L’Etat montre qu’il est à la traîne d’un modèle qui permet de plus en plus aux gens d’avoir des flux de revenus multiples et flexibles. Sous la présidence belge de l’Union européenne, le Conseil européen cherche à clarifier les règles applicables aux influenceurs en ligne. Nous les avons tous vus : des personnes qui apparaissent sur […]
I was a guest on Forum Daily’s The News Forum to talk about farmer protests in Europe. Click the video below to watch the entire interview:
This week our guest is Karen Melchior, a Member of the European Parliament from Denmark, who is part of the Renew Europe parliamentary group. We’re talking about content moderation on social media platforms, and what role algorithms play. Also in this episode: 🛬 European cities increase their tourist taxes to disincentivise travellers 🇪🇺 Ursula von […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer we talk to Young Voices contributor Benjamin Ayanian about the push by Republican lawmakers to get private airlines to disclose information about migrant passengers. Also in this episode: 🇵🇱 In Poland and beyond, farmers continue protesting 🇨🇦 What’s happening with the CETA trade agreement? ✈️ Republicans want more information, […]
In this third episode, we look at the role of international institutions when it comes to litigation. IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, uses a method of analysing hazard, not risk, opening up companies to expensive litigation. This appears to be used as a method to impose quasi bans. Act 1: Precaution Act […]
A travers toute l’Europe, les agriculteurs expriment leur mécontentement… à juste titre. Dans de nombreux pays européens, les agriculteurs protestent et ils ont raison de le faire. Qu’il s’agisse des agriculteurs néerlandais qui protestent contre la réduction prévue du nombre d’éleveurs, des agriculteurs allemands qui s’opposent à la hausse prévue des taxes sur le diesel […]
In this season of the Fun Police podcast, we are looking at the role of international institutions in the propagation of misinformation and how prohibitionists are using them to further their goals. In this episode: the dirty on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and its Conference of the Parties (COP), the World Health Organization’s […]
Les carburants durables pour l’aviation (SAF) sont un objectif louable pour les décideurs politiques, mais la promotion des SAF devrait dépasser les frontières et favoriser la collaboration entre les nations, les régulateurs et les autres parties prenantes. Dans leur quête d’un ciel plus vert, les régulateurs du monde entier s’efforcent de rendre les carburants d’aviation […]
This week’s episode is joined by the CCC’s U.S Affairs Analyst Elizabeth Hicks! We’re talking about the theft happening in major retail brands through self-checkout counters. Also in this episode: which regulations make sense for online influencers? February 1, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
I was a guest on the Morning Wire podcast to discuss the implications of the European farmer protests. Click down below to listen to the entire episode.
Bill Wirtz 