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Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz

12/4/2025 • 57 min

Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing. Aline Blankertz is a cofounder of Structural Integrity. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critic… Play episode

Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi
Peter Thiel is the Real Antichrist w/ Gil Duran
Saudi Arabia is Using Games to Improve Its Image w/ Nathan Grayson
Why We Need a War on Cars w/ Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear
We Need to Cut Our Dependence on US Tech. Here’s How to Start.
Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City w/ Joanne McNeil
Smart Glasses Are Ushering In An Anti-Social World w/ Chris Gilliard
The Gilded Rage of Tech Billionaires w/ Jacob Silverman
The Growing Divide Between MAGA and Big Tech w/ Tina Nguyen
Is Tesla Still a Car Company? w/ Ed Niedermeyer
Palantir is Thriving Under Trump w/ Caroline Haskins
A New Economy Will Deliver Better Technology w/ Aaron Benanav
Will AI Kill Your Job? w/ Brian Merchant
How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics w/ Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay
Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap
Will the Pope Be An Ally Against AI? w/ Paolo Benanti
What Google Zero Means for Journalism w/ Matt Pearce
Trump’s Crypto Profiteering Is Worse Than You Think w/ Jacob Silverman
Decomputing For a Better Future w/ Dan McQuillan
Microsoft is Gutting the Video Game Industry w/ Nathan Grayson
How the US Weaponizes Tech in the Middle East w/ Laleh Khalili
The Geopolitical Fight Over Huawei w/ Yangyang Cheng
Chatbots Are Repeating Social Media’s Harms w/ Nitasha Tiku
Brazil's Battle to Rein In Big Tech w/ Laís Martins
We All Suffer from OpenAI’s Pursuit of Scale w/ Karen Hao
The New Military Industry Complex w/ Sam Biddle
The Case for a Digital Detox w/ Casey Johnston
Generative AI is Not Inevitable w/ Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
Elon Musk is Remaking the US Space Program w/ Tim Fernholz
The Roots of Elon Musk’s War On Empathy w/ Julia Carrie Wong
How Brainrot AI is Upending the Internet w/ Jason Koebler
How Masayoshi Son Shaped the Tech Industry w/ Laleh Khalili
Digital Sovereignty in a Time of Rising Fascism
Can Europe End Its Dependence on US Tech? w/ Aline Blankertz
The Dirty Alliance Between Tech and the Oil Industry w/ JS Tan
DOGE Is Gutting the US Digital Service w/ Kate Green and Milo
Preview: Breaking Down Canada’s Election on Campaign Cops
Canada’s Tech Leaders Want Their Own DOGE w/ Jen St. Denis
AI Hype Enters Its Geopolitics Era w/ Timnit Gebru
The UK’s Misguided Embrace of AI Hype w/ James Meadway
Protesting Tesla Can Hurt Elon Musk w/ Ed Niedermeyer
How DOGE is Remaking the US Government w/ Makena Kelly
Patreon Preview: The Harms of Generative AI w/ Alex Hanna
The Tech Oligarchy’s Campaign Against the Media w/ Eoin Higgins
Patreon Preview: Sam Altman’s Self-Serving AGI Future w/ Julia Black
How Spotify Remade the Music Industry w/ Liz Pelly
The Problem With Cyberlibertarianism w/ Chris Gilliard
Patreon Preview: Do We Live in a Simulation? w/ Émile P. Torres
The New Tech Oligarchy w/ Gaby Del Valle

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