🇪🇺EU Digital Services Act forces Big Tech compliance by August deadline

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The world's first comprehensive AI regulation takes effect August 2025, banning high-risk AI systems and requiring transparency from tech giants.

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Why This Matters

🇪🇺 American companies must follow EU rules or lose access to 447 million customers

Tech giants like Google and Microsoft spend billions redesigning products to meet European standards, making EU regulations effectively global.

💼 Your job applications now get reviewed by AI systems with new transparency requirements

Employers using AI to screen resumes must disclose how algorithms make decisions, giving you insight into hiring processes for the first time.

👁️ Social credit systems and facial recognition surveillance banned in democratic countries

EU prohibitions on AI social scoring prevent authoritarian-style citizen monitoring from spreading to Western democracies.

📞 Push Congress to pass similar AI oversight before tech companies export surveillance

Contact your representatives at 202-224-3121 to demand American AI regulations protect privacy and prevent algorithmic discrimination.

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