tech.eu Podcast #126: Facial recognition rules in Europe, France and Britain bite back on big tech, the future of EU-US data flows, interviews with Lubomila Jordanova and Tim Schumacher, and more

tech.eu Podcast hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.

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Here’s what we discussed this week.

🎧 E-scooter update

• Have the wheels come off the Paris electric scooter market?
• Electric scooter crash: Boy fighting for life after second London accident in days

🎧 Europe eyes stricter rules on facial recognition

• Europe eyes stricter rules on facial recognition
• ICO issues GDPR warning to police forces over facial recognition technology

🎧 Interview: Tim Schumacher, entrepreneur and investor from Cologne, co-founder of Eyeo, Sedo, and SaaS.group

🎧 France and Britain bite back on big tech

• French move on digital tax ups the ante
• UK braves US ire by pressing ahead with tax on tech companies
• International community agrees on a road map for resolving the tax challenges arising from digitalisation of the economy
• As Nations Look to Tax Tech Firms, U.S. Scrambles to Broker a Deal
• The French Digital Service Tax: An Economic Impact Assessment

🎧 Interview: Lubomila Jordanova, founder and CEO at Plan A, the winner of this year’s Pirate Summit startup competition

🎧 The future of EU-US data flows

• Facebook Surveillance Case Could Kill EU-U.S. Data Flow
• Ireland’s privacy regulator under fire in EU top court

🎧 The Big Tech news week

• Facebook’s $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing joke
• German Amazon workers go on strike as Prime Day begins
• Tommy Robinson banned from YouTube for 'hate speech'
• Reply All - #145 Louder

🎧 Bonus link: France to create new space force command - Macron