Shameless self-promotion alert!
It was such a pleasure to discuss with @Paris Marx how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in totally misguided hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing.
A place for hope is Berlin, April 10-12, 2026: 
Tech Won't Save Us
Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz - Tech Won’t Save Us
Cables of Resistance -- A movement conference
Cables of Resistance is organised by movements and anti-capitalist activists who practise various forms of resistance against big tech. It will be ...