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Guest blog post by Gary Machado, President of EU DisinfoLab. Mark Zuckerberg is finally coming to Brussels. We, Europeans, were granted a visit and it feels we had to beg for it. In the US, Mark Zuckerberg did not have a choice; he had to testify in front of both the Senate and Congress, publicly… » read more
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Guest post by Raffaele Jacovelli, Partner at Hightech Partners I recently participated in a half-day of debates at the European Parliament in Brussels. It was part of the #DigitalEU initiative – Eurocrats, ministers, and private sector leaders gathered together to discuss the technology that will revolutionize the European economy. There was plenty of talk about… » read more
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blogactiv, digital, Education, Innovation and Growth, Social Europe & Jobs |
April 25, 2018
Guest blog post by Eva Maydell. Maydell is a Member of the European Parliament from Bulgaria. When it comes to technology pioneers in Europe, Estonia often gets the plaudits, and deservedly so. Europe is not always good at talking up its efforts and successes in technology so any recognition is not just welcome – it’s… » read more
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blogactiv, digital, EU Citizens & Media, EurActiv.com, Innovation & Enterprise |
April 18, 2018
Guest blog post by Denis MacShane, the UK’s former minister for Europe. His latest book is Brexit, No Exit. Why (in the End) Britain Won’t Leave Europe (IB Tauris). Recently the London Eurosceptic political weekly, the Spectator, published an article by the most fervent EU federalist to be found in Europe. Jean Quatremer is a… » read more
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blogactiv, Brexit, communication, democracy, digital, Elections, EU Citizens & Media, EurActiv.com, Freedom of Speech, média |
April 16, 2018
Guest blog post by Stefano Quintarelli, Member of Parliament, Italy. Two weeks after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it’s time to draw some conclusions and try to advance the debate with some structural proposals. Facts are clear: large-scale usage of a massive amount of user’s profiles collected from unaware and non-participating users, utilized to systematically… » read more
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Better regulation, blogactiv, digital, EU Citizens & Media, EurActiv.com, Future EU, InfoSociety, Innovation & Enterprise, Innovation and Growth |
April 11, 2018
Guest post by Mark Cummins. Mark Cummins is Professor of Finance at the Dublin City University Business School and Head of the Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship Academic Group. He holds a PhD in Quantitative Finance. He will speak further on this topic at a special event on “Brexit and Financial Services” on 12 April… » read more
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blogactiv, Brexit, Competition, digital, Economy & Euro, Euro & Finance, Financial Services, Future EU, Global Europe |
Guest post by Johan Merlevede. Merlevede is the director of Leuven MindGate, an association that represents the knowledge, high-tech, and healthcare sectors in Leuven, Belgium. Shout the phrase ‘innovation hub’ into a crowd of European techies or start-up fanatics and they’ll probably assume you’re talking about one of the grand capitals known for their… » read more
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Better regulation, blogactiv, digital, EurActiv.com, Innovation & Enterprise, Innovation and Growth |
January 11, 2018
Guest post by Zachary Ellis, intern at Biderbost, Boscan & Rochin (BB&R) Over the past couple of weeks of 2017, an innovative phenomenon has been taking place in local Salamancan schools. The European project eParticipation is making its presence known within classrooms, and it is positively affecting youth all across Salamanca, London, and Palermo. The… » read more
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blogactiv, democracy, digital, Education, eGovernment, Future EU, InfoSociety |
Guest post by Paolo Battiston, Executive Vice President Digital Payments & Labs Europe, Mastercard The 4th industrial revolution is here. And it is digital. Unlike any other time in recent history, society is witnessing an intense interest in digital transformation. What is changing is nothing less than how consumers interact: with their families, friends, communities… » read more
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blogactiv, digital, Financial Services, Innovation & Enterprise, Trade & Society |
Twitter can truly connect people. Proof: I am sharing what I told a Brussels’ digital influencer event at the request of my American Twitter friends. Ranked 18th in the league of digital EU influencers, I was asked to prepare a personal presentation in the form of five tweets. As a well-known Brussels’ bubble tweeter (most…… » read more
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America, blog, blogactiv, brussels, democracy, digital, influence, social media, transatlantic, Twitter |
September 28, 2017
Guest post by Bill Wirtz, Policy Analyst for the Consumer Choice Center A ‘digital tax’ is just another burden on consumers In a recent move by four EU member states, the European Union has brought up the issue of digital taxation, by suggesting that online business services should be taxed on turnover, not on… » read more
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Guest blog post by Alicia Richart, former Spanish Digital Champion. It could be a case of second time lucky for Rupert Murdoch, with the media mogul aiming to finally close a deal for full control over Sky plc, the owner of Sky News. Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, formed in 2013 following the reorganisation of his… » read more
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March 30, 2017
Guest blog post by David Dechamps, Senior Vice President, Digital Payments & Labs, Europe – Mastercard. From one click payments to drones as the delivery service of the future, we often talk about the benefits and innovations of e-commerce businesses. But what about the consumer? At the heart of any retail service is the consumer… » read more
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March 22, 2017
Guest blog post by Jean-Marc Leclerc, Government and Regulatory Affairs Executive at IBM IBM, in its long history, has witnessed a lot of digitalization and defined some of it. When the Digital Single Market strategy was launched in 2015, our experience taught us that that the journey from ambition to reality could be bumpy. Vigorous… » read more
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January 26, 2017
Guest blog post by Nick Stringer, Chair of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA). Amid the recent (and continuing) redrawing of the European data privacy landscape, it is of crucial importance for the digital economy that the freedom to deliver advertising matched to the interests and preferences of people (otherwise known as online behavioural… » read more
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