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Megan Kirkwood
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(she/her) - writing about tech policy, antitrust and competition in digital economies - attempting to leave behind the Zuckerberg apps https://www.techpolicy.press/author/megan-kirkwood/ https://mastodon.social/@megafreda
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Antifish @alltingsconsidered.bsky.social · 1d
'Solve'. If this technology was really so great, you wouldn't have to force people to use it. Cannot wait for this bubble to pop.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
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Michelle Nie @michellenie.bsky.social · 12d
Great article by @megafreda.bsky.social! Thanks for the shoutout for my cloud work w/ @openmarkets.bsky.social (w/ @maxvonthun.bsky.social and @danielahanley.bsky.social)
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 13d
The European Commission is weighing whether the Digital Markets Act adequately covers integrated AI or if explicit inclusion is needed. Tech Policy Press fellow
@megafreda.bsky.social explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.
Will the EU Designate AI Under the Digital Markets Act? | TechPolicy.Press
Megan Kirkwood unpacks the growing momentum to bring integrated AI applications under the scope of Europe's Digital Markets Act.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 13d
The European Commission is weighing whether the Digital Markets Act adequately covers integrated AI or if explicit inclusion is needed. Tech Policy Press fellow
@megafreda.bsky.social explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.
Will the EU Designate AI Under the Digital Markets Act? | TechPolicy.Press
Megan Kirkwood unpacks the growing momentum to bring integrated AI applications under the scope of Europe's Digital Markets Act.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 13d
The European Commission is weighing whether the Digital Markets Act adequately covers integrated AI or if explicit inclusion is needed. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.
Will the EU Designate AI Under the Digital Markets Act? | TechPolicy.Press
Megan Kirkwood unpacks the growing momentum to bring integrated AI applications under the scope of Europe's Digital Markets Act.
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Megan Kirkwood @megafreda.bsky.social · 13d
What are the arguments for and against designating generative AI under the Digital Markets Act? Should the EU concentrate instead on designating cloud computing? I had a look at the different arguments in my latest: www.techpolicy.press/will-the-eu-...
Will the EU Designate AI Under the Digital Markets Act? | TechPolicy.Press
Megan Kirkwood unpacks the growing momentum to bring integrated AI applications under the scope of Europe's Digital Markets Act.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 13d
This week, Brazil’s President Lula da Silva gave a bold speech about democracy and tech sovereignty at the UN. But Brazil’s proposed plan for developing AI infrastructure points in another direction, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Laís Martins.
At UNGA, Lula Defends Democracy and Brazil’s Efforts to Regulate Tech, but Slips on Data Centers | TechPolicy.Press
Despite President Lula's bold talk about sovereignty, Brazil’s data center plan may not reduce its dependency on Big Tech services, writes Laís Martins.
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Alissa Cooper @alissacooper.bsky.social · 13d
Haven't read enough about the Google search antitrust remedies? We have more for you ...
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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 13d
📣 New on @techpolicypress.bsky.social: Our analysis of US v. Google digs deep into Judge Mehta’s remedies ruling, exploring what we can expect from the data sharing remedies in the absence of a ban on default payments. Read more from @alissacooper.bsky.social 👇
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Without a Payment Ban, What Can We Expect from the US v. Google Data Sharing Remedies? | TechPolicy.Press
There is time to try to understand how the other remedies might work and if they can open the search market to competitors, writes Alissa Cooper.
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Alix Dunn @alixdunn.com · 14d
Finally some thorough reporting on the relationship between MAGA database man turned media magnate Larry Ellison and the Tony Blair Institute.

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Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 17d
While the EU debates tech sovereignty, the UK is rolling out the red carpet for Trump and US tech giants—making deals and importing infrastructure that serves America’s AI ambitions. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood asks, what does it portend for Britain’s future?
'Tech Prosperity Deal' Binds UK to US AI Dominance Strategy | TechPolicy.Press
It is clearer than ever that the UK is not pursuing any kind of meaningfully “sovereign” tech sector, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood.
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Megan Kirkwood @megafreda.bsky.social · 17d
"UK adults are more inclined to view AI as a risk for the economy (39 per cent) than an opportunity (20 per cent), according to a new poll conducted by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and Ipsos."
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What the UK Thinks About AI: Building Public Trust to Accelerate Adoption
What the UK Thinks About AI: Building Public Trust to Accelerate Adoption
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 20d
While the EU debates tech sovereignty, the UK is rolling out the red carpet for Trump and US tech giants—making deals and importing infrastructure that serves America’s AI ambitions. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood asks, what does it portend for Britain’s future?
'Tech Prosperity Deal' Binds UK to US AI Dominance Strategy | TechPolicy.Press
It is clearer than ever that the UK is not pursuing any kind of meaningfully “sovereign” tech sector, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21d
While the EU debates tech sovereignty, the UK is rolling out the red carpet for Trump and US tech giants—making deals and importing infrastructure that serves America’s AI ambitions. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood asks, what does it portend for Britain’s future?
'Tech Prosperity Deal' Binds UK to US AI Dominance Strategy | TechPolicy.Press
It is clearer than ever that the UK is not pursuing any kind of meaningfully “sovereign” tech sector, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 21d
"What this deal makes clear is just how much the tech broligarchy is dictating the state of play. ... It is clearer than ever that the UK is not pursuing any kind of meaningfully “sovereign” tech sector ... happy to cede control of its land and public services in the search for economic growth" 😱
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21d
While the EU debates tech sovereignty, the UK is rolling out the red carpet for Trump and US tech giants—making deals and importing infrastructure that serves America’s AI ambitions. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood asks, what does it portend for Britain’s future?
'Tech Prosperity Deal' Binds UK to US AI Dominance Strategy | TechPolicy.Press
It is clearer than ever that the UK is not pursuing any kind of meaningfully “sovereign” tech sector, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21d
While the EU debates tech sovereignty, the UK is rolling out the red carpet for Trump and US tech giants—making deals and importing infrastructure that serves America’s AI ambitions. Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood asks, what does it portend for Britain’s future?
'Tech Prosperity Deal' Binds UK to US AI Dominance Strategy | TechPolicy.Press
It is clearer than ever that the UK is not pursuing any kind of meaningfully “sovereign” tech sector, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood.
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Megan Kirkwood @megafreda.bsky.social · 21d
Tech Prosperity Deal for whom?
'Tech Prosperity Deal' Binds UK to US AI Dominance Strategy | TechPolicy.Press
It is clearer than ever that the UK is not pursuing any kind of meaningfully “sovereign” tech sector, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Megan Kirkwood.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21d
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Megan Kirkwood @megafreda.bsky.social · 21d
"The Federal Trade Commission has identified over 125 'anticompetitive' regulations worthy of removal or alteration including, rules that prioritise awarding transportation contracts to 'socially and economically disadvantaged individuals'.” globalcompetitionreview.com/gcr-usa/arti...
FTC flags anticompetitive regulations
The Federal Trade Commission has identified over 125 “anticompetitive” regulations worthy of removal or alteration including, rules that prioritise awarding transportation contracts to “socially and e...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 21d
The European Commission is in the final stages of surveying whether app store changes proposed by Apple bring it into compliance with the EU's Big Tech competition rules — or whether the company should face daily fines for breaking the law.
EU tests if Apple has done enough to avoid daily fines
The European Commission is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the app store to comply with the bloc’s digital competition laws.
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Megan Kirkwood @megafreda.bsky.social · 22d
blog.google/around-the-g... "8,250 jobs annually" being thrown out there...
Our new Waltham Cross data center is part of our two-year, £5 billion investment to help power the UK’s AI economy.
Google is deepening our roots in the UK with the opening of our new data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.It’s part of a £5 billion investment including capital ex…
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 24d
New podcast! Justin Hendrix spoke to Vivek Bharathan, a member of the No Desert Data Center Coalition in Tucson, Arizona, and Steven Renderos, executive director of MediaJustice, an advocacy organization that just released a report titled “The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South.”
Across the US, Activists Are Organizing to Oppose Data Centers | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Vivek Bharathan, from the No Desert Data Center Coalition in Tucson, Arizona, and Steven Renderos, executive director of MediaJustice.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 29d
Efforts to develop new digital infrastructure must be pursued with the interests of individuals and communities at heart, rather than those of governments and investors, writes Eliot Bendinelli.
Digital Sovereignty Requires More Than Just European Tech | TechPolicy.Press
Interoperability and user choice are key to digital sovereignty, not power or profit, writes Eliot Bendinelli.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Sep 5
The European Commission had warned that behavioral remedies wouldn’t address competition concerns, suggesting that divestment was a necessary step, notes Tech Policy Press Fellow Megan Kirkwood. However, in today’s decision, the Commission decided not to go that far just yet.
Breaking Down the EU Antitrust Decision on Google Adtech | TechPolicy.Press
Megan Kirkwood examines the European Commission's €2.95 billion fine against Google for abusing its dominance in the ad tech market.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Sep 4
📢2026 Fellowship applications are OPEN!📢
If you are someone looking to inform technology policy through rigorous original reporting or policy analyses, we want to hear from you!
Apply here: airtable.com/appIrc1F9M5d...
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