ub5230
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Starting! live.fosdem.org/watch/ub5230
"French lawmakers have demanded an explanation after one of the country’s biggest tech companies signed a multimillion dollar contract to help the US enforcement agency ICE trace and expel migrants" #nationalchampions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
French MPs demand explanation over tech firm’s contract to help ICE in US
Revelation that subsidiary of Capgemini is to help trace and expel migrants in US provokes outrage in France
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 PM
"French lawmakers have demanded an explanation after one of the country’s biggest tech companies signed a multimillion dollar contract to help the US enforcement agency ICE trace and expel migrants" #nationalchampions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
""the opt out was “an essential safeguard, but it doesn’t resolve the wider value exchange question”"
🚨ONLINE PUBLISHERS are inching closer to victory in their battle to control how Google scrapes their content for its generative search products. Find out how, and catch up with the week's main stories in Charting Gen AI's Weekly Newsletter. Do subscribe! grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/publishers...
Publishers cautiously welcome proposals giving them more control over Google's AI summaries
#89 | PLUS: Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3 billion | Deezer makes AI-detection tool available to other platforms |✨AND: The anti-AI protestor who emulated an AI model
grahamlovelace.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:52 PM
""the opt out was “an essential safeguard, but it doesn’t resolve the wider value exchange question”"
"Social Media Manipulation for Sale" - apologies, remind me, we've known this for...how long already? stratcomcoe.org/publications...
StratCom | NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Riga, Latvia
stratcomcoe.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:07 PM
"Social Media Manipulation for Sale" - apologies, remind me, we've known this for...how long already? stratcomcoe.org/publications...
Always loved pinguins
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Always loved pinguins
Herzog's Pinguin promotes the EU youtu.be/z97OTX1GB3E?...
Europe for sure | Europe 2026
YouTube video by SP3CIALEFFECTS | Think Outside The Box
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Herzog's Pinguin promotes the EU youtu.be/z97OTX1GB3E?...
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Honored to have gotten a shoutout in this article about Herzog's "nihilist penguin"...
indianexpress.com/article/book...
indianexpress.com/article/book...
January 31, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Honored to have gotten a shoutout in this article about Herzog's "nihilist penguin"...
indianexpress.com/article/book...
indianexpress.com/article/book...