Laurent Pech 🇺🇦
@profpech.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Dean of @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social, Senior Research Fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest, and co-director of @goodlobbyprofs.bsky.social. Usual disclaimers.
Keep up the great reporting Richard.
January 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Keep up the great reporting Richard.
Reposted by Laurent Pech 🇺🇦
I spoke with the authors of the study, Christian Gläßel and
@ascharpf.bsky.social, who drew direct parallels between the creation of secret police in authoritarian regimes and what is happening under the Trump administration.
Right now, the signals of impunity for loyalists stands out.
@ascharpf.bsky.social, who drew direct parallels between the creation of secret police in authoritarian regimes and what is happening under the Trump administration.
Right now, the signals of impunity for loyalists stands out.
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I spoke with the authors of the study, Christian Gläßel and
@ascharpf.bsky.social, who drew direct parallels between the creation of secret police in authoritarian regimes and what is happening under the Trump administration.
Right now, the signals of impunity for loyalists stands out.
@ascharpf.bsky.social, who drew direct parallels between the creation of secret police in authoritarian regimes and what is happening under the Trump administration.
Right now, the signals of impunity for loyalists stands out.
"It doesn't just offer to make images of children in states of undress, as a feature for its customers. It will also offer to take images of anyone and generate a sexualised image of them. The foreign industrialist announced this feature himself with an emoji"
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
"It doesn't just offer to make images of children in states of undress, as a feature for its customers. It will also offer to take images of anyone and generate a sexualised image of them. The foreign industrialist announced this feature himself with an emoji"
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
As rightly denounced by @ec.europa.eu: "This is not 'spicy'. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting. This has no place in Europe."
UK Royal Society President: Nazi-saluting Musk is just another Sir Isaac Newton... 🤮
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
UK Royal Society President: Nazi-saluting Musk is just another Sir Isaac Newton... 🤮
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
EU Commission examines childlike sexual images created by Musk’s AI
A spokesperson for the European Commission said it was “very seriously looking into” the creation of sexually explicit images of girls – including minors – by Grok, the AI model integrated into X.
www.euronews.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
As rightly denounced by @ec.europa.eu: "This is not 'spicy'. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting. This has no place in Europe."
UK Royal Society President: Nazi-saluting Musk is just another Sir Isaac Newton... 🤮
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
UK Royal Society President: Nazi-saluting Musk is just another Sir Isaac Newton... 🤮
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...