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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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    The Digital Services Act was meant to hold platforms accountable — but enforcement has been mostly vibes. France bypassed Brussels and got TikTok to globally ban #SkinnyTok. www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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    Video piracy is booming — Big Tech looks away.
    With DRM crumbling and illegal streams thriving on mainstream platforms and devices, urgent reform is needed. The stakes? Billions in lost revenue and weakened consumer protection. #Piracy #BigTech www.endersanalysis.com/reports/vide...

    Video piracy: Big tech is clearly unwilling to address the problem | Enders Analysis

    Industrial scale theft of video services, especially live sport, is in the ascendance. Combating piracy is a formidable challenge, providing a direct threat to profitability for broadcasters and strea...

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    A bad practice, how why would this shock when the algo on Amazon will suggest suicide drugs to those searching in that domain? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

    More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds

    Guardian investigation reveals promotion of dubious advice, questionable supplements and quick-fix healing methods

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    Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social 18 hours

    Manage your privacy preferences’ is the polite front door. Behind it? An empire-building machine powered by your data, turbocharged by #AI hype, and backed by half a trillion dollars. Silicon Valley isn’t disrupting — it’s colonizing
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    #AI #Privacy #TechPolicy

    Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point

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    CJEU + Chatbots and ©️
    Article 15 of the DSM Directive grants press publishers related rights over their publications, controlling reproduction and public availability by ISPs. The protection scope aligns with Articles 2 and 3(2) of the InfoSoc Directive. ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/cjeu...

    CJEU receives first referral on chatbots and copyright

    The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

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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-... »

Netopia Spotlight: Detlef Eckert – Escaping Digital Policy Déja Vu

It is a rare occasion that a policy insider writes a book about what r... »

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Netopia Spotlight: Detlef Eckert – Escaping Digital Policy Déja Vu »

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Infinite Opportunity – Adding Orange to Europe »

7 May 2024Per Strömbäck

EU Election Interviews: 3Qs to Sabine Verheyen Digital Self-Determination, GDPR Reform and Reduced Bureaucracy »

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14 January 2023Netopia

Technology as the backbone of copyright – Netopia Spotlight: Prof Eleonora Rosati »

8 November 2022Per Strömbäck

Netopia Spotlight: Felipe Buitrago – Orange Is the New Gold »

25 March 2021Per Strömbäck

EU must protect its fundamental values online »

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8 July 2020Per Strömbäck

Digital Myth: Copyright Stands in the Way of the Digital Revolution »

8 July 2020Per Strömbäck

Digital Myth: It’s About the User Experience »

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Digital Myth: The Myth of Freedom of Speech »

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The Complex World of the  European Digital Consumer

20 June 2018netopia

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Report: Immaterial Value Creation in Europe »

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Book: 21 Digital Myths, Reality Distortion Antidote »

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Machine Usefulness – A Compass for Navigating the AI Revolution »

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The Trilemma of European Big Tech Regulation »

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Want to become a brain in the cloud? »

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Event: Cultural and Creative Industries – Jobs, Growth & Europe’s Digital Future, Oct 12 »

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Event: Citizens’ Internet, The Many Threats to Neutrality, Mar 31 »

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