Global Chief Correspondent, MLEX Market Intelligence, Brussels, Belgium. Views expressed are my own.
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Matthew Newman retweeted
Jun 15
Europe represents an economic opportunity, not a security risk. We are and will remain a trusted partner.
This is why we need to cooperate on emerging, powerful AI models. This is a shared global challenge.
This also underlines the need for Europe’s technological sovereignty.
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Matthew Newman retweeted
I welcome the political agreement on our Digital Omnibus on AI.
This provides a simple, innovation-friendly environment for our European AI ecosystem to grow.
At the same time, we are strengthening protections for our citizens.
For safe and simple AI governance in Europe.
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Matthew Newman retweeted
Mar 17
#EUDATA26: Fireside Chat – Breaking Regulatory Silos, with:
‣ Michael König (@EU_Competition; @EU_Commission)
‣ Siún O’Keeffe (Dutch Data Protection Authority)
‣ Maria Goikoetxea (@actonlineEurope)
‣ Moderated by: @NewmanMLex (@mlexclusive)
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10 Dec 2025
Fascinating development!
10 Dec 2025
The Commission is weighing a plan B for the AI Act delay. If the omnibus stalls ahead of the August 2026 deadline, a fallback option being considered is to carve out the postponement of high-risk rules into a separate fast-track proposal, MLex has learned.
mlex.com/mlex/articles/24204…
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24 Nov 2025
Excellent ad !
24 Nov 2025
Every time you share their life online, you risk sharing their personal data with the world. Pause before you post.
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5 Oct 2025
Naïma Moutchou, Vice-President of the National Assembly, has been appointed Minister of Transformation, Public Action, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Technology. #AI shorturl.at/AXPca
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Matthew Newman retweeted
30 Sep 2025
The EU Ombudswoman has opened an inquiry into the AI Act’s standardization process because CEN/CENELEC are not required to disclose the names of participants or publish meeting minutes. The question is whether this could create further delays.
ombudsman.europa.eu/en/news-…
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Companies can refuse an access request under the GDPR only if they can prove the request was abusive, Maciej Szpunar, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU, said in his opinion today.
More on @mlexclusive:
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Online ads companies, publishers, and tech firms heard the European Commission's ideas for revamping the rules on online cookies today, during the first "reality check" session.
More on @mlexclusive w/ @NewmanMLex:
mlex.com/mlex/data-privacy-s…
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Matthew Newman retweeted
10 Sep 2025
Former Microsoft CPO Julie Brill sees the EU's AI Act being much less infuential around the world than the GDPR. "I think the 'Brussels Effect' was real for #GDPR. I think the effect we’re going to see on #AI is going to be the US Effect." #AIInstitute
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3 Sep 2025
Google, Shein fined total of EUR475 million in French @cnil cookie-rule violations. Penalty against Google is the highest in CNIL's history. tinyurl.com/mryh6frw
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Matthew Newman retweeted
2 Sep 2025
Am sure I heard a huge sigh of relief all the way across from Google headquarters over Judge Amit Mehta's order in the DOJ's search monopolization suit. Disappointment at DOJ HQ might be an understatement.
#antitrust @Google @JusticeATR
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Matthew Newman retweeted
26 Aug 2025
Gotta say, really wise of @HennaVirkkunen to take the high road & not react to Trump's threats on EU tech regulation.
Would be a shame if someone were to issue a salty comment about it & add fuel to the fire of EU-US relations.
cc @ThierryBreton whatcha up to these days?
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Shein has been fined 1 million euros by Italy’s competition watchdog for disseminating misleading and unverifiable environmental claims about its sustainability practices.
More on @mlexclusive below.
mlex.com/mlex/technology/art…
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Matthew Newman retweeted
30 Jul 2025
NEW: Google signs the EU Code of Practice for GPAI models, and notably, without opting out of the copyright commitments, despite earlier concerns. With OpenAI, Anthropic and Mistral already on board, most "frontier" AI firms have now endorsed the code.
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Matthew Newman retweeted
18 Jul 2025
The Commission has published its guidelines on the AI Act's GPAI rules, setting out the interpretation of provisions for which it will be the sole enforcer. Some elements were anticipated to the AI Board, others are new. My write-up for @mlexclusive.
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Matthew Newman retweeted
17 Jul 2025
❗ Interesting move on the AI licensing front. Dutch news publishers have launched a voluntary collective dataset for AI training, an alternative to copyright litigation and exclusive licensing. Discussions are ongoing to scale this model across the EU.
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Matthew Newman retweeted
2 Jul 2025
A well-functioning AI licensing market requires a new legal instrument that ensures transparency & remuneration for copyright-protected works used to develop AI, @AxelVossMdEP told @mlexclusive in an interview ahead of the publication of his draft report
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Matthew Newman retweeted
26 Jun 2025
EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath will meet with industry executives, trade groups, & civil society organizations on July 16 to discuss the "simplification" of the GDPR as part of an (invitation-only) implementation dialogue. Details on @mlexclusive
mlex.com/mlex/articles/23578…
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Matthew Newman retweeted
25 Jun 2025
Bravo 👏 @Teresaribera
read @mlexclusive by @lewis_crofts & @nicholashirst_
Confirms what i hear from different people in the EC: #DMA wont be paused to please #Trump tariffs talks 👌
indeed won’t be an effective strategy to bend and knee to a bully 🐂… simply doesn’t work…
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