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Re:Google made plans to target the EU official in charge of ... by nocturnial on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:12AM (#25099557)
The original story came from a French newspaper lepoint [1] which then was picked up by ft [2].

Google proposed an alliance between booking.com, zal, ubisoft, carrefour,... to launch an advertising campaign to weaken the position of European lawmakers.

The most alarming piece of google's "DSA 60-day plan update" presentation is that they also wanted to mobilise the US government to lobby against it via trade representative offices and embassies.

[1]https://www.lepoint.fr/high-tech-internet/exclusif-comment-g... (paywalled)

[2] https://www.ft.com/content/d9d05b1e-45c0-44b8-a1ba-3aa6d0561...

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Re:Google made plans to target the EU official in charge of ... by PeterStuer on Sunday November 15, 2020 @09:45AM (#25101568)
You can read the article from Le Point here https://www.pressreader.com/france/le-point/20201029/2853748...
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Re:Google made plans to target the EU official in charge of ... by justinclift on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:42AM (#25101993)
> ... they also wanted to mobilise the US government to lobby against it via trade representative offices and embassies.

Seems like they're copying the RIAA and MPAA approach for that bit.

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