None of this is happy. "The European Commission already intended to permit the training of AI models using personal data, including highly sensitive information such as sexual orientation, political beliefs, or ethnicity, without active consent. The Council text goes another step further. It doesn't just designate AI training as a legitimate interest, but also the operation of AI. That would open the door for any kind of AI system, however problematic, to be trained and operated with personal data – without people having the possibility to object." An extensive (and impressive!) deep dive by @corporateeurope on the Big Tech lobby against data protection in the EU. Unfortunately the @EUCommission and several national governments are all too happy to accommodate. The @europarl_en needs to step up. https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/big-tech-campaign-kill-data-protection-europe #EU #BigTech #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanParliament