color me not shocked - weakening of EU data privacy protection

According to the plans, Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab, Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab, OpenAI and other tech companies may be allowed to use Europeans’ personal data to train their AI models based on legitimate interest.

Shocking that a trillion dollar company built on cookies would petition against privacy..

_{Quote Citation: Foo Yun Chee, “Critics call proposed changes to landmark EU privacy law ‘death by a thousand cuts’ | Reuters”, 2025-11-10, https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/critics-call-proposed-changes-landmark-eu-privacy-law-death-by-thousand-cuts-2025-11-10/}