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In the 21st century, a handful of U.S. tech companies wield enormous influence over how we receive and share information. In response, the EU has advanced landmark regulatory frameworks like the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act, but these efforts have recently faced backlash from the Trump administration.
As Europe faces this mounting U.S. pressure and growing waves of AI-enabled information operations, lawmakers continue to grapple with not just how to regulate these platforms, but also how Europe can chart its own course between American Big Tech influence and democratic protections.
In this episode of the TechTank Podcast, guest host Courtney Radsch is joined by Marietje Schaake, a nonresident fellow at the Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and an international policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence, to discuss these challenges and the digital sovereignty debate.
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October 20, 2025