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Nacho Torreblanca

@jitorreblanca.eurosky.social
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Distinguished Policy Fellow. Geoeconomics and Tech Programme. ECFR. ecfr.eu/profile/jose_ignacio_torreb…

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 12/06/2026
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Musk’s war on European democracy: How to open up X and fight back – European Council on Foreign Relations
The EU should apply two remedies to address political interference via X
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
X is not just a social media platform — it's a political and media instrument that Elon Musk uses to intervene in democratic politics. That would be a legitimate concern in any context. With X's dominant market position, it becomes a structural one.
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 05/05/2026
1/ 🇪🇺 Who controls Europe’s digital future? A small number of US tech giants shape how millions of Europeans access information, debate, and democracy — and they’re pushing back against EU rules. Do you care about protecting Europe’s digital model? 👇
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 15/04/2026
1/ 🧵 This Saturday @ecfr.eu is organising a panel at the Global Progressive Mobilisation Summit in Barcelona on one of the most pressing challenges of our time: Defending Democracies from Technological Coercion 🔽
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 28/03/2026
Because Europe has a free speech problem that the US needs to fix…
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 25/03/2026
“Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees, and lied to the public about what they knew,” Torrez said in a statement following the verdict. techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/n...
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New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching | TechCrunch
The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 17/03/2026
Europa se tiene que resistir al chantaje de EEUU. Gracias por invitarme a Radio Nacional @radio5rne.rtve.es
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026
🧵 1/7 Two wars. Two leaders who thought a surgical strike would bring a quick win. Two miscalculations. A thread on why not winning is losing — and why Iran 2025 is reading like Ukraine 2022. 👇
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 12/03/2026
🌐 Technology is no longer just an economic asset — it has become the central battlefield of geopolitical power. My new article in CEBRI-Journal argues that the EU faces an existential challenge at the intersection of technological dependency and democratic sovereignty. cebri.org/revista/en/a...
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Defending EU Democracy and Sovereignty from the New Geopolitics of Technology
An Era of Technological Revolutions?
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026
Spain is a sovereign country — not a colony or a protectorate. • US bases in Spain are not US sovereign territory. Their use must reflect the bilateral interests of both countries. • Spain remains a loyal NATO ally, with troops deployed in Latvia, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iraq.
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026
I see Greenland as a survival test for the European Union and NATO.
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 15/12/2025
🧵Some thoughts on Australia's social media ban from my weekly column "Café Steiner" at daily ElMUNDO from Spain @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 05/12/2025
Despite J.D. Vance statements, the 120m fine imposed on X by the European commission has nothing to do with free speech or censorship. It is about the deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark'; the lack of transparency of X's ads repository and the failure to provide researchers access to public data
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 05/12/2025
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today. 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 03/12/2025
1/ The new “digital omnibus package” presented on 24 November aims to simplify EU digital rules — but what looks like deregulation may actually hand power to US Big Tech and expose Europe to coercion.  ecfr.eu/article/thro...
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Thrown under the omnibus: How the EU’s digital deregulation fuels US coercion
The EU has proposed simplifying and softening its digital regulation. This will only make the bloc more vulnerable to the coercion of America’s big tech firms.
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 30/11/2025
The nonsense of the day. AI toys talking sex to children edition.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...
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Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 18/11/2025
Follow the Summit on European Digital Sovereingty happening today in Berlin at: bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/eu...
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EU-Summit - Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 17/11/2025
China says Spain is the model it seeks for its international relations. See my take at @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy CafeSteiner www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
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Tobias Gehrke @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
America is eating Europe’s lunch again. Solvay’s rare earth processing plant in France is a genuine strategic asset. It could have scaled to cover 30% of Europe’s needs. But... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
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Europe’s Biggest Rare Earths Producer Forges U.S. Deals
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 05/11/2025
French police describing Tiktok as "an algorithmic trap that, in just a few interactions, increases exposure to harmful, anxiety-inducing, and depressing content,” .https://www.politico.eu/article/france-opens-criminal-probe-into-tiktok-over-mental-health-effects-on-minors/
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France opens criminal probe into TikTok over kids’ mental health effects
It’s the first time the protection of minors on social media has led to criminal proceedings.
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ECFR @ecfr.eu · 22/10/2025
Moscow has developed a powerful propaganda machine that taps into existing antipathy towards Europe, particularly France, to push African governments closer to its foreign policy objectives, writes @willbrownecfr.bsky.social @ecfrafrica.bsky.social bit.ly/3Jmv4cS
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The bear and the bot farm: Countering Russian hybrid warfare in Africa
Russia has many quiet enemies in Africa. Working together, like-minded Africans and Europeans can roll back its troublesome influence.
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 27/10/2025
OPINION: Will we see a clash between populists and Tech Oligarchs? A growing rift is opening in the U.S. between right-wing populists and tech oligarchs. At the center: the race to build—or ban—superintelligent AI 🧵👇
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 24/10/2025
Prominent figures across U.S. politics, academia and business have signed a manifesto calling to ban the development of superintelligence — until there’s broad scientific consensus it can be done safely and with strong public support.👇https://superintelligence-statement.org/
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 23/10/2025
“The likelihood that Trump will weaponise the US cloud services may not be huge, but the costs if he does are potentially catastrophic. If the EU wants to Trump-proof its economy and become a strategic power, it needs to act more like one.” on.ft.com/4o56MU9
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Amazon outage shows EU heads are still in the cloud
Europe and others must insulate their economies from Trump weaponising US tech
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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 20/10/2025
AI and Crypto: This Won’t End Well Artificial intelligence companies are smashing every ceiling. So far this year, their combined market valuation has hit $1 trillion, attracting $161 billion in new investments. Even Jeff Bezos admits there’s a bubble—but calls it a “good” one. Really?
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