Cláudio Teixeira
@claudio-teixeira.bsky.social
Digital Rights, EU Consumer Law @beuc.bsky.social European Consumer Organisation. Previously #PT2021EU Council Presidency 🇵🇹 🇪🇺
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7️⃣ years ago, 7 of our members filed complaints against Google over its tracking of users’ locations.
A lot can happen in 7 years: the GDPR was reformed, Europeans born in 2018 are now in primary school, and the people below joined our digital & enforcement teams! Yet, this case is still pending⏱️
A lot can happen in 7 years: the GDPR was reformed, Europeans born in 2018 are now in primary school, and the people below joined our digital & enforcement teams! Yet, this case is still pending⏱️
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
7️⃣ years ago, 7 of our members filed complaints against Google over its tracking of users’ locations.
A lot can happen in 7 years: the GDPR was reformed, Europeans born in 2018 are now in primary school, and the people below joined our digital & enforcement teams! Yet, this case is still pending⏱️
A lot can happen in 7 years: the GDPR was reformed, Europeans born in 2018 are now in primary school, and the people below joined our digital & enforcement teams! Yet, this case is still pending⏱️
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🚨 Comments from US officials to 'roll back' EU digital rules are alarming. During today’s plenary, @europarl.europa.eu MEPs need to request clarity and ensure that changes to the #AIAct and #GDPR do not simply open the door to the further dominance of large tech companies.
shorturl.at/nGoQK
shorturl.at/nGoQK
EU’s plan to simplify digital laws to benefit mainly large companies at the expense of consumers
The Commission's digital omnibus proposal raises serious concerns regarding consumers’ online privacy and protection. Rather than provide simplification for Europeans, the text presents a watering dow...
www.beuc.eu
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 Comments from US officials to 'roll back' EU digital rules are alarming. During today’s plenary, @europarl.europa.eu MEPs need to request clarity and ensure that changes to the #AIAct and #GDPR do not simply open the door to the further dominance of large tech companies.
shorturl.at/nGoQK
shorturl.at/nGoQK
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We were promised that simplification was not going to lead to deregulation. Recent reports on the digital omnibus show otherwise. BEUC urged @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social to keep protections under the GDPR and uphold the AI Act. Read our full letter: shorturl.at/zIfji
BEUC concerns on Digital Omnibus - keep protections under GDPR and uphold the AI Act
In this letter to Executive Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner McGrath, BEUC expressed its concerns with the recent public reports that the European Commission, in the upcoming Digital Omnibus ...
www.beuc.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We were promised that simplification was not going to lead to deregulation. Recent reports on the digital omnibus show otherwise. BEUC urged @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social to keep protections under the GDPR and uphold the AI Act. Read our full letter: shorturl.at/zIfji
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Today @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social spoke at the #WIKConference to discuss how fostering competition in mobile markets can boost investments & innovation, leading to better quality, wider access and more choice of service for consumers. Read more about our position here: www.beuc.eu/letter/joint...
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social spoke at the #WIKConference to discuss how fostering competition in mobile markets can boost investments & innovation, leading to better quality, wider access and more choice of service for consumers. Read more about our position here: www.beuc.eu/letter/joint...
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🛜 How can the #DigitalNetworksAct truly deliver for Europeans? That's what @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social discussed at a panel organised by @euractiv.com and @ccianet.bsky.social.
We should keep our focus on end users when strengthening Europe’s connectivity ecosystem: blog.beuc.eu/consolidatin...
We should keep our focus on end users when strengthening Europe’s connectivity ecosystem: blog.beuc.eu/consolidatin...
Further consolidating telecoms in Europe would hurt consumers and reduce investment - Consumer Corner
To drive innovation and investments and provide consumers with provider choice we need more competition in telecom services in Europe.
blog.beuc.eu
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🛜 How can the #DigitalNetworksAct truly deliver for Europeans? That's what @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social discussed at a panel organised by @euractiv.com and @ccianet.bsky.social.
We should keep our focus on end users when strengthening Europe’s connectivity ecosystem: blog.beuc.eu/consolidatin...
We should keep our focus on end users when strengthening Europe’s connectivity ecosystem: blog.beuc.eu/consolidatin...
As a consumer, it’s concerning to see the kind of “simplification” that @connecteurope.org thinks their customers want (and deserve): fewer rights, less clarity, weaker privacy and consumer protection. @beuc.eu calls to uphold end-user rights in a key sector where consumer complaints lead the charts
July 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
As a consumer, it’s concerning to see the kind of “simplification” that @connecteurope.org thinks their customers want (and deserve): fewer rights, less clarity, weaker privacy and consumer protection. @beuc.eu calls to uphold end-user rights in a key sector where consumer complaints lead the charts
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Our colleague @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social spoke at an Irish telecoms regulator's conference this morning. Our message: the upcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA) should *NOT* mean “deregulation” at consumers' expense.
June 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Our colleague @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social spoke at an Irish telecoms regulator's conference this morning. Our message: the upcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA) should *NOT* mean “deregulation” at consumers' expense.
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▫️ The AI Office is a good start, but without right resources & powers, it risks falling short of protecting consumers.
▫️ We need: strong enforcement, legal certainty, and full application of the AI Act, alongside GDPR and EU consumer laws.
▫️ We need: strong enforcement, legal certainty, and full application of the AI Act, alongside GDPR and EU consumer laws.
May 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
▫️ The AI Office is a good start, but without right resources & powers, it risks falling short of protecting consumers.
▫️ We need: strong enforcement, legal certainty, and full application of the AI Act, alongside GDPR and EU consumer laws.
▫️ We need: strong enforcement, legal certainty, and full application of the AI Act, alongside GDPR and EU consumer laws.
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And to close #CPDP2025, @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social is on ALTEP DP's panel "Can the AI Office Strike a Balance in the Enforcement of General Purpose AI?".
Consumers are already worried about AI harms. Now is not the time to weaken the AI Act’s safeguards in the name of “simplification.”
Consumers are already worried about AI harms. Now is not the time to weaken the AI Act’s safeguards in the name of “simplification.”
May 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And to close #CPDP2025, @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social is on ALTEP DP's panel "Can the AI Office Strike a Balance in the Enforcement of General Purpose AI?".
Consumers are already worried about AI harms. Now is not the time to weaken the AI Act’s safeguards in the name of “simplification.”
Consumers are already worried about AI harms. Now is not the time to weaken the AI Act’s safeguards in the name of “simplification.”
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Over-enforcement or Under-protection: Can the AI Office Strike a Balance in the Enforcement of General Purpose AI?
Organised by ALTEP DP with Rocco Saverino (moderator), Pawel Hajduk, @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social, Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon
More information: cpdp.be/4157
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #CPDP
Organised by ALTEP DP with Rocco Saverino (moderator), Pawel Hajduk, @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social, Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon
More information: cpdp.be/4157
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #CPDP
May 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Over-enforcement or Under-protection: Can the AI Office Strike a Balance in the Enforcement of General Purpose AI?
Organised by ALTEP DP with Rocco Saverino (moderator), Pawel Hajduk, @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social, Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon
More information: cpdp.be/4157
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #CPDP
Organised by ALTEP DP with Rocco Saverino (moderator), Pawel Hajduk, @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social, Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon
More information: cpdp.be/4157
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #CPDP
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The campaign from our 🇩🇪 member vzbv, including their complaint against Deutsche Telekom for deliberately providing slower internet, gets airtime in Der Spiegel 💪💪
www.spiegel.de/panorama/tel...
www.spiegel.de/panorama/tel...
Telekom: Verbraucherschützer kritisieren Einnahmen durch langsames Internet
Verbraucherschützer werfen der Telekom vor, mit schlechtem Netz zusätzliches Geld zu machen.
www.spiegel.de
April 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The campaign from our 🇩🇪 member vzbv, including their complaint against Deutsche Telekom for deliberately providing slower internet, gets airtime in Der Spiegel 💪💪
www.spiegel.de/panorama/tel...
www.spiegel.de/panorama/tel...
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Our comments on telecoms are in the @financialtimes.com:
“Less regulation and more [telecoms] mergers that further concentrate the market will not do consumers any favours, it risks leaving them worse off,” said @arcapde.bsky.social of umbrella group @beuc.eu.
www.ft.com/content/0834...
“Less regulation and more [telecoms] mergers that further concentrate the market will not do consumers any favours, it risks leaving them worse off,” said @arcapde.bsky.social of umbrella group @beuc.eu.
www.ft.com/content/0834...
European telecom groups line up deals in hope of looser merger rules
Executives believe new competition chief and bloc’s push for growth will lead to change
www.ft.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Our comments on telecoms are in the @financialtimes.com:
“Less regulation and more [telecoms] mergers that further concentrate the market will not do consumers any favours, it risks leaving them worse off,” said @arcapde.bsky.social of umbrella group @beuc.eu.
www.ft.com/content/0834...
“Less regulation and more [telecoms] mergers that further concentrate the market will not do consumers any favours, it risks leaving them worse off,” said @arcapde.bsky.social of umbrella group @beuc.eu.
www.ft.com/content/0834...
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“As we look ahead to the upcoming revision of EU telecoms rules with the Digital Networks Act (DNA) it is critical to ensure that 'regulatory simplification' will not happen at the expense of consumers”
BEUC's Cláudio Teixeira at EWIA's 10th Anniversary Event
BEUC's Cláudio Teixeira at EWIA's 10th Anniversary Event
April 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“As we look ahead to the upcoming revision of EU telecoms rules with the Digital Networks Act (DNA) it is critical to ensure that 'regulatory simplification' will not happen at the expense of consumers”
BEUC's Cláudio Teixeira at EWIA's 10th Anniversary Event
BEUC's Cláudio Teixeira at EWIA's 10th Anniversary Event
As the #consumer perspective remains strikingly absent from current debates on EU telecom rules review, #BEREC Stakeholder Forum focus on end-users is very timely. @beuc.eu message is clear: end-user rights are a key part of the #EUtelecoms success story that must be kept and improved, not weakened.
Yesterday, BEUC's @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social spoke at the BEREC stakeholder forum. It was great to be able to talk about end users' rights, at a time when the current debate in EU telecoms policy seems to completely ignore end users 👇
April 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
As the #consumer perspective remains strikingly absent from current debates on EU telecom rules review, #BEREC Stakeholder Forum focus on end-users is very timely. @beuc.eu message is clear: end-user rights are a key part of the #EUtelecoms success story that must be kept and improved, not weakened.
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Yesterday, BEUC's @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social spoke at the BEREC stakeholder forum. It was great to be able to talk about end users' rights, at a time when the current debate in EU telecoms policy seems to completely ignore end users 👇
April 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Yesterday, BEUC's @claudio-teixeira.bsky.social spoke at the BEREC stakeholder forum. It was great to be able to talk about end users' rights, at a time when the current debate in EU telecoms policy seems to completely ignore end users 👇
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Last week @arcapde.bsky.social met the EU's new Finance Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque to talk about consumers' priorities in financial services for the next mandate. A positive meeting and we look forward to a fruitful cooperation 🤝
January 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Last week @arcapde.bsky.social met the EU's new Finance Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque to talk about consumers' priorities in financial services for the next mandate. A positive meeting and we look forward to a fruitful cooperation 🤝
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Meta claims its latest pay-or-consent policy goes beyond what is required under EU law.
Right...
Well, not from where we're standing.
It's a red card 🟥from us & we now hope EU authorities take action quickly to ensure Meta starts complying.
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
Right...
Well, not from where we're standing.
It's a red card 🟥from us & we now hope EU authorities take action quickly to ensure Meta starts complying.
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
Consumer groups red card Meta’s latest pay-or-consent policy
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has written to relevant EU enforcement authorities to share its concerns that Meta’s latest pay-or-consent policy in the EU may be infringing consumer and dat...
www.beuc.eu
January 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Meta claims its latest pay-or-consent policy goes beyond what is required under EU law.
Right...
Well, not from where we're standing.
It's a red card 🟥from us & we now hope EU authorities take action quickly to ensure Meta starts complying.
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
Right...
Well, not from where we're standing.
It's a red card 🟥from us & we now hope EU authorities take action quickly to ensure Meta starts complying.
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
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BEUC's @arcapde.bsky.social quoted in this FT article arguing that Europe will not be more competitive because we allow European champions or weaken merger control. It's a fallacy to believe this 🔥🔥
www.ft.com/content/87be...
www.ft.com/content/87be...
The quest to create European corporate champions
Worries about the EU’s waning competitiveness have prompted a rethink of merger rules that prioritised consumers
www.ft.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
BEUC's @arcapde.bsky.social quoted in this FT article arguing that Europe will not be more competitive because we allow European champions or weaken merger control. It's a fallacy to believe this 🔥🔥
www.ft.com/content/87be...
www.ft.com/content/87be...
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Our boss @arcapde.bsky.social recognised by @euronews.com as one of the movers and shakers in tech policy for 2025! 💪
BEUC is ready for a hell of a year 😜
www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...
BEUC is ready for a hell of a year 😜
www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...
Tech policy in 2025 - 14 movers and shakers to watch for in Europe
If 2023 and 2024 saw serial EU digital rules developed, 2025 clearly promises to be the year of enforcement. The EU election last June reshuffled the Brussels political landscape, and while some key f...
www.euronews.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Our boss @arcapde.bsky.social recognised by @euronews.com as one of the movers and shakers in tech policy for 2025! 💪
BEUC is ready for a hell of a year 😜
www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...
BEUC is ready for a hell of a year 😜
www.euronews.com/next/2025/01...
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EU ministers have unequivocally concluded at a #telecoms Council that they oppose further consolidation in telecoms markets, want competition & consumer protection preserved & need evidence-based policies in this area. BIG win for consumers! 💪💪💪
December 6, 2024 at 9:45 AM
EU ministers have unequivocally concluded at a #telecoms Council that they oppose further consolidation in telecoms markets, want competition & consumer protection preserved & need evidence-based policies in this area. BIG win for consumers! 💪💪💪
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Given the Commission's and Mario Draghi's repeated pushes for greater concentration in telecoms markets & deregulation, this is a very welcome signal from ministers. We lay out our position in this crucial area in this paper www.beuc.eu/position-pap...
Mind the (connectivity) gap: making digital infrastructure work for consumers
This position paper is a reply to the European Commission’s public consultation on the White Paper “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs”. BEUC has significant reservations regarding ce...
www.beuc.eu
December 6, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Given the Commission's and Mario Draghi's repeated pushes for greater concentration in telecoms markets & deregulation, this is a very welcome signal from ministers. We lay out our position in this crucial area in this paper www.beuc.eu/position-pap...