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Law professor @ UAntwerp 🇪🇺 EU law | competition law | state aid | technology regulation | Digital Markets Act | Foreign Subsidies Regulation But also: politics […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ eupolicy.social/@janblockx, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The larger public in Europe may miss this. But every diplomat and international relations expert and pundit here sees this and will remember for a generation: after the US promised to protect Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, it is now openly supporting Russia. The great American betrayal.
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Pretty exhausted but also impressed with the work done by the participants of the summer school on #legaltechnology and #responsibleai at #uantwerp this week, covering cases about AI companions, an AI-generated Dolly Parton, AI tax fraud screening, and much more!
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
Best metaphor I heard in a long time: "meat proxy" - a person that uncritically forwards AI-generated content. gruhn.me/blog/2026-08-03 #meatproxy
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
De grote roltrap naar boven in #Antwerpen Centraal is al meer dan een week stuk. Nu is de roltrap naar beneden ook stuk. De meeste liften van de perrons op -2 werken evenmin. #Onaanvaardbaar! #nmbs #thyssenkrupp
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Leander Lindahl @leanderlindahl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed. Nicolas Guillou is the Guinea pig of Europe's sovereignty #EUpol 356 days and counting. www.politico.eu/article/nicolas-gui…
Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions. Digitally ostracised. "Nicolas Guillou is the Guinea pig of Europe's sovereignty"
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MinmiTheDino @minmi.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
I regret to inform you all that earlier today my children escaped their sandbox. I told them explicitly “stay in your sandbox” but they are just too powerful.
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
I am looking for a catalogue or overview of verified (!) successful #AI applications. Not some AI marketing spiel. Nor promises of breakthroughs in the future. But actual achievements, confirmed by human/scientific checks. Like #alphafold . Ideally different AI/ techniques/types (not merely […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
I am looking for a catalogue or overview of verified (!) successful #AI applications. Not some AI marketing spiel. Nor promises of breakthroughs in the future. But actual achievements, confirmed by human/scientific checks. Like #alphafold . Ideally different AI/ techniques/types (not merely […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
“Trump imposes fresh tariffs on more than 80 countries”: A reminder from the White House Circus to reduce your purchases of American products as much as possible. Buy European instead: buy-european.net/en […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
@EUCommission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act (#DMA): for self-preferencing its own services on Google Search, and for putting in place restrictions on businesses to direct consumers to alternative, often cheaper, purchase channels on Google Play (steering) […]
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Leander Lindahl has moved @leanderlindahl.social.folkdata.se.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
Interesting read. #fb #bookstodon
The cover of "Careless people" by Sarah Wynn Williams
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026
2nd week in a row that I am conducting the peer review of a paper for a reputable EU law journal and that it becomes clear that it is AI-generated. It's like 'new' offers at McDonalds: very quickly you realize that they all taste the same and are equally unhealthy. #aislop #fastscience
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@BRUZZbe/1168996157… Petities zijn goedkoop. Misschien kunnen ze een collecte beginnen om de 13 miljoen euro te verzamelen?
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026
📢 My latest paper, '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗠𝗔'𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗨 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆' is now available on SSRN. I argue that the #DMA objective of making the position of (mostly US and Chinese) gatekeepers more contestable could enhance EU digital sovereignty […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026
Just read a research proposal which referenced the ECJ judgment in C-413/23 P EDPS v SRB, and spelled out the latter acronym as “Scarlett Ring Bearer”. That’s not just an #AI #hallucination but the beginning of AI fairy tale! Who can do better? #aislop
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026
@EUCommission reaches preliminary position that Amazon's and Microsoft's market leading cloud services should be designated under the #DMA. Cloud services are expressly listed as core platform services in the DMA, so it makes sense that entrenched players are designated […]
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Chris Marsden @chrismarsden.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#TILTING2026 finishing day 1 with homage to EU digital culture
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026
Kick-off of #Tilting2026 with a talk by @benfarrand on #digitalsovereignty
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
The #SpaceX IPO is a ponzi scheme, I thought this afternoon. Lo and behold, I’m not crazy but in agreement with a Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist: paulkrugman.substack.com
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Paul Krugman | Substack
Notes on economics and more. Click to read Paul Krugman, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
The #SpaceX IPO is a ponzi scheme, I thought this afternoon. Lo and behold, I’m not crazy but in agreement with a Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist: paulkrugman.substack.com
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Paul Krugman | Substack
Notes on economics and more. Click to read Paul Krugman, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026
@EUCommission imposes interim measures on #meta to preserve free access to #WhatsApp for rival #AI assistants The European Commission has ordered Meta to restore free access to WhatsApp for rival general-purpose AI assistants, and maintain it until the end of the Commission's #antitrust […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026
What a joke! “OECD chief urges governments not to go it alone on digital taxation” The only one going it alone is the US. All the other #OECD countries want a minimum corporate tax and a #digitaltax. Cormann should rather be urging governments not to go it alone on NOT imposing digital taxes […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
RE: curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Cur… The General Court of the EU has ruled on #Meta 's challenge against its designation as a gatekeeper under the #DMA because of its Messenger and Marketplace services (designation of other services like Facebook and Instagram […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
RE: ec.social-network.europa.eu/@digita… The Tech Sovereignty Package was finally announced, including the proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act (#CADA)! See the link on the new page of @digitaleu below. EVP @HennaVirkkunen was candid in her answers to the […]
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RE: ec.social-network.europa.eu/@digita… The Tech Sovereignty Package was finally announced, including the proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act (#CADA)! See the link on the new page of @digitaleu below. EVP @HennaVirkkunen was candid in her answers to the […]
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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 03/06/2026
Theo, Euractiv: Sovereignty Criterea level 3, there is a capacity to designate trusted partners, you just said it would be hard for US companies to reach this level. Does that mean the US will not be designated as a trusted partner? Virkkunen: I'm not the one who is auditing this, but I said […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
RE: curia.social-network.europa.eu/@Cur… The General Court of the EU has ruled on #Meta 's challenge against its designation as a gatekeeper under the #DMA because of its Messenger and Marketplace services (designation of other services like Facebook and Instagram […]
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Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026
""We live in an attention economy,” the lobbyist added. “When an official is on stage or at a breakfast, they are not at their desk reviewing policy proposals from others.”" brutally honest 😂 www.euractiv.com/news/pay-to-...
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Pay-to-play in Brussels: How media events became the new lobbying frontier | Euractiv
Dinners, roundtables and conferences have long been a feature of lobbying culture. What is changing is who organises them
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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
RE: eupolicy.social/@CCIAeurope/1166791… The answer is no. You're welcome.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This piece by Jack Watling is as good as many of my colleagues are saying it is. And a signal that policymakers in the EU need to start considering how Putin's potential strategic failure could affect Russia's long term trajectory www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukra...
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Ukraine Turns the Tide
Why a cease-fire is now a real possibility.
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Bert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026
We zien met enige regelmaat ambtenaren op reis gaan naar de VS en dan terugkomen met de raarste ideeën, zoals dat je een kleine kernreactor neer kan zetten binnen een paar jaar tegelijk met een datacenter. Een overheid met een tekort aan eigen kennis is […] [Original post on mastodon.nl]
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#SMR’s - kleine nucleaire reactoren - zijn niet alleen essentieel voor Defensiedoeleinden, maar breder voor het doorbreken van de groeiende problemen op het vlak van #netcongestie en de continuïteit van de energievoorziening in tijden van geopolitieke spanning. Ook biedt het de oplossing voor de energievoorziening van(AI) #datacenters, temeer omdat SMR’s net zo snel naast de DCs gebouwd zouden moeten kunnen worden als de betreffende datacenters zelf.

Ik was deze week bij het Idaho National Laboratory om te spreken over verdere samenwerking tussen INL en het Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC-NL) op het vlak van #OT_Cybersecurity, waar INL wereldwijd een toonaangevend kenniscentrum op is. Het is tevens het belangrijkste onderzoeks- en testcentrum voor SMR’s ter wereld. De eersten komen al rond de zomer in productie. Ook op het vlak van SMRs kunnen we in die zin veel leren van wat er hier in de VS gebeurt.
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026
💯 The US sanctions on members of the #ICC (some of which are EU citizens) impede with their duties under an international treaty to which all EU members signed up. #eupol […]
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/05/2026
The American-led negotiations in Ukraine prolonged the war by encouraging Putin. The Russians dangled ludicrous business"deals" in front of Witkoff and Kushner who were too gullible to understand that they were being manipulated. Good to hear the US has abandoned this failed policy.
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/11661034… A first opportunity for a payout under the USD 1.8 billion #lawfare slush fund that Trump created earlier this week!
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 20/05/2026
Exactly this. It’s about Europe taking the initiative. Good Europe Express by @henryjfoy.ft.com “Diplomats say that … the fact the debate is happening at all reflects a growing recognition that Europe needs to either speak up or be talked over.”
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Europe grasps new reality with Putin envoy and US military replacement
Also in this newsletter: EU closing in on deal to make it easier to detain and deport migrants
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
RE: masto.ai/@euractiv/1166011789423068… This is very concerning. US bullying is the primary reason why the EU needs a tech sovereignty package. It has nothing to do with the US trade “deal”. #digitalsovereignty
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
Can someone explain to me the difference between so-called “prediction markets” and plain old #gambling?
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Tim Gatzios @timgats.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Happy Pride! En leve het openbaar vervoer.
Foto van mezelf in de Brusselse Pride met us p De achtergrond een bus van de MIVB.
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Jim Killock @jim.killock.org.uk · 15/05/2026
Germany snubs #Palantir, chooses French supplier for internal intelligence agency In all seriousness, choosing Palantir, funded by antidemocratic billionaires to defend German democracy would have been madness […]
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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
File under "Why American security guarantees for Ukraine would be worthless". You can't make a deal with Trump, because you can't trust Trump to keep his end of a deal.
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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Funny how the "anti-elitist" Brexit and MAGA movements launched in 2016 in the UK and US turned out to be the most elitist and corrupt ones we've seen in a while.
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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026
Blind allegiance is dangerous. Banksy’s new statue at Waterloo Place in London shows a suited man marching forward while a large flag blows across his face, blocking his view.
Banksy’s new statue at Waterloo Place in London, UK, showing a dark suited man stepping forward from a tall stone plinth while holding a large flag that blows across his face and blocks his vision. The sculpture stands among classical London buildings, pedestrians, black bollards, and a red double-decker bus under a clear blue sky.
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Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 @migueldeicaza.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026
“You opened this page. It already knows the following.” sinceyouarrived.world/taken
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A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026
“L'Europe ne se fera pas d'un coup, ni dans une construction d'ensemble: elle se fera par des réalisations concrètes créant d'abord une solidarité de fait” “Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de […]
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026
“Trump says he will raise tariffs on EU trucks and cars to 25%” It didn’t take long for Trump to again backtrack from the Turnberry EU-US trade “deal”. This shows that it is about time for the EU to impose taxes on US digital services providers in Europe. 25% perhaps? This will also help […]
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 01/05/2026
It sounds like Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's trade committee, has had enough. "This latest move demonstrates just how unreliable the US side is. We have already witnessed these arbitrary attacks from the US in the case of Greenland; this is no way to treat close partners."
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026
“Trump says he will raise tariffs on EU trucks and cars to 25%” It didn’t take long for Trump to again backtrack from the Turnberry EU-US trade “deal”. This shows that it is about time for the EU to impose taxes on US digital services providers in Europe. 25% perhaps? This will also help […]
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Europe gets a lot of criticism. Especially from old friends... But there is a lot to be pretty proud of. This is the top ranking countries in the new World Press Freedom Index. The top 19 countries are all European. Canada is #20. #pressfreedom
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Jan Blockx @janblockx.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026
On Tuesday 28 April, the European Commission issued its 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗨 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, proposing several solutions to the ever-expanding complexification of EU law. It follows a long history of attempts to simplify EU law, as I explain in a paper that is due […]
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