Torben Klausa
@torbatschow.de
Digital Politics, Public Sphere & Platform Regulation.
Pushing policy @ https://agoradigital.de.
T̵w̵e̵e̵t̵s̵ Posts by me & my team (tbd)
Pushing policy @ https://agoradigital.de.
T̵w̵e̵e̵t̵s̵ Posts by me & my team (tbd)
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We’re excited to share that Eurosky now has a supporting legal entity, @modalfoundation.bsky.social - a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. Big Tech’s dominance can feel inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
modalfoundation.org
modalfoundation.org
Modal Foundation
Supporting decentralized social tech and open standards to create trustworthy, public-interest social media alternatives and ensure access to vital information.
modalfoundation.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
We’re excited to share that Eurosky now has a supporting legal entity, @modalfoundation.bsky.social - a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. Big Tech’s dominance can feel inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
modalfoundation.org
modalfoundation.org
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In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
January 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
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January 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Captain, it's not Wednesday yet. In fact, it's not even Monday morning. 🥲
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January 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Captain, it's not Wednesday yet. In fact, it's not even Monday morning. 🥲
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This world has become a clown show
France delays G7 to avoid clash with White House cage fighting on Trump’s birthday
French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the new schedule is “the result of our consultations with G7 partners.”
www.politico.eu
January 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This world has become a clown show
Apparently, this new feature is considered a "bug."
If you ask me, it is rather a caterpillar that could be turned into a butterfly by the @bsky.app team. 🤞
If you ask me, it is rather a caterpillar that could be turned into a butterfly by the @bsky.app team. 🤞
In my Bluesky app, I can now see from which of my other feeds the posts originate from in my "discover" feed (see screenshot). This is going in the direction of algorithmic transparency for the user-side that we have been talking about in the past:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Apparently, this new feature is considered a "bug."
If you ask me, it is rather a caterpillar that could be turned into a butterfly by the @bsky.app team. 🤞
If you ask me, it is rather a caterpillar that could be turned into a butterfly by the @bsky.app team. 🤞
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This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose speakers un-bricked
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
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Yo what the fuck short form videos are bad
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions
arxiv.org/pdf/2302.03714
Ht: HowTown
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions
arxiv.org/pdf/2302.03714
Ht: HowTown
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Yo what the fuck short form videos are bad
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions
arxiv.org/pdf/2302.03714
Ht: HowTown
Short-Form Videos Degrade Our Capacity to Retain Intentions
arxiv.org/pdf/2302.03714
Ht: HowTown
I'm in this video and I don't like it.
December 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm in this video and I don't like it.
Pünktlich zum #39C3 präsentiert der Hutladen um die Ecke die neue Kollektion von @anke.domscheit-berg.de
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Pünktlich zum #39C3 präsentiert der Hutladen um die Ecke die neue Kollektion von @anke.domscheit-berg.de
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Dear friends from the U.S.: Is this how your generation wants to be seen in the world? This will have long lasting consequences for transatlantic relations. Far longer than any presidential term. 🤯
We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
December 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Dear friends from the U.S.: Is this how your generation wants to be seen in the world? This will have long lasting consequences for transatlantic relations. Far longer than any presidential term. 🤯
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WHOA
December 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
WHOA
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Per "internal documents written between 2023 and 2025 and viewed by The Washington Post... Instagram staffers considered the mandate to boost teen metrics their top goal last year," including "boosting their messaging activity... to set up an early pipeline for lifelong use of Meta’s platforms."
Inside Instagram’s all-out battle to win the nation’s teens
Instagram has pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back to the app after its critics said the platform wasn’t safe for them, documents obtained by The Post show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Per "internal documents written between 2023 and 2025 and viewed by The Washington Post... Instagram staffers considered the mandate to boost teen metrics their top goal last year," including "boosting their messaging activity... to set up an early pipeline for lifelong use of Meta’s platforms."
Ich bin großer Fan von Andreas Voßkuhle und auch vom @tagesspiegel.de (und hab für letzteren selbst mal gearbeitet), aber könnte über beide gerade heulen, weil sie in ihrer jeweiligen Profession mit Blick auf die Klarnamenpflicht im Netz keine gute Figur abgeben.
Warum? 👉🧵
Warum? 👉🧵
„Öffentliche Diskussionen im Netz entgiften“: Voßkuhle fordert Klarnamenpflicht im Internet
Die „Verrohung im Netz“ halte die Gesellschaft auf Dauer nicht aus, sagt Andreas Voßkuhle, der frühere Präsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. Eine Klarnamenpflicht sei ein einfaches Mittel dagegen.
www.tagesspiegel.de
December 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Ich bin großer Fan von Andreas Voßkuhle und auch vom @tagesspiegel.de (und hab für letzteren selbst mal gearbeitet), aber könnte über beide gerade heulen, weil sie in ihrer jeweiligen Profession mit Blick auf die Klarnamenpflicht im Netz keine gute Figur abgeben.
Warum? 👉🧵
Warum? 👉🧵
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I’ve felt this happening to me over time, and I don’t like it.
December 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I’ve felt this happening to me over time, and I don’t like it.
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solche Grußworte einer Behördenleiterin an den @ccc.de anlässig des #39C3, der morgen beginnt, hört man auch nicht alle Tage! Anerkennend, wertschätzend, auf Augenhöhe - so kann Kooperation klappen, auch bei unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln! #BSI #ClaudiaPlattner ⬇️
Wie kommen wir beim Thema #Cybersicherheit voran und wie machen wir die #Digitalisierung in 🇩🇪 und 🇪🇺 erfolgreich? Trotz unterschiedlicher Herangehensweisen freut es unsere BSI-Präsidentin Claudia Plattner, dass wir mit dem CCC an diesen entscheidenden Fragen gemeinsam arbeiten.
Viel Spaß beim #39c3!
Viel Spaß beim #39c3!
December 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
solche Grußworte einer Behördenleiterin an den @ccc.de anlässig des #39C3, der morgen beginnt, hört man auch nicht alle Tage! Anerkennend, wertschätzend, auf Augenhöhe - so kann Kooperation klappen, auch bei unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln! #BSI #ClaudiaPlattner ⬇️
Große Krise beim Weihnachtsfest bei den Schwiegereltern: Die diesjährige Helene-Fischer-Show fällt aus.
"Sie will mehr Zeit für ihre Familie haben... Aber an *unsere* Familie denkt wieder niemand."
Mein Angebot, mich singend irgendwo abseilen zu lassen, verhallt.
"Sie will mehr Zeit für ihre Familie haben... Aber an *unsere* Familie denkt wieder niemand."
Mein Angebot, mich singend irgendwo abseilen zu lassen, verhallt.
December 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Große Krise beim Weihnachtsfest bei den Schwiegereltern: Die diesjährige Helene-Fischer-Show fällt aus.
"Sie will mehr Zeit für ihre Familie haben... Aber an *unsere* Familie denkt wieder niemand."
Mein Angebot, mich singend irgendwo abseilen zu lassen, verhallt.
"Sie will mehr Zeit für ihre Familie haben... Aber an *unsere* Familie denkt wieder niemand."
Mein Angebot, mich singend irgendwo abseilen zu lassen, verhallt.
What's currently happening in the US is part of a long game - and the only viable EU/democratic policy response is a long-term one. Meaning:
❌"How to retaliate in tariffs?"
✅"What's the American dream equivalent of the digital age?"
✅ "Business model for constructive discourse?"
A great thread 👇
❌"How to retaliate in tariffs?"
✅"What's the American dream equivalent of the digital age?"
✅ "Business model for constructive discourse?"
A great thread 👇
While the US is using Immigration threats against researchers and politicians to weaken tech regulation, these threats advance a longer-term effort to weaken the reliability of public knowledge overall.
By understanding the long game, we can think clearly about how to respond.
By understanding the long game, we can think clearly about how to respond.
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What's currently happening in the US is part of a long game - and the only viable EU/democratic policy response is a long-term one. Meaning:
❌"How to retaliate in tariffs?"
✅"What's the American dream equivalent of the digital age?"
✅ "Business model for constructive discourse?"
A great thread 👇
❌"How to retaliate in tariffs?"
✅"What's the American dream equivalent of the digital age?"
✅ "Business model for constructive discourse?"
A great thread 👇
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🧵 When looking into privacy preserving note taking apps you'll find there are 2 different data approaches taken by different tools.
database vs markdown — what’s the real difference?
If you care about privacy, ownership, or long-term control, this matters 👇
database vs markdown — what’s the real difference?
If you care about privacy, ownership, or long-term control, this matters 👇
December 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🧵 When looking into privacy preserving note taking apps you'll find there are 2 different data approaches taken by different tools.
database vs markdown — what’s the real difference?
If you care about privacy, ownership, or long-term control, this matters 👇
database vs markdown — what’s the real difference?
If you care about privacy, ownership, or long-term control, this matters 👇
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I support every declaration of solidarity with @hateaid.org , Thierry Breton, Center for Countering Digital Hate etc that's currently trending on LinkedIn, but of course the whole thing isn't about those civil rights activists (if I may include @thierrybreton.bsky.social in this term) specifically.
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I support every declaration of solidarity with @hateaid.org , Thierry Breton, Center for Countering Digital Hate etc that's currently trending on LinkedIn, but of course the whole thing isn't about those civil rights activists (if I may include @thierrybreton.bsky.social in this term) specifically.
Did you know that in the 1970s a number of European cancer researchers and lung specialists were barred from entering the US due to their work on carcinogenic effects of tobacco?
You didn't know? Well, that's because it's made-up BS. Even Big Tobacco wasn't as bad as the current US gov & Big Tech.
You didn't know? Well, that's because it's made-up BS. Even Big Tobacco wasn't as bad as the current US gov & Big Tech.
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Did you know that in the 1970s a number of European cancer researchers and lung specialists were barred from entering the US due to their work on carcinogenic effects of tobacco?
You didn't know? Well, that's because it's made-up BS. Even Big Tobacco wasn't as bad as the current US gov & Big Tech.
You didn't know? Well, that's because it's made-up BS. Even Big Tobacco wasn't as bad as the current US gov & Big Tech.
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Facebook, Instagram, X are simply banned in Russia. No US outrage about free speech there—yet the EU is the target. That contrast says a lot.
Visa bans may be moderate, but the message isn’t: the US is signaling it feels entitled to challenge EU rules governing digital speech.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Facebook, Instagram, X are simply banned in Russia. No US outrage about free speech there—yet the EU is the target. That contrast says a lot.
You're interested in linking to a debate on X but don't want to drive traffic to an antidemocratic swamp?
XCancel is your friend!
Just add "cancel" to any X-URL and you'll be able to see the content and even crawl further without visiting the hellhole itself:
xcancel.com
XCancel is your friend!
Just add "cancel" to any X-URL and you'll be able to see the content and even crawl further without visiting the hellhole itself:
xcancel.com
a person is sitting in front of a curtain and says i want to make an announcement .
ALT: a person is sitting in front of a curtain and says i want to make an announcement .
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
You're interested in linking to a debate on X but don't want to drive traffic to an antidemocratic swamp?
XCancel is your friend!
Just add "cancel" to any X-URL and you'll be able to see the content and even crawl further without visiting the hellhole itself:
xcancel.com
XCancel is your friend!
Just add "cancel" to any X-URL and you'll be able to see the content and even crawl further without visiting the hellhole itself:
xcancel.com