Joris van Hoboken
@jvh.bsky.social
(he/him) antifascist, law prof in Amsterdam (IViR); platform regulation, law and digital infrastructure, quantum technology, fundamental rights.
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An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
I hope that people do realize that government disinformation is the legally easy case.
In a democracy that values freedom of expression, the people responsible in government would have to go.
In a democracy that values freedom of expression, the people responsible in government would have to go.
January 23, 2026 at 5:45 AM
I hope that people do realize that government disinformation is the legally easy case.
In a democracy that values freedom of expression, the people responsible in government would have to go.
In a democracy that values freedom of expression, the people responsible in government would have to go.
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Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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The Trump admin's sanctions on researchers and regulators who work on content-moderation, fact-checking, and disinfo are part of an effort to protect the tech ecosystem that has allowed the the far right to flourish. Good piece from @davidakaye.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/the-trump-li...
The Trump Lie About Europe and Why it Matters | TechPolicy.Press
The Trump administration is promoting disinformation about European law and policy for reasons that go well beyond social media regulation, writes David Kaye.
www.techpolicy.press
January 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The Trump admin's sanctions on researchers and regulators who work on content-moderation, fact-checking, and disinfo are part of an effort to protect the tech ecosystem that has allowed the the far right to flourish. Good piece from @davidakaye.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/the-trump-li...
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation
practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
www.nbcnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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My wish for 2026 is that Europeans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in their own country as they are about them in the U.S. and that Americans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in the U.S. as Europeans are.
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My wish for 2026 is that Europeans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in their own country as they are about them in the U.S. and that Americans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in the U.S. as Europeans are.
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In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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trump admin sanctions are outrageous and purposeful:
1. ensure europe doesn't regulate their political allies on the right, enabling space for incitement, disinfo, propaganda.
2. promote muskian/big tech lawlessness
3. distract from its unprecedented domestic repression of speech
1. ensure europe doesn't regulate their political allies on the right, enabling space for incitement, disinfo, propaganda.
2. promote muskian/big tech lawlessness
3. distract from its unprecedented domestic repression of speech
The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
trump admin sanctions are outrageous and purposeful:
1. ensure europe doesn't regulate their political allies on the right, enabling space for incitement, disinfo, propaganda.
2. promote muskian/big tech lawlessness
3. distract from its unprecedented domestic repression of speech
1. ensure europe doesn't regulate their political allies on the right, enabling space for incitement, disinfo, propaganda.
2. promote muskian/big tech lawlessness
3. distract from its unprecedented domestic repression of speech
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Our joint letter represents a collective effort to speak up against the politicisation of the DMA as a retaliatory measure against the United States. Many thanks to all who took the time to sign!
📩 Over 50 academics and experts specialising have written to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee to express their concern about misleading rhetoric that risks undermining constructive transatlantic dialogue on digital regulation.
👉 Read the letter here: lnkd.in/eYsjwzTv
👉 Read the letter here: lnkd.in/eYsjwzTv
December 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our joint letter represents a collective effort to speak up against the politicisation of the DMA as a retaliatory measure against the United States. Many thanks to all who took the time to sign!
European Commissioner Thierry Breton, Imran Ahmed, Clare Melford, Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, Josephine Ballon are singled out for US visa sanctions, on the basis of, i would summarize: basic enforcement of European hate speech law (predictably unpopular laws in nazi circles)
In a major escalation against the EU, alongside civil society representatives the Trump Administration sanctions former Commissioner Breton for work he did in official capacity ↘️ www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
European Commissioner Thierry Breton, Imran Ahmed, Clare Melford, Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, Josephine Ballon are singled out for US visa sanctions, on the basis of, i would summarize: basic enforcement of European hate speech law (predictably unpopular laws in nazi circles)
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In a major escalation against the EU, alongside civil society representatives the Trump Administration sanctions former Commissioner Breton for work he did in official capacity ↘️ www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In a major escalation against the EU, alongside civil society representatives the Trump Administration sanctions former Commissioner Breton for work he did in official capacity ↘️ www.state.gov/releases/off...
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For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:
Tech Policy Press: The Year in Books 2025 | TechPolicy.Press
In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:
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Solid academic proof:
open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...
open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...
Germany’s Top Research Institute Confirms What Critics Said All Along About Gaza
For two years officials in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that make such denial impossible – and echo the patterns of past genocides
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Solid academic proof:
open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...
open.substack.com/pub/hannohau...
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Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
One would think that in "searchable format" would mean that search is available and not hampered in content-specific ways
Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
December 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One would think that in "searchable format" would mean that search is available and not hampered in content-specific ways
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"In de overgrote meerderheid van de gevallen verlopen protesten vreedzaam en veroorzaken betogers weinig overlast."
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
‘Ingrijpende aanpassing demonstratierecht niet nodig’, zeggen onderzoekers
Demonstratierecht: In de overgrote meerderheid van de gevallen verlopen protesten vreedzaam en veroorzaken betogers weinig overlast, schrijven de onderzoekers.
www.nrc.nl
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"In de overgrote meerderheid van de gevallen verlopen protesten vreedzaam en veroorzaken betogers weinig overlast."
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Your moment of schadenfreude.
New! Washington Post readers revolt against Bezos’s editorial board: presswatchers.org/2025/12/wash...
Washington Post readers revolt against Bezos’s editorial board | Press Watch
The AI summaries of reader comments have become a must read
presswatchers.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Your moment of schadenfreude.
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Trump doesn't have the power to preempt state AI regulation by executive order, even if he's surrounded by yes-men who tell him he does. www.techpolicy.press/why-trumps-a...
Why Trump’s AI EO Will be DOA in Court | TechPolicy.Press
Policymakers should not allow the happy-talk about innovation blind them to the ways in which AI companies may harm consumers, Olivier Sylvain writes.
www.techpolicy.press
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Trump doesn't have the power to preempt state AI regulation by executive order, even if he's surrounded by yes-men who tell him he does. www.techpolicy.press/why-trumps-a...
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Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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Come for the DSA, stay for the punk rock!
Don't miss the always-amazing Joris van Hoboken @jvh.bsky.social with Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social here: "Unpacking the Politics of the EU’s €120M Fine of Musk’s X" — The Tech Policy Press Podcast www.techpolicy.press/podcast/
Don't miss the always-amazing Joris van Hoboken @jvh.bsky.social with Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social here: "Unpacking the Politics of the EU’s €120M Fine of Musk’s X" — The Tech Policy Press Podcast www.techpolicy.press/podcast/
Unpacking the Politics of the EU’s €120M Fine of Musk’s X — The Tech Policy Press Podcast
On Friday, the European Commission fined Elon Musk’s X €120 million for breaching the Digital Services Act, delivering the first-ever non-compliance decision under the European Union’s flagship tech…
overcast.fm
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Come for the DSA, stay for the punk rock!
Don't miss the always-amazing Joris van Hoboken @jvh.bsky.social with Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social here: "Unpacking the Politics of the EU’s €120M Fine of Musk’s X" — The Tech Policy Press Podcast www.techpolicy.press/podcast/
Don't miss the always-amazing Joris van Hoboken @jvh.bsky.social with Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social here: "Unpacking the Politics of the EU’s €120M Fine of Musk’s X" — The Tech Policy Press Podcast www.techpolicy.press/podcast/