Claes de Vreese
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
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Thrilled to receive the 2025 @carlsbergfondet.dk Research Prize.
The prize celebrates free and independent research. I am incredibly indebted to students, colleagues, support staff, funders, and mentors who made all the research possible. Onward and upward 🚀
www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/news/klau...
The prize celebrates free and independent research. I am incredibly indebted to students, colleagues, support staff, funders, and mentors who made all the research possible. Onward and upward 🚀
www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/news/klau...
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📜Fresh off the press: Annett Heft, @michaelvaughan.bsky.social, Barbara Pfetsch & I attempted to find a level for defining social media affordances that permits conceptualizing differences between platforms and uses, and is thus useful for theory building.
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Differential social media affordances: an actor type-centric, intermediate-level approach using the case of social movements
Abstract. Social media have profoundly changed social communication practices across a vast range of contexts. To theorize these changes, numerous authors
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November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📜Fresh off the press: Annett Heft, @michaelvaughan.bsky.social, Barbara Pfetsch & I attempted to find a level for defining social media affordances that permits conceptualizing differences between platforms and uses, and is thus useful for theory building.
doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
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"A new crisis protocol for online services and guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in electoral processes is being prepared [..] according to a draft of the upcoming European Democracy Shield. The initiative is due to be presented on Nov. 12." www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
Online services to get crisis protocol, AI poll guidance under EU Democracy Shield | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
A new crisis protocol for online services and guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in electoral processes is being prepared as part of a broader EU effort to counter information manipulation...
www.mlex.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"A new crisis protocol for online services and guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in electoral processes is being prepared [..] according to a draft of the upcoming European Democracy Shield. The initiative is due to be presented on Nov. 12." www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
On the BBC resignations:
“the row obscures … what is … a political campaign against the BBC that could act as a textbook example of how to confuse and undermine the kind of journalism that is aiming for impartiality in a sea of spin and distortion”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“the row obscures … what is … a political campaign against the BBC that could act as a textbook example of how to confuse and undermine the kind of journalism that is aiming for impartiality in a sea of spin and distortion”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
On the BBC resignations:
“the row obscures … what is … a political campaign against the BBC that could act as a textbook example of how to confuse and undermine the kind of journalism that is aiming for impartiality in a sea of spin and distortion”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“the row obscures … what is … a political campaign against the BBC that could act as a textbook example of how to confuse and undermine the kind of journalism that is aiming for impartiality in a sea of spin and distortion”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A milestone in India: in the electricity sector, non-fossil capacity (renewables, hydro, nuclear) is now larger than fossil capacity.
www.pib.gov.in
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A milestone in India: in the electricity sector, non-fossil capacity (renewables, hydro, nuclear) is now larger than fossil capacity.
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Search still matters: information retrieval in the era of generative AI academic.oup.com/jamia/articl...
Search still matters: information retrieval in the era of generative AI
AbstractObjective. Information retrieval (IR, also known as search) systems are ubiquitous in modern times. How does the emergence of generative artificial
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November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Search still matters: information retrieval in the era of generative AI academic.oup.com/jamia/articl...
Fabulous online seminar organized by @algosoc.org
Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections
🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @antmandan.bsky.social @simonchauchard.bsky.social
Registration ⬇️
algosoc.org/events/algos...
Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections
🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @antmandan.bsky.social @simonchauchard.bsky.social
Registration ⬇️
algosoc.org/events/algos...
AlgoSoc Seminar Series: Algorithmic Effects on Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections | AlgoSoc
algosoc.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Fabulous online seminar organized by @algosoc.org
Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections
🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @antmandan.bsky.social @simonchauchard.bsky.social
Registration ⬇️
algosoc.org/events/algos...
Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections
🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @antmandan.bsky.social @simonchauchard.bsky.social
Registration ⬇️
algosoc.org/events/algos...
Is democracy losing to demands from US big tech? The European Commission is moving.
“A number of companies, including Facebook & Instagram owner Meta, have warned that the EU’s approach to regulating AI risks cutting the continent off from accessing cutting-edge services”
www.ft.com/content/af6c...
“A number of companies, including Facebook & Instagram owner Meta, have warned that the EU’s approach to regulating AI risks cutting the continent off from accessing cutting-edge services”
www.ft.com/content/af6c...
EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and Big Tech pressure
Brussels is set to water down part of its strict digital rule book as it aims to make bloc more competitive
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Is democracy losing to demands from US big tech? The European Commission is moving.
“A number of companies, including Facebook & Instagram owner Meta, have warned that the EU’s approach to regulating AI risks cutting the continent off from accessing cutting-edge services”
www.ft.com/content/af6c...
“A number of companies, including Facebook & Instagram owner Meta, have warned that the EU’s approach to regulating AI risks cutting the continent off from accessing cutting-edge services”
www.ft.com/content/af6c...
Een minderheidskabinet. Het klinkt best aantrekkelijk en het werkt heel goed in bijvoorbeeld Denemarken.
Maar het kan niet zomaar.
In NRC wordt een lans gebroken voor een minderheidskabinet in Nederland maar ik zie toch aardig wat uitdagingen #tk2025
Maar het kan niet zomaar.
In NRC wordt een lans gebroken voor een minderheidskabinet in Nederland maar ik zie toch aardig wat uitdagingen #tk2025
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Een minderheidskabinet. Het klinkt best aantrekkelijk en het werkt heel goed in bijvoorbeeld Denemarken.
Maar het kan niet zomaar.
In NRC wordt een lans gebroken voor een minderheidskabinet in Nederland maar ik zie toch aardig wat uitdagingen #tk2025
Maar het kan niet zomaar.
In NRC wordt een lans gebroken voor een minderheidskabinet in Nederland maar ik zie toch aardig wat uitdagingen #tk2025
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🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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“A bill that’s expected to pass early next year would change copyright law by imposing a ban on the sharing of deepfakes to protect citizens’ personal characteristics — such as their appearance or voice — from being imitated and shared online without their consent”
apnews.com/article/denm...
apnews.com/article/denm...
Denmark eyes new law to protect citizens from AI deepfakes
Deepfakes have become not only easier to make worldwide but also look or sound exponentially more realistic thanks to technological advances and the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence...
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“A bill that’s expected to pass early next year would change copyright law by imposing a ban on the sharing of deepfakes to protect citizens’ personal characteristics — such as their appearance or voice — from being imitated and shared online without their consent”
apnews.com/article/denm...
apnews.com/article/denm...
Een minderheidskabinet in Nederland. Kan het wél, of niet?
Ik schreef een stuk in @nrc.nl over de ervaringen in Denemarken en wat wel en niet van toepassing is in Nederland.
@uva.nl
Pleidooi voor een minderheidskabinet – en kán dat wel in Nederland? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Ik schreef een stuk in @nrc.nl over de ervaringen in Denemarken en wat wel en niet van toepassing is in Nederland.
@uva.nl
Pleidooi voor een minderheidskabinet – en kán dat wel in Nederland? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | Pleidooi voor een minderheidskabinet – en kán dat wel in Nederland?
De verkiezingsuitslag lijkt vorming van een daadkrachtige en stabiele coalitie lastig te maken. Het is tijd voor een minderheidskabinet, zeggen Hans Borstlap, Mark Thiessen en Maarten van Rossum. Maar...
www.nrc.nl
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Een minderheidskabinet in Nederland. Kan het wél, of niet?
Ik schreef een stuk in @nrc.nl over de ervaringen in Denemarken en wat wel en niet van toepassing is in Nederland.
@uva.nl
Pleidooi voor een minderheidskabinet – en kán dat wel in Nederland? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Ik schreef een stuk in @nrc.nl over de ervaringen in Denemarken en wat wel en niet van toepassing is in Nederland.
@uva.nl
Pleidooi voor een minderheidskabinet – en kán dat wel in Nederland? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
I want this to happen. But as @jonworth.eu says:
"ultimately it’s not really a plan. It’s more like a kind of aspirational hopeful, ‘this is what we like to see.’”
It would be great with some courage, investment, and progress so that it would be more than hopes
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"ultimately it’s not really a plan. It’s more like a kind of aspirational hopeful, ‘this is what we like to see.’”
It would be great with some courage, investment, and progress so that it would be more than hopes
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
High-speed rail network possible by 2040, says European Commission
Plan to cut journey times between major cities could reduce Berlin-Copenhagen trip from seven to four hours
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I want this to happen. But as @jonworth.eu says:
"ultimately it’s not really a plan. It’s more like a kind of aspirational hopeful, ‘this is what we like to see.’”
It would be great with some courage, investment, and progress so that it would be more than hopes
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"ultimately it’s not really a plan. It’s more like a kind of aspirational hopeful, ‘this is what we like to see.’”
It would be great with some courage, investment, and progress so that it would be more than hopes
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This 12 point analysis is accessible. It is clear.
“The United States is not an autocracy today. [….] But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“The United States is not an autocracy today. [….] But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This 12 point analysis is accessible. It is clear.
“The United States is not an autocracy today. [….] But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“The United States is not an autocracy today. [….] But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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En weer is Nederland achteruitgegaan op de Rule of Law Index.
We staan nu op plaats 9 op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid van landen is gesteld.
www.mr-online.nl/nederland-da...
We staan nu op plaats 9 op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid van landen is gesteld.
www.mr-online.nl/nederland-da...
Nederland daalt naar plaats negen op gezaghebbende Rule of Law Index - Mr. Online
En weer is Nederland achteruitgegaan op de Rule of Law Index van het World Justice Project. Nederland staat nu op plaats negen op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid v...
www.mr-online.nl
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
En weer is Nederland achteruitgegaan op de Rule of Law Index.
We staan nu op plaats 9 op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid van landen is gesteld.
www.mr-online.nl/nederland-da...
We staan nu op plaats 9 op de wereldwijde ranglijst die meet hoe het met de rechtsstatelijkheid van landen is gesteld.
www.mr-online.nl/nederland-da...
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Thanks and best of luck to everyone who submitted for #ICA26! Reviews kick off next week — if you haven’t already, consider signing up to review and support the ICA community! ica2026.abstractcentral.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thanks and best of luck to everyone who submitted for #ICA26! Reviews kick off next week — if you haven’t already, consider signing up to review and support the ICA community! ica2026.abstractcentral.com
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🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
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Hello from the first ever #Copenhagen 🇩🇰 to #Hamburg 🇩🇪 #DSB #EuroCity #Talgo service 🥳🎉.
The trainset is brand new, rather stylish and there’s, almost, level boarding throughout. No #DiningCar though, but I spotted a ☕️ vending machine. And I’m in seat 61 😉. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @talgo.com
The trainset is brand new, rather stylish and there’s, almost, level boarding throughout. No #DiningCar though, but I spotted a ☕️ vending machine. And I’m in seat 61 😉. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @talgo.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hello from the first ever #Copenhagen 🇩🇰 to #Hamburg 🇩🇪 #DSB #EuroCity #Talgo service 🥳🎉.
The trainset is brand new, rather stylish and there’s, almost, level boarding throughout. No #DiningCar though, but I spotted a ☕️ vending machine. And I’m in seat 61 😉. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @talgo.com
The trainset is brand new, rather stylish and there’s, almost, level boarding throughout. No #DiningCar though, but I spotted a ☕️ vending machine. And I’m in seat 61 😉. @seatsixtyone.bsky.social @talgo.com
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The world’s first Macroscope is coming to the Netherlands 🇳🇱
NWO just awarded €16.8M to build this groundbreaking research infrastructure—co-led by @odissei-soda.bsky.social and CLARIAH, coordinated by @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#Research #Innovation
odissei-data.nl/2025/11/03/t...
NWO just awarded €16.8M to build this groundbreaking research infrastructure—co-led by @odissei-soda.bsky.social and CLARIAH, coordinated by @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#Research #Innovation
odissei-data.nl/2025/11/03/t...
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The world’s first Macroscope is coming to the Netherlands 🇳🇱
NWO just awarded €16.8M to build this groundbreaking research infrastructure—co-led by @odissei-soda.bsky.social and CLARIAH, coordinated by @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#Research #Innovation
odissei-data.nl/2025/11/03/t...
NWO just awarded €16.8M to build this groundbreaking research infrastructure—co-led by @odissei-soda.bsky.social and CLARIAH, coordinated by @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#Research #Innovation
odissei-data.nl/2025/11/03/t...
🎯 @favstats.eu about Meta / Google's EU political advertising ban:
"the self-imposed political ad ban is a complete failure of platform responsibility that will make our elections less transparent, less fair, and more vulnerable to the whims of algorithms"
www.techpolicy.press/what-data-re...
"the self-imposed political ad ban is a complete failure of platform responsibility that will make our elections less transparent, less fair, and more vulnerable to the whims of algorithms"
www.techpolicy.press/what-data-re...
What Data Reveals About Meta and Google’s Political Ad Ban in the EU | TechPolicy.Press
The ad ban is a complete failure of platform responsibility that will make elections less transparent and more vulnerable to algorithms, writes Fabio Votta.
www.techpolicy.press
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎯 @favstats.eu about Meta / Google's EU political advertising ban:
"the self-imposed political ad ban is a complete failure of platform responsibility that will make our elections less transparent, less fair, and more vulnerable to the whims of algorithms"
www.techpolicy.press/what-data-re...
"the self-imposed political ad ban is a complete failure of platform responsibility that will make our elections less transparent, less fair, and more vulnerable to the whims of algorithms"
www.techpolicy.press/what-data-re...
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"It doesn’t display the same transparency but it is asking for the same trust "
Grateful for the chance to comment on the difference between Grok and @wikipedia.org in The Guardian today
Grateful for the chance to comment on the difference between Grok and @wikipedia.org in The Guardian today
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"It doesn’t display the same transparency but it is asking for the same trust "
Grateful for the chance to comment on the difference between Grok and @wikipedia.org in The Guardian today
Grateful for the chance to comment on the difference between Grok and @wikipedia.org in The Guardian today
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Wij vroegen als weekblad aan Tom van der Meer om deze campagne terug te blikken op zijn eigen boek Waardenloze Politiek.
‘Het bejubelde herstel van het politieke midden maskeert echter de gestage uitholling ervan.’
www.groene.nl/artikel/de-p... @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social
‘Het bejubelde herstel van het politieke midden maskeert echter de gestage uitholling ervan.’
www.groene.nl/artikel/de-p... @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social
Het bejubelde herstel van het politieke midden maskeert de gestage uitholling ervan
De media interpeteren de verkiezingsuitslag als ‘een herstel van het politieke midden’, maar het radicaal-rechtse blok is als geheel niet kleiner geworden en het midden is niet zo ver teruggeveerd als...
www.groene.nl
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Wij vroegen als weekblad aan Tom van der Meer om deze campagne terug te blikken op zijn eigen boek Waardenloze Politiek.
‘Het bejubelde herstel van het politieke midden maskeert echter de gestage uitholling ervan.’
www.groene.nl/artikel/de-p... @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social
‘Het bejubelde herstel van het politieke midden maskeert echter de gestage uitholling ervan.’
www.groene.nl/artikel/de-p... @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social
On the 🇳🇱elections and the EU @catherinedevries.bsky.social:
"For years now, Dutch politics have been oscillating between pragmatic euro-realism and latent Euroskepticism. But this election may finally signal the pendulum’s slow return toward a more pro-Europe center"
www.politico.eu/article/neth...
"For years now, Dutch politics have been oscillating between pragmatic euro-realism and latent Euroskepticism. But this election may finally signal the pendulum’s slow return toward a more pro-Europe center"
www.politico.eu/article/neth...
As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching
It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On the 🇳🇱elections and the EU @catherinedevries.bsky.social:
"For years now, Dutch politics have been oscillating between pragmatic euro-realism and latent Euroskepticism. But this election may finally signal the pendulum’s slow return toward a more pro-Europe center"
www.politico.eu/article/neth...
"For years now, Dutch politics have been oscillating between pragmatic euro-realism and latent Euroskepticism. But this election may finally signal the pendulum’s slow return toward a more pro-Europe center"
www.politico.eu/article/neth...
Revealing story by @alexfanta.bsky.social in @ftm.nl.
"Over the past decade, Google lobbyists met with the Commission at least 420 times, and spent well over 60 million euros on lobbying"
And with an open end, given Trump's tariff threats against enforcement.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
"Over the past decade, Google lobbyists met with the Commission at least 420 times, and spent well over 60 million euros on lobbying"
And with an open end, given Trump's tariff threats against enforcement.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
How Google fooled Brussels: the tech giant’s playbook exposed
Regulators in the U.S. and the EU are closing on tech giant Google in an attempt to break up its dominance over the internet. An investigation by Follow the Money reveals how Google has persuaded lawm...
www.ftm.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Revealing story by @alexfanta.bsky.social in @ftm.nl.
"Over the past decade, Google lobbyists met with the Commission at least 420 times, and spent well over 60 million euros on lobbying"
And with an open end, given Trump's tariff threats against enforcement.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
"Over the past decade, Google lobbyists met with the Commission at least 420 times, and spent well over 60 million euros on lobbying"
And with an open end, given Trump's tariff threats against enforcement.
www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...
This surge in applications from the US comes at a time where the grant and job market in Europe is already *very* competitive.
Unless Europe invests more in science and higher education this influx of talent will put a squeeze on an already fragile system.
www.ft.com/content/cd80...
Unless Europe invests more in science and higher education this influx of talent will put a squeeze on an already fragile system.
www.ft.com/content/cd80...
Trump’s university backlash drives US researchers towards Europe
EU grant applications hit record in 2025 amid surge in interest from American academics
www.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This surge in applications from the US comes at a time where the grant and job market in Europe is already *very* competitive.
Unless Europe invests more in science and higher education this influx of talent will put a squeeze on an already fragile system.
www.ft.com/content/cd80...
Unless Europe invests more in science and higher education this influx of talent will put a squeeze on an already fragile system.
www.ft.com/content/cd80...