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Aoife White
@aoifewhite.bsky.social
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Tech and competition editor for Politico, Brussels-based journalist ex-Bloomberg and ex-AP.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Mar 13
Hungary rebuked by EU court over trans refugee’s gender status, via @sgclark92.bsky.social
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Hungary rebuked by EU court over trans refugee’s gender status
Iranian transgender man had been seeking to correct Hungary’s asylum register which listed him as a woman.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Mar 13
The EU's Irishman goes to Washington as trade tensions heat up, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-j...
EU justice chief goes to Washington as trade tensions heat up
Tech regulation could be the next point of contention between the new U.S. administration and the EU.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Mar 13
Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic,’ via @thisisbartosz.bsky.social and Hannah Roberts www.politico.eu/article/un-f...
Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic.’
Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization suspends projects after U.S. stops $300M a year in funding.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Mar 13
Europe's chemicals industry wants to join steel, cars and pharma in getting an EU lifeboat, via Leonie Cater.
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Italy, Spain back France’s plan to rescue EU chemicals industry
A ‘critical chemicals act’ would keep production of key molecules on EU soil, countries argue.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Mar 11
EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments, via @framiche.bsky.social and @audevdh.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
EU lays out state aid push to stoke green investments
State aid rules underpinning the Clean Industrial Deal aim to boost renewable power, decarbonization and clean tech.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Mar 11
European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions, via @framiche.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/euro...
European rival to Musk satellites tests stomach for cross-border champions
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s possible deal with Starlink could pit national interests against European ones.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Mar 11
EU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social US critic Jim Jordan via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/soci...
EU social media law isn’t censorship, tech chief tells US critic
Henna Virkkunen tells U.S. member of Congress that the EU is ‘deeply committed’ to protecting free speech.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Mar 3
US official slams EU’s social media ‘censorship,’ via @mathieupollet.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/us-o...
US official slams EU’s social media ‘censorship’
Federal Communications Commission chair warns that the EU’s Digital Services Act threatens censorship that is “incompatible” with U.S. free speech.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 13
Politico's tech newsletter freebies continue today!
EU: www.politico.eu/article/star...
U.K.: www.politico.eu/article/reyn...
France: www.politico.eu/article/inte...
Starlink looks pale in comparison with what Europeans can get
A daily download of the topics driving the tech policy agenda, from Brussels to London to Silicon Valley. By PIETER HAECK with MATHIEU POLLET and ELIZA GKRITSI View in your browser or listen to aud…
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 13
Ex-footballer Glenn Micallef is the @ec.europa.eu's youngest commissioner at 35 and will shortly lay out an EU strategy for "intergenerational fairness," via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social and @eddywax.bsky.social
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 12
The European Commission's red tape-cutting effort is scrapping proposals that aren't moving, including AI liability, e-privacy and, in a real surprise, standard essential patent rules:
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 12
We're running our tech newsletters free again today.
Morning Tech (EU): www.politico.eu/article/the-...
Morning Technology UK: www.politico.eu/article/uk-d...
Tech Matin: www.politico.eu/article/et-v...
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 12
How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social @heroceane.bsky.social and Tom Bristow.
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How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI
Politicians have shifted from AI regulation to innovation — and the industry loves it.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 11
The European Union made its biggest response yet to a massive U.S. financing plan for AI with a €20B fund that it says could leverage €200B investment, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 11
JD Vance warns Europe to go easy on tech regulation in major AI speech, via @cleacaulcutt.bsky.social
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JD Vance warns Europe to go easy on tech regulation in major AI speech
U.S. vice president pushes for “international regulatory regimes that foster creation” ahead of the artificial intelligence “revolution.”
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 11
Politico's tech newsletters for the EU, France and the U.K. are free to read again today! Here's our coverage of the AI Action summit in Paris.
EU: www.politico.eu/article/virk...
France: www.politico.eu/article/flop...
U.K.: www.politico.eu/article/time...
Virkkunen stands firm on American pushback against EU tech laws
A daily download of the topics driving the tech policy agenda, from Brussels to London to Silicon Valley. By PIETER HAECK with MATHIEU POLLET and ELIZA GKRITSI View in your browser or listen to aud…
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 10
The AI rollercoaster of recent weeks – the U.S. $500B announcement, DeepSeek proving AI can be done without huge outlays – has been a wake-up call for France and the EU's tech ambitions, via @cleacaulcutt.bsky.social
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The 15 days that upended Macron’s vision for European AI
The French tech world is reeling from Donald Trump’s Stargate announcement and DeepSeek’s recent breakthrough.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 10
Politico's three tech newsletters covering the EU, the U.K. and France are out free to read today as our reporters hit the AI Action Summit in Paris:
www.politico.eu/article/ai-s...
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
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Sommet sur l’IA : Mistral gagnant
Ne suivez pas l’info sur les politiques numériques. Devancez-la. Par ÉMILE MARZOLF Avec OCÉANE HERRERO et KLARA DURAND View in your browser or listen to audio AU MENU — Au Sommet sur l’IA, le champ…
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 6
How did this porn app get on my iPhone? via @egreechee.bsky.social
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How did this porn app get on my iPhone?
The EU’s digital competition law means users can now download a pornography video app in Europe.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 6
Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid, via @sgclark92.bsky.social and @victorjack.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/balt...
Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid
A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 5
China’s online shopping boom faces EU crackdown, via @mathieupollet.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/chin...
China’s online shopping boom faces EU crackdown
The European Commission plans more customs checks and fees to stem flood of low-value parcels from China.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 5
Fact-check: Did the European Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal? TLDR, contracts "do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf."
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Fact-check: Did the European Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal?
Confidential contracts seen by POLITICO do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 5
Meta's chief lobbyist echoes Zuck's comments that the EU's approach on tech resembles “a tax or a tariff,” via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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Meta chief lobbyist slams EU tech laws and fines
Joel Kaplan told a Brussels Meta event that the approach Brussels is taking to tech resembles “a tax or a tariff.”
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 4
The EU’s AI Act bans some “unacceptable” use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions, via @pieterhaeck.bsky.social
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The EU’s AI bans come with big loopholes for police
The EU’s AI Act bans some “unacceptable” use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions.
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Aoife White @aoifewhite.bsky.social · Feb 4
The Mediterranean
diet is a lie, says @alessandroford.bsky.social
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The Mediterranean diet is a lie
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
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