Tech CEOs in Europe are urging the region to take bolder actions to tackle Big Tech's dominance and counter reliance on the U.S. after Donald Trump's presidential election win.

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  • CEOs of European technology companies told CNBC at the Web Summit technology conference this week that the continent should adopt a “Europe-first” approach to tech, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.
  • Andy Yen, CEO of VPN maker Proton, said Europe should “step up” and “be aggressive” to counter U.S. Big Tech firms’ tight grip on many important technologies, such as web browsing, cloud computing, smartphones — and now artificial intelligence.
  • Thomas Plantenga, CEO of Lithuania-based used clothing app Vinted, urged Europe to take the “right choices” to ensure it doesn’t get “left behind.”
  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    14 days ago

    If there’s a way for that to happen without just building equality abusive and exploitative mega corporations of similarly monopolistic scale, that seems like a very good thing.

    These companies invented the important stuff before becoming abusive and exploitative mega corporations, so it should be possible in theory.