🧵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?