Broad support for strictly regulating tracking ads A unique cooperation of Members of European Parliament from liberals to the left side joined forces in amending the Digital Services Act (DSA) to put an end to pervasive tracking advertising. This proposal hurts tech giants Google, Facebook and Amazon who make billions of Euros every year by…
The Socialists and Democrats Group is today launching AdsZuck, a pan-European campaign aimed at ending the abuse of citizens’ personal data by Big Tech companies. Paul Tang MEP, initiator of the AdsZuck campaign, said: “We want big tech companies to understand that our private data is not a product! For far too long these companies…
Paul Tang elected as chairperson of the new subcommittee on tax matters Paul Tang was elected by acclamation on Wednesday to be the Chairperson of Parliament’s newly created subcommittee on tax matters (FISC). Mr Tang (S&D, NL) was elected at the opening of the subcommittee’s constitutive meeting on Wednesday morning. After his election, Mr. Tang…
“Try turning it off and back on again” – How many times have we recommended this to fix our computers? With the Covid-19 outbreak, our economy was suddenly and dramatically turned off. The virus is taking thousands of lives and jobs, and is forcing us to live in isolation. Now it is time to restart!…
DSA: the way forward Over the past months, I worked together with MEP’s of all political groups to draft our opinion on the IMCO-committee’s ‘Digital Services Act: improving the functioning of the single market’ report. Last week, we voted in the LIBE-committee on the compromises and the final report, which were both adopted with a…
European Parliament wants to forbid personalised advertisements Today became known that a large majority of the European Parliament voted in favour of the proposal of Dutch MEP Paul Tang of the Socialists and Democrats, to ban personalised advertisements on the internet. Tang: “With this statement, the European Parliament swings a stone, like David to Goliath,…
Webinar VI: Together or Alone? Towards a European recovery Will the financial package deal from the European Commission, to be presented in the coming weeks, be enough to help countries survive the economic Corona-crisis? Which strategies are countries deploying themselves? And is there a difference of opinion in what works best? These questions and yours…
My suggestions for the Digital Services Act Today, the European Parliament (EP) published my draft opinion report on the Digital Services Act (DSA). On behalf of the LIBE-committee in the EP, I’m the rapporteur for opinion on the IMCO DSA report, which focusses on improving the functioning of the single market. In the upcoming months,…
MEP Paul Tang (S&D) starts, together with 56 NGOs, an action against the planned transfer of Adam Farkas to banking lobby firm AFME. Tang: “Adam Farkas is the most important man of the European Banking Authority (EBA) and wants to use his knowledge and network to the benefit of the very banks that were under…