Really important report on one of the most dangerous corporations out there. With a founder saying that democracy and freedom are incompatible, a manifesto that could be the "rambling of a super villain" (www.theguardian.com/technology/2...) and an obvious disregard for human rights.

EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · 18h ago

🤑 We pay. You pay. Palantir doesn’t. A new report finds that #Palantir is paying little to no corporate tax in Europe while expanding its influence over public services, policing, defence and national security. 💲 Public money in. Almost no tax out. Read the report: www.epsu.org/article/pala...

Like many Europeans, I felt deep unease, not only at the deaths in Ceuta, but at Europe’s dehumanised response. By embracing this dystopian narrative, they turned desperate people into invaders, abandoned European solidarity and helped create the image Europe’s worst enemies want READ below

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German green party of Baden Wurttemberg votes against the use of US company #Palantir Want souvereignty and not dependence on US tech Alas government of Land including Green PM keep contract. The signal is clear enough: ditch the US tech company @purgepalantir.bsky.social

Urabstimmung: Baden-Württembergs Grüne votieren für Palantir-Stopp - Golem.de

Die Grünen in Baden-Württemberg lehnen den Einsatz von Palantir mit großer Mehrheit ab. Doch die grün-schwarze Landesregierung hält daran fest.

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Sanchez is becoming the punch bag of Europe’s right and Trump.

Dave Keating@davekeating.substack.com · 5d ago

It's notable that when Belarus/Russia did this to Poland, other EU countries didn't respond by blaming Poland. They blamed Belarus/Russia. No mystery why Europe's governing conservatives are blaming the EU's only leftist prime minister.

"Big Tech is selling AI to Big Oil to find more fossil fuels to burn, faster" explains DeSmog. "Big Tech has gone from promising climate breakthroughs to breaking the climate." 😡 Fossil fuel-powered data centres + data centre-powered oil & gas expansion = 🔥🌍🔥🌎🔥🌏🔥 www.desmog.com/2026/07/16/b...

Big Tech Joins Big Oil in Ruining Summer

The industry has abandoned its climate pledges in favor of fossil fuel-powered AI data centers.

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Great to see the EU's Digital Markets Act in action 👏. But let's be honest, the fine is pocket change and the behavioural remedies are nice to haves but hardly groundbreaking. To put the fine in context, Alphabet just disclosed its going to spank *$205bn* on AI this year alone.

European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 2w ago

⚠️ We have fined Google €890 million for breaching the Digital Markets Act, by promoting their own services and restricting customer access to alternatives on Google Search and Google Play. More information: link.europa.eu/vrNJTx

3 quick takes on the EU Public Procurement Act leak for techies, environmentalists and social justice advocates www.diegonaranjo.eu/3-quick-take...

3 quick takes on the EU Public Procurement Act leak | Diego Naranjo

Quick analysis on the EU public procurement act with key analysis on issues around Free Software/Open Source, environment and social justice.

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Facial recognition technology supplied by a Spanish firm and largely banned in the EU is running on around 4,000 cameras across India, Investigate Europe reports.

European AI Firms Scale Banned Facial Recognition Systems in India

From Delhi to Jaipur, India is rolling out facial recognition technology supplied by Spanish company Herta Security to monitor millions of its citizens.

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The EU's dependence on US Big Tech means dependence on US government writes @parismarx.com explaining the imperial project of the US But while EU talks about sovereignty it refuses to consider public ownership of digital infrastructures It can be different: www.socialeurope.eu/europes-digi...

Europe’s Digital Future Demands Public Ownership And Worker Control

European AI strategy must prioritise democratic governance over market solutions to protect citizens’ data and workers’ rights.

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Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 3w ago

Under Trump, the United States has made it clear that dependence on US tech can and will be weaponized. In part, that's a new development — at least for some countries. But ensuring the power of the US was sustained by getting other parts of the world to adopt its tech was always part of the plan.

New research from @somoamsterdam.bsky.social shows EU push for rapid expansion of data centres will increase wealth & power of US #BigTech companies ❗Warning❗“Data centre acceleration zones” = fast-tracked construction, bypassing environmental assessment, land permitting + community consultations 🚧

SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 3w ago

The EU wants to fast-track data centre "acceleration zones" across all Member States. ⚠️ But our analysis shows that those data centres will remain largely owned by and serving US companies, while draining European resources and escaping public scrutiny. Read more: www.somo.nl/eus-data-cen...

EU Commission plans for social media restrictions: -Phased access to social media+ paired w/ age verification -Safety by design -Parental controls & digital literacy -States may add restrictions for 13+ The report barely discusses the impact on fundamental rights. FoE is not mentioned once.

Ban predatory algorithms instead 🤦🏻‍♀️

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

EU chief pledges social media ban to protect children from ‘predatory algorithms’

"Leftwing lawmakers have warned that the EU Inc proposal could lead to social and regulatory “regime shopping” by allowing companies to choose where they are registered without harmonising labour law. That, they argue, could undermine collective agreements and lead to social dumping."

euobserver — EU news that matters@euobserver.com · 4w ago

MEPs have also warned against the EU's new corporate '28th regime' being used to create a European equivalent to the US state of Delaware.

A proposed change to the German Intelligence Services Law (#BND-Gesetz) would--if enacted--require #cybersecurity authorities to notify any #0day to the German foreign and domestic intelligence service to that they can abuse it until it's fixed. This means friendly hackers that find and notify […]

We call on Ireland to recuse itself from digital and fiscal files during its presidency of the European Union due to the State’s ‘questionable track record’ on digital policy and corporate tax www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Government should not chair EU debates on tech policy, academics say

Open letter criticises State’s ‘questionable track record’ on digital policy and corporate tax

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This is correct. The EPP is rolling back climate progress as we face a historic heat wave, undermining tech sovereignty through the Digital Omnibus, pushing far right positions on immigration, and seeking to eliminate encryption protections as authoritarianism rises. Time to cut them loose.

Alberto Alemanno@alemanno.bsky.social · 4w ago

It’s time for mainstream parties to break with the European People’s Party Read my latest euobserver.com/226109/europ... @euobserver.com

🚨 #ChatControl revient par la petite porte. Après deux rejets du Parlement, une procédure d’urgence contourne les règles et relance la surveillance généralisée des communications privées! Le vote sur le fond interviendra jeudi : le combat continue pr protéger la vie privée et la démocratie

Is this the "AI innovation" we were promised?

Alderik@alderik.eurosky.social · 4w ago

“The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has developed a new software suite, driven by Google Gemini, Open AI and Anthropic’s Claude, that helps party members generate so-called “rage bait” social media postings.” www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

‼️ Today, MEPs will vote on whether to fast-track #ChatControl 1.0 back into law. The renewed push for an urgent procedure to reinstate the interim ePrivacy derogation follows an unprecedented intervention by Roberta Metsola, who urged the Council to move the file forward.

Metsola heads for clash with her own Parliament over child abuse bill

Parliament president and EU countries are playing procedural politics to pass a law to scan internet services for child abuse material.

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Three years ago, the PEGA Committee made concrete recommendations. So far, almost all of them were ignored by the #Commission and Member States. This cannot become just another headline. 7/9

This has been Europe's worst heatwave… so far. Yet this trajectory we are on is also in line with predictions if we don't act on climate change. It should be a major wake up call. Yet the EU is not responding with the urgency required. climate.copernicus.eu/what-do-we-k... 8/

What do we know about Europe's early and intense heatwave in May 2026?

Western Europe experienced an unusually early and intense heatwave during the second half of May 2026, mainly between 21 and 30 May. The largest temperature anomalies were observed across western Fran...

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‼️ Breaking! New revelations by @citizenlab.ca: a member of the @europarl.europa.eu "PEGA" inquiry committee into the abuse of spyware was himself targeted with #Pegasus spyware. That is a direct attack on democracy, aiming to eliminate scrutiny. @ec.europa.eu allows it to happen 🧵

Vas Panagiotopoulos@vaspanagiotopoulos.com · last mo.

🚨 A new @citizenlab.ca Lab report says NSO Group's Pegasus #spyware was used to target 🇬🇷MEP Stelios Kouloglou after he joined the European Parliament's PEGA inquiry committee investigating spyware abuses in 🇪🇺EU. ✍️ @skirchy.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Excellent! Who is next? No place for Palantir and Thiel in Europe.

BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social · last mo.

Following in the footsteps of France and Switzerland's Government who banned Palantir from Government contracts, Spain has now banned Palantir from signing ANY contracts in Spain. Lets get Palantir OUT.

Studies indicate that worker ownership is generally linked to better productivity, pay, job stability, and firm survival. Worker ownership also supports a more sustainable distribution of wealth, with the potential to significantly decrease inequality. wol.iza.org/articles/doe...

If you use Gmail, you need to read this. Google’s AI, Gemini, can read your emails, attachments, bank statements, etc. For many, this feature was switched on without consent. Here's how to turn it off 🧵 1/

The Democratic Technology Alliance is a group bringing together four European Parliament political groups — EPP, Renew, S&D, Greens/EFA — and civil society actors to help bring democracy to technology. We're delighted to host them on Eurosky! 💞🇪🇺 Give them a follow at @democratic.technology!

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France joining the countries that drop their cooperation with #Palantir. Good stuff.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 2mo ago

France's domestic intelligence service is ending its contract with U.S. surveillance technology giant Palantir, it said this morning.

New very relevant working paper for those studying issues around procurement of technologies.

Mariana Mazzucato@mazzucatom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Public sector procurement of goods and services from private firms is a colossal global market - $13 trillion a year.

This week in #EPlenary ➡️AI omnibus: debate tonight and final vote tomorrow, press conference Wednesday 10.00 w/ co-rapporteurs Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamara @libe.europarl.europa.eu Details 🔗 link.europa.eu/gvhQmf

Artificial intelligence: press conference on simplification measures | News | European Parliament

On Wednesday at 10.00, lead MEPs Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamara will hold a press conference following the final EP vote on the so-called AI “digital omnibus”.

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