#EU #DMA #BigTech #Lobbying: "In March 2024, the European Commission set up a series of public workshops to test Big Tech companies' compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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#EU #DMA #BigTech #Lobbying: "In March 2024, the European Commission set up a series of public workshops to test Big Tech companies' compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). These workshops were meant to gather the input from impacted business and end users. Research by CEO, LobbyControl and SOMO now shows that 1 in 5 workshop participants had a direct connection with Big Tech, most of them undisclosed. Gatekeeper companies like Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta were able to complement their own legal and lobbying teams’ influence through a vast and undisclosed network of law firms, lobby consultants, trade associations and think tanks. Given the clear asymmetry of resources between Big Tech and regulators, the European Commission must strengthen its conflict of interest safeguards before its next DMA workshops."
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2024/10/uncovering-big-techs-hidden-network
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Patrick Leavyreplied to Miguel Afonso Caetano last edited by
@remixtures no surprise there, @thatprivacyguy , right?
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@patrickleavy @remixtures this is the operations manual of big tech and always has been - flood public consultations, votes, workshops, roundtables, policy debates etc. with their own people.
This should be no surprise to the EC who have experienced this for decades.
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@thatprivacyguy @remixtures the more I learn about what's been going on, and still is, the more frustrating it gets.
What can be done?
How about a #satire #campaign? (They can never handle being laughed at)
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Miguel Afonso Caetanoreplied to Patrick Leavy last edited by
@patrickleavy @thatprivacyguy The EC has always been a very undemocratic institution. The only real solution that I can think of is to make the EC more accountable to the EP members. That would require a large consensus within the EU, which I think right now would be a bit difficult to reach, I'm afraid.
