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🚨Breaking news: with the new term, the European Comission increases transparency massively. From now on, more than 1500 officials need to disclose lobby meetings and minutes, 1100 more than before. 10 years ago, we came up with this demand. Now it is reality. Persistence works.

Aura Salla has become MEP, but her political agenda hasn’t changed since she left Meta. She remains close to corporate lobbyists & their agenda & has held tons of meetings with tech lobbyists incl Meta, Google, Amazon. This is harming the EU's integrity. wired.com/story/meta-lobbyis…

More on our proposals how to end conflicts of interest at DG Competition here: lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/u…

The EU wants to enforce its new rules against Big Tech. But Apple & Co try to challenge this with massive lobby power. Our new research with @corporateeurope & @somo illustrates how Big Tech tries to distort the debates on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di…

Former DG COMP official Banasevic's transition to Microsoft leads to massive conflicts of interest. Jointly with @corporateeurope, we've submitted a complaint to Executive Vice President @vestager & Director General Guersent on this revolving door case. lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/u…

Lobby group @Allied4Startups has invited Members of the @EUparliament to its “VIP Policy Dinner” this evening and to its Annual Summit this afternoon. Allied for Startups is a Big Tech front group. MEPs & Commission should not open the door to Big Tech’s shady lobbying tactics👇

It was great to discuss the 'Beyond Big Tech' manifesto at @edri's #EUTechSociety yesterday. Together with more than 70 organisations, we are calling for a massive global effort to build a new digital economy. /1

On 1.10, we'll be at @edri's Tech & Society Summit. With @corporateeurope, we'll put the spotlight on Big Tech lobbying during our fireside chat with voices from the European Parliament at 14:00. Also meet us at our Action Stand all day. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

With its new 'EUneedsAI' lobby campaign, Meta is trying to mislead the public that there is a broad alliance against AI regulation and data protection. /1

#DMA enforcement needs more ressources, both for enforcers AND third parties that support the enforcement. There are many political voices that support DMA enforcement generally - this needs to be underlined by ressources now.

The recent global chaos caused by a Microsoft update is the latest warning about the many dangers of growing monopoly powers in our economies. Great and timely new report by @BalancedEconomy on how to tackle monopoly power now: static1.squarespace.com/stat…

Ms von der Leyen, we need lobbying rules with teeth! In an open letter with @corporateeurope, @TI_EU and @TheGoodLobby, we demand @vonderleyen to enforce #transparency rules to enhance European policy-making governance. Read the whole letter here 👇lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/u…

#Google & #Tiktok are not only sponsoring re:publica. They also have their stands there, offer workshops and invite for drinks in the evening. That's effective image campaigning. More infos on Big Tech's power here: lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di… 3/

🚨Draghi's report on the future of European #competitiveness lacks #transparency and risks being captured by big business. We raise our concerns with 13 organisations from all over Europe in an open letter to #Draghi and @vonderleyen Read more👇 lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/u…