https://www.europesays.com/uk/78095/ EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition – POLITICO #ArtificialIntelligence #BigTech #BradSmith #BrandoBenifei #Buildings #Companies #Competition #CompetitionRules #Copyright #Data #digital #DigitalMarkets #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #Exclusive #Innovation #Lobbying #MarietjeSchaake #Markets #Media #Parliament #Policy #Regulation #Rights #Services #SocialMedia #UnitedStates
EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/985376/ #ArtificialIntelligence #BigTech #BradSmith #BrandoBenifei #Buildings #Companies #Competition #CompetitionRules #Copyright #Data #digital #DigitalMarkets #Europe #Exclusive #Innovation #Lobbying #MarietjeSchaake #Markets #Media #Parliament #Policy #Regulation #Rights #services #SocialMedia #UnitedStates
https://www.europesays.com/2051530/ European Parliament cracks down on lobbyists in effort to stop corruption – POLITICO #Accountability #Buildings #corruption #Department #europe #Lobbying #Mauritania #MEPS #Morocco #NGOs #parliament #Qatar #Qatargate:EuropeanParliamentCorruptionScandal #security #Transparency
LA MÉDITATION
Partie 3 : La méditation transcendantale.
La méditation transcendantale est l’une des techniques les plus pratiquées et les plus étudiées au monde, avec des centaines de publications scientifiques à son palmarès.
Initiée par le gourou des Beatles et des Beach Boys, puis promue par une myriade de célébrités, son histoire et ses méthodes peuvent sembler bien éloignées de celles de la méditation de #PleineConscience, et pourtant !
"The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code."
"From the second to the third draft of the Code, obligations changed to encouragements. Prohibitions became suggestions. Best efforts, reasonable efforts."
@corporateeurope: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/coded-privileged-access
https://www.europesays.com/2033044/ Germany triggers EU’s emergency clause for defense spending – POLITICO #Budget #défense #Environment #europe #Finance #germany #investment #Lobbying #parliament #Russia #security #Ukraine #ValdisDombrovskis #war
https://www.europesays.com/uk/57417/ Germany triggers EU’s emergency clause for defense spending – POLITICO #Budget #Defense #Environment #EU #Europe #Finance #Germany #Investment #Lobbying #Parliament #Russia #Security #Ukraine #ValdisDombrovskis #War
#News: A Pro #Gas #LNG Group with exec. links to the Australian Liberal Party is being investigated by the ACCC for #greenwashing in the AU Federal Election. Transparency in political #lobbying is critical! #Astroturfing #Climate #Integrity #Environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/28/pro-gas-group-with-liberal-party-links-referred-accc-over-alleged-misleading-claims-ntwnfb
You're addicted to alcohol, eh? You think alcohol is bad, do you?
Well, why do you buy so much of it then? #Gotcha!
Same driver, 26 years apart in China.
Meanwhile, countries like Australia and the USA are in the same boat when it comes to trains. Rail doesn’t suit the interests of private trucking companies, airlines, and bus operators — so it’s been left to decay. When nations let big corporations call the shots on public infrastructure, everything starts to fall apart.
"Prior to the pandemic farming contributed less than 10% to GDP and dairying was 3.6% of GDP. Clearly, farming is not the backbone of the economy and 30,000 farmers have a far greater influence on Government policies than they deserve.
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Farmers pay $151 million in levies each year to farming organisations to promote their interests and products. They can also pay over $1000 each year to Federated Farmers."
https://www.europesays.com/1991625/ Schweiz kämpft um Zugang zu US-KI-Chips #AmerikanischeKIChips #Exportkontrollen #Lobbying #Nachrichten #Nouvelles #schweiz #Suisse #switzerland #Technologie
Shocking Revelation: Tasmania's Salmon Farms at Risk for Years
As early as 2017, scientists warned the Tasmanian government about the catastrophic risk of disease wiping out fish in salmon farms. Their advice? Strengthen biosecurity measures to protect the industry.
But instead of acting, the government—under pressure from the salmon industry—weakened standards and handed out exemptions to the new biosecurity program.
Now, the consequences are unfolding. Why weren't warnings heeded? #Tasmania #SalmonFarming #BiosecurityFail #lobbying #JBSFoods
#Spyware Maker #NSOGroup Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America
The #Israeli spyware maker, still on the US Commerce Department’s “blacklist,” has hired a new #lobbying firm with direct ties to the #Trump administration, a WIRED investigation has found.
#blacklist #nso #Israel
https://www.wired.com/story/nso-group-the-vogel-group-lobbying-trump-administration/
Having listened to the interview, this Let’s Level the Playing Field campaign to regulate lobbying does seem like a nonpartisan effort with some weight behind it. Led by a group of NGOs, one chaired by a former Nat Cabinet minister (TI NZ), one the personal fiefdom of a former Labour PM (Clark).
I hadn't heard of the third group, Health Coalition Aotearoa, but they helped exposed a Chinese vape company trying to bribe NZ officials;
