Michiel van Hulten
@michielvanhulten.eu
Democracy defender. Former EU/NL politician and official.
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
Let’s take women security seriously, also online!
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Let’s take women security seriously, also online!
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
We are letting Big Tech steal our data, undermine our privacy, avoid our taxes, kill our companies, exhaust our natural resources, harm our kids, prop up the Kremlin, and enable scammers. And the EU responds by *deregulating*?
Can you think of a connection between these two FT headlines?
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We are letting Big Tech steal our data, undermine our privacy, avoid our taxes, kill our companies, exhaust our natural resources, harm our kids, prop up the Kremlin, and enable scammers. And the EU responds by *deregulating*?
Can you think of a connection between these two FT headlines?
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Can you think of a connection between these two FT headlines?
Stunning investigation by Reuters reveals income from ads for scams and banned goods on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp may have amounted to 10% of Meta global revenue in 2024, with 15 billion (!) scam ads being shown to users daily - based on company's own figures.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Stunning investigation by Reuters reveals income from ads for scams and banned goods on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp may have amounted to 10% of Meta global revenue in 2024, with 15 billion (!) scam ads being shown to users daily - based on company's own figures.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
I see your worthy "why are you still on X" posts and sorry but we've gone way beyond that, no such incendiary publication would be allowed in printed form so why are we still thinking this should be allowed online?
November 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I see your worthy "why are you still on X" posts and sorry but we've gone way beyond that, no such incendiary publication would be allowed in printed form so why are we still thinking this should be allowed online?
On my flight from NL to UK today there was a passenger wearing a big traffic cone on his head. Not sure if this was a stag do outfit or a Halloween costume.
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
On my flight from NL to UK today there was a passenger wearing a big traffic cone on his head. Not sure if this was a stag do outfit or a Halloween costume.
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
Timmermans het grootste doelwit van online toxische reacties.
En Facebook speelt een opvallende rol.
Nieuwe analyse:
www.web-watch.org/news/timmerm...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #PvdA
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social
En Facebook speelt een opvallende rol.
Nieuwe analyse:
www.web-watch.org/news/timmerm...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #PvdA
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Timmermans het grootste doelwit van online toxische reacties.
En Facebook speelt een opvallende rol.
Nieuwe analyse:
www.web-watch.org/news/timmerm...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #PvdA
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social
En Facebook speelt een opvallende rol.
Nieuwe analyse:
www.web-watch.org/news/timmerm...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #PvdA
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.
Latest tally sees D66 & PVV neck-and-neck. A centrist coalition has a big majority but faces hurdles. 4-party rightwing coalition is now just short of a majority. Talks will take time, but caretaker govt now only has 26 seats (out of 150), and parliamentary dynamics change immediately. (NOS image)
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Latest tally sees D66 & PVV neck-and-neck. A centrist coalition has a big majority but faces hurdles. 4-party rightwing coalition is now just short of a majority. Talks will take time, but caretaker govt now only has 26 seats (out of 150), and parliamentary dynamics change immediately. (NOS image)
Frans Timmermans has just resigned as leader of the Greens/Labour alliance, following a poor election performance.
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Frans Timmermans has just resigned as leader of the Greens/Labour alliance, following a poor election performance.
Forming a new government will be tricky as usual in the fragmented and polarised Dutch political context. But one thing looks certain: the new Dutch government, whatever its exact shape, will be a lot more pro-EU than the current one (admittedly a low bar). It may even be led by a strongly pro-EU PM
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Forming a new government will be tricky as usual in the fragmented and polarised Dutch political context. But one thing looks certain: the new Dutch government, whatever its exact shape, will be a lot more pro-EU than the current one (admittedly a low bar). It may even be led by a strongly pro-EU PM
Dutch exit poll: centrist-liberal D66 leading.
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Dutch exit poll: centrist-liberal D66 leading.
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
We continue the Kremlin's long tradition of alliances with Europe's far right.
BREAKING: Russian propaganda site promotes far-right party ahead of Netherlands elections.
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We continue the Kremlin's long tradition of alliances with Europe's far right.
Don’t want to jinx it by saying it out loud, but following tonight’s final Dutch election tv debate and based on latest polls it now looks distinctly possible that the far right will *not* win tomorrow’s parliamentary elections. The Netherlands may get a government that is willing and able to govern
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Don’t want to jinx it by saying it out loud, but following tonight’s final Dutch election tv debate and based on latest polls it now looks distinctly possible that the far right will *not* win tomorrow’s parliamentary elections. The Netherlands may get a government that is willing and able to govern
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
BREAKING: Russian propaganda site promotes far-right party ahead of Netherlands elections.
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
BREAKING: Russian propaganda site promotes far-right party ahead of Netherlands elections.
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
This is the final 'poll of polls' before the Dutch elections. Three parties at the same level, and two more not much smaller. Given the high percentage of late deciders and voters in doubt, the outcome is still very much uncertain. 🧵
The Peilingwijzer poll of polls for the Netherlands has been updated to include the latest polls of Verian/EenVandaag and Ipsos I&O.
📊 📈 All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
📊 📈 All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is the final 'poll of polls' before the Dutch elections. Three parties at the same level, and two more not much smaller. Given the high percentage of late deciders and voters in doubt, the outcome is still very much uncertain. 🧵
"Russische propaganda site 'Pravda' promoot FvD in aanloop naar verkiezingen" #NOSdebat #NLkiest #TK2025
BREAKING: Russische propaganda site ‘Pravda’ promoot FvD in aanloop naar verkiezingen.
www.web-watch.org/news/russisc...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
www.web-watch.org/news/russisc...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One of the last polls ahead of tomorrow’s Dutch elections has the far-right PVV (Wilders), centre-left GroenLinks-PvdA (Timmermans), and centrist-liberal D66 (Jetten) on 23 seats each. Nailbiter finish to a campaign marked by the algorithm-fuelled spread of falsehoods and hate speech on social media
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One of the last polls ahead of tomorrow’s Dutch elections has the far-right PVV (Wilders), centre-left GroenLinks-PvdA (Timmermans), and centrist-liberal D66 (Jetten) on 23 seats each. Nailbiter finish to a campaign marked by the algorithm-fuelled spread of falsehoods and hate speech on social media
In a brazen display of monopolist behaviour, Amazon is “investing” 1.4 billion euros in NL to seek to dislodge one of its few remaining national-level competitors, current Dutch market leader Bol. www.nu.nl/economie/637...
Amazon investeert 1,4 miljard euro in Nederland voor snellere bezorging
Amazon zal tot en met 2027 ruim 1,4 miljard euro investeren in Nederland. Het geld moet er onder meer voor zorgen dat aankopen binnen een dag kunnen worden bezorgd. Op die manier wil het Amerikaanse b...
www.nu.nl
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In a brazen display of monopolist behaviour, Amazon is “investing” 1.4 billion euros in NL to seek to dislodge one of its few remaining national-level competitors, current Dutch market leader Bol. www.nu.nl/economie/637...
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
Voor de kijkers naar #EenVandaag:
Die negativiteit over migratie op sociale media wordt veroorzaakt door een hyperactieve minderheid.
En krijgt dus onterecht zuurstof van veel traditionele media (en extreem-rechtse politici).
www.web-watch.org/news/minderh...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen2025
Die negativiteit over migratie op sociale media wordt veroorzaakt door een hyperactieve minderheid.
En krijgt dus onterecht zuurstof van veel traditionele media (en extreem-rechtse politici).
www.web-watch.org/news/minderh...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen2025
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Voor de kijkers naar #EenVandaag:
Die negativiteit over migratie op sociale media wordt veroorzaakt door een hyperactieve minderheid.
En krijgt dus onterecht zuurstof van veel traditionele media (en extreem-rechtse politici).
www.web-watch.org/news/minderh...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen2025
Die negativiteit over migratie op sociale media wordt veroorzaakt door een hyperactieve minderheid.
En krijgt dus onterecht zuurstof van veel traditionele media (en extreem-rechtse politici).
www.web-watch.org/news/minderh...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen2025
Dutch election TV debate. Wilders: “Abolish development aid to cut VAT [on food]. They’ll be more hungry in Africa, but not here.”
October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Dutch election TV debate. Wilders: “Abolish development aid to cut VAT [on food]. They’ll be more hungry in Africa, but not here.”
Reposted by Michiel van Hulten
Find out how to say it tonight on @thedailyshow.com!
Tonight! Jon Stewart sits down with Zoehan Mendairy ❌ Zoeran Ma'amdanny ❌ Zohran Mamdani ✅
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Find out how to say it tonight on @thedailyshow.com!
15 minutes of your time, but worth every minute.
The Welsh town that saw off Nigel Farage – video
The Welsh town that saw off Nigel Farage – video
In last week's byelection in the Welsh constituency of Caerphilly, Reform UK were the hot favourites, and the focus of huge attention. But as John Harris and John Domokos saw close-up, a Reform win failed to happen thanks to a story most of the media didn't see: how online fear and loathing were beaten back by community spirit, facts trumping fury, and everyday empathy
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
15 minutes of your time, but worth every minute.