Lobby virksomhed part 4 5. Meta Keeps International and US Child Safety Lobbying Completely Separate I cross-referenced Meta's 18 EU retained lobbying firms against US lobbying registrations. Three firms confirmed operating for Meta in both jurisdictions: Firm EU Role US Connection Trilligent (APCO Worldwide subsidiary) EUR 680K for AI Act, DMA, DSA APCO offices in DC; Meta VP calls them "integrated members of our Meta team" White & Case LLP EUR 50-100K, digital markets/services Lead international outside counsel, 70+ lawyer team FTI Consulting Belgium EUR 10-25K Subsidiary of FTI Consulting Inc (NYSE: FCN, HQ Washington DC) None of these firms touch child safety or age verification for Meta. The child safety lobbying runs through entirely separate state-level firms: Headwaters in Colorado, Pelican State Partners in Louisiana. None of Meta's US federal lobbying firms (Avoq, Mindset, Blue Mountain) have EU operations. International regulatory work (AI Act, DSA, DMA) goes through global firms. Age verification lobbying goes through state-level specialists with no international footprint. Two separate networks, no overlap. Sources: EU Transparency Register via LobbyFacts.eu, OpenSecrets, Senate LDA filings, firm websites The Global Picture 30+ jurisdictions introduced age verification legislation within 18 months (October 2024 to March 2026). Meta spends EUR 10 million per year on EU lobbying. 30 lobbyists. 18+ consulting firms. 277 European Commission meetings over a decade, including meetings specifically on "Children on internet protection" and "Minor protection online." RSF (Reporters Without Borders) documented 2,977 lobbying actions by Meta and Google across 10+ countries. Same playbook everywhere: astroturfing, revolving door hiring, front groups, disinformation. In Brazil, former President Michel Temer acted as an intermediary for big tech. Meta ran paid ads falsely claiming regulation would "ban the Bible." Meta failed to shift the compliance burden outside the US. The ASAA puts verification on app stores and devices. In Brazil, the EU, UK, and Australia, the burden falls on platforms directly. The ASAA playbook worked in four US states. It worked nowhere else. Sources: Corporate Europe Observatory, LobbyFacts.eu, RSF/Agencia Publica cross-country investigation, HRW, IAPP, EFF All Findings Are Now Public and Off Big-Tech Platforms Everything is at https://tboteproject.com The repository can be found at https://tboteproject.com/git/hekate/attestation-findings The research repository contains all source documents, IRS 990 analyses, state lobbying data, API query results, and disclosure PDFs. Every finding sourced from public records: IRS filings, state lobbying disclosures, PAC filings, campaign finance databases, corporate registries, congressional APIs, EU transparency registers, UK charity filings, and archived websites. You are free to fork, clone, or otherwise share these files. I encourage you to email your favorite YouTubers or forward it to trust worthy media. What's Next March 16, 2026: February monthly disclosures due in Colorado, the first filings covering SB26-051 activity March 17, 2026: Brazil's Digital ECA takes effect CORA and FOIA responses pending from Colorado SOS, Colorado AG, and Louisiana Ethics Board Still needed: DCA fiscal sponsor confirmation, Casey Stefanski's NCOSE "Global Partnerships" role, bill text comparison across jurisdictions Sources (all public records) IRS 990 filings: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer (ICMEC 2022-2024, ConnectSafely 2017-2024) UK Charity Commission: Childnet International (1080173), FOSI UK (1095268) Brazil: Chamber of Deputies API (dadosabertos.camara.leg.br) EU lobbying: LobbyFacts.eu, Corporate Europe Observatory, EU Transparency Register Cross-country investigation: RSF, Agencia Publica, CLIP US lobbying: OpenSecrets, Senate LDA filings, Colorado SOS, Texas Ethics Commission Reporting: Bloomberg, HRW, IAPP, EFF, Biometric Update All other sources can be found on the repository

Åbent brev Fra Margrethe Vestagers og andres organisation Rebuild Europe https://letter.rebuild.net/ the rebuild letter Sign the letter To everyone committed to Europe and European social platforms. Social platforms are not only products. They are where we communicate, organize, and govern ourselves. Today, this critical infrastructure is not our own. It divides our democracies and harms our children. Regulation was the first step on the path to change. Now it's time to build. We must build with every model of organisation. Startups, NGOs, cooperatives, open-source communities – let's innovate every kind of platform at every kind of scale that enables and enhances what we do: our work, our creativity, our communities, our cultures. We need design principles that help builders put people first. Principles for designing platforms that build our social fabric, and platforms that reward our time by enabling and enhancing social relationships – rather than stealing our time with addictive algorithms. We build for everyone. Our platforms must reflect a scale of human identity rather than flatten it. We design for belonging, not just inclusion. We see safety and protection not as constraints but as dynamic foundations for constant learning that make our platforms stronger for everyone. We call for a rich and diverse world of platforms as varied as European life. We need thousands of spaces for every scale. A platform for your neighbourhood. Your profession. Your parliament. Let's enable builders to build from the community to the continent, horizontally across borders and vertically through industries. We urge every European citizen and organisation to support European social platforms. The shift will only happen if individuals, companies and public sector organisations alike nurture and adopt the platforms that can support the needs of a diverse and democratic continent. We call on Europe's private and public institutions to immediately direct their resources to rebuilding European social platforms. From local accelerators, to universities, national innovation funds, venture capitalists, governments and European programmes... the power to set in motion a major European growth industry is in your hands. To the builders of the critical social platforms where we connect, forge friendships, share resources, knowledge and hope, you are building more than products. You are building for our culture. Our values. Our democracies. You are building for Europe, and our collective self-confidence. Change has never been more needed. But we know change is possible. Now let’s build it. Sign the letter Add your name to serve and support European social platforms. Full name Your name Your name will appear in the public signatures list after verification. Email your@email.com We’ll send you an email verify your identity. Your email is never displayed publicly. Details By signing this letter I give Rebuild consent to store my name, email and signature, that my name and signature are visible as a signee for the rebuild letter and that I will be kept up to date with Rebuild. Privacy policy Sign the letter

Nu kan du også underskrive the rebuild letter: https://letter.rebuild.net To everyone committed to Europe and European social platforms. Social platforms are not only products. They are where we communicate, organize, and govern ourselves. Today, this critical infrastructure is not our own. It divides our democracies and harms our children. Regulation was the first step on the path to change. Now it's time to build. • We must build with every model of organisation. Startups, NGOs, cooperatives, open-source communities – let's innovate every kind of platform at every kind of scale that enables and enhances what we do: our work, our creativity, our communities, our cultures. • We need design principles that help builders put people first. Principles for designing platforms that build our social fabric, and platforms that reward our time by enabling and enhancing social relationships – rather than stealing our time with addictive algorithms. • We build for everyone. Our platforms must reflect a scale of human identity rather than flatten it. We design for belonging, not just inclusion. We see safety and protection not as constraints but as dynamic foundations for constant learning that make our platforms stronger for everyone. • We call for a rich and diverse world of platforms as varied as European life. We need thousands of spaces for every scale. A platform for your neighbourhood. Your profession. Your parliament. Let's enable builders to build from the community to the continent, horizontally across borders and vertically through industries. • We urge every European citizen and organisation to support European social platforms. The shift will only happen if individuals, companies and public sector organisations alike nurture and adopt the platforms that can support the needs of a diverse and democratic continent. • We call on Europe's private and public institutions to immediately direct their resources to rebuilding European social platforms. From local accelerators, to universities, national innovation funds, venture capitalists, governments and European programmes... the power to set in motion a major European growth industry is in your hands. To the builders of the critical social platforms where we connect, forge friendships, share resources, knowledge and hope, you are building more than products. You are building for our culture. Our values. Our democracies. You are building for Europe, and our collective self-confidence. Change has never been more needed. But we know change is possible. Now let’s build it. Underskriv og del brevet her 👉 https://letter.rebuild.net 💡Husk at du altid kan finde vores opslag på LinkedIn (censurerende og 🇺🇸-kontrolleret) og på vores kanaler på SOCii.dk og Meningspunktet.dk

Pope Leo XIV There has been no harsher critic to U.S. military action in Iran than Pope Leo XIV: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined. “Peace is no longer sought as a gift and a desirable good in itself, or in the pursuit of the establishment of the ordered universe willed by God, with a more perfect form of justice among men and women.” “Instead, peace is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting one’s own dominion. “This gravely threatens the rule of law, which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence.” https://x.com/ChristopherHale/status/2027785008442679578?s=20

FÅ EUROPÆISK OVERBLIK: MOMENTUM FOR DEMOCRA-TECH + TIP 💡 Lister og ‘menuer’ med alternativer til US tech deles ikke kun herhjemme men - naturligvis - på tværs af Europa og andre demokratiske stater i disse måneder. Cybernews har samlet nogle af de mest udbredte lister og inititiativer til at skabe alternative platformsøkosystemer i denne artikel 👀 Herunder EUs samlede ‘DC EDIC’-initiativ som styrker medlemslande i at udvikle og drifte digital infrastruktur: “EDIC is a legal instrument under the Digital Decade Policy Programme that allows Member States to jointly develop and operate cross border digital infrastructures with shared governance and long-term stability. Several EDICs are already active in areas such as language technologies, local digital twins for cities and blockchain infrastructures and the DC EDIC now complements this growing family in the field of open digital building blocks. The Commission encourages more Members to join the DC EDIC and help shape a shared European digital future based on openness, trust and technological sovereignty.” 💡 TIP: Nyheder fra Linkedinsiden “DemocraTechTalk” kan fremover også læses på vores kanal på Meningspunktet.dk og SOCii.dk 👍 #DanmarkSkifter https://cybernews.com/tech/europeans-encourage-ditch-big-tech-and-go-local/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPXHUVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzWnB6UmVEVXFCRldJSkFFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjujllaOmxHhFcFljKcS6AP-cCFhaZlMYCbQM2OZ4S8YTINK3Bqt5X6XODyP_aem_OBX4r8KKdBxekLvrtqpStQ

Nåja, ang USA og aggressioner, så er der her en lille liste. Der er jo ikke en opfindelse Trump har lavet. Listen starter i 1964, men det er kun pga. begrænsningen på 5000 tegn. Den oprindelige starter i 1890. Den slutter i 2001, men mon ikke vi kan fylde de sidste ud fra hukommelsen: Panama 1964 Troops sent in and Panamanians shot while protesting the United States presence in the Canal Zone. Indonesia 1965 The CIA orchestrated a military coup. Dominican Rep. 1965-66 Troops deployed during a national election. Guatemala 1966-67 Green Berets sent in. Cambodia 1969-75 Military sent in after the Vietnam War expanded into Cambodia. Oman 1970 Marines landed to direct a possible invasion into Iran. Laos 1971-75 Americans carpet-bomb the countryside during Laos' civil war. Chile 1973 The CIA orchestrated a coup, killing President Allende who had been popularly elected. The CIA helped to establish a military regime under General Pinochet. Cambodia 1975 Twenty-eight Americans killed in an effort to retrieve the crew of the Mayaquez, which had been seized. Angola 1976-92 The CIA supported and funded White South African saboteurs and Unita terrorists against the government of Angola. The also supported the White Apartheid government of South Africa, who committed crimes in the name of freedom and democracy. It was a racist war and the world should know about it. Iran 1980 Americans aborted a rescue attempt to liberate 52 hostages seized in the Teheran embassy. Libya 1981 American fighters shoot down two Libyan fighters. El Salvador 1981-92 The CIA, troops, and advisers aid in El Salvador's war against the FMLN. Nicaragua 1981-90 The CIA and NSC directed the Contra War against the Sandinistas. Lebanon 1982-84 Marines occupied Beirut during Lebanon's civil war; 241 were killed in the American barracks and Reagan "redeployed" the troops to the Mediterranean. Honduras 1983-89 Troops sent in to build bases near the Honduran border. Grenada 1983-84 American invasion overthrew the Maurice Bishop government. Iran 1984 American fighters shot down two Iranian planes over the Persian Gulf. Libya 1986 American fighters hit targets in and around the capital city of Tripoli. Bolivia 1986 The Army assisted government troops on raids of cocaine areas. Iran 1987-88 The United States intervened on the side of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. Libya 1989 Navy shot down two more Libyan jets. Virgin Islands 1989 Troops landed during unrest among Virgin Island peoples. Philippines 1989 Air Force provided air cover for government during coup. Panama 1989-90 27,000 Americans landed in overthrow of President Noriega; over 2,000 Panama civilians were killed. Liberia 1990 Troops entered Liberia to evacuate foreigners during civil war. Saudi Arabia 1990-91 American troops sent to Saudi Arabia, which was a staging area in the war against Iraq. Kuwait 1991 Troops sent into Kuwait to turn back Saddam Hussein. Somalia 1992-94 Troops occupied Somalia during civil war. Bosnia 1993-95 Air Force jets bombed "no-fly zone" during civil war in Yugoslavia. Haiti 1994-96 American troops and Navy provided a blockade against Haiti's military government. The CIA restored Aristide to power. Zaire 1996-97 Marines sent into Rwanda Hutus' refugee camps in the area where the Congo revolution began. Albania 1997 Troops deployed during evacuation of foreigners. Sudan 1998 American missiles destroyed a pharmaceutical complex where alleged nerve gas components were manufactured. Afghanistan 1998 Missiles launched towards alleged Afghan terrorist training camps. Yugoslavia 1999 Bombings and missile attacks carried out by the United States in conjunction with NATO in the 11 week war against Milosevic. Iraq 1998-2001 Missiles launched into Baghdad and other large Iraq cities for four days. American jets enforced "no-fly zone" and continued to hit Iraqi targets since December 1998.

Nicolai Hvidberg gjorde mig lige opmærksom på Jakob Stegelmanns anmeldelse af "Ragnas søn 1: Afgrunden" i Troldspejlets podcast. Den er bare god! Tusind tak, Jakob!!! 😃 Man kan høre den her: https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/troldspejlet-podcast/troldspejlet-podcast-2025/borderlands-4-the-rogue-prince-of-persia-og-fnug-16122592316 og man skal ca. 2/3 dele ind i podcasten, men ellers lyt til det hele - det er, som sædvanlig, godt og interessant. #tegneserier #troldspejlet #podcast #comics