Europe ‘must not be bullied’ by Trump and Musk on tech laws, NGOs say
Letter to Ursula von der Leyen urges European Commission not to weaken enforcement of DSA and DMA
A coalition of NGOs has urged the president of the European Commission not to be bullied by Donald Trump and Elon Musk into weakening the enforcement of the EU’s tech regulations.
The letter to Ursula von der Leyen comes after the EU executive played down reports that it was reassessing its investigations into Meta, Google and X, following the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
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