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Fortune
David Meyer

How Trump could sink Big Tech's ability to serve Europe

U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a signing ceremony after his inauguration on January 20, 2025 in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Credit: Melina Mara—Pool/Getty Images)

Much of Big Tech may have aligned itself with President Donald Trump, but U.S. tech firms large and small could soon find themselves ruing his actions.

According to a Wednesday New York Times report, the president has ordered three Democrat-picked members of the independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) to resign by the end of Thursday. That would leave just one Republic-picked member on a board that is supposed to have five members (one seat is already vacant) and needs at least three to function.

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