Analysis: How Big Tech Lobbying Shaped EU Digital Omnibus Deregulation Proposals
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Summary
A new analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl reveals how Big Tech companies have influenced the EU's Digital Omnibus proposals, which represent a major deregulation of digital laws including GDPR and the AI Act. The analysis shows that Big Tech, with support from the Trump administration and European far-right groups, has successfully shaped legislation to roll back digital rights protections. The article details specific amendments and lobbying efforts that have weakened consumer protections and data privacy regulations in favor of corporate interests.
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They are helped in this attempt by the Trump administration and the European far right.
At the end of November 2025, Ursula von der Leyen gave Trump and his tech oligarchs an early Christmas present: an unprecedented attack on digital rights.
In its so-called Digital Omnibus, the European Commission proposed a major roll-back of digital rights that had been won over decades of campaigning.
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