Konstantinos Komaitis PhD
@kkomaitis.bsky.social
Snr. Resident Fellow Global Governance & Democracy @Atlantic Council; ex @NYTimes; ex snr dir. @internetsociety; ex law @lawstrath. Internet of Humans podcast. I own my views
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In the AI era, sovereignty is exercised less through territorial control than through infrastructure design, write Eileen Donahoe and Konstantinos Komaitis. The real question for policymakers is not openness versus sovereignty, but which kind of sovereignty they seek.
Why AI Sovereignty Depends on Interoperability Standards
In the AI era, sovereignty is exercised less through territorial control than through infrastructure design, write Eileen Donahoe and Konstantinos Komaitis.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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What Munich Revealed About the New Geography of Tech Power - www.komaitis.org/write-share-...
#MunichSecurityConference2026 #TechSovereignty #Geopolitics #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanTech #TransatlanticRelations #Cybersecurity #StrategicAutonomy #MSC2026
#MunichSecurityConference2026 #TechSovereignty #Geopolitics #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanTech #TransatlanticRelations #Cybersecurity #StrategicAutonomy #MSC2026
What Munich Revealed About the New Geography of Tech Power
At the 2026 Munich Security Conference , the most explosive revelations weren't found in the predictable headlines regarding tank battalions or NATO budgets, but in the strategic subtext of Ursula...
www.komaitis.org
February 16, 2026 at 11:15 AM
What Munich Revealed About the New Geography of Tech Power - www.komaitis.org/write-share-...
#MunichSecurityConference2026 #TechSovereignty #Geopolitics #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanTech #TransatlanticRelations #Cybersecurity #StrategicAutonomy #MSC2026
#MunichSecurityConference2026 #TechSovereignty #Geopolitics #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanTech #TransatlanticRelations #Cybersecurity #StrategicAutonomy #MSC2026
Protecting children online is essential—but how we regulate matters. Europe’s platform debate must safeguard child safety without undermining free speech, anonymity, & democratic resilience. Smart, rights-based regulation is key
#DigitalRights #ChildSafety #Democracy
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#DigitalRights #ChildSafety #Democracy
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Children, Rights, and Democratic Resilience in Europe’s Platform Debate
Across Europe, concern about the online environment is intensifying. Digital platforms are increasingly associated with the spread of disinformation, political polarisation, and social...
www.komaitis.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Protecting children online is essential—but how we regulate matters. Europe’s platform debate must safeguard child safety without undermining free speech, anonymity, & democratic resilience. Smart, rights-based regulation is key
#DigitalRights #ChildSafety #Democracy
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#DigitalRights #ChildSafety #Democracy
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We blamed the internet for breaking journalism. Fine.
Turns out the real damage comes from tech bros with endless money, zero spine, and a desperate need to stay on the right side of power.
#washingtonpost
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Turns out the real damage comes from tech bros with endless money, zero spine, and a desperate need to stay on the right side of power.
#washingtonpost
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‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers
Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
We blamed the internet for breaking journalism. Fine.
Turns out the real damage comes from tech bros with endless money, zero spine, and a desperate need to stay on the right side of power.
#washingtonpost
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Turns out the real damage comes from tech bros with endless money, zero spine, and a desperate need to stay on the right side of power.
#washingtonpost
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
I sat down with @masnick.com on the @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy Podcast this week to dig into a nuance often lost in the #AI hype: whether these tools are actually giving us more control or quietly taking it away.
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Techdirt Podcast Episode 442: Does AI Remove Or Provide User Agency?
Support us on Patreon » On a recent episode of our other podcast, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike was joined by guest host Konstantinos Komaitis for a far-reaching discussion about online speech. …
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February 5, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I sat down with @masnick.com on the @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy Podcast this week to dig into a nuance often lost in the #AI hype: whether these tools are actually giving us more control or quietly taking it away.
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/t...
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The Freedom Online Coalition issues a joint statement on the Internet shutdown in Iran.
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#internetshutdown #Iran
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#internetshutdown #Iran
Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Freedom Online Coalition
Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran February 2026 FOC Documents Download as PDF We, the members of the Freedom Online Coalition, express serious concern regarding […]
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February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Freedom Online Coalition issues a joint statement on the Internet shutdown in Iran.
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#internetshutdown #Iran
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#internetshutdown #Iran
#Greece is about to start a review of its Constitution and it is considering including #AI in it. But, the question that lingers is: what does that really mean? It seems Greece does not have a strategy or a plan -- so here's an attempt to guide the conversation.
www.tovima.com/opinions/wha...
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What Does It Mean to Constitutionalise AI? - tovima.com
Despite frequent references to “modernising the Constitution to include AI,” one critical question remains unasked: what does this actually mean?
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February 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
#Greece is about to start a review of its Constitution and it is considering including #AI in it. But, the question that lingers is: what does that really mean? It seems Greece does not have a strategy or a plan -- so here's an attempt to guide the conversation.
www.tovima.com/opinions/wha...
www.tovima.com/opinions/wha...
If there's one thing you read today, let it be Cory Doctorow's Disenshittification Nation.
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Disenshittification Nation
How Canada can defend itself from Trump, make billions of dollars, and build a new, global, good internet.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
If there's one thing you read today, let it be Cory Doctorow's Disenshittification Nation.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:49 AM
It was such a pleasure to co-host with @mmasnick.bsky.social the Cyril-Alt-Speech podcast and talk about what’s been going on with the Internet this past week: #TikTok and the US, Europe’s #digitalsovereignty and #Eurostack, the #Grok mess and others!
Check it out 👇
Check it out 👇
New Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Think Globally, Stack Locally with guest host @kkomaitis.bsky.social!
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This week we start with a stack of TikTok stories: new ownership, unnecessary ToS freakout, unnecessary moderation freakout, but also some actual concerns.
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This week we start with a stack of TikTok stories: new ownership, unnecessary ToS freakout, unnecessary moderation freakout, but also some actual concerns.
Think Globally, Stack Locally - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by Konstantinos Komaitis, Senior Resident Fellow for Global and Democratic Govern...
podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
It was such a pleasure to co-host with @mmasnick.bsky.social the Cyril-Alt-Speech podcast and talk about what’s been going on with the Internet this past week: #TikTok and the US, Europe’s #digitalsovereignty and #Eurostack, the #Grok mess and others!
Check it out 👇
Check it out 👇
It really doesn’t matter that #TikTok is under US ownership. The #censorship is the same as if it were under Chinese ownership, if not more brazen! 👇👇👇👇
January 28, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It really doesn’t matter that #TikTok is under US ownership. The #censorship is the same as if it were under Chinese ownership, if not more brazen! 👇👇👇👇
Today’s Europe is right-wing, illiberal, fear-driven, and increasingly intolerant.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Rightwing leaders endorse Viktor Orbán in Hungarian election campaign video
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and France’s Marine Le Pen among figures showing support for Hungary’s prime minister
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Today’s Europe is right-wing, illiberal, fear-driven, and increasingly intolerant.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Though #Stralink providing #connectivity to #Iran is important amidst the Iranian government’s #Internet shutdown, it is also changing the way we should think of communication and information availability. My latest on the new #geopolitics of connectivity.
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The New Geopolitics of Connectivity
In the midst of Iran’s brutal internet blackout — imposed as nationwide protests surged and authorities cut off connectivity to suppress dissent — a curious actor emerged as both lifeline and...
www.komaitis.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Though #Stralink providing #connectivity to #Iran is important amidst the Iranian government’s #Internet shutdown, it is also changing the way we should think of communication and information availability. My latest on the new #geopolitics of connectivity.
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Reposted by Konstantinos Komaitis PhD
Great analysis of why this is so harmful from @kkomaitis.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
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Trump Ends America’s Leadership on Internet Freedom | TechPolicy.Press
By walking away, the US is dismantling the mechanism that once turned Western values into a lifeline for those behind a firewall, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
www.techpolicy.press
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Great analysis of why this is so harmful from @kkomaitis.bsky.social:
www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
The U.S. just walked away from the Freedom Online Coalition. This "quiet" exit from the FOC signals a massive shift: Internet freedom is no longer a U.S. strategic priority.
Washington is vacating the table where the rules of the road are written: www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
Washington is vacating the table where the rules of the road are written: www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
Trump Ends America’s Leadership on Internet Freedom | TechPolicy.Press
By walking away, the US is dismantling the mechanism that once turned Western values into a lifeline for those behind a firewall, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
www.techpolicy.press
January 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The U.S. just walked away from the Freedom Online Coalition. This "quiet" exit from the FOC signals a massive shift: Internet freedom is no longer a U.S. strategic priority.
Washington is vacating the table where the rules of the road are written: www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
Washington is vacating the table where the rules of the road are written: www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
Musk’s Grok, which generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’, is in the Apple Store available to children over the age of 13.
The solution to combat CSAM is not to break #encryption; it is to create accountability for the way app stores operate!
The solution to combat CSAM is not to break #encryption; it is to create accountability for the way app stores operate!
January 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Musk’s Grok, which generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’, is in the Apple Store available to children over the age of 13.
The solution to combat CSAM is not to break #encryption; it is to create accountability for the way app stores operate!
The solution to combat CSAM is not to break #encryption; it is to create accountability for the way app stores operate!
Reposted by Konstantinos Komaitis PhD
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Watching Venezuela today, I can’t help but think of the Melian Dialogue. In 416 BCE, Athens told Melos: “The strong do what they can; the weak suffer what they must.” Venezuela is a 21st-century Melos.
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#venezuela #sovereignty #sanctions #power #justice
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#venezuela #sovereignty #sanctions #power #justice
Melos in Caracas
The Timeless Tragedy of Power
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January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Watching Venezuela today, I can’t help but think of the Melian Dialogue. In 416 BCE, Athens told Melos: “The strong do what they can; the weak suffer what they must.” Venezuela is a 21st-century Melos.
open.substack.com/pub/kkomaiti...
#venezuela #sovereignty #sanctions #power #justice
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#venezuela #sovereignty #sanctions #power #justice
Over the past weeks, Greek farmers have been organizing nationwide demonstrations & blockades in response to delayed subsidy payments and ongoing structural pressures. My latest on how AI could provide some help in modernising the agricultural sector.
www.tovima.com/opinions/gre...
www.tovima.com/opinions/gre...
Greece’s Farmers Under Pressure—and the Role AI Could Play - tovima.com
Digitalization that ignores a country’s strengths and fails to support the sectors that need it most is ultimately ineffective
www.tovima.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Over the past weeks, Greek farmers have been organizing nationwide demonstrations & blockades in response to delayed subsidy payments and ongoing structural pressures. My latest on how AI could provide some help in modernising the agricultural sector.
www.tovima.com/opinions/gre...
www.tovima.com/opinions/gre...
Nick Clegg claims technological insight from his tenure at Meta, but he learned little from it. He failed to grasp the need for regulation, never appreciated why big tech must be held accountable, and overlooked the essential role of transparency in technology design.
Irony died once more. Nick Clegg (left Europe to be a top lobbyist for Facebook): Europe has a “very, very profound dilemma, which is that we’re not only completely dependent on US tech . . [but] when we have good people with good ideas, we export them to the US”. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Nick Clegg takes on venture capital role alongside Meta AI scientist Yann LeCun
Former lobbyist and UK deputy prime minister joins London-based Hiro Capital
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December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Nick Clegg claims technological insight from his tenure at Meta, but he learned little from it. He failed to grasp the need for regulation, never appreciated why big tech must be held accountable, and overlooked the essential role of transparency in technology design.
My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social : How China Mastered the Geometry of Tech Power Before Anyone Else - www.techpolicy.press/how-china-ma...
How China Mastered the Geometry of Tech Power Before Anyone Else | TechPolicy.Press
China has mastered a marketplace where power does not flow from ideology or from the lofty rhetoric but transactional leverage, Konstantinos Komaitis writes
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December 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social : How China Mastered the Geometry of Tech Power Before Anyone Else - www.techpolicy.press/how-china-ma...
In my latest article for @kathimerini.gr I outline why Greece must strengthen compute capacity, data governance, and national planning to unlock AI’s benefits while safeguarding long-term resilience and competitiveness.
www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1288...
www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1288...
Securing Greece’s AI future | eKathimerini.com
Artificial intelligence is no longer a concept confined to laboratories or theoretical policy debates. Across the world, nations are investing heavily in AI not only to boost economic growth but also ...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In my latest article for @kathimerini.gr I outline why Greece must strengthen compute capacity, data governance, and national planning to unlock AI’s benefits while safeguarding long-term resilience and competitiveness.
www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1288...
www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1288...
Deregulation won’t make Europe competitive — better governance will.
Cutting DSA/DMA/GDPR hurts citizens, startups & trust.
Europe’s edge is smart rules + strong enforcement, not a race to the bottom.
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#DigitalGovernance #DSA #DMA #GDPR #AIAct #DigitalSovereignty
Cutting DSA/DMA/GDPR hurts citizens, startups & trust.
Europe’s edge is smart rules + strong enforcement, not a race to the bottom.
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#DigitalGovernance #DSA #DMA #GDPR #AIAct #DigitalSovereignty
The False Promise of Deregulation: Europe’s Power Lies in Governance, Not Retreat
To compete globally, Europe must refine its regulatory model, not dismantle it. Europe is once again flirting with the idea that deregulation is the key to digital competitiveness. Across the...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Deregulation won’t make Europe competitive — better governance will.
Cutting DSA/DMA/GDPR hurts citizens, startups & trust.
Europe’s edge is smart rules + strong enforcement, not a race to the bottom.
www.komaitis.org/write-share-...
#DigitalGovernance #DSA #DMA #GDPR #AIAct #DigitalSovereignty
Cutting DSA/DMA/GDPR hurts citizens, startups & trust.
Europe’s edge is smart rules + strong enforcement, not a race to the bottom.
www.komaitis.org/write-share-...
#DigitalGovernance #DSA #DMA #GDPR #AIAct #DigitalSovereignty
Europe’s open internet isn’t a relic — it’s the reason startups, AI, and democracy thrive online. Repealing it would hand control to telcos. Keep it open. Keep it fair. Keep it European.
#OpenInternet #NetNeutrality #DigitalEurope
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#OpenInternet #NetNeutrality #DigitalEurope
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Europe’s Open Internet: The Foundation of Digital Sovereignty
Why keeping Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 intact is essential for innovation, competition, and citizens’ rights. Imagine it’s the year 2030, and you wake up in your mid-sized European city to the...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Europe’s open internet isn’t a relic — it’s the reason startups, AI, and democracy thrive online. Repealing it would hand control to telcos. Keep it open. Keep it fair. Keep it European.
#OpenInternet #NetNeutrality #DigitalEurope
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#OpenInternet #NetNeutrality #DigitalEurope
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Is the Internet biased? 🌍 The architecture meant to connect us equally now mirrors old inequalities. Time for the Global South to shape the next Internet. www.komaitis.org/write-share-... #GlobalSouth #InternetGovernance #AI #DigitalInclusion #HumanRights #WSIS20 #DPI #digitaldivide #connectivity
Is the Internet Biased?
In 1869, when the first transcontinental railroad was completed in the United States, newspapers declared it a triumph of progress — a steel ribbon that would bind a vast nation together. Yet...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is the Internet biased? 🌍 The architecture meant to connect us equally now mirrors old inequalities. Time for the Global South to shape the next Internet. www.komaitis.org/write-share-... #GlobalSouth #InternetGovernance #AI #DigitalInclusion #HumanRights #WSIS20 #DPI #digitaldivide #connectivity