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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 41m

Engagement is meetbaar per platform (zie voetnoot); "prestatie" is de opgetelde ‘staaf’. Visual 1 toont het engagement van partijaccounts (zie voetnoot voor uitzonderingen), Visual 2 dat van partijleiders. Klik voor groter beeld: in de voetnoot staat ook welke vormen van engagement zijn meegenomen.

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 16h

Onze WebWatch doet z'n best om beter te duiden 😊

Actueel: web-watch.org/news/

Nieuwsbrief: web-watch.org/trend-tracker/

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WebWatch @webwatch.bsky.social · 21h

Ja, factchecken is belangrijk, maar wie denkt dat je daarmee de oorlog tegen desinformatie wint, snapt niet hoe propaganda en algoritmes werken.

Defend Democracy waarschuwt voor online misleiding bij de verkiezingen.

#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

OMG, I've been saying this for at least 5 years.

"EU... warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals."

Finally we are waking up!

But @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social, this applies not only to AI but also to the (American & Chinese) digital platforms we use!

www.ft.com/content/ea3d...

EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China

Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals

www.ft.com

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Ook in Nederland: kies voor onze democratie!

#TK2025 #verkiezingen #NLpol

Jesse Klaver @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl · 3d

Dit zijn geen onschuldige opmerkingen.

Dit is een doelbewust poging van partijen als BBB en PVV om sluipenderwijs de democratische spelregels en grondrechten te ondermijnen.

Sta je op en laat je je horen? Of kijk je weg als het mis gaat?

Dát is waar deze verkiezingen over gaan.

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 2d

This, by the way, is as true of American democracy as it is for the rest of the world.

Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a sad irony to the fact that the European leader who seems to have the best grasp on the acute political challenges of the moment - Macron - is also the one who has been least effective in heading off populism (eg. failing to prepare an heir, laying a path for President Le Pen etc)

Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

OMG, I've been saying this for at least 5 years.

"EU... warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals."

Finally we are waking up!

But @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social, this applies not only to AI but also to the (American & Chinese) digital platforms we use!

www.ft.com/content/ea3d...

EU pushes new AI strategy to reduce tech reliance on US and China

Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals

www.ft.com

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

In my view, the DSA won't be sufficient by far. In addition to that, the EU is now working on a 'Digital Fairness Act' and on increasing the EU's digital sovereignty.

For the latter, we should avoid reproducing the same problems by copy-pasting for-profit models. Instead, public service or commons.

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

Opvallende uitspraak van Macron:

“We zijn ongelooflijk naïef geweest door ons democratische debat toe te vertrouwen aan [Amerikaanse en Chinese] sociale media…, wier belangen helemaal niet liggen bij het voortbestaan of het goed functioneren van onze democratieën.”

@schimmelpenninck.bsky.social

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Signal @signal.org · 4d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

signal.org

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

Veel dank om vlak voor de #TK2025 #verkiezingen te mogen uitleggen waarom, als we onze democratie willen beschermen, we online misleiding & disinfo anders moeten aanpakken.

Met:
@euvsdisinfo.eu
@huibmodderkolk.bsky.social
@hiddebouwmeester.nl
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social
@webwatch.bsky.social

Nederlandse Democratie Coalitie @democratiecoalitie.bsky.social · 5d

Ja, factchecken is belangrijk, maar wie denkt dat je daarmee de oorlog tegen desinformatie wint, snapt niet hoe propaganda en algoritmes werken

Alice Stollmeyer (@stollmeyer.bsky.social) van Defend Democracy (@defenddemocracy.bsky.social) waarschuwt voor online misleiding bij komende verkiezingen

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WebWatch @webwatch.bsky.social · 6d

Digitale wijsheid: verantwoord omgaan met desinformatie, leugens en propaganda.

Tips voor in verkiezingstijd: hoe voorkom je dat je per ongeluk desinformatie verspreidt?

web-watch.org/digitale-wij... #TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

Handige tips voor in verkiezingstijd:

Hoe voorkom je dat je per ongeluk desinformatie verspreidt?

#TK2025 #NKpol #verkiezingen

WebWatch @webwatch.bsky.social · 6d

Digitale wijsheid: verantwoord omgaan met desinformatie, leugens en propaganda.

Tips voor in verkiezingstijd: hoe voorkom je dat je per ongeluk desinformatie verspreidt?

web-watch.org/digitale-wij... #TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 7d

If you think this is US-only, it's not.

If you think the GDPR protects you, it's doesn't.

If you hadn't realised privacy is a national security and corporate espionage issue, it is.

If you think politicians can't tackle this, they can.

If you believe that tech or business need this, they don't.

michael veale @michae.lv · 7d

Either real-time bidding data or app SDK data is being bought and used by ICE to seize people from the streets. If you didn’t believe that the adtech stack is a human rights concern, I’m not sure what more evidence you need. www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 7d

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 7d

Dank voor een mooi gesprek, Bram!

Ben erg benieuwd naar de uiteindelijke video.

Meer weten? Kijk alvast op @defenddemocracy.bsky.social en @webwatch.bsky.social

Bram van Montfoort @mrmontfoort.bsky.social · 8d

Halve studio meegesleept naar Brussel voor een interview met @stollmeyer.bsky.social over online misleiding bij verkiezingen.

Eind deze week online via @democratiecoalitie.bsky.social - wordt interessant!

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 9d

🇲🇩 Moldova, you’ve done it again.
 No attempt to sow fear or division could break your resolve.

You made your choice clear:
 Europe. Democracy. Freedom.

Our door is open. And we will stand with you every step of the way. 
The future is yours.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · Apr 28

I don’t think we can hold the line on our own. We need to get very good at rapidly assembling alliances and trading groups with like minded nations of all sizes on the rest of the planet.

Fortunately, AI makes all kinds of logistics easier (real AI, not genAI).

Via @jameskanter.bsky.social

Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · Apr 16

"Since at least 2014 we are watching a coup against democracy unfold. It is the combination of hybrid warfare, rise of the far-right, and tech coup.

How long can Europe hold the line if we don’t take defending our democracy as serious as defending our territory?"

defenddemocracy.eu/handsoff-our...

#HandsOFF our democracy — Defend Democracy

Speech by Defend Democracy at the 'Hands Off Our Democracy' protest in front of the European Commission, urging to them defend our democracy and our Europe.

defenddemocracy.eu

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Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 12d

Political parties must stop advertising on Meta halfway through the Netherlands' election campaign. What is going on?

Our @webwatch.bsky.social had a look:

web-watch.org/politieke-ad... #EUsky #TK25 #tech

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11d

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

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WebWatch @webwatch.bsky.social · 12d

Politieke partijen moeten halverwege verkiezingstijd stoppen met adverteren op Meta. Wat is er aan de hand?

Wij namen een kijkje:

web-watch.org/politieke-ad... #TK2025 #verkiezingen #Nederland

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 12d

Sanctions alone will never stop Putin.

“Russia’s war against Ukraine — a war all of us are participants in, willing or otherwise — is the decisive question of our age.”

www.politico.eu/article/vlad...

Sanctions alone will never stop Putin

If the West really wants to force Russia to stop the war, it needs to focus on military build-up — not just economic action.

www.politico.eu

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