Guy Patrick Banim
@guybanim.bsky.social
EU preventive diplomacy, mediation & digital peacebuilding | Build Up ˆ | Visiting Professor @collegeofeurope | Feminist | Irish or British or both - always European | live from Lisbon
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📗 *VLOPs - how big is your Polarization Footprint? Towards a metric to give EU citizens transparency about an online systemic risk driving conflict in our societies*
Connecting #polarizationfootprint concept to systemic risk framework of Digital Services Act (#DSA)
📗 *VLOPs - how big is your Polarization Footprint? Towards a metric to give EU citizens transparency about an online systemic risk driving conflict in our societies*
Connecting #polarizationfootprint concept to systemic risk framework of Digital Services Act (#DSA)
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Last week, we joined @eurosky.social in Berlin for #EuroskyLive, a conference on digital sovereignty, media independence, startup opportunities, and the future of social technology being built and governed in Europe. Here's a thread of panels and keynotes from the event 👇
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Last week, we joined @eurosky.social in Berlin for #EuroskyLive, a conference on digital sovereignty, media independence, startup opportunities, and the future of social technology being built and governed in Europe. Here's a thread of panels and keynotes from the event 👇
And as for big tech's #polarizationfootprint...
👣"The polarization footprint is to the attention economy what the carbon footprint is to the industrial economy"
howtobuildup.medium.com/the-polariza...
#BuildPeace2025
👣"The polarization footprint is to the attention economy what the carbon footprint is to the industrial economy"
howtobuildup.medium.com/the-polariza...
#BuildPeace2025
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
And as for big tech's #polarizationfootprint...
👣"The polarization footprint is to the attention economy what the carbon footprint is to the industrial economy"
howtobuildup.medium.com/the-polariza...
#BuildPeace2025
👣"The polarization footprint is to the attention economy what the carbon footprint is to the industrial economy"
howtobuildup.medium.com/the-polariza...
#BuildPeace2025
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The video of the #EuroskyLive morning sessions is up! You'll find time to jump to specific sessions in the description.
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025 - morning sessions
Eurosky Live: Berlin 2025 brought together policymakers, media leaders, investors, and founders to explore how open infrastructure can enable European innovation.…
vimeo.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The video of the #EuroskyLive morning sessions is up! You'll find time to jump to specific sessions in the description.
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
Featuring, among others @robin.berjon.com @seabass.bsky.social @gaurivangulik.bsky.social @alexandrageese.bsky.social @geurkink.bsky.social
vimeo.com/1140026673?s...
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Is scepticism good for #democracy? 👉 We asked
@csic.es's Laura Morales in our latest #ActEU explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@cchscsic.bsky.social
@csic.es's Laura Morales in our latest #ActEU explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@cchscsic.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Is scepticism good for #democracy? 👉 We asked
@csic.es's Laura Morales in our latest #ActEU explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@cchscsic.bsky.social
@csic.es's Laura Morales in our latest #ActEU explainer
🔗 youtu.be/CqsN86EgIx8
@cchscsic.bsky.social
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A la #BuildPeace2025 hem reflexionat sobre els reptes per a la seguretat global, com canviar les narratives que imposa el militarisme i obrir camins per a una seguretat humana.
I com la tecnologia presenta reptes i oportunitats per a la pau, la dignitat humana i la llibertat.
I com la tecnologia presenta reptes i oportunitats per a la pau, la dignitat humana i la llibertat.
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A la #BuildPeace2025 hem reflexionat sobre els reptes per a la seguretat global, com canviar les narratives que imposa el militarisme i obrir camins per a una seguretat humana.
I com la tecnologia presenta reptes i oportunitats per a la pau, la dignitat humana i la llibertat.
I com la tecnologia presenta reptes i oportunitats per a la pau, la dignitat humana i la llibertat.
🎧 Our radio is live again at #BuildPeace2025! Throughout the day we’ll continue with conversations, reflections, and music that open space for collective memory and dialogue 🌍🎙️🎶.
You can join us live here (📻button)
👉 www.howtobuildpeace.org
@icipeace.bsky.social @jonathanstray.bsky.social
You can join us live here (📻button)
👉 www.howtobuildpeace.org
@icipeace.bsky.social @jonathanstray.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🎧 Our radio is live again at #BuildPeace2025! Throughout the day we’ll continue with conversations, reflections, and music that open space for collective memory and dialogue 🌍🎙️🎶.
You can join us live here (📻button)
👉 www.howtobuildpeace.org
@icipeace.bsky.social @jonathanstray.bsky.social
You can join us live here (📻button)
👉 www.howtobuildpeace.org
@icipeace.bsky.social @jonathanstray.bsky.social
📻 You can now listen to #BuildPeace2025 on our live internet radio! 🎙️
If you didn’t make it to Barcelona for the coolest annual conference on peace, conflict, technology & innovation
➡️ lnkd.in/dBNmGCC
Click the ▶️ RADIO button on the bottom right.
☄️live 24hrs
💫 Please share with your networks!
If you didn’t make it to Barcelona for the coolest annual conference on peace, conflict, technology & innovation
➡️ lnkd.in/dBNmGCC
Click the ▶️ RADIO button on the bottom right.
☄️live 24hrs
💫 Please share with your networks!
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
📻 You can now listen to #BuildPeace2025 on our live internet radio! 🎙️
If you didn’t make it to Barcelona for the coolest annual conference on peace, conflict, technology & innovation
➡️ lnkd.in/dBNmGCC
Click the ▶️ RADIO button on the bottom right.
☄️live 24hrs
💫 Please share with your networks!
If you didn’t make it to Barcelona for the coolest annual conference on peace, conflict, technology & innovation
➡️ lnkd.in/dBNmGCC
Click the ▶️ RADIO button on the bottom right.
☄️live 24hrs
💫 Please share with your networks!
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All ready for the #BuildPeace2025 conference!
3 days to explore how we can move "Towards a Pluriverse of Peace" and talk about polarization, deliberation, nonviolence, deterrence and much more!
📍Santa Coloma Gramenet (Barcelona)
🔎Check out the full programme icip.cat/en/the-build...
3 days to explore how we can move "Towards a Pluriverse of Peace" and talk about polarization, deliberation, nonviolence, deterrence and much more!
📍Santa Coloma Gramenet (Barcelona)
🔎Check out the full programme icip.cat/en/the-build...
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
All ready for the #BuildPeace2025 conference!
3 days to explore how we can move "Towards a Pluriverse of Peace" and talk about polarization, deliberation, nonviolence, deterrence and much more!
📍Santa Coloma Gramenet (Barcelona)
🔎Check out the full programme icip.cat/en/the-build...
3 days to explore how we can move "Towards a Pluriverse of Peace" and talk about polarization, deliberation, nonviolence, deterrence and much more!
📍Santa Coloma Gramenet (Barcelona)
🔎Check out the full programme icip.cat/en/the-build...
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Excited to host a timely debate:
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Excited to host a timely debate:
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
‘From Regulation to Resilience: Role of Digital Laws in Defending Democracy & Security’
Speakers:
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
@mollymckew.bsky.social
Stay tuned! #Regulation4Resilience
defenddemocracy.eu/events/4-dec...
“Hybrid warfare, where battles of public opinion are increasingly fought on social media.”
Indeed - and precisely why we need platform transparency & accountability
See our work at howtobuildup on considering manipulation by conflict actors a systemic risk
#DSA
Indeed - and precisely why we need platform transparency & accountability
See our work at howtobuildup on considering manipulation by conflict actors a systemic risk
#DSA
1️⃣ Its data-collection centric design, combined with opaque amplification and moderation dynamics
2️⃣ Its algorithmic “edge”: hyper-personalization, getting data inputs at a rate higher than on any other platform
3️⃣ Hybrid warfare, where battles of public opinion are increasingly fought on social media.
2️⃣ Its algorithmic “edge”: hyper-personalization, getting data inputs at a rate higher than on any other platform
3️⃣ Hybrid warfare, where battles of public opinion are increasingly fought on social media.
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“Hybrid warfare, where battles of public opinion are increasingly fought on social media.”
Indeed - and precisely why we need platform transparency & accountability
See our work at howtobuildup on considering manipulation by conflict actors a systemic risk
#DSA
Indeed - and precisely why we need platform transparency & accountability
See our work at howtobuildup on considering manipulation by conflict actors a systemic risk
#DSA
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🎥 #TikTok, under influence?
In this 2-part @artefr.bsky.social documentary, we explore a critical question: What is the role of TikTok as an instrument of geopolitical power?
In the film, I focus on three things that make TikTok stand out today:
In this 2-part @artefr.bsky.social documentary, we explore a critical question: What is the role of TikTok as an instrument of geopolitical power?
In the film, I focus on three things that make TikTok stand out today:
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🎥 #TikTok, under influence?
In this 2-part @artefr.bsky.social documentary, we explore a critical question: What is the role of TikTok as an instrument of geopolitical power?
In the film, I focus on three things that make TikTok stand out today:
In this 2-part @artefr.bsky.social documentary, we explore a critical question: What is the role of TikTok as an instrument of geopolitical power?
In the film, I focus on three things that make TikTok stand out today:
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Felix Styma, from iconomy & Innovate Europe Foundation: "We were promised digital sovereignty and all we got from the summit was a deregulation fest." #EuroskyLive
That's one reason why Eurosky is here: to do some actual sovereignty work.
That's one reason why Eurosky is here: to do some actual sovereignty work.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Felix Styma, from iconomy & Innovate Europe Foundation: "We were promised digital sovereignty and all we got from the summit was a deregulation fest." #EuroskyLive
That's one reason why Eurosky is here: to do some actual sovereignty work.
That's one reason why Eurosky is here: to do some actual sovereignty work.
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🎥 At the #EU Parliamentary #DemocracyForum @europarl.europa.eu just screened a timeline of the EU’s response to #information #manipulation since the Russian annexation of #Crimea – including the setup of EDMO & this month's #DemocracyShield.
👉 Watch the video below + follow us live: loom.ly/nR_JK_4
👉 Watch the video below + follow us live: loom.ly/nR_JK_4
Timeline: the EU’s response to information manipulation since the Russian annexation of Crimea
YouTube video by European Parliamentary Research Service
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🎥 At the #EU Parliamentary #DemocracyForum @europarl.europa.eu just screened a timeline of the EU’s response to #information #manipulation since the Russian annexation of #Crimea – including the setup of EDMO & this month's #DemocracyShield.
👉 Watch the video below + follow us live: loom.ly/nR_JK_4
👉 Watch the video below + follow us live: loom.ly/nR_JK_4
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Great to see @alexandrageese.bsky.social on fire. Takeaways:
1. EU capital investing in US tech instead of European
2. Public procurement power not deployed to prefer EU tech
3. The unbelievable admiration(!) in EC circles for big tech.
But momentum building for building OUR tech #EuroSkyLive
1. EU capital investing in US tech instead of European
2. Public procurement power not deployed to prefer EU tech
3. The unbelievable admiration(!) in EC circles for big tech.
But momentum building for building OUR tech #EuroSkyLive
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Great to see @alexandrageese.bsky.social on fire. Takeaways:
1. EU capital investing in US tech instead of European
2. Public procurement power not deployed to prefer EU tech
3. The unbelievable admiration(!) in EC circles for big tech.
But momentum building for building OUR tech #EuroSkyLive
1. EU capital investing in US tech instead of European
2. Public procurement power not deployed to prefer EU tech
3. The unbelievable admiration(!) in EC circles for big tech.
But momentum building for building OUR tech #EuroSkyLive
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It was an honour to have State Secretary Heike Raab give the opening keynote at #EuroskyLive. Thank you for your support for Eurosky and our mission.
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It was an honour to have State Secretary Heike Raab give the opening keynote at #EuroskyLive. Thank you for your support for Eurosky and our mission.
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We've kicked off #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Livestream the event here: stream.place/eurosky.soci...
@eurosky.social's livestream on stream.place
Eurosky Live from Berlin
stream.place
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We've kicked off #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Livestream the event here: stream.place/eurosky.soci...
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I have a new labor of love article in Peacebuilding: "Towards a third side on social media"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Current platform policies reinforce conflict models that are both dyadic and agentic. Helena Puig Larrauri and I show how this is a faulty foundation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Current platform policies reinforce conflict models that are both dyadic and agentic. Helena Puig Larrauri and I show how this is a faulty foundation.
LinkedIn
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November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I have a new labor of love article in Peacebuilding: "Towards a third side on social media"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Current platform policies reinforce conflict models that are both dyadic and agentic. Helena Puig Larrauri and I show how this is a faulty foundation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Current platform policies reinforce conflict models that are both dyadic and agentic. Helena Puig Larrauri and I show how this is a faulty foundation.
Bravo @icipeace.bsky.social !
Excellent prep for all those travelling to Barcelona for #buildpeace2025
See you there!
@antje4peace.bsky.social @lisa-schirch.bsky.social @jonathanstray.bsky.social @iyerland.bsky.social @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social @lukethorburn.com @bervent.bsky.social
💥👇
Excellent prep for all those travelling to Barcelona for #buildpeace2025
See you there!
@antje4peace.bsky.social @lisa-schirch.bsky.social @jonathanstray.bsky.social @iyerland.bsky.social @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social @lukethorburn.com @bervent.bsky.social
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📢New issue of our #PeaceinPogress magazine is out!
🗒️"Peace in the Digital Age" explores how digital technologies and IA are transforming conflicts and peacebuilding processes.
Coedition with Build Up.
Available in English➡️ icip.cat/perlapau/en/...
🗒️"Peace in the Digital Age" explores how digital technologies and IA are transforming conflicts and peacebuilding processes.
Coedition with Build Up.
Available in English➡️ icip.cat/perlapau/en/...
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Bravo @icipeace.bsky.social !
Excellent prep for all those travelling to Barcelona for #buildpeace2025
See you there!
@antje4peace.bsky.social @lisa-schirch.bsky.social @jonathanstray.bsky.social @iyerland.bsky.social @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social @lukethorburn.com @bervent.bsky.social
💥👇
Excellent prep for all those travelling to Barcelona for #buildpeace2025
See you there!
@antje4peace.bsky.social @lisa-schirch.bsky.social @jonathanstray.bsky.social @iyerland.bsky.social @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social @lukethorburn.com @bervent.bsky.social
💥👇
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On the „free speech“ debate he said: „There’s no free speech when algorithms are controlled only by a few players.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
On the „free speech“ debate he said: „There’s no free speech when algorithms are controlled only by a few players.”
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Leaked docs indicate the European Commission will publish a plan tomorrow to gut the GDPR and amend the AI Act. This will hurt European competitiveness and further advantage US and Chinese tech firms that dominate Europe’s digital market by breaking our law.
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Leaked docs indicate the European Commission will publish a plan tomorrow to gut the GDPR and amend the AI Act. This will hurt European competitiveness and further advantage US and Chinese tech firms that dominate Europe’s digital market by breaking our law.
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Information manipulation, hybrid aggression & drone incursions are all part of psychological operations meant to distort perceptions & influence behaviour.
Join us tomorrow as we explore the concept of cognitive security.
📌 ow.ly/aV0U50XsRoZ
Join us tomorrow as we explore the concept of cognitive security.
📌 ow.ly/aV0U50XsRoZ
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Information manipulation, hybrid aggression & drone incursions are all part of psychological operations meant to distort perceptions & influence behaviour.
Join us tomorrow as we explore the concept of cognitive security.
📌 ow.ly/aV0U50XsRoZ
Join us tomorrow as we explore the concept of cognitive security.
📌 ow.ly/aV0U50XsRoZ
💥My report out now💥
📗 *VLOPs - how big is your Polarization Footprint? Towards a metric to give EU citizens transparency about an online systemic risk driving conflict in our societies*
Connecting #polarizationfootprint concept to systemic risk framework of Digital Services Act (#DSA)
📗 *VLOPs - how big is your Polarization Footprint? Towards a metric to give EU citizens transparency about an online systemic risk driving conflict in our societies*
Connecting #polarizationfootprint concept to systemic risk framework of Digital Services Act (#DSA)
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
💥My report out now💥
📗 *VLOPs - how big is your Polarization Footprint? Towards a metric to give EU citizens transparency about an online systemic risk driving conflict in our societies*
Connecting #polarizationfootprint concept to systemic risk framework of Digital Services Act (#DSA)
📗 *VLOPs - how big is your Polarization Footprint? Towards a metric to give EU citizens transparency about an online systemic risk driving conflict in our societies*
Connecting #polarizationfootprint concept to systemic risk framework of Digital Services Act (#DSA)
Reposted by Guy Patrick Banim
"The #EU is built on democratic #values. What we value most requires our highest protection. Without #prevention and #preparedness, and without real funding, those protections are hollow."
🗞️ Read today's reflections on the #EUDS by @goripaula.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social ⤵️
🗞️ Read today's reflections on the #EUDS by @goripaula.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social ⤵️
Democracy can’t survive on resilience alone, writes Paula Gori of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), arguing that researchers and fact-checkers need funding to play their role.
Why the EU Democracy Shield Must Back Promises With Real Funding | TechPolicy.Press
Paula Gori writes why the EU Democracy Shield needs real funding to defend information integrity and prevent democracy from slipping into a permanent crisis.
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"The #EU is built on democratic #values. What we value most requires our highest protection. Without #prevention and #preparedness, and without real funding, those protections are hollow."
🗞️ Read today's reflections on the #EUDS by @goripaula.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social ⤵️
🗞️ Read today's reflections on the #EUDS by @goripaula.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social ⤵️
Reposted by Guy Patrick Banim
Democracy can’t survive on resilience alone, writes Paula Gori of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), arguing that researchers and fact-checkers need funding to play their role.
Why the EU Democracy Shield Must Back Promises With Real Funding | TechPolicy.Press
Paula Gori writes why the EU Democracy Shield needs real funding to defend information integrity and prevent democracy from slipping into a permanent crisis.
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Democracy can’t survive on resilience alone, writes Paula Gori of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), arguing that researchers and fact-checkers need funding to play their role.
An Irish official’s view of efforts to tackle illegal online scams (10% of Facebook revenue)
= lack of regulation is
“greatly valued by tech firms due to the regulatory certainty it provides…[and is] an important part of the value Ireland offers when attracting foreign direct investment”
Telling
= lack of regulation is
“greatly valued by tech firms due to the regulatory certainty it provides…[and is] an important part of the value Ireland offers when attracting foreign direct investment”
Telling
‘I have serious concerns’: Departments clash over proposal to tackle social media scams
‘I have serious concerns’: Departments clash over proposal to tackle social media scams
Department of Enterprise went to bat for Big Tech in online investment scam row with Department of Finance, emails show
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
An Irish official’s view of efforts to tackle illegal online scams (10% of Facebook revenue)
= lack of regulation is
“greatly valued by tech firms due to the regulatory certainty it provides…[and is] an important part of the value Ireland offers when attracting foreign direct investment”
Telling
= lack of regulation is
“greatly valued by tech firms due to the regulatory certainty it provides…[and is] an important part of the value Ireland offers when attracting foreign direct investment”
Telling