Alice Stollmeyer
@stollmeyer.bsky.social
Founder & Executive Director of https://DefendDemocracy.EU/
Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats.
🏆Politico’s #Power40
Support #DefendDemocracy: https://defenddemocracy.eu/get-involved/donate
Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats.
🏆Politico’s #Power40
Support #DefendDemocracy: https://defenddemocracy.eu/get-involved/donate
Why invite Big Tech lobbyists on panels when all they do is parrot the same bullshit propaganda? 🤮
#MSC2026
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#MSC2026
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
February 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Why invite Big Tech lobbyists on panels when all they do is parrot the same bullshit propaganda? 🤮
#MSC2026
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#MSC2026
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
… but the square in front of the Brussels EP building was deserted, because everyone is in Strasbourg for the Plenary session.
Still ’democracy in action’ for me though, with several meetings on democracy, security and tech 😎
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
Still ’democracy in action’ for me though, with several meetings on democracy, security and tech 😎
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
… but the square in front of the Brussels EP building was deserted, because everyone is in Strasbourg for the Plenary session.
Still ’democracy in action’ for me though, with several meetings on democracy, security and tech 😎
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
Still ’democracy in action’ for me though, with several meetings on democracy, security and tech 😎
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
Sunlight illuminating the European Parliament in Brussels this morning…
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Sunlight illuminating the European Parliament in Brussels this morning…
BREAKING: TikTok's addictive design breaches EU law.
(Features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, highly personalised recommender system.)
We should be in control of our own time & attention, not Big Tech, be it 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇪🇺
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
(Features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, highly personalised recommender system.)
We should be in control of our own time & attention, not Big Tech, be it 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇪🇺
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
BREAKING: TikTok's addictive design breaches EU law.
(Features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, highly personalised recommender system.)
We should be in control of our own time & attention, not Big Tech, be it 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇪🇺
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
(Features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, highly personalised recommender system.)
We should be in control of our own time & attention, not Big Tech, be it 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇪🇺
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Een dictatuur van de meerderheid —zonder rechtsstatelijk systeem— is geen democratie.
"Politiek is verworden tot mediacratie, een permanente campagne waarin de peiling van morgen zwaarder weegt dan het landsbelang op lange termijn."
#DefendDemocracy #formatie
www.overheidvannu.nl/actueel/nieu...
"Politiek is verworden tot mediacratie, een permanente campagne waarin de peiling van morgen zwaarder weegt dan het landsbelang op lange termijn."
#DefendDemocracy #formatie
www.overheidvannu.nl/actueel/nieu...
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Een dictatuur van de meerderheid —zonder rechtsstatelijk systeem— is geen democratie.
"Politiek is verworden tot mediacratie, een permanente campagne waarin de peiling van morgen zwaarder weegt dan het landsbelang op lange termijn."
#DefendDemocracy #formatie
www.overheidvannu.nl/actueel/nieu...
"Politiek is verworden tot mediacratie, een permanente campagne waarin de peiling van morgen zwaarder weegt dan het landsbelang op lange termijn."
#DefendDemocracy #formatie
www.overheidvannu.nl/actueel/nieu...
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist.”
Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism
#WorldFactBook
#DefendDemocracy
Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism
#WorldFactBook
#DefendDemocracy
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist.”
Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism
#WorldFactBook
#DefendDemocracy
Hannah Arendt - The Origins of Totalitarianism
#WorldFactBook
#DefendDemocracy
Kicking off the EU Tech Stars Summit!
"Technology has become a weapon in the hands of autocrats.
Fortunately, we have our own alternatives in Europe."*
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#FoShure😎
* www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/e...
"Technology has become a weapon in the hands of autocrats.
Fortunately, we have our own alternatives in Europe."*
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#FoShure😎
* www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/e...
February 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Kicking off the EU Tech Stars Summit!
"Technology has become a weapon in the hands of autocrats.
Fortunately, we have our own alternatives in Europe."*
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#FoShure😎
* www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/e...
"Technology has become a weapon in the hands of autocrats.
Fortunately, we have our own alternatives in Europe."*
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#FoShure😎
* www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/e...
Mooi interview over @defenddemocracy.bsky.social !
Dit voorjaar geef ik voor WeerbaarNL een Brusselse Masterclass ‘Internationale lessen resilience’, voor de weerbaarheid en veerkracht van Nederland.
Zin in!
weerbaarnl.nl/nieuws/32043...
Dit voorjaar geef ik voor WeerbaarNL een Brusselse Masterclass ‘Internationale lessen resilience’, voor de weerbaarheid en veerkracht van Nederland.
Zin in!
weerbaarnl.nl/nieuws/32043...
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Mooi interview over @defenddemocracy.bsky.social !
Dit voorjaar geef ik voor WeerbaarNL een Brusselse Masterclass ‘Internationale lessen resilience’, voor de weerbaarheid en veerkracht van Nederland.
Zin in!
weerbaarnl.nl/nieuws/32043...
Dit voorjaar geef ik voor WeerbaarNL een Brusselse Masterclass ‘Internationale lessen resilience’, voor de weerbaarheid en veerkracht van Nederland.
Zin in!
weerbaarnl.nl/nieuws/32043...
NL govt accord on national security:
*geopolitical uncertainty
*risk of Russia escalation
*increase hybrid, military, terrorist threats
*normalisation far-right
To do:
1 Strengthen resilience against hybrid attacks
5 Strengthen independent intelligence (contributing
to European strategic autonomy)
*geopolitical uncertainty
*risk of Russia escalation
*increase hybrid, military, terrorist threats
*normalisation far-right
To do:
1 Strengthen resilience against hybrid attacks
5 Strengthen independent intelligence (contributing
to European strategic autonomy)
January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
NL govt accord on national security:
*geopolitical uncertainty
*risk of Russia escalation
*increase hybrid, military, terrorist threats
*normalisation far-right
To do:
1 Strengthen resilience against hybrid attacks
5 Strengthen independent intelligence (contributing
to European strategic autonomy)
*geopolitical uncertainty
*risk of Russia escalation
*increase hybrid, military, terrorist threats
*normalisation far-right
To do:
1 Strengthen resilience against hybrid attacks
5 Strengthen independent intelligence (contributing
to European strategic autonomy)
Netherlands' govt coalition accord, continued:
"Freedom and democracy cannot be taken for granted.
That is why we are not only protecting our democracy against external threats, but also making it more resilient and vibrant."
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
"Freedom and democracy cannot be taken for granted.
That is why we are not only protecting our democracy against external threats, but also making it more resilient and vibrant."
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
January 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Netherlands' govt coalition accord, continued:
"Freedom and democracy cannot be taken for granted.
That is why we are not only protecting our democracy against external threats, but also making it more resilient and vibrant."
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
"Freedom and democracy cannot be taken for granted.
That is why we are not only protecting our democracy against external threats, but also making it more resilient and vibrant."
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
'Digital autonomy must be the starting point for the government.
We opt for European digital infrastructure.
Digital procurement & tendering are being standardised & centralised, driven by security-by-design, zero trust, sovereignty, open source & chain security.'
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
We opt for European digital infrastructure.
Digital procurement & tendering are being standardised & centralised, driven by security-by-design, zero trust, sovereignty, open source & chain security.'
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
January 30, 2026 at 12:46 PM
'Digital autonomy must be the starting point for the government.
We opt for European digital infrastructure.
Digital procurement & tendering are being standardised & centralised, driven by security-by-design, zero trust, sovereignty, open source & chain security.'
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
We opt for European digital infrastructure.
Digital procurement & tendering are being standardised & centralised, driven by security-by-design, zero trust, sovereignty, open source & chain security.'
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
Hey @politico.eu, here is an idea:
Instead of linking to non-consensual pornhub X/Twitter by default, when citing EU Commissioners, MEPs and EU political parties, first have a look if they say it on BlueSky or Mastodon. Many do!
You know, as a Europe-based news media, you can lead by example 😊
Instead of linking to non-consensual pornhub X/Twitter by default, when citing EU Commissioners, MEPs and EU political parties, first have a look if they say it on BlueSky or Mastodon. Many do!
You know, as a Europe-based news media, you can lead by example 😊
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Hey @politico.eu, here is an idea:
Instead of linking to non-consensual pornhub X/Twitter by default, when citing EU Commissioners, MEPs and EU political parties, first have a look if they say it on BlueSky or Mastodon. Many do!
You know, as a Europe-based news media, you can lead by example 😊
Instead of linking to non-consensual pornhub X/Twitter by default, when citing EU Commissioners, MEPs and EU political parties, first have a look if they say it on BlueSky or Mastodon. Many do!
You know, as a Europe-based news media, you can lead by example 😊
A beautiful day in my native Lowlands🇳🇱 to discuss the role of civil society in building societal resilience 🌻
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A beautiful day in my native Lowlands🇳🇱 to discuss the role of civil society in building societal resilience 🌻
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
January 21, 2026 at 5:23 AM
BREAKING: emergency EU Summit on Greenland with the EU's 27 Heads of State & Government in the coming days.
"Readiness to defend ourselves against any form of coercion."
#StandWithGreenland🇬🇱
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
"Readiness to defend ourselves against any form of coercion."
#StandWithGreenland🇬🇱
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
January 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
BREAKING: emergency EU Summit on Greenland with the EU's 27 Heads of State & Government in the coming days.
"Readiness to defend ourselves against any form of coercion."
#StandWithGreenland🇬🇱
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
"Readiness to defend ourselves against any form of coercion."
#StandWithGreenland🇬🇱
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Full room and standing ovation for @timothysnyder.bsky.social in Brussels tonight.
Resistance needs to work collectively and develop a positive notion of freedom.
Europe should avoid the US tech race to the bottom. So-called “innovation” makes us dumber!
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
Resistance needs to work collectively and develop a positive notion of freedom.
Europe should avoid the US tech race to the bottom. So-called “innovation” makes us dumber!
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
January 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Full room and standing ovation for @timothysnyder.bsky.social in Brussels tonight.
Resistance needs to work collectively and develop a positive notion of freedom.
Europe should avoid the US tech race to the bottom. So-called “innovation” makes us dumber!
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
Resistance needs to work collectively and develop a positive notion of freedom.
Europe should avoid the US tech race to the bottom. So-called “innovation” makes us dumber!
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
EU Parliament leaders express EU Parliament's unequivocal support to Greenland and Denmark and call to uphold EU principles and law, international law and the NATO Charter.
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
EU Parliament leaders express EU Parliament's unequivocal support to Greenland and Denmark and call to uphold EU principles and law, international law and the NATO Charter.
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
"There are moments when people decide whether they will shrink or stand in whatever way they can live with later. This is one of those moments.
You don’t need to be a hero out of a movie.
You just need to be honest. Present.
And unwilling to surrender your humanity."
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
You don’t need to be a hero out of a movie.
You just need to be honest. Present.
And unwilling to surrender your humanity."
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
January 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"There are moments when people decide whether they will shrink or stand in whatever way they can live with later. This is one of those moments.
You don’t need to be a hero out of a movie.
You just need to be honest. Present.
And unwilling to surrender your humanity."
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
You don’t need to be a hero out of a movie.
You just need to be honest. Present.
And unwilling to surrender your humanity."
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
"Planes, trains and automobiles" 2026:
I'm stuck in the Netherlands due to winter weather ☃️
📷 by Inge Brink, via @nieuws.nos.nl
I'm stuck in the Netherlands due to winter weather ☃️
📷 by Inge Brink, via @nieuws.nos.nl
January 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"Planes, trains and automobiles" 2026:
I'm stuck in the Netherlands due to winter weather ☃️
📷 by Inge Brink, via @nieuws.nos.nl
I'm stuck in the Netherlands due to winter weather ☃️
📷 by Inge Brink, via @nieuws.nos.nl
Statement EU Commission on U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on certain EU individuals:
"The EU is an open, rules-based single market, with the sovereign right to regulate economic activity in line with our democratic values and international commitments."
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
"The EU is an open, rules-based single market, with the sovereign right to regulate economic activity in line with our democratic values and international commitments."
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Statement EU Commission on U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on certain EU individuals:
"The EU is an open, rules-based single market, with the sovereign right to regulate economic activity in line with our democratic values and international commitments."
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
"The EU is an open, rules-based single market, with the sovereign right to regulate economic activity in line with our democratic values and international commitments."
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Happy #WinterSolstice — towards more light! 🌞
May your every day grow brighter hereafter 💛🌻😎
www.bustle.com/life/what-do...
May your every day grow brighter hereafter 💛🌻😎
www.bustle.com/life/what-do...
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happy #WinterSolstice — towards more light! 🌞
May your every day grow brighter hereafter 💛🌻😎
www.bustle.com/life/what-do...
May your every day grow brighter hereafter 💛🌻😎
www.bustle.com/life/what-do...
Honoured to moderate @lithuaniaineu.bsky.social timely & important event on using Russia's frozen assets to support Ukraine.
PS: With or without those assets, 'Arm Ukraine to win, or pay double when Russia does'.
So next week's #EUCO decision should be obvious.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
PS: With or without those assets, 'Arm Ukraine to win, or pay double when Russia does'.
So next week's #EUCO decision should be obvious.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Honoured to moderate @lithuaniaineu.bsky.social timely & important event on using Russia's frozen assets to support Ukraine.
PS: With or without those assets, 'Arm Ukraine to win, or pay double when Russia does'.
So next week's #EUCO decision should be obvious.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
PS: With or without those assets, 'Arm Ukraine to win, or pay double when Russia does'.
So next week's #EUCO decision should be obvious.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
Trump's new National Security Strategy – an existential threat to EUrope
"Pro-European liberal forces need to finally wake up: Trump's America is not an ally but an adversary to Europe's freedoms and fundamental values."
#DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU
www.epc.eu/publication/...
"Pro-European liberal forces need to finally wake up: Trump's America is not an ally but an adversary to Europe's freedoms and fundamental values."
#DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU
www.epc.eu/publication/...
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Trump's new National Security Strategy – an existential threat to EUrope
"Pro-European liberal forces need to finally wake up: Trump's America is not an ally but an adversary to Europe's freedoms and fundamental values."
#DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU
www.epc.eu/publication/...
"Pro-European liberal forces need to finally wake up: Trump's America is not an ally but an adversary to Europe's freedoms and fundamental values."
#DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU
www.epc.eu/publication/...