EU’s Digital Diplomat to Silicon Valley Braces for Tech Lawsuits
- Gerard de Graaf opened EU outpost in San Francisco last month
- Companies prepare as new EU tech platform laws take effect
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The European Union is bracing for an onslaught of lawsuits from the largest tech companies -- Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Amazon.com Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Apple Inc. -- over incoming rules that will change how the industry operates, said the head of the region’s new San Francisco outpost.
“We’re not naïve,” Gerard de Graaf, a top EU official focused on regulations for digital platforms, told Bloomberg News in his first interview with a US media outlet since opening the EU’s office in the heart of Silicon Valley last month. “There will be litigation.”