As it seems, Europe is committed to the imposition of regulatory control to balance the role of AI in politics and its influence on the global tech economy.
In March 2025, Europe is making sure it’s asserting its full power to establish its digital sovereignty through the imposition of strict regulations on Trump’s biggest allies, Big Tech giants, as seen with Meta’s latest limited AI assistant rollout on messaging and social platforms within EU countries.
This week, Meta launched its AI assistant on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook in Europe, following delays due to regulatory issues, but with certain limitations.
Unlike the US, Meta’s AI in Europe won’t respond to questions based on live information, and it’s not even in local languages. Europe is clearly targeting Trump’s Big Tech alliance, not only challenging US-based corporations’ dominance, but reconstructing the global political economy of AI – if successful.
“We’re taking a more measured approach in Europe,” Meta said. “We want to ensure our products meet the region’s high regulatory standards before expanding more broadly.”
Meta Back Under European AI in Politics Conditions
The shocking deployment follows growing uncertainties in the EU over the unchecked development of generative AI and disinformation.
During a recent speech at the Munich Security Conference, US Senator J.D. Vance accused the EU of “eroding free speech under the pretense of safety,” hinting that something more was likely being hidden behind closed doors. With public communication stressing cooperation and coordination, Meta’s move back to European sites might have been a sign of a quiet bargain between EU and US power brokers.
Europe’s Backbone of Regulations
The EU is bringing out its claws, and Sam Ultman’s AI giant is the next to experience its wrath.
OpenAI is getting hit now by the political philosophy of AI of European territory, after its handling of European user data, with complaints about privacy violations and ChatGPT’s tendency to produce misleading and harmful “hallucination” without correction.
This led to calls for regulatory action and potential fines under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
“The complaint shows that OpenAI is unable to correct false information about individuals,” said NOYB, the European privacy group behind the complaint, “this isn’t just a bug – it’s a fundamental issue of compliance with EU law.”
The political philosophy of AI, alongside its regulatory measures, is a wakeup call for US tech companies entering Europe, dictating they must adhere to transparency and accountability conditions. This isn’t about technology, it’s about sovereignty, trust, and human rights, making it clear that in its digital space, human dignity comes before algorithms, trends, and sneaky manners of data collection.
AI in Politics Between Superpowers
Geopolitical tensions and European AI politics are serving as a wake-up call for US tech companies is adding up its AI in politics campaign against China’s tech infrastructure particularly Huawei and wants European nations on its side.
According to Bloomberg, “FCC’s Carr, Senator Cotton Hope to ‘Castrate’ Huawei in Europe,” with Commissioner Brendan Carr and Senator Tom Cotton emphasizing the need to “strangle Huawei’s presence” in Europe.
“There should be no Huawei gear in any European networks,” stated Carr, calling for an “aggressive European stance.”
Europe hasn’t forgotten how Washington sidelines its interests under Trump. After years of being seen as the secondary player in transatlantic technology talks, the EU is, and remains, cautious.
Support for US efforts to contain China might be strategically convenient, but European leaders want to avoid being drawn into a conflict firstly prioritizes American economic dominance over anything else, and that includes European autonomy. For the US, the rest is politics AI, for the EU, it’s about preserving digital independence.
Instead, Europe is walking a thin line by the use of AI in politics and regulation to lead in US technology monopolies and, keeping diplomatic space free to define its own EU AI act political agreement and relations with China and the other global superpowers.
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