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📣 New research together with @lobbycontrol reveals Big Tech's lobby campaign to kill data protection in Europe.
As part of its deregulation agenda, the EU wants hand over our personal data to AI companies without any safeguards.
✊ But the EU Parliament can still stop this.
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https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/big-tech-campaign-kill-data-protection-europe
🇩🇪 In Germany, Big Tech companies held 103 meetings with high-level government officials since Friedrich Merz took office - an average of 1.5 meetings per week.
Digital Minister Kirsten Wildberger, who leads Germany’s work on the Digital Omnibus, held 18 meetings with large technology firms.
🇮🇪 Big Tech companies tried to shape the priorities of the Irish presidency to push for digital deregulation.
Meta met 41 lawmakers on the Digital Omnibus, while Google met 30.
🇪🇺 In the European Parliament, CEO and LobbyControl identified 655 lobby meetings on the Digital Omnibus.
An average of three meetings with MEPs every working day since the Commission published its proposal in November 2025.
🕴️ Business interests accounted for 83% of those meetings.
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The Digital Omnibus would allow companies to collect people’s personal data to train and operate AI systems without consent.
🛑 This would effectively remove data protection safeguards in AI - including for highly problematic systems such as facial recognition, deepfake “nudes” and misinformation.