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Denmark was the first to post an ambassador to Silicon Valley. Now, it is leading Europe's diplomats in putting Big Tech on the right side of history.

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Tags: denmark, tech industry, big tech, silicon valley, politics, european union, policy.technology, techplomacy, geopolitics, politicians, anne marie engtoft meldgaard, future, usa, author.anna desmarais, source.euronews
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/03/23/meet-a-european-diplomat-working-to-get-tech-companies-on-the-right-side-of-history

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Why is Europe trying to influence Silicon Valley with 'techplomacy'?
Published
Mar 23 2024
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    I don’t understand what they actually do. This is pretty vague: What’s this about elections? Tech for Democracy’s website is here. I tried reading the “Learnings from the Year of Action” and all I...

    I don’t understand what they actually do. This is pretty vague:

    What that looks like in practice, Meldgaard said, can be anything from creating initiatives like Tech For Diplomacy to better integrate technology into election processes, to collaborating on partnerships to end gender-based violence online or mitigating spyware with the US government.

    What’s this about elections? Tech for Democracy’s website is here. I tried reading the “Learnings from the Year of Action” and all I can tell is that they had some meetings.

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