Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺
@gibajaalberto.bsky.social
Tech, policy, democracy. Leading International IDEA work on tech because they are going to break the internet to break our democracies. Avgeek, madrileño, proud European. EN|ES|IT
Here just my own opinions and rants.
Here just my own opinions and rants.
All of this
Next Steps for Mitigating Harm in the UN Cybercrime Convention
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Next Steps for Mitigating Harm in the UN Cybercrime Convention
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Next Steps for Mitigating Harm in the UN Cybercrime Convention
On October 25, a badly flawed United Nations treaty—the first global crime treaty to be concluded in decades and the first ever to address the use of technology— reached a critical milestone. The trea...
www.hrw.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
All of this
Next Steps for Mitigating Harm in the UN Cybercrime Convention
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Next Steps for Mitigating Harm in the UN Cybercrime Convention
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Lina Khan is on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social transition team
Wow
www.transition2025.com#:~:text=Equi...
Wow
www.transition2025.com#:~:text=Equi...
A New Era for NYC
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is ready to work to make New York safe and affordable for all of its residents.
www.transition2025.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Lina Khan is on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social transition team
Wow
www.transition2025.com#:~:text=Equi...
Wow
www.transition2025.com#:~:text=Equi...
If you haven’t read “The Jakarta Method”, it is a damn great time to do it
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups
The threatened crackdown is a multi-agency effort with Stephen Miller playing a central role.
www.reuters.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
If you haven’t read “The Jakarta Method”, it is a damn great time to do it
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
There is a key question to know your position on the Zucman Tax: do you have a net worth above 100M EUR?
www.politico.eu/article/gabr...
www.politico.eu/article/gabr...
France can’t stop talking about Gabriel Zucman — and his wealth tax
The 38-year-old economist has a recipe to save the EU’s second-biggest economy from a debt crisis — but will the government dare take it?
www.politico.eu
September 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
There is a key question to know your position on the Zucman Tax: do you have a net worth above 100M EUR?
www.politico.eu/article/gabr...
www.politico.eu/article/gabr...
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
España no te la acabas
September 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
España no te la acabas
Senior management at the political / diplomacy / international relations world right now:
- Opens Edge (they use edge, of course)
- Types: www.google.com
- Types: What is
- Check notes and types: Discord
- Confused face while reading
- Opens Edge (they use edge, of course)
- Types: www.google.com
- Types: What is
- Check notes and types: Discord
- Confused face while reading
a man in a wig is reading a newspaper
ALT: a man in a wig is reading a newspaper
media.tenor.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Senior management at the political / diplomacy / international relations world right now:
- Opens Edge (they use edge, of course)
- Types: www.google.com
- Types: What is
- Check notes and types: Discord
- Confused face while reading
- Opens Edge (they use edge, of course)
- Types: www.google.com
- Types: What is
- Check notes and types: Discord
- Confused face while reading
ok, so I guess now I have to explain to a lot of people what @discord.com is (and isn´t) right?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ok, so I guess now I have to explain to a lot of people what @discord.com is (and isn´t) right?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
This is how a democracy defends itself; with rule of law and due process
Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
This is how a democracy defends itself; with rule of law and due process
Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...
First Sri Lanka, then Bangladesh, now Nepal.
South Asia is in turmoil and that teaches a lesson when we see democracy eroding everywhere: people will always demand better politics, better government. It is not a question of “if” but of “when”
www.himalmag.com/politics/nep...
South Asia is in turmoil and that teaches a lesson when we see democracy eroding everywhere: people will always demand better politics, better government. It is not a question of “if” but of “when”
www.himalmag.com/politics/nep...
Nepal’s horrific reckoning with its failed political class
Nepalis don’t often pay attention to the politics of their Southasian neighbours beyond India. But when Sri Lankans rose up in 2022 to boot out the Rajapaksa re
www.himalmag.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
First Sri Lanka, then Bangladesh, now Nepal.
South Asia is in turmoil and that teaches a lesson when we see democracy eroding everywhere: people will always demand better politics, better government. It is not a question of “if” but of “when”
www.himalmag.com/politics/nep...
South Asia is in turmoil and that teaches a lesson when we see democracy eroding everywhere: people will always demand better politics, better government. It is not a question of “if” but of “when”
www.himalmag.com/politics/nep...
This is the current profile of the White House on LinkedIn. No comments needed.
September 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is the current profile of the White House on LinkedIn. No comments needed.
Key insight from @kkomaitis.bsky.social on a key topic we don’t focus enough: the seemingly unstoppable take over of internet governance from authoritarian forces
dfrlab.org/2025/09/05/a...
dfrlab.org/2025/09/05/a...
Analysis: China's bid to rewrite the internet's DNA
Clock is ticking as Beijing moves to control the technical rules governing the next generation of the internet
dfrlab.org
September 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Key insight from @kkomaitis.bsky.social on a key topic we don’t focus enough: the seemingly unstoppable take over of internet governance from authoritarian forces
dfrlab.org/2025/09/05/a...
dfrlab.org/2025/09/05/a...
Hay que cambiar la narrativa: el sector privado no sabe gestionar
September 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hay que cambiar la narrativa: el sector privado no sabe gestionar
Lets call a spade a spade:
Algorithmic amplification is the only censorship taking place in Europe. Because the algorithm is amplifying certain content (and we know how that works) it is also reducing the reach of other, which is effectively censorship.
#DSA
Algorithmic amplification is the only censorship taking place in Europe. Because the algorithm is amplifying certain content (and we know how that works) it is also reducing the reach of other, which is effectively censorship.
#DSA
September 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Lets call a spade a spade:
Algorithmic amplification is the only censorship taking place in Europe. Because the algorithm is amplifying certain content (and we know how that works) it is also reducing the reach of other, which is effectively censorship.
#DSA
Algorithmic amplification is the only censorship taking place in Europe. Because the algorithm is amplifying certain content (and we know how that works) it is also reducing the reach of other, which is effectively censorship.
#DSA
I don’t always agree with @daphnek.bsky.social , but this is a brilliant primer that should be read by anyone wanting to say something about the US fixation with the EU digital rulebook
Also, that is how you do conclusions
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/a-primer-on-...
Also, that is how you do conclusions
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/a-primer-on-...
A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act
Some U.S. politicians have recently characterized European platform and social media regulation laws as “censorship” of speech in the U.S. If this claim were true, it would be a very big deal. As some...
cyberlaw.stanford.edu
September 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I don’t always agree with @daphnek.bsky.social , but this is a brilliant primer that should be read by anyone wanting to say something about the US fixation with the EU digital rulebook
Also, that is how you do conclusions
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/a-primer-on-...
Also, that is how you do conclusions
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/a-primer-on-...
Not surprising, but still one of the actions by the US administration that most damage can do...
www.justsecurity.org/119653/wjh-d...
www.justsecurity.org/119653/wjh-d...
Dismantling the Foreign Malign Influence Center
Tulsi Gabbard is dismantling the last U.S. government organ dedicated to tracking State-sponsored efforts to interfere in U.S. institutions.
www.justsecurity.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Not surprising, but still one of the actions by the US administration that most damage can do...
www.justsecurity.org/119653/wjh-d...
www.justsecurity.org/119653/wjh-d...
No dudéis ni un minuto que si esto hubiera sido al revés la prensa sueca estaría sacando a relucir sus ideas de superioridad bien rapidito
elpais.com/espana/2025-...
elpais.com/espana/2025-...
Con 16 años y a bordo de un patinete: detienen a un menor sueco que viajó a Málaga para cometer un asesinato
La Policía Nacional ha detenido a su compinche de 19 años y a las cuatro personas que les dieron soporte logístico en la Costa del Sol, aunque éstas han quedado en libertad
elpais.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
No dudéis ni un minuto que si esto hubiera sido al revés la prensa sueca estaría sacando a relucir sus ideas de superioridad bien rapidito
elpais.com/espana/2025-...
elpais.com/espana/2025-...
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«Cada vez que levanto la vista del móvil lo veo mirando el móvil», lamenta.
Lee la noticia completa en la web: https://f.mtr.cool/pgmnjgjhpu
Lee la noticia completa en la web: https://f.mtr.cool/pgmnjgjhpu
August 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
«Cada vez que levanto la vista del móvil lo veo mirando el móvil», lamenta.
Lee la noticia completa en la web: https://f.mtr.cool/pgmnjgjhpu
Lee la noticia completa en la web: https://f.mtr.cool/pgmnjgjhpu
The zero-day industry is run by authoritarianism, repression and shrinking digital civic space. It is then no surprise that it is thriving...
This is why we need to reinforce the Budapest Convention, the Wassenaar Agreement and, even if not enough, make sure the PallMall process becomes relevant
This is why we need to reinforce the Budapest Convention, the Wassenaar Agreement and, even if not enough, make sure the PallMall process becomes relevant
New zero-day startup offers $20 million for tools that can hack any smartphone | TechCrunch
Prices for hacking tools that allow governments to break into mobile phones keep going up, thanks to efforts by tech firms shoring up their cybersecurity.
techcrunch.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The zero-day industry is run by authoritarianism, repression and shrinking digital civic space. It is then no surprise that it is thriving...
This is why we need to reinforce the Budapest Convention, the Wassenaar Agreement and, even if not enough, make sure the PallMall process becomes relevant
This is why we need to reinforce the Budapest Convention, the Wassenaar Agreement and, even if not enough, make sure the PallMall process becomes relevant
It is in the chip industry where the geopolitical battle (including around AI) is taking place
www.semafor.com/article/08/1...
www.semafor.com/article/08/1...
DeepSeek delays new model over Huawei chip failure
Chinese tech firm DeepSeek had been encouraged to use Huawei technology by government officials.
www.semafor.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It is in the chip industry where the geopolitical battle (including around AI) is taking place
www.semafor.com/article/08/1...
www.semafor.com/article/08/1...
Hay que leer a quien mejor conoce la situación y el país. Desgraciadamente, gran parte del genocidio se explica en clave interna israelí 👇
La directora de la ONG israelí B’Tselem: “Un genocidio no empieza de la nada. Israel lleva 75 años de impunidad con los palestinos”
La directora de la ONG israelí B’Tselem: “Un genocidio no empieza de la nada. Israel lleva 75 años de impunidad con los palestinos”
August 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hay que leer a quien mejor conoce la situación y el país. Desgraciadamente, gran parte del genocidio se explica en clave interna israelí 👇
La directora de la ONG israelí B’Tselem: “Un genocidio no empieza de la nada. Israel lleva 75 años de impunidad con los palestinos”
La directora de la ONG israelí B’Tselem: “Un genocidio no empieza de la nada. Israel lleva 75 años de impunidad con los palestinos”
Russian aviation industry is desperate. They are running out of pieces and their plane technology is very far from Airbus & Boeing. There is no local solution and it is a matter of time most of their fleet is not airworthy (but likely still flying)
Ethiopia has rejected an effort by Moscow to avoid international aviation sanctions — imposed in retaliation for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine — by leasing aircraft from Ethiopian Airlines.
Ethiopia rejects Kremlin attempt to dodge aviation sanctions as Russia’s airlines get desperate
Ethiopian Airlines says it has “no intention” of leasing its aircraft to Russia.
ow.ly
August 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Russian aviation industry is desperate. They are running out of pieces and their plane technology is very far from Airbus & Boeing. There is no local solution and it is a matter of time most of their fleet is not airworthy (but likely still flying)
I just wish they will all be judged by the ICC or a Nuremberg-like court for what they are doing. But I sadly think it won’t happen, and humanity will allow a horrific genocide to take place without judging the perpetrators.
July 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I just wish they will all be judged by the ICC or a Nuremberg-like court for what they are doing. But I sadly think it won’t happen, and humanity will allow a horrific genocide to take place without judging the perpetrators.
Aquí @polmorillas.bsky.social da en el clavo: Europa entrando en el patio de los mayores
Brothers in Arms: Macron, Merz and Starmer Plan for a Post-U.S. Future www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/w...
Brothers in Arms: Macron, Merz and Starmer Plan for a Post-U.S. Future www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/w...
Brothers in Arms: Macron, Merz and Starmer Plan for a Post-U.S. Future
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Aquí @polmorillas.bsky.social da en el clavo: Europa entrando en el patio de los mayores
Brothers in Arms: Macron, Merz and Starmer Plan for a Post-U.S. Future www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/w...
Brothers in Arms: Macron, Merz and Starmer Plan for a Post-U.S. Future www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/w...