Policy and advocacy lead Giorgos Verdi joins Keldon Bester from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project in The Globe and Mail to argue that the EU and Canada must commit to the “tech alliance” promised by Ursula von der Leyen and work together to break away from their shared dependence on American tech platforms and infrastructure.
Read MoreIn a new policy brief, Giorgos Verdi, George Colville, and Dora Wierzbicka set out how Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Package needs to be strengthened in order to effectively reduce Europe’s dependence on foreign digital infrastructure. The Commission’s proposals contain many promising elements, but the package needs to be more ambitious, more rigorous in ensuring it does not in fact benefit existing foreign dominant actors, and more holistic in its treatment of the problem.
Read MoreIn this issue, we discuss measures Europe has taken to reduce its dependence on U.S. tech corporations and mitigate the risks of technological coercion by the Trump administration.
Read MorePolicy and advocacy lead Giorgos Verdi argues that the EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package is a promising step toward reducing Europe’s dependence on U.S. technology firms, but warned it will fall short unless Europe also confronts the market concentration that allows Big Tech to dominate AI, cloud, chips, and digital infrastructure.
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