Agreed and thanks. But more importantly when it comes to Europe, before we even start talking about de-risking or de-coupling, even from the big hyperscalers, we must answer questions regarding interdependence and security. I am afraid the politics of it shadow the reality.
Talking about digital sovereignty -- this is one area Europe should pay attention to.
www.politico.eu/article/us-t...
#subseacables #connectivity #Internet #digitalsovereignty
Yes it will end badly unless we rally around the internet and try to guide governments towards a positive frame of digital sovereignty
The Council of Europe High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty is rightly concerned - banning children is the easy way out but the repercussion may be detrimental for kids safety and their rights. www.techdirt.com/2025/12/17/w...
New piece: Internet Protocols, Power and the Rebirth of the Border for @techpolicypress.bsky.social
The “borderless internet” was never apolitical.
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#InternetGovernance #DigitalSovereignty #TechPolicy
“AI #sovereignty” isn’t about building frontier models—it’s about #interoperability. In our new piece for
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
with Eileen Donahoe, we argue power runs through the #AI stack. Open standards and portability—not black boxes—preserve real sovereignty. tinyurl.com/3za66f8h
My latest.....
What Munich Revealed About the New Geography of Tech Power - www.komaitis.org/write-share-...
#MunichSecurityConference2026 #TechSovereignty #Geopolitics #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanTech #TransatlanticRelations #Cybersecurity #StrategicAutonomy #MSC2026
Protecting children online is essential—but how we regulate matters. Europe’s platform debate must safeguard child safety without undermining free speech, anonymity, & democratic resilience. Smart, rights-based regulation is key
#DigitalRights #ChildSafety #Democracy
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We blamed the internet for breaking journalism. Fine.
Turns out the real damage comes from tech bros with endless money, zero spine, and a desperate need to stay on the right side of power.
#washingtonpost
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
I sat down with @masnick.com on the @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy Podcast this week to dig into a nuance often lost in the #AI hype: whether these tools are actually giving us more control or quietly taking it away.
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/t...
The Freedom Online Coalition issues a joint statement on the Internet shutdown in Iran.
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#internetshutdown #Iran
#Greece is about to start a review of its Constitution and it is considering including #AI in it. But, the question that lingers is: what does that really mean? It seems Greece does not have a strategy or a plan -- so here's an attempt to guide the conversation.
www.tovima.com/opinions/wha...
It's the soundtrack of current times....
If there's one thing you read today, let it be Cory Doctorow's Disenshittification Nation.
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I see you and hear you my friend!
Canadian soft power
#canada #heaterrivarly #softpower
It was such a pleasure to co-host with @mmasnick.bsky.social the Cyril-Alt-Speech podcast and talk about what’s been going on with the Internet this past week: #TikTok and the US, Europe’s #digitalsovereignty and #Eurostack, the #Grok mess and others!
Check it out 👇
It really doesn’t matter that #TikTok is under US ownership. The #censorship is the same as if it were under Chinese ownership, if not more brazen! 👇👇👇👇
Today’s Europe is right-wing, illiberal, fear-driven, and increasingly intolerant.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Though #Stralink providing #connectivity to #Iran is important amidst the Iranian government’s #Internet shutdown, it is also changing the way we should think of communication and information availability. My latest on the new #geopolitics of connectivity.
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Great analysis of why this is so harmful from @kkomaitis.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
The U.S. just walked away from the Freedom Online Coalition. This "quiet" exit from the FOC signals a massive shift: Internet freedom is no longer a U.S. strategic priority.
Washington is vacating the table where the rules of the road are written: www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
Musk’s Grok, which generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’, is in the Apple Store available to children over the age of 13.
The solution to combat CSAM is not to break #encryption; it is to create accountability for the way app stores operate!
Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
Watching Venezuela today, I can’t help but think of the Melian Dialogue. In 416 BCE, Athens told Melos: “The strong do what they can; the weak suffer what they must.” Venezuela is a 21st-century Melos.
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#venezuela #sovereignty #sanctions #power #justice
Over the past weeks, Greek farmers have been organizing nationwide demonstrations & blockades in response to delayed subsidy payments and ongoing structural pressures. My latest on how AI could provide some help in modernising the agricultural sector.
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Nick Clegg claims technological insight from his tenure at Meta, but he learned little from it. He failed to grasp the need for regulation, never appreciated why big tech must be held accountable, and overlooked the essential role of transparency in technology design.
Because in a world drawn by networks rather than borders, the question isn’t who wins. It’s who designs the map.
If democracies want to compete, they must stop selling ideals and start building alternatives — openly interoperable, rights-anchored systems that don’t trap users or nations in someone else’s ecosystem.