#ETNODigital: New MEPs & tech files, telecoms cleaning the Greek sea, and more
20 June 2024 - Edition n.379
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POLICY

Will EU agree to scan all your online images to combat child sexual abuse?

EURONEWS - 20 JUNE 2024

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Make Europe Great Again: Hungary channels Trump in EU presidency slogan

POLITICO - 18 JUNE 2024

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Decision on cloud certification scheme delayed to mid-July

EURONEWS - 18 JUNE 2024

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Apple’s ChatGPT integration raises data privacy and competition questions

EURACTIV - 18 JUNE 2024

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Meta Platforms AI for Europe plan hit by setback

MOBILE WORLD LIVE - 17 JUNE 2024

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Focus on

HOW WILL THE NEW EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SHAPE THE FUTURE OF TECH?

The new composition of the European Parliament presents a fragmented landscape for tech policy. 

Considering incoming lawmakers, the majority of candidates previously listed  as tech players will return to Brussels: key returning MEPs include Kim van Sparrentak, Svenja Hahn, Brando Benifei, and Alex Agius Saliba. Newcomers include former Meta employees Aura Salla and Dóra Dávid. Potential commissioners are Eva Maydell and Marcel Kolaja. Departing lawmakers include Sophie in ‘t Veld and Dragoș Tudorache.

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COSMOTE BLUE: Telecom Industry's Best Practice for Reducing Plastic in Greek Sea

Learn how professional fishermen, through the COSMOTE BLUE initiative, make a difference by not just catching fish but also collecting plastics from the sea.

By partnering with the social enterprise Enaleia, our greek member OTE commits to removing over 90 tons of plastic by 2025, and is training more than 200 fishermen in sustainable practices, and recycling the collected plastics into new products.

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TECH

Orange runs up private 5G for Olympic broadcasters

MOBILE WORLD LIVE - 19 JUNE 2024

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France leads the pack for Generative AI funding in Europe

ORANGE - 19 JUNE 2024

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Nvidia eclipses Microsoft as world's most valuable company

REUTERS - 19 JUNE 2024

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Oranje scores on the KPN network too

KPN - 18 June 2024

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Appeals court to hear challenges to TikTok ban in US

MOBILE WORLD LIVE - 18 JUNE 2024

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Drone used to extend 5G network to enable forestry machine to be remotely controlled

TELIA COMPANY - 18 JUNE 2024

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EU 2024-2029: Enabling an environment for business to grow and compete

TELEFONICA - 18 JUNE 2024

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Telenor Establishes New Cyber Security Company with Nordic Ambitions

Telenor - 14 JUNE 2024

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Facts & Figures
Reports

Cyber Diplomacy: From Concept to Practice

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence - JUNE 2024

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Digital News Report 2024

REUTERS INSTITUTE - JUNE 2024

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@ETNOASSOCIATION

🧵 Once again, a delegation from @ETNOAssociation (@Grassia_Paolo & Angela Coriz) is participating in the annual European Dialogue on Internet Governance forum (@_eurodig).

This year's #EuroDIG2024 is being held in Vilnius 🇱🇹  is navigating between "Innovation and Regulation" 👇
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@LISEFUHR

I am excited to join the #EuroDIG2024 panel on Global Internet Governance:
- @ETNOAssociation consistently supports a multistakeholder #internetgovernance model
- Adequate investment in network infrastructure & emerging technologies are crucial to bridge the digital divide
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@DIGITALEU

The #AIAct will soon enter into force.

Today’s high-level meeting of the future EU's AI Board set the groundwork for a robust & timely setup for the #AI governance framework.

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@VIOLAROBERTOLA

Today the 🇪🇺 European AI Office goes live.

A team of 140 talented professionals to:
🔹Ensure that #AI used in the EU respects the guardrails of the #AIAct
🔹Promote innovation and competitiveness based on advanced AI systems
🔹Make thrustworthy AI a common good for the world

Learn more about the European AI Office:
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@QC_EUPOLICY

Highly intuitive on-device AI personal agents are going to revolutionize our daily tasks, motivating us to achieve our objectives thanks to better understanding of our preferences, explained @Qualcomm’s @AudreyEuropa at today’s @EUI_CDS event.
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Events
JUNE
European Policy Centre,
25 June 2024, Brussels/Online

Digitalisation for the green transition: Empowering community action

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CERRE,
25 June 2024, Online

Harmful Online Choice Architecture: Principles for Effective Regulation

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Corriere Comunicazioni,
26 June 2024, Rome (Italy)

Telco per l’Italia: Innovare, consolidare, monetizzare: è l’ora della svolta

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Bruegel,
26 June 2024, Brussels/Online

Through taxes to tech: using fiscal policies to promote innovation

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JULY
ITU,
1 to 4 July 2024, Kampala (Uganda)

Global Symposium for Regulators 2024

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Digital with Purpose,
9-11 July 2024, Lisbon (Portugal)

GLOBAL SUMMIT CASCAIS 2024

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SEPTEMBER
Cullen International,
17 - 19 September 2024, Online

Competition Law in the telecoms sector

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