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Per Strömbäck

I Have Not Been Manipulated by Algorithms, but You Have

Giuliano da Empoli is a Swiss-Italian novelist, political essayist, and professo... »

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    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 7 hours

    A bubble?
    Tech giants have spent more on AI than the US government has on education, jobs and social services in 2025 so far

    www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

    Big tech has spent $155bn on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more

    Tech giants have spent more on AI than the US government has on education, jobs and social services in 2025 so far

    www.theguardian.com

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    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 7 hours

    A bubble?
    Tech giants have spent more on AI than the US government has on education, jobs and social services in 2025 so far

    www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

    Big tech has spent $155bn on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more

    Tech giants have spent more on AI than the US government has on education, jobs and social services in 2025 so far

    www.theguardian.com

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    Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca 9 hours

    EU digital tax ‘not off the table’

    However, "Digital levies would disproportionately target U.S. tech giants like Apple and Google and are opposed by countries such as Italy and Germany that heavily rely on trade with Washington." www.politico.eu/article/eu-d...

    EU digital tax ‘not off the table,’ French commissioner says

    EU executive was eyeing taxing tech giants as an extra source of income for the bloc’s budget.

    www.politico.eu

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    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 1 day

    Big tech enables opaque, hyper-targeted political ads but offers little transparency. Banning ads doesn't fix this—it shifts influence to algorithms, leaving voters in the dark and reducing accountability even further. fulldisclosure.whotargets.me/p/how-and-wh...

    How (and why) to fix political ads in the EU

    Meta follows Google (and TikTok and Microsoft) and leaves the EU political advertising market. The damage will be significant.

    fulldisclosure.whotargets.me

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    X has lost its legal battle against Ireland’s Online Safety Code, as the Irish High Court today dismissed the case and affirmed the media regulator’s authority to enforce tougher online safety regulations www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...

    X loses legal challenge to Irish Online Safety Code | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

    X has lost its legal challenge to Ireland’s Online Safety Code, after the High Court upheld the media regulator’s authority to impose stricter platform rules, finding them consistent with both the EU’...

    www.mlex.com

Beyond the Digital Ambulance: The Evolving Economy of Exploitation in the Online World

In our previous article in 2013, we explored in the first "Digital Amb... »

Machine Usefulness – A Compass for Navigating the AI Revolution

Book Review of Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Tec... »

The Trilemma of European Big Tech Regulation

Book review: Werner Stengg, Digital Policy in the EU. Towards a Human-... »

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