#lobbying — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lobbying, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/127439/ What role for science in Swiss democracy and worldwide? #Article #BeatInformationWars #BeatResearchFrontiers #BeatSwissDemocracy #government #Health #lobbying #politics #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Society #Swiss #Switzerland #TPT #UserNeedGiveMePerspective
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“Documents reveal that the Consumer Council for Water has asked water companies to advise on how they wish to be held to account by consumers.” Mmm let’s see. In no way that’s going to interfere with our profits or bonuses? #Water #Privatisation #Capitalism #Lobbying #Labour
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“Documents reveal that the Consumer Council for Water has asked water companies to advise on how they wish to be held to account by consumers.” Mmm let’s see. In no way that’s going to interfere with our profits or bonuses? #Water #Privatisation #Capitalism #Lobbying #Labour
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“Documents reveal that the Consumer Council for Water has asked water companies to advise on how they wish to be held to account by consumers.” Mmm let’s see. In no way that’s going to interfere with our profits or bonuses? #Water #Privatisation #Capitalism #Lobbying #Labour
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“Documents reveal that the Consumer Council for Water has asked water companies to advise on how they wish to be held to account by consumers.” Mmm let’s see. In no way that’s going to interfere with our profits or bonuses? #Water #Privatisation #Capitalism #Lobbying #Labour
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“Documents reveal that the Consumer Council for Water has asked water companies to advise on how they wish to be held to account by consumers.” Mmm let’s see. In no way that’s going to interfere with our profits or bonuses? #Water #Privatisation #Capitalism #Lobbying #Labour
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Is the UK government going to take action?
The signs of a more robust stance are promising
September 2026
But as ever with government, words are not always matched by deeds. The Foreign Secretary’s statement and his subsequent remarks in a video expressing shock at being told medicines are being withheld from Gaza have drawn a series of rebukes and threats from a variety of sources.
In parliament he said that the proposal to build settlement E1 as it’s known ‘crosses a red line and cuts through the heart of the West Bank and risks making a Palestinian state unviable. This is indeed the stated intention of some Israeli politicians. During the debate some MPs referred to ‘settler terrorism’.
His additional remarks made in a video have inflamed the situation further. “Frankly, it was horrific, what is unfolding,” Mr Miliband said. “The stories that people were telling me of medicines being blocked [and] children dying while waiting for vital life-saving treatment.” The Israelis have denied that there are any restrictions despite considerable evidence they have from charities like Physicians for Human Rights and Global Human Rights Clinic as well as a host of other NGOs and charities.
The US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has accused the Labour government of ‘Jew hate’ and that “they know no boundaries and and know no facts”. Strong stuff. A difficult claim to make as the Foreign Secretary is Jewish. The Times of Israel called his remarks ‘political positioning’ among other criticisms.
These are the familiar responses to any kind of criticism of Israel despite the mass of evidence of violence in the West Bank and Gaza.
Vigil
The 144th vigil took place yesterday (5th September) with around 25 in attendance. Filming has started of our video ‘Because …’ where we ask some participants why are they here. We will be continuing over the next few weeks running up to our 150th vigil.
The local MP, Mr John Glen has still not put in an appearance. We learned that one participant has written over 40 times to him yet has never received a reply. Mr Glen is a member the Conservative Friends of Israel lobby organisation. He has never mentioned the vigils in his weekly column courtesy of the Salisbury Journal. An MP is elected to represent all his or her constituents not just those who agree with them.
Double standards?
An enormous fuss was made last week over a Channel 4 film showing Reform party aids soliciting foreign donations which are illegal under electoral law. The undercover filming appeared to show two Reform aids seeking to conceal the source of foreign donations to make them appear as though they were from the UK. Two have been relieved of their posts. Yet there is no equivalent fuss of the huge amount of money the Israeli government has poured into its lobbying and the effect it has had on the attitudes of MPs towards the conflict.
Around £1.5 million has been spent by the Israeli government and it is thought that 180 MPs are members of the various party’s friends groups. This raises the obvious question ‘who are you representing?’ How can a member of parliament be such a friend and claim to be an impartial judge of both British interests and what is right in the Middle East and for Israel? Where do their loyalties lie?
Picture: courtesy of Peter Gloyns.
Sources: Times of Israel, Independent, MSN, Ha’aretz.
- Is the UK government going to take action?
- UK government signals change re: Israel
- Uyghur campaign: last day (for now)
- Good response to our 143rd vigil
- Exeter University in the spotlight
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Is the UK government going to take action?
The signs of a more robust stance are promising
September 2026
But as ever with government, words are not always matched by deeds. The Foreign Secretary’s statement and his subsequent remarks in a video expressing shock at being told medicines are being withheld from Gaza have drawn a series of rebukes and threats from a variety of sources.
In parliament he said that the proposal to build settlement E1 as it’s known ‘crosses a red line and cuts through the heart of the West Bank and risks making a Palestinian state unviable. This is indeed the stated intention of some Israeli politicians. During the debate some MPs referred to ‘settler terrorism’.
His additional remarks made in a video have inflamed the situation further. “Frankly, it was horrific, what is unfolding,” Mr Miliband said. “The stories that people were telling me of medicines being blocked [and] children dying while waiting for vital life-saving treatment.” The Israelis have denied that there are any restrictions despite considerable evidence they have from charities like Physicians for Human Rights and Global Human Rights Clinic as well as a host of other NGOs and charities.
The US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has accused the Labour government of ‘Jew hate’ and that “they know no boundaries and and know no facts”. Strong stuff. A difficult claim to make as the Foreign Secretary is Jewish. The Times of Israel called his remarks ‘political positioning’ among other criticisms.
These are the familiar responses to any kind of criticism of Israel despite the mass of evidence of violence in the West Bank and Gaza.
Vigil
The 144th vigil took place yesterday (5th September) with around 25 in attendance. Filming has started of our video ‘Because …’ where we ask some participants why are they here. We will be continuing over the next few weeks running up to our 150th vigil.
The local MP, Mr John Glen has still not put in an appearance. We learned that one participant has written over 40 times to him yet has never received a reply. Mr Glen is a member the Conservative Friends of Israel lobby organisation. He has never mentioned the vigils in his weekly column courtesy of the Salisbury Journal. An MP is elected to represent all his or her constituents not just those who agree with them.
Double standards?
An enormous fuss was made last week over a Channel 4 film showing Reform party aids soliciting foreign donations which are illegal under electoral law. The undercover filming appeared to show two Reform aids seeking to conceal the source of foreign donations to make them appear as though they were from the UK. Two have been relieved of their posts. Yet there is no equivalent fuss of the huge amount of money the Israeli government has poured into its lobbying and the effect it has had on the attitudes of MPs towards the conflict.
Around £1.5 million has been spent by the Israeli government and it is thought that 180 MPs are members of the various party’s friends groups. This raises the obvious question ‘who are you representing?’ How can a member of parliament be such a friend and claim to be an impartial judge of both British interests and what is right in the Middle East and for Israel? Where do their loyalties lie?
Picture: courtesy of Peter Gloyns.
Sources: Times of Israel, Independent, MSN, Ha’aretz.
- Is the UK government going to take action?
- UK government signals change re: Israel
- Uyghur campaign: last day (for now)
- Good response to our 143rd vigil
- Exeter University in the spotlight
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News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules
By Guardian staffFollow the day’s news live
#AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #Parentsandparenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #Socialmediaban #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff
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News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules
By Guardian staffFollow the day’s news live
#AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #Parentsandparenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #Socialmediaban #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff
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News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules
By Guardian staffFollow the day’s news live
#AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #Parentsandparenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #Socialmediaban #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff
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News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules
By Guardian staffFollow the day’s news live
#AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #Parentsandparenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #Socialmediaban #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff
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Australia news live: parents of Australians surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #ParentsAndParenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #SocialMediaBan
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Australia news live: parents of Australians surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #ParentsAndParenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #SocialMediaBan
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Australia news live: parents of Australians surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #ParentsAndParenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #SocialMediaBan
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Australia news live: parents of Australians surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #ParentsAndParenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #SocialMediaBan
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https://www.europesays.com/afrique/202006/ Nigeria: la présidentielle de 2027 se joue aussi à Washington #AtikuAbubakar #BolaTinubu #Lobbying #Nigeria #Présidentielle2027
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https://www.europesays.com/people/217308/ Mark Zuckerberg killed the bill that could have saved my son #BigTech #children #Congress #Facebook #Internet #Legislation #Lobbying #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #SocialMedia
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En tant que consommateur, vos intérêts sont-ils bien représentés à Bruxelles par des organisations qui acceptent les financements/sponsorings de multinationales (Google, Amazon, Tiktok, Ferrero...) et reprennent beaucoup de leurs argumentaires de #lobbying?
Cela m'étonnerait... mais c'est pourtant le cas de Testachats / Testaankoop et du groupe euroconsumers qu'ils ont cofondé. -
Important research and documentation that businesses that profit from consumer data collection are lobbying governments to mandate age verification:
"Meta Platforms: Lobbying, Dark Money, and the App Store Accountability Act
An open-source intelligence investigation into how Meta Platforms built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws that shift regulatory burden from social media platforms onto Apple and Google's app stores."https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
#osint #privacy #opensource #lobbying #ageverificationlaw #security
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Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI – Gizmodo
Jensen Huang © FotofieldJensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
“[It’s] extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we’ve done a lot of damage,” he said.
By AJ Dellinger, Published January 12, 2026
Reading time 3 minutes
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has seen his net worth skyrocket by nearly $100 billion since the AI boom started a couple of years ago, would really appreciate it if you would stop talking about the potential harms of the technology that’s supercharged his fortune. It’s really harshing his vibe.
In an appearance on the No Priors podcast hosted by Elad Gil and Sarah Guo, Huang took aim at people who have suggested AI may have some significant, detrimental impact, from job displacement to expanding the surveillance state. “[It’s] extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we’ve done a lot of damage with very well-respected people who have painted a doomer narrative,” he said.
According to Huang, considering the potential existential risks of unleashing AI on society may do more harm than good. “It’s not helpful. It’s not helpful to people. It’s not helpful to the industry. It’s not helpful to society. It’s not helpful to the governments,” he said. He particularly took issue with other people in the industry going to the government and asking for regulation and mandatory safeguards. “You have to ask yourself, you know, what is the purpose of that narrative and what are their intentions,” he asked rhetorically. “Why are they talking to governments about these things to create regulations to suffocate startups?”
Huang isn’t totally off-base about some of what he’s suggesting. Regulatory capture is a real risk, especially as multi-billion-dollar companies look to lock in their lead by using their absurd wealth to sway politicians and cement favorable policy. And there’s no doubt that AI players have been getting into the lobbying business. According to the Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley firms have already poured more than $100 million into new Super PACs to push pro-AI messaging in the lead-up to midterm elections in 2026. There is also zero doubt that industry players use societal-scale risks as a marketing tactic: it makes their product seem full of endless potential, and it suggests they need to maintain control of it to keep everyone safe rather than letting this powerful tool fall into the wrong hands or be controlled by some government regulator.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
Tags: AI, Changes, Gizmodo, Government, Harms, Huang, Jensen Huang, Jobs Done by AI, Labor, Lobbying, Nvidia, Positive View, Regulatory Capture, Technology, Work Changes
#AI #Changes #Gizmodo #Government #Harms #Huang #JensenHuang #JobsDoneByAI #Labor #Lobbying #Nvidia #PositiveView #RegulatoryCapture #Technology #WorkChanges -
Europe’s corruption challenge goes beyond an East–West divide.
Petty bribery may be rarer in Western Europe, but influence, lobbying and regulatory capture remain powerful — and often minimised.
#Corruption #Europe #Bribery #Lobbying #RegulatoryCapture #FedericaMogherini #LePen #Ukraine #Politics #Business
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📰 Świeży #CoryDoctorow na #Krytyka:
"Opinia publiczna podchodzi dziś coraz bardziej sceptycznie do twierdzeń, że nic się nie da zrobić i niczego nie da się naprawić, bo żyjemy w najlepszym z możliwych światów, a jeśli to oznacza, że mamy się ugotować na śmierć – to trudno, inaczej się nie dało."
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/swiat/biznes-robi-nam-wode-z-mozgu-nadal-dajemy-sie-wkrecac/
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📰 Świeży #CoryDoctorow na #Krytyka:
"Opinia publiczna podchodzi dziś coraz bardziej sceptycznie do twierdzeń, że nic się nie da zrobić i niczego nie da się naprawić, bo żyjemy w najlepszym z możliwych światów, a jeśli to oznacza, że mamy się ugotować na śmierć – to trudno, inaczej się nie dało."
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/swiat/biznes-robi-nam-wode-z-mozgu-nadal-dajemy-sie-wkrecac/
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📰 Świeży #CoryDoctorow na #Krytyka:
"Opinia publiczna podchodzi dziś coraz bardziej sceptycznie do twierdzeń, że nic się nie da zrobić i niczego nie da się naprawić, bo żyjemy w najlepszym z możliwych światów, a jeśli to oznacza, że mamy się ugotować na śmierć – to trudno, inaczej się nie dało."
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/swiat/biznes-robi-nam-wode-z-mozgu-nadal-dajemy-sie-wkrecac/
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📰 Świeży #CoryDoctorow na #Krytyka:
"Opinia publiczna podchodzi dziś coraz bardziej sceptycznie do twierdzeń, że nic się nie da zrobić i niczego nie da się naprawić, bo żyjemy w najlepszym z możliwych światów, a jeśli to oznacza, że mamy się ugotować na śmierć – to trudno, inaczej się nie dało."
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/swiat/biznes-robi-nam-wode-z-mozgu-nadal-dajemy-sie-wkrecac/
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#Lobbying groups representing #NewYorkLife, #LincolnFinancial Group, #Prudential #Financial & other companies first pushed back against the newly proposed #regulations before suing to topple them entirely. Now the govt’s latest attempt to protect #retirees is in political & #legal limbo…
It is the latest example of a pervasive pattern: As the #Biden admin tries to impose new restrictions on #powerful industries, those #businesses successfully turn to #Congress & the #courts for a reprieve.
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Trump hosts Bitcoin mining executives at Florida residence - Executives from the U.S. Bitcoin mining industry pitched the presidentia... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-bitcoin-miners-meet-latest-show-of-industry-support #u.s.presidentialelection #miningelectricitytax #energyconsumption #elecricitygrid #riotplatforms #cleanspark #emissions #terawulf #lobbying
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✊😷🎭⚙️🔨 :blobcatwave:
Mario Savio, of Berkley Free Speech Movement (1964)
#activism #activist #oligarchy #surveillance #privacy #lobbying #politics #FreeSpeech #liberty #freedom #humanrights #rights #corruption #Berkley #MarioSavio
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#GasBoiler #lobby trying to delay #UK’s #HeatPump plans, leak shows | #Gas | The Guardian
Those who don’t want to change but are in powerful positions are doing all they can to halt progress away from the use of #FossilFuels.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/20/gas-boiler-lobby-uk-heat-pump-plans-leak