Pavel Guguyev was found guilty on charges of “confidential cooperation” with foreign nationals.

Al wat ouder, maar toch even in de re-post om vanavond eens terug te luisteren.
#AIVD
#MIVD

Meta’s decision to ban ads about politics, elections, and social issues on their platforms like Facebook and Instagram in the EU is now implemented.

This is the new policy. Any ad about fx elections, civil rights, economy, health, climate, immigration, or foreign policy is now (presumably) banned.

Quite a claim from Pavel Durov

NEW: UK asked Apple to backdoor iCloud encryption.

Backdoors create a massive target for hackers & criminal groups.

Dictators will inevitably demand that Apple do the same for them. 1/

www.ft.com/content/d101...

How did Japan’s position of political, economic, and technological power impact the rise of East–West trade in Europe during the long 1970s?

Read Aleksandra Komornicka's new article demonstrating how Japan’s rise served as a model for opening socialist economies. #Poland #historysky #IPEsky #IRsky

Ok then... so the military elite had to come back to see where their next "theater of war" will be... America's cities!

Trump declares war on Americans: "Our history is filled with military heroes who took on all enemies foreign and domestic. That's what the oath says -- foreign and domestic. Well we also have domestic."

Had a blast synergising @deconspirator.bsky.social and ARM project with @mariellew.bsky.social at the @clingendael.bsky.social REKA conference. Discussed current approaches to #FIMI and the challenges European democracies face. Despite our happy faces, we were not always optimistic...

Russian authorities have restricted calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, two of the most widely used messengers in the country.

The two platforms disputed the move, with WhatsApp calling it an effort to "violate people’s right to secure communication."

🤯 Approximate movement of missiles and drones during the night attack on Ukraine…

⚡️At least 5 killed, 39 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day.

Ukraine endured the largest aerial attack since the start of Russia's full-scale war, with at least 5 civilians killed and 39 injured across multiple regions over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said on July 9.

❗️For the second night in a row, Ukraine is yet again under a massive russian drone attack.

⚡️UPDATE: Russia's mass missile and drone strike on Kyiv injures at least 23.

The attack damaged apartment buildings, businesses, a school, a medical facility, railway lines, and other civilian infrastructure in multiple districts. Fires blazed across the city, making the air dangerous to breathe.

For @lawfaremedia.org, I explained how the Trump administration has destroyed promising policy progress on transnational repression in record time www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...

@wzb.bsky.social is searching for new director for the study of democracy

These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas

www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...

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#Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

Can an ordinary person in Russia be imprisoned for sharing a book sold in bookstores?

Grigory Skvortsov, a photographer from Perm, was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for doing just that.

Missed the launch of the Digital Constitutionalism Network database of Digital Bills of Rights at the UN IGF this afternoon?
No worries. The recording of the session is now available online: www.youtube.com/live/FdqiH1B...

#IRsky #polisci #polisky #commsky #digitalrights #humanrights #civilsociety

Willingness to defend requires a combination of two factors: a clear threat perception, on the negative side, and a positive narrative about what is worth defending.

In the Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social, I wrote about why willingness to defend the country is so high in Finland.

Universiteit Utrecht bezuinigt en schrapt 80 tot 100 banen

At the session we'll also be joined by IT for Change @itforchange.bsky.social, who will share their experience in using this resource.

The Database is freely accessible here: digitalconstitutionalism.org/database/?sh...

On Wednesday 25 June, we will introduce the new @digiconstnetwork.bsky.social database at the UN Internet Governance Forum, now featuring 321 fully coded Digital Bills of Rights. Join us at 14:40 at the Open Stage, or join online via the livestream.
igf2025.sched.com/event/244wv/...

Depressing news. 10 years ago, Russian scientists were massively incentivised to collaborate internationally and publish in English. Current situation is the direct opposite. Control over international contacts has been there for much longer of course, but this is a final blow for academic freedom.