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X is not just a social media platform — it's a political and media instrument that Elon Musk uses to intervene in democratic politics. That would be a legitimate concern in any context. With X's dominant market position, it becomes a structural one.

1/ 🇪🇺 Who controls Europe’s digital future? A small number of US tech giants shape how millions of Europeans access information, debate, and democracy — and they’re pushing back against EU rules. Do you care about protecting Europe’s digital model? 👇

1/ 🧵 This Saturday @ecfr.eu is organising a panel at the Global Progressive Mobilisation Summit in Barcelona on one of the most pressing challenges of our time: Defending Democracies from Technological Coercion 🔽

Because Europe has a free speech problem that the US needs to fix…

“Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees, and lied to the public about what they knew,” Torrez said in a statement following the verdict. techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/n...

Europa se tiene que resistir al chantaje de EEUU. Gracias por invitarme a Radio Nacional @radio5rne.rtve.es

🧵 1/7 Two wars. Two leaders who thought a surgical strike would bring a quick win. Two miscalculations. A thread on why not winning is losing — and why Iran 2025 is reading like Ukraine 2022. 👇

🌐 Technology is no longer just an economic asset — it has become the central battlefield of geopolitical power. My new article in CEBRI-Journal argues that the EU faces an existential challenge at the intersection of technological dependency and democratic sovereignty. cebri.org/revista/en/a...

Spain is a sovereign country — not a colony or a protectorate. • US bases in Spain are not US sovereign territory. Their use must reflect the bilateral interests of both countries. • Spain remains a loyal NATO ally, with troops deployed in Latvia, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iraq.

I see Greenland as a survival test for the European Union and NATO.

🧵Some thoughts on Australia's social media ban from my weekly column "Café Steiner" at daily ElMUNDO from Spain @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy

Despite J.D. Vance statements, the 120m fine imposed on X by the European commission has nothing to do with free speech or censorship. It is about the deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark'; the lack of transparency of X's ads repository and the failure to provide researchers access to public data

A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today. 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

1/ The new “digital omnibus package” presented on 24 November aims to simplify EU digital rules — but what looks like deregulation may actually hand power to US Big Tech and expose Europe to coercion.  ecfr.eu/article/thro...

The nonsense of the day. AI toys talking sex to children edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...

Follow the Summit on European Digital Sovereingty happening today in Berlin at: bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/eu...

China says Spain is the model it seeks for its international relations. See my take at @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy CafeSteiner www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...

America is eating Europe’s lunch again. Solvay’s rare earth processing plant in France is a genuine strategic asset. It could have scaled to cover 30% of Europe’s needs. But... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...

French police describing Tiktok as "an algorithmic trap that, in just a few interactions, increases exposure to harmful, anxiety-inducing, and depressing content,” .https://www.politico.eu/article/france-opens-criminal-probe-into-tiktok-over-mental-health-effects-on-minors/

Moscow has developed a powerful propaganda machine that taps into existing antipathy towards Europe, particularly France, to push African governments closer to its foreign policy objectives, writes @willbrownecfr.bsky.social @ecfrafrica.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3Jmv4cS

OPINION: Will we see a clash between populists and Tech Oligarchs? A growing rift is opening in the U.S. between right-wing populists and tech oligarchs. At the center: the race to build—or ban—superintelligent AI 🧵👇

Prominent figures across U.S. politics, academia and business have signed a manifesto calling to ban the development of superintelligence — until there’s broad scientific consensus it can be done safely and with strong public support.👇https://superintelligence-statement.org/

“The likelihood that Trump will weaponise the US cloud services may not be huge, but the costs if he does are potentially catastrophic. If the EU wants to Trump-proof its economy and become a strategic power, it needs to act more like one.” on.ft.com/4o56MU9

AI and Crypto: This Won’t End Well Artificial intelligence companies are smashing every ceiling. So far this year, their combined market valuation has hit $1 trillion, attracting $161 billion in new investments. Even Jeff Bezos admits there’s a bubble—but calls it a “good” one. Really?