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1. Corporate Europe Observatory (corporateeurope@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Feb-2023 18:01:19 JST Corporate Europe Observatory

   🔥New report shows how Big Tech has watered down the Artificial Intelligence Act.

   ❌ AI systems have trapped people in poverty, enabled workers surveillance and racially discriminated people.

   We should not let Big Tech get away this time

   👉 https://corporateeurope.org/en/2023/02/lobbying-ghost-machine

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   • Corporate Europe Observatory (corporateeurope@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Feb-2023 18:02:51 JST Corporate Europe Observatory

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     The report shows Big Tech has used all the lobbying tricks in the book to water down the #AIAct.

     🕴️ Used shady groups to lobby on its behalf
     💵 Funded academics and think tanks
     👥 Pushed its agenda through a crucial expert group
     🇺🇸 Mobilized the US government to lobby the EU

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 23-Feb-2023 18:04:10 JST Aral Balkan

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     @corporateeurope EU Parliament handle/link is broken.

   • Corporate Europe Observatory (corporateeurope@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Feb-2023 18:04:11 JST Corporate Europe Observatory

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     🤝 The report documents more than a 1000 meetings between interest groups and member of the @EUparliament on the #AIAct

     56% of those meetings were with industry while only 13% were with civil society.