How is Big Tech companies impacted by EU's new Digital Package? What is the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act in a nutshell? How is EU working on Tech Diplomacy in Silicon Valley?   Together with Gerard de Graaf, EU's Senior Envoy for Digital to the U.S, we answer these questions and discuss the impact of the new Digital Package from EU and what will change for the Big Tech companies. In this first episode, we discuss how the tech industry is influencing our society and geopolitics and how EU and other countries are working on Tech Diplomacy in Silicon Valley.  Gerard de Graaf is EU's Senior Envoy for Digital to the U.S. His last job, before coming over to represent the European Union on the US West Coast, was in DG CNECT where he led the work on platform regulation. Gerard de Graaf has also been Trade Counsellor at the EU Delegation to the US in Washington DC.