Spain's constitution promises democracy at work. Last year, @yolandadiaz.bsky.social convened an expert group to study how to make good on that promise. Lead by @isabelleferreras.bsky.social, we have delivered what is, we think, the highest-level 400-page report on economic democracy out there. 1/2

📕The 7th Progressive Yearbook is available! bit.ly/PYB2026 This edition focuses on: 🇺🇸 Europe between MAGA and MEGA 🤖 EU digital policy in 2025 🇺🇳 The indefensibility of Europe in Gaza 🌱 Beyond the ‘greenlash’ 💥The trade and tariff war 🇺🇦 Prospects for peace and reconstruction in Ukraine & more!

🔴 Starting now! At FEPS’ annual New Year reception, we are launching the 2025-2026 Progressive Yearbook! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=e10y... FEPS will also unveil the Progressive Person of the Year and mark the handover of the presidency from Maria João Rodrigues to Nicolas Schmit.

Why does data protection matter in the age of AI? Watch @paulnemitz.bsky.social's 1:44 masterclass: We spoke for one hour about his experience drafting the GDPR, the Digital Omnibus, AI challenges, the AI Act, data protection and democracy, and more. Full recording below.

The Truth About Europe’s Regulation of Digital Platforms by Bertrand Badré, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/bEX0tnR

💻 Fixing data privacy consent: the GDPR seven years after 🗓️15 January 2026 13:00-14:00 Join us for this event which will discuss assessing market failures, regulatory gaps, and paths to reform. W/ Bertin Martens, @paulnemitz.bsky.social & Paul Twomey. 🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/s0rxXqZ

if we built a twitter archive importer so you could find people you know from twitter on @bsky.app, would y'all use it?

If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.

Takeaways from #eurosky: big tech social media displaced journalism, a core pillar of democracy, and has been bad for society. EU lawmakers want European, privacy-centered tech. There are still questions of whether the internet is worth building on and what to build. But they are talking about it

“The law and politics can be as innovative as technology” - @paulnemitz.bsky.social at #EuroskyLive

@paulnemitz.bsky.social at #EuroskyLive recommending www.nyuengelberg.org/outputs/regu..., by an American legal expert, for calling out the "bullshit" narrative that European regulation is anti -innovation. h/t @bmann.ca

My comment on plans to create a specific legal base in #GDPR which would declare the use of personal data for training #AI as justified by legitimate interest of corporations or governments: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

continued: ... for rules on #Tech with hard #enforcement and for new ways to develop tech, namely tech that supports and not undermines #Democracy, the #RuleofLaw  and #FundamentalRights. END

Continued: ...3 pillars of #freedom, and so do the #Tech #Totalitarians. They together imagine a world governed by #AI and maybe 10-15 super powerful people in Tech and Government. Let us calmly say no to this, vote the totalitarian politics out of office and build big tent coalitions.. (continued)

I find myself ranked as #AI #EUInfluencer number 2 in 2025. Please join me on #Mastodon @[email protected]. And join me in convincing people: It makes sense to engage for #Democracy, #RuleofLaw and #FundamentalRights. The Presidents of #America, #China and #Russia hate these.. (continued)

Empfehlenswerter F.A.Z. Beitrag: Wie gefährlich ist „Big Tech“? www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Celebrating 5th anniversary, @defenddemocracy.bsky.social is thrilled to: ✅ welcome new Board members ✅ welcome Advisory Board member @paulnemitz.bsky.social ✅ join steering group @democratiecoalitie.bsky.social ✅ continue Coalition for Democratic Resilience defenddemocracy.eu/defend-democ...

#GSS2025 @paulnemitz.bsky.social just told @signal.org that he didn't believe any EU privacy laws are technically impossible to implement "that's the kind of thing big tech says." 🤦‍♀️

Nobody wants their personal data and chats to be used for AI Training. What are the Data Protection Authorities doing about this ? It could be so simple, just order AI programmes trained with personal data obtained illegally to be deleted. www.politico.eu/pro/german-u... #AI #GDPR #KI #DSGVO

#Google #Facebook took ads from media. Now #Trump kills public funds:"The number of local journalists is down by 75 percent since 2002, and a third of American counties don’t have a single full-time local journalist" #Democracy newshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/opinion/pbs-npr-cuts-funding.html

I spoke on #AI #Democracy and the #RuleofLaw, alongside the UN General Assembly last autumn in New York, at the Global Foundation for Democracy, and in May of this year, at the Catholic University "Angelicum" in Rome: youtube.com/watch?v=ZbmQ... and youtu.be/cCFwaa6BtWA?...

How #US Firms are weakening #EU #AI #Code of practice: By pressuring the European Commission to prioritize a few US firms over 1,000 stakeholders, the companies put entire process at risk and lose credibility as actors of public interest.#AIAct #OpenAI #GAFAM www.techpolicy.press/how-us-firms...

How #US Firms are weakening #EU #AI #Code of practice: By pressuring the European Commission to prioritize a few US firms over 1,000 stakeholders, the companies put entire process at risk and lose credibility as actors of public interest.#AIAct #OpenAI #GAFAM www.techpolicy.press/how-us-firms...

EP Research Arm (STOA) presents governance study for future European TV News Streaming Platform. It will bring together all TV News produced by european licensed Linear TV Stations, automatically translate into all EU languages and make all the news searchable. www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/home...

#ECJ #AG Ćapeta: Hungary breached #EUlaw by banning or limiting access to #LGBTI content 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

#America is on the way to become a #Trump powered #AI #dictatorship. States are barred from legislating on #ArtificialIntelligence. #Democracy is disabled. #BigTech #GAFAM have free reign to shape the world to their liking. Humans become slaves without rights. The New York Times Karen Hao writes:

What are funders who invest in journalism looking for today ? Discussion IJF with Kjersti Loken Stavrum, the Tinius Trust, Maribel Königer, Erste Savingsbank Foundation, Katharina Thomas, Allianz Foundation and Patrice Schneider, Media Development Investment Fund www.youtube.com/live/nz19DuL...

Es macht einen Unterschied, wer Eimsbüttel im Bundestag vertritt und welche Parteien regieren. Deswegen bitte ich Sie heute bei der Bundestagswahl um Ihr Vertrauen. Und um Ihre beiden Stimmen – für mich und für die SPD. #ziehmitwählschmidt

"as Elon Musk and his shock troops descend on Washington ... it’s worth paying attention to the books the tech world reads — as well as the ones they don’t. ... DOGE’s grand effort ... is the latest manifestation of a longstanding Silicon Valley dream: to remake politics in its image." Me/Bloomberg

Am #Sonntag bitte #wählen. Die #Demokratie braucht Eure Stimme. Und überlegt einmal, Euch nach der Wahl zu engagieren: In einer Partei, einer Gewerkschaft, einem Betriebsrat, einer Kirche, einer NGO oder einer Bürgerinitiative. Demokratie ist wo Menschen etwas gemeinsam tun. #Wahl

Jetzt schon 220000 Unterschriften für die Forderungen von #Savesocial. Macht mit, unterschreibt, diskutiert, fordert ! www.campact.de

🚨🚨 What a bloody, shambolic idiot of a figure JD Vance makes. But I am truly grateful for his utterly disrespectful and ignorant speech. It has acted as a trigger of unity for European political leaders now seeing that they have to finally take the fate of Europe in their hands. /1

Call-To-Action: Unterschreibt die Petition savesocial.eu/mitmachen oder direkt bei Campact weact.campact.de/p/save-social

A dangerous, damaging civil war at the Justice Department: Good bye #RuleofLaw in America ? Judges and Government emplyees resist actions not intended to serve #justice - and rightly so ! Chapeau !

TikTok, Meta, X: Wenige Konzerne teilen sich den digitalen Raum auf und gefährden die Demokratie. Über 100 Prominente fordern mit der Kampagne #SaveSocial jetzt: Beendet die Monopolmacht der Tech-Konzerne! 👉 Hier kannst du unterzeichnen: campact.org/eWAbP

"Die gesetzliche Regelung ist der nobelste Sprechakt der Demokratie" Ausgezeichnete Keynote von @paulnemitz.bsky.social bei der "Safe Democracy Convention". Danke.

Call-To-Action: Unterschreibt die Petition savesocial.eu/mitmachen oder direkt bei Campact weact.campact.de/p/save-social

Top headlines: Guardian: Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’, NYT: Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration With Mexico Washington Post: Trump’s fierce attacks on DEI reflect a longtime GOP focus US media is not giving a sense of the scale of the threats

www.programmablemutter.com/p/doge-is-ri... Doge is ripping out the guts of government.