Nu 20% zomer korting op De Machtscode met #zomerlezen ↘️😎☀️💃🏼↘️☀️💃🏼😎↘️

Nu 20% zomer korting op De Machtscode met #zomerlezen ↘️😎☀️💃🏼↘️☀️💃🏼😎↘️

In Trump’s ‘free speech’ America ↘️

A bit of good news when we needed it! Lots of respect for @katestarbird.bsky.social and others who wouldn’t be intimidated into silence or censorship ↘️

It sounds like the RSF is starting to mass around another key city of some 500,000 people in Sudan — called el-Obeid — and threatening to repeat the atrocities of El-Fasher there, if anyone still cares

decorrespondent.nl/cp/demachtsc... via @marietjeschaake.bsky.social

Beijing imposed new export controls on 10 U.S. firms — including two companies at the heart of D.C.’s efforts to diversify away from Chinese rare earth metals — in retaliation for the blacklisting of dozens of Chinese tech companies from the U.S. military.

Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media

I mean it’s all out there in the open. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions

Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors. This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

US tax dollars are complicit in attacking one of the world’s oldest Christian community

"WIRED documented dozens of public instances of companies, govts, NGOs & ed establishments stepping away from US tech companies in favor of open source or local alternatives. @marietjeschaake.bsky.social: “The aggressive Trump policies, attacking international law, has led to several wake-up calls.”

“The aggressive policies by the Trump administration, attacking international law, as well as the EU and democratic principles, has led to several wake-up calls,” @marietjeschaake.bsky.social We've now documented around 40 efforts to abandon or replace US technology in Europe

👀 FT editorial board warns: more compelling than the values argument is MPs’ concern that the UK is getting “locked in” to small nr of mostly US suppliers that may seek to embed themselves and crank up prices even as Trump’s US has become a less reliable partner ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Politico: "The Pentagon is expected to cancel a plan to send Tomahawk missiles to Germany partly because officials are concerned Russia will view it as an escalation" Europe can no longer rely on the US in any regard. It has to produce its own arms. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

After years of relying on U.S. technology, the European Commission has finally unveiled its tech sovereignty package. Can Brussels build real alternatives? 🎙️ @swheatonjourno.bsky.social is joined by @marietjeschaake.bsky.social and @laurenscerulus.bsky.social to discuss on #BrusselsPlaybookPod👇

Hacking civilian cameras is now a recurring feature of war. Branko Ruzic walks through the existing statutory landscape to understand whether the government can compel remediation of the millions of exploitable devices already deployed across U.S. cities. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

De machtsstrijd om AI: @ajboekestijn.bsky.social en @robdewijk.bsky.social in gesprek met Stanford-onderzoeker @marietjeschaake.bsky.social. www.bnr.nl/podcast/boek...

Europe’s leaders must stop self-censoring—Free speech has never mattered more. It cannot be left to those who wield it as a weapon. Europe’s real censorship problem is the self-silencing among its leaders. www.ft.com/content/c4a0... @marietjeschaake.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

The former Republican lieutenant governor of Georgia is a current Democratic candidate for governor, with the former Biden official and Atlanta ex-mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms currently holding the lead in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. (cont.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?

the overwhelming message the AI industry has sent to young people is “this will ruin any chance you have at a stable career”, of course college grads are booing it regardless of the reality of the claims, the way this technology has been sold is one of the greatest self-inflicted PR disasters ever

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

When the Trump administration accuses the EU of censorship, we must see it for what it is: the pot calling the kettle black, and a distraction from serious censorship in the US itself with books by Plato and Anne Frank banned.

Strong rec for @marietjeschaake.bsky.social's book The Tech Coup, which is engaging, accessible, and walks us through the political and economic decisions that made Silicon Valley indispensable to the US govt, & big enough that they could not be regulated/ended up taking over key state functions.

DOJ considering intervening in the below case "under the Trump administration’s policy 'to sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance.'" www.politico.com/newsletters/...

ArXiv is going to ban researchers for a year if they are caught submitting AI slop. ArXiv told us it's a one strike rule: do it once, you're out. www.404media.co/new-arxiv-ru...

Warcoffee in Kyiv. I have it in memory of the lives lost to russia’s attacks. Yesterday, 24 people were killed in Kyiv. I really don’t know where to hide from reality today.

NEW, from @peard33.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @stevenlevy.bsky.social and me: Morale at Meta is sinking, with layoffs pending, exorbitant spending on AI, a new initiative to track employee computer movements, mandatory role changes, courtroom losses, and more www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

Finse strijdkrachten verhogen paraatheid na melding van meerdere drones bij Helsinki

More AI borrowing, what could go wrong? ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...

Judge overturns US sanctions on UN official who called for war crimes prosecutions over Gaza By Josh Gerstein “Albanese has done nothing more than speak!” Judge Richard Leon wrote. @joshgerstein.bsky.social

New: U.S. commercial satellite imagery companies imposed an indefinite blackout over the Middle East, citing force protection But Iran has its own satellite imagery. I wrote about who's actually affected: The journalists & researchers trying to hold the US accountable: www.cjr.org/feature/blin...

To learn more about the demise of this year's RightsCon gathering, I spoke to the executive director of Access Now, Alejandro Mayoral Baños, and the director of RightsCon, Nikki Gladstone, about their experience, why this moment matters, and what's next for the community they convene.

On May 13th I am giving a talk at the University of Tokyo on the occasion of the release of The Tech Coup in Japanese (!) Be welcome ↘️ www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/eve...

A court blocked providers from prescribing the abortion drug mifepristone online or mailing it to patients—and now a rarely used option for terminating pregnancies may soon become more common, Lucy Tu reports:

Meta, X, and YouTube’s scores hit new lows in GLAAD’s sixth annual LGBTQ Social Media Safety Index

Pete Hegseth told Congress the Iran War has cost $25 billion. Hegseth lied — the US has spent at least $72 billion. My latest for @popular.info: popular.info/p/the-real-c...

New from 404 Media: we've obtained a copy of the Chinese-language realtime deepfake software powering scams around the world. For weeks I spoke to these scammers, sent them photos of my face to build a deepfake. We reveal how it works. Impacts WhatsApp, Teams, Zoom www.404media.co/hello-boss-i...

The wolves of Silicon Valley ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Here we go: White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/t...

Today, we announced $270 million of new military support to Ukraine. Ukraine’s fight is our fight. Their cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is our cause. Good to see President Zelenskyy today in Yerevan. 🇨🇦🇺🇦

#China's Disruption of RightsCon is a Wake-Up Call To Counter Its Authoritarian Influence, I write at @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/chinas-disru...

Olifant in deze kamer: bedreiging van onze democratie. 'De machtscode: Hoe de onzichtbare belangenstrijd achter AI onze democratie bedreigt' Marietje Schaake. Net uit. kiosk.decorrespondent.nl/products/de-...

In 'De machtscode' ontrafelt technologie-expert Marietje Schaake de onzichtbare machtsstrijd achter deze veelbelovende én beangstigende technologie. Het boek is nu verkrijgbaar: corr.es/ce9954

Aanbevolen te lezen: Het boek De Machtscode (van technologie-expert Marietje Schaake): een wake-upcall voor iedereen die denkt dat AI een neutraal hulpmiddel is. Het is een pleidooi voor het beschermen van onze democratische waarden in een tijdperk waarin algoritmes steeds vaker de dienst uitmaken.

EFF is helping ICEBlock sue the government for coercing Apple into removing it from their app store: www.eff.org/cases/aaron-...

Waarom hebben we het niet over de macht die grote technbedrijven uitoefenen, vraagt Marietje Schaake terecht in Het FD. Omdat het verzamelde vermogen niet wil dat we het erover hebben, lijkt het antwoord. En omdat het in toenemende mate daar ook gewoon voor kan zorgen ↘️ www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Big EU digital news: Commission has preliminarily found Meta's Instagram and Facebook in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to diligently identify, assess and mitigate the risks of minors under 13 years old accessing their services.