What most don't understand about Brussels' take on tech
The 27-country bloc's about-face on digital rulemaking is a response to internal policy and political changes — not to appease international partners.
IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and you find me in Brussels amid a flurry of transatlantic squabbles over trade, tech and, well, almost everything else. If you see me in the EU Quarter this week, say hello!
— The European Union can appear to blow hot and cold on digital policymaking. That's almost 100 percent down to the bloc's internal dynamics, and not its international alliances.
— Washington and Brussels just handed down dual antitrust decisions against Google. Both tell us a lot about the diverging approach to digital competition.
— The top AI chatbots still return a lot of false information when queried about world events.
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