Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldThe writer is a fellow at Stanford University\u2019s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and the Cyber Policy Center. She is the author of \u2018The Tech Coup\u2019Any hopes for a reasonable US foreign policy under Donald Trump were shattered last weekend at the Munich Security Conference. European leaders received an ice-cold message from vice-president JD Vance. His speech marked the formal end of the transatlantic alliance as it has existed since the second world war. Vance\u2019s rhetoric conveyed a deep disdain for Europe, questioning its democracy. Tech companies that have offered unprecedented support for Trump apparently do not see this as a problem. They have aligned themselves as anti-European forces. As Europe reckons with the new transatlantic reality, its leaders should start treating the Silicon Valley giants as adversarial powers.\u00a0On Monday, European leaders held an emergency summit to organise their defence capabilities and support for Ukraine. Yet the other emergency should not be forgotten: the role that big tech companies play in supporting Trump\u2019s new order. If Europe hopes to safeguard its own sovereignty and values, it must strategically decouple and dramatically lessen its dependence on companies that are either seeking confrontation or are otherwise vulnerable to being weaponised by Washington.\u00a0Silicon Valley\u2019s top brass have proven increasingly willing to bend the knee to Trump\u2019s regime. Take Sam Altman of OpenAI. While Altman has voiced concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence, he has also supported a deregulated tech environment under the new president \u2014 one that prioritises corporate interests over public safety. Then, consider the actions of Google. In an apparent attempt to appease Trump\u2019s revisionist worldview, Google quickly renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the \u201cGulf of America\u201d. This gesture goes beyond mere corporate branding; it signals a deeper complicity with an administration that actively seeks to rewrite international norms.Joel Kaplan, Meta\u2019s global affairs chief, has publicly stated that the company counts on the White House to challenge European governments it felt discriminated by. Mark Zuckerberg, meanwhile, has lobbied Trump to fight European competition fines in a bid to cast them as punitive trade measures.\u00a0Alex Karp, chief executive of Palantir, is perhaps the most explicit in expressing his allegiance. While he backed Kamala Harris for president last year, he is proudly aligned with the US and happy to \u201cscare enemies and on occasion kill them\u201d.\u00a0Elon Musk\u2019s embrace of Trump\u2019s agenda further exemplifies Silicon Valley\u2019s complicity. Musk continues to support far-right politicians in Europe and now uses his growing control over the US government to advance his corporate objectives. With increasing influence over key industries, Musk\u2019s alignment with the Trump administration signals a new era in which tech companies are de facto (geo)political actors.It wasn\u2019t long ago that these tech companies billed themselves as defenders of democracy and human rights. This narrative, while always romanticised, in retrospect appears even more of an opportunistic stance. By supporting Trump\u2019s administration, tech companies are actively contributing to the unravelling of an international order based on the rule of law and democracy.\u00a0Remarkably, despite their deepening ties with Trump\u2019s policies, these companies face little public backlash. Their reputations remain largely unscathed by their collaboration with an administration that undermines core democratic principles. Share prices are up. But for Europe, business as usual is no option. As it navigates shifting relations with the US, it must recognise that tech companies\u2019 entanglements with Trump\u2019s administration pose a direct threat to European sovereignty and values. Moreover, from cloud computing to artificial intelligence, these companies hold enormous sway over Europe\u2019s digital future and their involvement in Trump\u2019s nationalist agenda can be weaponised. Europe\u2019s growing dependency on US tech groups is a critical weakness. We must prioritise reducing this reliance and invest in building a more resilient, independent and secure digital ecosystem: a Eurostack.The stakes have never been higher. As America grows increasingly distant from its European allies, tech companies are cementing their loyalty to a government that poses a fundamental threat to the values Europe holds dear. It is time for Europe to end its debilitating dependence on American tech groups and take concrete steps to shield itself from the growing dangers of this new, tech-fuelled geopolitical landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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