An old barber in Georgia asked me today if I regretted moving to the Netherlands 8 years ago, now that Europe is falling. "Twilight of Europe", he said, patronising me. It is so sad to see people brainwashed like that by all the crap in the media.

There is no way this can pass the DSA test. The DSA must be enforced, fast. This information violence can not continue. I wrote a bit about Elon's agenda here: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...

Made it to Georgia, where disinformation is only information. There is no agreement on facts, no shared reality, and no trust on social institutions. This information armageddon (@mariaressa.bsky.social) is coming to the whole world unless we win the battle for information integrity.

"Big tech know that they're stoking a bubble that will end in a crash. They are not concerned. The crash will wipe out smaller rivals and weaken the governments that they want to control." — @moonalice.com

So difficult to watch. If we believe Meta's spokesperson, EU has green lighted their AI training practices, personalized ads, and no-one in industry has a problem with them using AI in ads. Cringe.

Brazil developed a highly popular electronic payments system called Pix. Meta tried to undercut it by shipping WhatsApp Pay first, hoping to ride on network effects, to which the Brazilians (rightly) said "no."

Now Trump is trying to retaliate.
economia.uol.com.br/colunas/mari...

This. Except I would say Thiel is more dangerous.

"Y Combinator, one of the world’s most prolific startup accelerators, sent a letter on Wednesday urging the Trump administration to openly support Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), a wide-ranging piece of legislation that aims to crack open Big Tech’s market power." techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/y...

I'll be in Canada for the next three months. If anyone nearby, let's catch up!

A big tech executive should not be running the UK's competition authority, or CMA. We joined civil society partners, small and mid-sized tech companies, trade groups and more in a letter to the government👇 www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

Read the brilliant @daniellecitron.bsky.social on DOGE access to Treasury systems www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...

Democracy needs rules and Elon Musk is breaking every one of the in Europe. On purpose. The European Commission can stop him and make sure that every vote and every voice counts. #DSA @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Elon Musks megaphone is not the Digital Services Act (DSA) "live or die" moment in the EU. Started to gather some thoughts here after some of the discussions of last week, including here with @daphnek.bsky.social @davidakaye.bsky.social @pjleerssen.bsky.social . Should I flesh it out a bit further?

The Greens/EFA group requested a plenary debate with the title: „Interference in EU democracy through algorithmic distortion of public opinion”. The EU Commission needs to enforce the #DSA against the amplification of disinformation and hate speech by tech giants like Meta, X, and TikTok.

Switching to BlueSky is easier than I thought.

Putin is terrorizing the whole world. We can not let him. Europe must unite, lead and get rid of this cancer.