Margrethe Vestager, the Danish politician who headed the European Commission for Competition. Vestager is currently an executive vice president of the Commission for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age. She has brought investigations, fines, and lawsuits against companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook. The EU has adopted stringent—if sometimes overreaching—laws that protect users’ privacy and target hate speech and misinformation. While sometimes accused of being anti-American in her pursuits, Vestager is a defender of all consumers while so many government leaders in the U.S. have
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