{"id":130259,"date":"2026-07-16T04:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/130259\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T04:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:04:11","slug":"brussels-tightens-grip-on-big-tech-uk-chancellor-set-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/130259\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussels Tightens Grip on Big Tech, UK Chancellor Set to Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission is preparing to issue fresh fines against Google, aiming to increase pressure on Big Tech as relations with Washington over digital regulations show signs of stabilization.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, James Watt, co-founder of BrewDog, is mounting a fresh attempt to reacquire the beer company and reinstate equity stakes for investors who suffered losses this year.<\/p>\n<p>In political developments, Shabana Mahmood is anticipated to be appointed UK chancellor by Andy Burnham. Additionally, Thames Water has voiced concerns about its sustainability, highlighting a &#8216;material uncertainty&#8217; regarding its future, as it seeks alternatives to renationalization.<\/p>\n<p>(With inputs from agencies.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Commission is preparing to issue fresh fines against Google, aiming to increase pressure on Big Tech&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,2611,17289,210,11485,41574,19172,63354,18383,63356,63355],"class_list":["post-130259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-belgium","tag-big-tech","tag-brewdog","tag-brussels","tag-enforcement","tag-fines","tag-google","tag-james-watt","tag-shabana-mahmood","tag-thames-water","tag-uk-chancellor"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116927677452491617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}