Jacob Öberg
@profjacob.bsky.social
PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law/Deputy HoD at @sdu.dk. EU & #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Crim Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social
An X spokesperson told Sky News that the algorithm will soon be fully AI-powered, at which point X "will open source the algorithm every two weeks or so". By December, they say users will be able to adjust their feeds "dynamically", by asking X's AI tool Grok. /8
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
An X spokesperson told Sky News that the algorithm will soon be fully AI-powered, at which point X "will open source the algorithm every two weeks or so". By December, they say users will be able to adjust their feeds "dynamically", by asking X's AI tool Grok. /8
headquarters with a sink and a promise: to turn the platform into a haven for free speech.
He has criticised other social media companies for being "controlled by far-left activists", with the content "filtered through a far-left San Francisco Berkeley lens". /6
He has criticised other social media companies for being "controlled by far-left activists", with the content "filtered through a far-left San Francisco Berkeley lens". /6
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
headquarters with a sink and a promise: to turn the platform into a haven for free speech.
He has criticised other social media companies for being "controlled by far-left activists", with the content "filtered through a far-left San Francisco Berkeley lens". /6
He has criticised other social media companies for being "controlled by far-left activists", with the content "filtered through a far-left San Francisco Berkeley lens". /6
He does, however, have power to control narratives on X, formerly Twitter.
And now, a @news.sky.com investigation can reveal the platform is boosting right-wing content, extreme content, and politicians Musk favours. It has been over three years since Musk walked into what was then Twitter's
And now, a @news.sky.com investigation can reveal the platform is boosting right-wing content, extreme content, and politicians Musk favours. It has been over three years since Musk walked into what was then Twitter's
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
He does, however, have power to control narratives on X, formerly Twitter.
And now, a @news.sky.com investigation can reveal the platform is boosting right-wing content, extreme content, and politicians Musk favours. It has been over three years since Musk walked into what was then Twitter's
And now, a @news.sky.com investigation can reveal the platform is boosting right-wing content, extreme content, and politicians Musk favours. It has been over three years since Musk walked into what was then Twitter's
Recently he compared illegal immigrants to monstrous fictional characters in Tolkien's LOTR & suggested all English people would die if they did not support Mr Robinson. With these comments Musk is flexing his ability to influence the political debate in a country where he holds no formal authority.
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Recently he compared illegal immigrants to monstrous fictional characters in Tolkien's LOTR & suggested all English people would die if they did not support Mr Robinson. With these comments Musk is flexing his ability to influence the political debate in a country where he holds no formal authority.
Musk dialled in from America, his face appearing on a screen above a huge crowd in Westminster.
His speech was also live-streamed on X.
The image of Musk in front of a sea of adoring fans was symbolic of the tech tycoon's increasingly prominent role in British politics. /4
His speech was also live-streamed on X.
The image of Musk in front of a sea of adoring fans was symbolic of the tech tycoon's increasingly prominent role in British politics. /4
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Musk dialled in from America, his face appearing on a screen above a huge crowd in Westminster.
His speech was also live-streamed on X.
The image of Musk in front of a sea of adoring fans was symbolic of the tech tycoon's increasingly prominent role in British politics. /4
His speech was also live-streamed on X.
The image of Musk in front of a sea of adoring fans was symbolic of the tech tycoon's increasingly prominent role in British politics. /4
"We don't want sanctions. We want freedom of speech." Amy's view is one resonating with a growing number of British people. A month after we met Amy, thousands chanted Musk's name at the Unite the Kingdom march - a political rally organised by the anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson. /3
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"We don't want sanctions. We want freedom of speech." Amy's view is one resonating with a growing number of British people. A month after we met Amy, thousands chanted Musk's name at the Unite the Kingdom march - a political rally organised by the anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson. /3
🚨🚨Very interesting @bestforbritain.org report based on @yougov.co.uk polling suggests there is some alignment over party lines on #brexit being a failure.
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨🚨Very interesting @bestforbritain.org report based on @yougov.co.uk polling suggests there is some alignment over party lines on #brexit being a failure.
🚨🚨Breaking: EU adopts 19th #sanctions package against #Russia, including LNG import ban. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚨🚨Breaking: EU adopts 19th #sanctions package against #Russia, including LNG import ban. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
🚨🚨"By putting democracy at the center of our international and national identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system. All Americans, even those on different sides of our deepest cultural divides, had a common cause: we could all be in favor of freedom." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🚨🚨"By putting democracy at the center of our international and national identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system. All Americans, even those on different sides of our deepest cultural divides, had a common cause: we could all be in favor of freedom." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
These paragraphs are key in Catherine's post:
October 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
These paragraphs are key in Catherine's post:
🚨🚨"If the Tory party wants to be once more in the 21st century the party it was in the 20th — a natural home for successful people — it must again become a place in which pro-Europeans are not only welcome but can hold high office. " @stephenkb.bsky.social on #brexit & the Tory party:
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🚨🚨"If the Tory party wants to be once more in the 21st century the party it was in the 20th — a natural home for successful people — it must again become a place in which pro-Europeans are not only welcome but can hold high office. " @stephenkb.bsky.social on #brexit & the Tory party:
🚨🚨"We’ve only known the state deciding for us. Now it’s going to be the other way around. We’re going to have the society in power and making their own decisions & the state at its service.” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social recounts her interview with María Corina Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
October 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🚨🚨"We’ve only known the state deciding for us. Now it’s going to be the other way around. We’re going to have the society in power and making their own decisions & the state at its service.” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social recounts her interview with María Corina Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
🚨🚨Just peering over my proofs to a forthcoming entry titled "Criminalisation of sanctions violations in a major #internationalsanctions encyclopedia forthcoming with @elgarpublishing.bsky.social edited by stellar team of Dr @drclaraportela.bsky.social, @mirkosossai.bsky.social & Andrea Charron. 🧵
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨🚨Just peering over my proofs to a forthcoming entry titled "Criminalisation of sanctions violations in a major #internationalsanctions encyclopedia forthcoming with @elgarpublishing.bsky.social edited by stellar team of Dr @drclaraportela.bsky.social, @mirkosossai.bsky.social & Andrea Charron. 🧵
🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:
🚨🚨Great and (optimistic) instalment by @chrisgrey.bsky.social on his #brexit blog indicating a significant, although ambiguous, change in Labour's approach to #brexitism with some readiness to properly take on the threat of Reform.
October 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🚨🚨Great and (optimistic) instalment by @chrisgrey.bsky.social on his #brexit blog indicating a significant, although ambiguous, change in Labour's approach to #brexitism with some readiness to properly take on the threat of Reform.
🚨🚨 Small milestone in the world of #scientificimpact: I just passed 400 citations on #GoogleScholar. Some comments🧵
October 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨🚨 Small milestone in the world of #scientificimpact: I just passed 400 citations on #GoogleScholar. Some comments🧵
to sway their votes or encourage them to stay home. More than 900 accounts have been identified working as part of a coordinated effort, spreading AI-generated disinformation linked to Russia. /9
September 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
to sway their votes or encourage them to stay home. More than 900 accounts have been identified working as part of a coordinated effort, spreading AI-generated disinformation linked to Russia. /9
from a campaign of disinformation and bribery orchestrated from Moscow. “Russia is pulling out all the stops to tip this election,” Moldovan national security adviser Stanislav Secrieru told POLITICO ahead of the vote.
September 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
from a campaign of disinformation and bribery orchestrated from Moscow. “Russia is pulling out all the stops to tip this election,” Moldovan national security adviser Stanislav Secrieru told POLITICO ahead of the vote.
🚨🚨"with oil and gas effectively off the table, the only way to force Putin to stop the war is through a massive and sustained military build-up by NATO. Nothing else will be as decisive". Great @politico.eu piece by @khodorkovsky.com challenging the whole European strategy on deterring #kremlin.
September 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🚨🚨"with oil and gas effectively off the table, the only way to force Putin to stop the war is through a massive and sustained military build-up by NATO. Nothing else will be as decisive". Great @politico.eu piece by @khodorkovsky.com challenging the whole European strategy on deterring #kremlin.
🚨🚨" It is painful for them (Russia) to lose money.” They need money to fund their oligarchy, as well as to bribe their soldiers to fight: So naturally, we need to reduce the amount of money available for them." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on #Ukraine's oil-hitting strategy.
September 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🚨🚨" It is painful for them (Russia) to lose money.” They need money to fund their oligarchy, as well as to bribe their soldiers to fight: So naturally, we need to reduce the amount of money available for them." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on #Ukraine's oil-hitting strategy.
🚨🚨 "Europe cannot afford to forget a fundamental truth: values and principles are not luxuries to be set aside when the pressure mounts". Great @theguardian.com opinion piece by @onethuthree.bsky.social & @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨🚨 "Europe cannot afford to forget a fundamental truth: values and principles are not luxuries to be set aside when the pressure mounts". Great @theguardian.com opinion piece by @onethuthree.bsky.social & @jannikjansen.bsky.social:
🚨🚨" . Without openly saying so, the United States is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and censor information, both inside their own countries and around the world." Another excellent instalment by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🚨🚨" . Without openly saying so, the United States is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and censor information, both inside their own countries and around the world." Another excellent instalment by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
🚨🚨 "Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more". Great column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on the gamble of British foreign policy
September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🚨🚨 "Keir Starmer is betting everything on an America that doesn’t exist any more". Great column by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on the gamble of British foreign policy
🚨🚨Important @politico.eu opinion piece by @alanderminna.bsky.social & @josephdeweck.bsky.social suggesting- based on recent polling- that there is quite strong support among EU citizens for more European integration, notably in terms of security and defence:
September 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
🚨🚨Important @politico.eu opinion piece by @alanderminna.bsky.social & @josephdeweck.bsky.social suggesting- based on recent polling- that there is quite strong support among EU citizens for more European integration, notably in terms of security and defence:
Announcing the deal, PM Starmer said it would slash red tape & bureaucracy and put “more money in people’s pockets. Ports don’t quite see it that way. Once the deal comes in, they fear their Border Control Posts will be rendered redundant and millions of pounds of investment flushed down the drain.
September 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Announcing the deal, PM Starmer said it would slash red tape & bureaucracy and put “more money in people’s pockets. Ports don’t quite see it that way. Once the deal comes in, they fear their Border Control Posts will be rendered redundant and millions of pounds of investment flushed down the drain.