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Marietje Schaake
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
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Technology Policy at Stanford 👩🏼‍💻 column in FT 🇪🇺 Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · Feb 4
When I wrote my book The Tech Coup, quite a few people remarked that the word ‘coup’ might be an overstatement. Today it sadly seems like an understatement ↘️ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 5d
Criticizing Charlie Kirk is a fireable offense that incites domestic terrorism. But calling political opponents "the party of hate, evil, and Satan" is proper and good. Got it.
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 1d
Un grand merci 🙏🏻↘️
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Matthieu Dugal @matthieudugal.bsky.social · 7d
Je l'ai déjà publié ici mais LE livre qu'il faut lire pour comprendre le big picture à propos de ce qui est en train de se passer avec la gouvernance politique vs le GAFAM c'est celui-ci. Un des plus brillants livres sur la technologie lus depuis 15 ans. Et suivez aussi @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
The Tech Coup
A tech insider who has been hailed by The New Yorker for her “forceful critique” of Big Tech describes what must be done to stop its erosion of democracy
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Tom Goldsmith @tomgoldsmith.bsky.social · 6d
This from @marietjeschaake.bsky.social's excellent book "The Tech Coup" remains an evergreen statement.
"Ultimately, the highest goal of democratic governments is not, and should not be, innovation. Rather, it is about making sure that various trade-offs, between innovation and safety, digitization and nondiscrimination, are managed in line with the rule of law. The goal is to prevent companies from moving fast and breaking things." - The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 8d
In The Tech Coup, @marietjeschaake.bsky.social offers a frightening look at our modern tech-obsessed world—& a clear-eyed view of how democracies can build a better future before it is too late.

Now in #paperback. Read a free sample & save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake. Now in paperback. "[An] all-too-prescient work."—Carole Cadwalladr, The Power
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 9d
The ‘tradwife’ fantasy: Kirk herself is on record saying that “boss babe culture is completely antithetical to the gospel”. Yet she has just been elected chief executive and chair of Turning Point, which she has vowed to make the “biggest thing [America] has ever seen” ↘️ on.ft.com/46rSOFn
The ‘tradwife’ fantasy
Economic stress is one reason traditional gender roles have a political and emotional allure
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 9d
Goodmorning ☀️
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9d
Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party decisively wins a tense parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims.
Moldova’s pro-EU party wins parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims
Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party decisively won a parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.
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de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 9d
Pro-Europese partij PAS behoudt ruime meerderheid in parlement Moldavië
Pro-Europese partij PAS behoudt ruime meerderheid in parlement Moldavië
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 11d
Together, political predators and digital conquistadors have decided to wipe out the old elites and their rules. If they succeed, it will not only be the parties of lawyers and technocrats that will be swept away, but also liberal democracy as we have known it until today ↘️ on.ft.com/4nVwSII
How tech lords and populists changed the rules of power
Digital moguls and strongman leaders are far more than disrupters of the old liberal order. Together they seek to sweep it away, writes Giuliano da Empoli
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 12d
As it turns out, you can’t sell your soul to Trump and keep your spine; they’re a package deal ↘️ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 20d
Kimmel.

Colbert.

Suits against the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and 60 Minutes.

Extorting settlements from CBS, ABC, and others.

Blocking the AP's access to the White House. 🧵
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 20d
A glittering showcase of the powerful outdoing themselves to get on the good side of a president whose 2nd term has been marked by demonstrations of brute power. The seating chart ought to be kept and studied as a fascinating document about the history of the West ↘️
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Behind Castle Walls, the Rich and Powerful Celebrate Trump
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Bits of Freedom @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social · 22d
Weg van Big Tech: waar begin je en wat is nou daadwerkelijk een goed alternatief? Om je op weg te helpen, bieden we je graag een stappenplan aan. Samen worden we onafhankelijk van Big Tech! 🙏💪 www.bitsoffreedom.nl/campagnes/st...
Afbeelding met tekst in strip style: 'ik ben onafhankelijk van big tech Tijd voor actie: doe mee en stap af van Big Tech'
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CyberTaters @potato.software · 24d
Fantastisk chance for at blive klogere på uafhængighed af big tech hos @politiken.dk den 16/9. Jeg ser meget frem til at høre @marietjeschaake.bsky.social og andre kompetente eksperter diskutere dette emne.

#dkpol #BreakUpBigTech #SurveillanceCapitalism #potato

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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 22d
Wat een prachtig en hartverscheurend stuk over India. Stil van: De ernstig gehandicapte India zit opgesloten in haar eigen lichaam en is het zat: ‘Ik heb het gehad met leven’ ↘️ www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/d...
De ernstig gehandicapte India zit opgesloten in haar eigen lichaam en is het zat: ‘Ik heb het gehad met leven’
Dik vijf jaar geleden werden Kamerleden op werkbezoek getroffen door een slim meisje in een rolstoel dat alleen haar ogen kon bewegen. Dinsdag beleeft ze haar uitgestelde bezoek aan Den Haag voor Prin...
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 26d
A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting an attempted coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro guilty of coup charges, court majority decides in landmark trial
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the populist far-right movement he created.
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 28d
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Maga vs AI: Donald Trump’s Big Tech courtship risks a backlash ↘️
Maga vs AI: Donald Trump’s Big Tech courtship risks a backlash
Silicon Valley’s sway in the White House is alarming populists in the president’s base
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Adam S. Hersh, Ph.D. @ahecon.bsky.social · Sep 2
Nearly 600 economists, Nobel Laureates sign open letter supporting due process for Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve independence for the good of our economy and democracy. Great work from @tderyugina.bsky.social organizing such a quick response. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Over 450 Economists Back Cook, Fed Independence in Open Letter
Prominent economists are rallying behind Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after President Donald Trump moved to fire her based on allegations that she committed mortgage fraud.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Sep 5
The jobs numbers in November and December '24 were great. Does anyone recall if anything happened in January '25 to cause America's economy to go down the shitter?
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · Sep 5
EU hits Google with €2.95bn antitrust fine. Earlier rumors of hold or even cancellation are untrue. Ribera correctly says: We will continue to apply our rules firmly and fairly, without fear or favour, in relation to all companies operating in Europe ↘️ on.ft.com/467uAyC
EU hits Google with €2.95bn antitrust fine
Sanction comes despite Trump’s threat of retaliatory tariffs over digital regulations
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · Sep 3
Prof. David Kaye — former UN watchdog on free speech — testified that under Trump, the U.S. has silenced scientists, censored health data, punished speech at the border, and attacked the press.

His warning: “This is the tip of an iceberg of censorship that should concern every American.”
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · Sep 3
Preach @klonick.bsky.social ↘️
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · Sep 3
I watched the DSA and OSA "Censorship" Hearing in the House Judiciary Committee today so you don't have to.

I have some questions.

A 🧵 of my internet lawyer, free speech expert, First Amendment scholar ponderings, to no no one in particular:

Why are we here?
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · Sep 1
If true, this update is astonishing.
The Commission climbed down from a planned break up of Google’s ad business to a mere fine, and then dropped even the fine for fear of offending Trump.

This is for market violations that have been proven in U.S. court.
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · Aug 31
Black women lost 319,000 jobs in the public and private sectors between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · Aug 31
Just pre-ordered ‘Enshittification’ by Cory Doctorow and so can you! www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · Aug 29
Meta is building and giving users tools that will only exacerbate enforcement issues. This feels inevitable. www.reuters.com/business/met...
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
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