Such a pleasure to be in Paris and participate in the "European gathering of movements for struggle and social & ecological transformation" 🎊
Excellent strategising on challenges such as the rise of the far right, #austerity, growing #inequality, #deregulation and the dangerous power of #BigTech 💪
A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.
L'UE prépare une nouvelle législation, destinée à encadrer les designs addictifs, mais les acteurs principaux de la Big Tech contre-attaquent : les négociations se font avec... Meta, Google, Snapchat et TikTok
Notre article :
multinationales.org/fr/a-chaud/i...
source @Corporate Europe Observatory
We join our fellow global union federations in calling for an immediate ceasefire and a stop to escalation in Iran, the Middle East and beyond.
⬇️Full statement
uniglobalunion.org/news/global-...
🚨 The EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act #IAA is finally out:
🚘 The result of heavy lobbying, led by the steel + car industries (Séjourné's door was always open)
🏭 Claims to promote the green transition, but really is about slashing permitting rules that protect people + nature.
Expect ⬆️ pollution 💨
👏Green MEP Sara Mathieu is now asking for former Meta lobbyist Aura Salla to step down as ITRE rapporteur of the Digital Omnibus.
Like having an arsonist at a fire safety convention?
A former Meta chief lobbyist was appointed by the @eppgroup.bsky.social as rapporteur for a key digital law which critics say will benefit Big Tech.
Comments @aurasalla.bsky.social @yverougstraete.bsky.social @saramatthieu.bsky.social
The case for invading Iraq was based on lies. The Trump administration’s case for war with Iran hardly exists at all.
![White background. “Big Tech often masks the climate impacts of Al by: [flying money emoji] Hiding emissions using creative accounting, such as buying certificates for renewable energy. [bubbles emoji] Overselling empty promises based on future technology. [emoji of person doing shush motion] Drip-feeding incomplete data to downplay the harmful effects of Al's insatiable appetite. [emoji of person shrugging] Claiming it's already too late to avoid responsibility. [person with invisible serious face] Setting ambitious climate targets with no real action to achieve them.” Footer line. “The new Al climate hoax is here. Brought to you by: [Logos for Google, OpeNAI, Microsoft, Meta] and more…” “Parody. Not a message from the companies shown. Based on independent research.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utycno22cy35gcijlduthke7/bafkreie5bb6grxvl4nj7vfhfmwk3k4l2hknj6jkxbmexbfymnryxk6wb3y)
White background. “Big Tech often masks the climate impacts of Al by: [flying money emoji] Hiding emissions using creative accounting, such as buying certificates for renewable energy. [bubbles emoji] Overselling empty promises based on future technology. [emoji of person doing shush motion] Drip-feeding incomplete data to downplay the harmful effects of Al's insatiable appetite. [emoji of person shrugging] Claiming it's already too late to avoid responsibility. [person with invisible serious face] Setting ambitious climate targets with no real action to achieve them.” Footer line. “The new Al climate hoax is here. Brought to you by: [Logos for Google, OpeNAI, Microsoft, Meta] and more…” “Parody. Not a message from the companies shown. Based on independent research.”
#BigTech frames AI as a climate solution.
But our new report takes off the rose-tinted smart glasses and shows a harsher reality: plenty of evidence that power-hungry generative AI is harming our planet, and little solid proof it can fight climate change.
Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!
Today we are publishing our new report, Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future. vimeo.com/1168468796?f...
A former Big Tech lobbyist as rapporteur for the Digital Omnibus, a legislative package on digital rules. Does that sound right to you?
Avec le "Digital Omnibus", la Commission européenne prépare une vaste remise en cause des régulations numériques de l'UE
Le projet est déjà influencé par Big Tech
Et maintenant, pour son examen au Parlement, la rapporteuse désignée est... une ex lobbyiste de Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp)
Ex-Facebook-Lobbyistin Aura Salla bekommt neuen EU-Job: Als Berichterstatterin für den „Digital-Omnibus“ sitzt sie für das Parlament in den zentralen Verhandlungen, wo Datenschutzrechte massiv abgeschwächt werden sollen.Salla wiederholt als Mitglied des EU-Parlaments die Lobbybotschaften von BigTech
📣 Together with other watchdog organisations we have today issued a call to withdraw Aura Salla’s appointment as Digital Omnibus rapporteur.
Appointing a former Meta lobbyist to oversee the revision of digital regulations raises serious concerns regarding the undue influence of Big Tech.
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The EU just signed its “Clean Trade and Investment Partnership” w/ South Africa. Clean transition — or green colonialism?
Europe wants green hydrogen. South Africa bears the water, land & livelihood costs.
130+ groups are pushing back.
Watch & sign the petition 👇
corporateeurope.org/en/gh2-petit...
🧐 Meta is lobbying the EU Parliament to shift responsibility for their addictive design to parents.
"They are just bombarding us", according to one MEP.
Important read from the New York Times quoting CEO's and @lobbycontrol.bsky.social research.
Also read 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...
To make matters worse, Consumer Choice Center Europe is fully funded by Meta and Google!
The 'EU Tech Loop' articles on Euronews should be seen as part of US Big Tech lobbying against the EU’s digital rulebook ⚠️
See also our report published earlier this month corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...
Euronews is publishing op-eds from 🇺🇸lobbyists & pretending they're news articles.
It blasts "decoupling fantasies & grandstanding" from those wary of 🇺🇸, and praises VDL's 🇺🇸🇪🇺 surrender deal.
It was written by "EU Tech Loop", the blog of a 🇺🇸 lobbying group. But it's labelled as a normal news article
In today's EU influence:
🌐 Global Counsel is closing after outcry over co-founder Peter Mandelson’s Epstein links
🛩️ The EU is increasing its private jet budget
💻 An ex-Meta lobbyist will co-lead the Parliament’s position on the digital omnibus
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one of the most impactful visuals at CES this year was the massive Doosan booth at the center of the North Hall, with a massive gas turbine as its centerpiece
after decades of subsidized bullshit, the entire pretense that the tech sector cares in the least bit about the environment just fell away
"Meta tells Ireland to use its EU presidency to advocate scrapping a law to crack down on addictive social media features."
Another shocking episode in #BigTech's #lobbying to keep us hooked on social media 🚨
Read more in our report "Addicted to the algorithm": corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/a...
Meta tells Ireland to use its EU presidency to advocate scrapping a law to crack down on addictive social media features.
They also want landmark EU legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) to be "paused and rethought."
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Is the EU heading for a social dumping disaster?
The proposed '28th Regime' would let companies choose EU-level rules over national labour & tax laws. Trade unions warn it could trigger a race to the bottom for workers’ rights.
Innovation — or deregulation?
Watch our new explainer video &find out👇
Big Tech says AI can solve climate change. The actual data says not so fast. Learn why/how so many claims about AI’s climate benefit are a hoax 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...
Retreat at Belgian castle paves the way for harsh EU #deregulation plan to be agreed at March Summit ⚠️
Last week's European Industry Summit (Antwerp) and EU Summit (Alden Biesen) were arguably the most corporate-captured events the EU has ever experienced 🚨
➡️ corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...
EU leaders must stop cracking open the gate to let in the horde of tech barbarians who will plunder us all!
Speaking with EU Perspectives, @bramvranken.bsky.social , researcher at @corporateeurope.org, warns that the “Digital Omnibus” risks going far beyond simplification, arguing that Big Tech lobbying and mounting US pressure are reshaping the EU’s digital rulebook euperspectives.eu/2026/02/expl...
⚠️ Independent media @republik.ch are facing a lawsuit by Palantir after a 2-part investigation in Dec 25, based on FOI requests, showing how the company lobbied Swiss authorities. The case raises real concerns about freedom of the press. 1/ netzpolitik.org/2026/david-g...
"How Big Tech interferes in politics: “It is the biggest setback of digital rights in the history of Europe”
elpais.com/proyecto-ten...
The British high court has ruled that the UK govts ban on Palestine Action was unlawful
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
