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EU takes a big first step in weakening digital privacy and in empowering big tech (www.liberties.eu)
submitted 14 hours ago by smps@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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"European Parliament weakens fundamental rights protections in the AI Act, delays enforcement of key provisions, and empowers Big Tech companies. The adopted text makes it more difficult to protect people from invasive AI, empowers industry actors and begins the dismantlement of digital protections in Europe”

The next planned step is to weaken the GDPR-regulation to open our private info for data collecting bots.

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 points 12 hours ago

Don't worry US big tech can't get away with it for long just wait until the EU hears about this! At least the EU values privacy... Oh. Well sheeeeeiiiit.