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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺

@gibajaalberto.bsky.social
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Tech, policy, democracy, politics. Working on tech because they are going to break the internet to break our democracies. Avgeek, madrileño, proud European. EN|ES|IT Here just my own opinions and rants.

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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 15h
Le Chunk is the best name ever
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Hay que empezar a asomar la nariz para que te la rompan. Si no lo hacemos, no sé si pasaremos a la historia, pero pasaremos a la tumba como una mierda"
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fukuyama ha sido añadido al chat
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yo me tengo que llevar la convocatoria a lo mío: estas serán las elecciones de la injerencia extranjera www.democrata.es/politica/san...
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Pedro Sánchez convoca elecciones el 29 de noviembre
El presidente lo ha anunciado desde el Complejo de La Moncloa
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lo de Brazil es mucho peor de lo que pensamos, mucho peor. Y esto solo tiene una razón: la seguridad elpais.com/america/2026...
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Bolsonaro vence a Lula en primera vuelta de las elecciones y acaricia el retorno de la ultraderecha al poder en Brasil
El senador, hijo del expresidente condenado por golpismo, logra el 47,1% de los votos frente al 45% del mandatario izquierdista. Ambos se medirán en la segunda vuelta del 25 de octubre
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Imprescindible @andrea-rizzi.bsky.social elpais.com/opinion/2026...
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La crisis de la vivienda es un síntoma; la enfermedad es la ineficacia de las democracias
El fracaso de los sistemas democráticos para responder a los retos de esta época abre abismos en los que se hunden demasiados ciudadanos y de los que brotan monstruos políticos
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Vendepatrias
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We live in a world of super stupidity
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Es el momento de: - Aglutinar en una plataforma política con una agenda muy muy limitada: vivienda, crisis del coste de la vida, desigualdad. - Y en estos temas, propuestas claras, reales y radicales - El resto lo podemos discutir luego, anclaje en el momento, mirada larga.
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Puede que legalmente no hubiera alternativa, que mantener la “seguridad jurídica” sea fundamental, pero creo que hoy ha caido el gobierno
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can someone please explain to me how the Houthis, in sandals, are defeating the KSA army, which spends a sh*t lot of money on the fanciest American hardware and training? I know hardware is not the only thing, but wow...
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Agents have entered the chat of foreign interference, but the defence remains the same: attack the underlying influence infrastructure, address algorithmic amplification, follow the money, offer a way out for communities living in alternative digital realities. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/t...
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Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I want to talk to you about an article @wired.com's @telliotter.bsky.social published yesterday that should be getting a LOT more attention than it currently is -- It's all about how the US Census Bureau is overrun with staffers from a notable MAGA think tank.
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 02/02/2025
Within 24 hours of September 11, 2001, Canada's Ambassador to NATO unflinchingly rallied to the aid of the United States, and invoked NATO's Article 5, the only time it's ever been used in NATO's history. "Hell, this is an Alliance," he said. "We've got Article 5." www.nato.int/docu/review/...
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Sobre el resultado de AfD, varias cosas pueden ser verdad y parecer contradictorias a la vez: 1. Esto es, ha sido, y siempre será sobre contener la pulsión autoritaria de la sociedad. Ha existido siempre, cuando dejamos de ser capaces de contenerla tenemos 1939, tenemos Gulags, tenemos a Bukele…
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If we needed a “oh sh*t” moment on AI, this is it. It is not only about a slowdown, but a legislation that places people interest at the core of
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Am I the only one not surprised? ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act*
Today, the Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Today, International IDEA, @microsoft.com and the Swedish Election Authority, hosted a seminar at #Almedalsveckan on the impact of AI on democracy in the 2026 Swedish elections with @kevincasasz.bsky.social, Anna Nyqvist, Ginny Badanes and @gibajaalberto.bsky.social. @valmyndigheten.bsky.social
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Tendemos a categorizar la opinión pública basado en los partidos existentes, pero la realidad es mucho más compleja. Este tipo de categorías (que se usa en la investigación electoral por supuesto) son mucho más útiles si se adaptan al país www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology
Our typology sorts the public into nine groups based on their political and cultural values, not their party – painting a picture of American politics with far more than two colors.
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The way to go
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“He soñado […] que no hay que partirse el lomo por techo y comida” Y de ahí, y como base, se construye una izquierda
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Carlos Santiso @carlossantiso.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
¿Cómo se puede gobernar el desorden digital vigente? Excelente columna de @gibajaalberto.bsky.social @internationalidea.bsky.social en @agendapublica.es y las propuestas de Pedro Sánchez desde España. agendapublica.es/noticia/2071...
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¿Cómo se puede gobernar el desorden digital vigente?
"Intervenir sobre la 'plaza pública digital' es hoy una necesidad democrática", asegura el director del Programa de Digitalización y Democracia de IDEA Internacional, Alberto Fernández Gibaja. En esta...
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Yo no se si en España ahora mismo somos conscientes del momento “Jacinda Ardern” que vive Pedro Sanchez. En Europa le alaban, Turquía ofrece descuentos en transplantes de pelo a los españoles, hasta China le señala como defensor del rules-based order.
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Read this, with some ideas from myself 👇👇
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Sobre regulación digital, cobras y consecuencias no deseadas En @agendapublica.es agendapublica.es/noticia/2071...
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¿Cómo se puede gobernar el desorden digital vigente?
"Intervenir sobre la 'plaza pública digital' es hoy una necesidad democrática", asegura el director del Programa de Digitalización y Democracia de IDEA Internacional, Alberto Fernández Gibaja. En esta...
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The move is quite clumsy, as it is going to backfire and -personal bet- will be abandoned quite fast. Still, it is a good reading on how digital policy reality is being interpreted by the US administration and what message they are pushing in Europe www.reuters.com/world/us-pla...
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Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The portal could potentially put Washington in the unfamiliar position of appearing to encourage citizens to flout local laws.
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This is one of the most important stories in Europe right now www.politico.eu/article/maga...
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The MAGA-friendly European think tanks Trump wants to fund
The Heritage Foundation identified European groups for U.S. backing.
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
one more hint that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is building for NY the administration the whole country deserves www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/n...
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Mamdani Hires Groundbreaking Computer Scientist as Chief Tech Officer
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Pour comprendre la discussion budgétaire qui se clôt il faut objectiver, avec lucidité et sérénité, une réalité désormais structurante : l’emprise inédite des milliardaires sur la vie démocratique de la nation. gabrielzucman.substack.com/p/lemprise-d...
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L'emprise des grandes fortunes françaises
Il n’existe aucun sujet de politique économique et sociale où l’on puisse observer un écart aussi béant entre le soutien populaire et la représentation nationale.
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
So the Super Bowl generated approximately 0 interest among the spanish speaking world...and now...oh wait
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
media.tenor.com
a group of young men are standing in front of a tree .
ALT: a group of young men are standing in front of a tree .
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Imagino que tod@s ya sabíais que el modelo de negocio de Telegram es garantizar que la plataforma va a permitir cualquier cosa por ilegal que sea no? elpais.com/sociedad/202...
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Telegram carga contra Sánchez con un mensaje masivo y él contesta: “Deja que los tecnooligarcas ladren, Sancho, es señal de que cabalgamos”
La Moncloa cree que los dueños de las redes saltan contra el presidente porque toca la cuestión central: su poder casi absoluto sobre el debate público
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
La explicación perfecta de la frase “para lo que me queda en el convento…”
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I’ve tried to bring this idea to every policy fora I can, but @eliothiggins.bsky.social explains it in a much more eloquent way. It is not about content quality and moderation, it is about how our information flows are making impossible to have a shared reality. Without it, democracy doesn’t work
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
India is something else…
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International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
"Democracy can be restored as long as electoral routes for political change remain open. Protecting electoral integrity is thus a vital task for democracies, requiring whole-of-society coordination and investment." - @kevincasasz.bsky.social #IICDEM2026
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International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
From 21-23 January, IIIDEM under the aegis of Election Commission of India is organising #IICDEM2026, focusing on reimagining democracy for an inclusive, peaceful, resilient and sustainable world. The conference is being held at the outset of India’s chairship of International IDEA.
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International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
How can democratic systems be designed to remain resilient in an era of rapid political, technological, and social change? At #IICDEM2026, International IDEA's experts presented Strategic Foresight as a key tool for anticipating Democracy in 2050. @gibajaalberto.bsky.social @aehudson.bsky.social
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
“I do not understand what you are doing in Greenland” Macron is the spokesperson of the rational world
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Sobering plane read
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I have always had a theory, which in 2022 many said it was crazy, but reality seems to be moving towards it, hear me out: Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was not a challenge to NATO but to China. It was Russia’s only path to create a tri-polar world
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Well, my wild bet for 2026 This will be the year of NATO. NATO in all headlines, NATO in all papers and speeches. At the end of 2026 NATO will be a completely different entity, but also what NATO will look like on January 1st 2027 is impossible to predict. Hold tight, it is going to be wild
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
When reading this as a Spaniard something comes to mind: how might the current parliament react to the 1981 coup? Would there be any semi-loyal party? Would the current parliament take the French path? Sadly, we all know the answer
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International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
International IDEA voices its utmost concern regarding the military intervention of January 3rd in #Venezuela and calls for the respect of international law. We urge all parties involved to forge a peaceful and genuinely democratic solution to the crisis. www.idea.int/news/stateme...
idea.int
Statement on Venezuela: Time to restore democracy
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I personally think the focus on oil is wrong. Today’s global competition is on other things: rare earths, semiconductors’ production, AI talent…
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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
El mismo deseo de todos los años.
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Denmark attributes two cyberattacks to Russia. Both are on critical infrastructure: water supply and elections. www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets...
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
So now I guess it is ok if the European Commission forces X to sell its European operations to a group of European investors right?
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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Imagine a dam. It is our information environment. The rivers that feed it are TikTok, X, Instagram, Youtube etc. Now think what power is given to the people controlling the rivers.
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International IDEA @internationalidea.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The world is entering the final years of the 2030 Agenda. The SDG 16 Data Initiative’s new report provides both the evidence & a clear pathway to ensure that the promise of the 2030 Agenda is realized and not forgotten. 📖 Read the full article here: www.idea.int/news/promoti... #2030Agenda #SDG16
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Promoting progress on SDG 16 and SDG 5 as pathways to inclusive social development
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