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The auto industry is toast anyway. China is making high quality sustainable cars, because they invested in #infrastructure not #inequality. Please don't try to prop up that industry by compromising EU security & sovereignty via our #digitalGovernance #enforcment. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

EU ready for trade deal with U...

The Guardian · EU ready for trade deal with US but ‘all options on the table’, says von der LeyenBy Jennifer Rankin

"Civil society is deeply concerned over the crony capitalist, tributary-focused nature of this administration, especially as it relates to companies that control our access to the free flow of information. We have documented clear private sector winners, like Elon Musk’s Starlink and SpaceX, and how X and Musk amplify the administration’s messages. For instance, amid Trump’s attempt to negotiate a cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia—where Ukraine has been vilified—Musk amplified false claims that widespread outages at X were the result of Ukrainian attacks. Soon thereafter, President Trump returned the favor, claiming that consumer boycotts of Tesla are “illegal” and encouraged Americans to support the company.

The quid-pro-quo dynamic is not unique to Musk. During the previous Trump administration, Amazon lost high-profile contracts, for which it directly blamed the president. This time around, the company has reportedly made a series of overtures, including signing a $40 million deal to support a documentary from the first lady. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ decision to intervene in the Washington Post’s endorsement of Kamala Harris was also widely scrutinized, as it came on the heels of visits with then-candidate Trump. Most recently, President Trump reportedly pushed Bezos away from a stance that would display the extent to which tariffs changed the price of products on Amazon. As companies ingratiate themselves with this administration, we fear that policy stances are shifting to the detriment of privacy, security, and political freedom."

newamerica.org/oti/blog/trumps

New AmericaTrump’s Tech Governance: Making Sense of the First 100 DaysTrump’s first few months back in the Oval Office have been a concerted effort to assert authoritarian control.