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Alice Stollmeyer

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Founder & Executive Director of @DefendDemocracy. Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats.

🏆Politico’s #Power40

I’m also on Mastodon: @AliceStollmeyer@EUpolicy.social

Defend Democracy: defenddemocracy.eu/

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Based in Brussels? Don't miss the opportunity to meet @Mer__edith, president of @SignalApp!

Join our @DemocracyDrinks for an informal exchange with
Meredith Whittaker about privacy, security, AI & Big Tech.

When: Thu 11 July 17:00-19:00
Venue: tba

RSVP: forms.gle/5o8A48Uuonoo...

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BREAKING: US, Canada & Netherlands disrupt covert Russian govt-operated, AI-enabled 'Russia Today' propaganda campaign.

RT used a bot farm to disseminate disinformation to & about countries including US, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Ukraine & Israel.

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

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'EU Council strongly condemns all types of hybrid activities, which are on the rise.. incl sabotage & subversion.'

'In response to Russia’s destabilising [hybrid attacks targeting EU], EU Council reiterates its call.. to establish a new sanctions regime.'

www.consilium.europa.eu/media/qa3lbl...

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Jana Zikmundova 's avatar Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social
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Let us hope that Labour victory means the definite end of "Londongrad" as a symbol of shameful greed and moral compromission, an international scandal. Time for the UK to clean up its image, in line with its foreign policy priorities.
#нетвойне ⬜️🟦⬜️

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Kate Starbird's avatar Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social
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Whether Biden drops out or continues, I expect a primary target of foreign info operations this year to be the legitimacy of the Democratic candidate and the legimitacy of the courts in relation to the the GOP candidate. Expect them to target audiences on both sides and exploit organic criticism.

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'The method of hijacking and then discrediting a cause from within through extremist posturing is hallowed tradecraft to [Russia's spies].'

KPIs:
* rejection of status quo in liberal democracies & EU
* protests against state & supranational institutions

theins.ru/en/politics/...

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vortex egg, MLIS's avatar vortex egg, MLIS @vortexegg.regretfully.online
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The idea that AGI is the final answer to all of the social, administrative, and political challenges of humanity is a spiritual and ideological belief and always has been, and now it has a lot of powerful adherents who were woo’d into believing it by people often described as wannabe cult leaders

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Nobel laureate Maria Ressa urges Big Tech to act now:

“There is no room to duck. This is gonna be the moment where, a decade from now, you’re gonna wanna look back and know you did everything you could. Everything. Because the world will be transformed.”

www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...

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The U.S. is walking in blind into November.

'The lion’s share of election integrity work in the U.S. has either been shut down, pulled back or put at risk.'

“They are working the referee to get what they want.”

“A direct threat to U.S. democracy.”

www.politico.eu/newsletter/d...

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Alice Stollmeyer's avatar Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social
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"We thought we could take democracy for granted."

Honoured to feature as someone with 'moral ambition' in this School for Moral Ambition podcast.

About #DefendDemocracy, hybrid warfare, Big Tech, addictive design, polarisation.

And about Anne Frank.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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NATO said in 2008 that Ukraine & Georgia would join the alliance. If it had acted on its statement then, Putin would not have invaded either of them - he respects strength, not weakness. NATO is now repeating its error. What will it take to learn the lesson?

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As predicted, AI is making research worse. The Scopus CiteScore ranking of philosophy journals has 3 journals among the top 10 journals that are fake. They are AI generated, with fake authors, and cite each other extensively to achieve a top ranking.

#AIEthics

retractionwatch.com/2024/06/12/h...

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Michiel van Hulten's avatar Michiel van Hulten @mvanhulten.bsky.social
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Based on the latest projection by @europeelects.bsky.social it looks like the 4 large pro-EU groups - EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens - have gone from a vote share of 71.2% in 2019 (vote share adjusted for Brexit) to 59,2% today. A big drop, but also still a big pro-EU majority in the EP. #EP2024

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PM : In 1938, the #Czech people and army wanted to fight Hitler, but president Beneš single-handedly decided otherwise before fleeing to London, demoralising the nation for decades to come. Not so with the 🇺🇦 leader now.
#СлаваУкраїні

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Estland, maar daar stemmen ze online. Wij mogen als eerste naar de echte stembus. Duimen inderdaad dat we het goede voorbeeld geven.

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Molly McKew's avatar Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social
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Amplifying disinformation by abusing systems to counter disinformation now built right into the planning.

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Jana Zikmundova 's avatar Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social
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What is happening (again) in #Czechia ? Do populism and corruption always have to win, while not respecting #European values ?

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The weather may be crappy but nature is beautiful 💚

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Brooke Binkowski's avatar Brooke Binkowski @brooklynmarie.bsky.social
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Well then it sounds like the CEO of google has fucked up real bad and isn't fit for the job

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Alice Stollmeyer's avatar Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social
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Spotted from my train window: “Far-right government. Shame!” Netherlands, May 2024

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Claes de Vreese's avatar Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social
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EVERYONE is using generative AI now... right? Maybe not (yet). Our @algosoc.bsky.social AI Opinion Monitor is now online. And it shows that 70+% have not used generative AI. The monitor also reveals huge age differences.

Curious to learn more? Explore our data, use the 🔗 🔽

monitor.algosoc.org/en/

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Molly McKew's avatar Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social
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Just say no and ignore them, all they want is to suck up our energy and focus on nonsense

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the ruling party in Georgia is enacting a "foreign influence" law that would devastate civil society and independent media. the Venice Commission (of which I am now a member) issued a major opinion urging repeal. the entire, detailed analysis is here: www.venice.coe.int/webforms/doc...

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Zelensky tells it as it is : why can't 🇺🇦 get two (2) Patriot systems to defend #Kharkiv ? This is OUR frontline now.

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I never in my life could have imagined that my native country, which prided itself in compromise and tolerance, would form a far-right government.

I’m ashamed of, and concerned about, my country 😢

www.politico.eu/article/geer...

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Translation: "We share the horror of.. assassination of [Slovakia] PM. We fear a further escalation of tensions.. We therefore warn against disseminating false info about shooter. We unequivocally deny he is a member of our movement. Nor is there any other connection.. Strongly condemn heinous act."

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Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯's avatar Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social
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New report by Amnesty International titled, "On my campus, I am afraid," documents the PRC's transnational repression against overseas Chinese and Hong Kong students

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On #EuropeDay, @DefendDemocracy is:

✅ proud to launch a new program with a launching conference
✅ honoured to unveil a new Board & a new Advisory Board
✅ excited to work with our first Goodwill Ambassador
✅ marking the new phase with a new logo

Read: defenddemocracy.eu/defend-democ...

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There is a difference between moderation and censorship and we shouldn’t conflate the two. Very dangerous consequences if we equate moderation to censorship.

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I'm taking @defenddemocracy.bsky.social to a new phase!

Looking forward to working w new Board:
*Amb (ret.) @jzk55.bsky.social
*former MEP Paul Tang
*EPC's Elizabeth Kuiper

Our mission to strengthen & defend democracy against foreign, domestic & technological threats is more important than ever.

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3 suggestions for how the next EU Commission can better defend democracy:

✅ a dedicated VP for Democracy, supported by a DG for Democracy

✅ an independent EU Democracy Fund

✅ investing in democracy is investing in security

defenddemocracy.eu/how-the-next...

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Baudrillard Warned Us's avatar Baudrillard Warned Us @baudrillardwarned.us
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"We live today according to Norms and Models, and we do not even have a term to designate that which is replacing sociality and the social." - Seduction

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