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 […]
I was a guest on The Impact Farming Show to talk, at length, about farmer protests in Europe. You can watch the entire exchange by clicking the video below:
In this season finale, Movendi International makes a comeback. UNODC and Movendi collaborate on global health policy, and it’s all a bit odd. Also, we talk to an infant feeding expert who leads us down the path of the WHO’s weird obsession with infant formula. Act 1: Listen first Act 2: Magic formula Act 3: […]
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 […]
In this week’s episode we’re talking to our UK Country Associate, our new colleague Mike Salem, about himself and politics in the UK. Also in this episode: 📱 The European Parliament will use TikTok despite the ban 🇵🇱 The Polish government says it will open up the rail market to competition earlier than expected Follow […]
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 […]
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.
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