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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 11/06/2026

One fixes the pipeline, the other opens the market. The statu quo is untenable. We need to act.

Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 11/06/2026

The regulatory response should be one of two things: either require X to offer users genuine algorithmic choice (different "channels" on the same platform), or mandate interoperability so rival platforms can compete on equal footing.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 11/06/2026

Think of it as a world where one person manufactures the only TV set on the market, owns the only channel it receives, and uses both to advance his political agenda.

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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

7/ Programme highlights: 🔹 Keynote by Teresa Ribera 🔹 Panel I: From rules to reality 🔹 Panel II: What comes next? 🔹 Closing remarks

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 05/05/2026

6/ Imagine a better digital future — one where ➡️ Citizens at the centre ➡️ Families in control of online spaces ➡️ An open digital commons — not algorithmic toxicity ➡️ The open digital commons is restored

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 05/05/2026

5/ We’ll explore: ✔️ Implementing the DSA, DMA & AI Act ✔️ Platform accountability ✔️ Child safety online ✔️ Europe’s digital sovereignty And what comes next

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 05/05/2026

4/ What’s at stake? Can Europe defend and strengthen its digital model — or will platform power and geopolitical pressure erode it? This conversation goes to the heart of Europe’s democratic future.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 05/05/2026

3/ With leading voices from policy & civil society: Teresa Ribera @lauballarin.bsky.social @cschaldemose.bsky.social @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social @sandrogozi.bsky.social Asha Allen (CDT), Martin Hullin (Bertelsmann), Cori Crider (FOTI) Vera Franz (EDP) and me

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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

4/ 📅 Saturday 18 April 🕙 10:00–10:45 📍 Fira Gran Via Barcelona, Hall 8 — Agora / Ernest Lluch Can't make it in person? Follow the live stream 👇 🔴 globalprogressivemobilisation.org/en/live-stream

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Global Progressive Mobilisation

Uniting the World's Progressive Forces — April 17-18, 2026, Fira Barcelona

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 15/04/2026

3/ Joining me on stage: 🎙️ Josephine Ballon — Managing Director, HateAid 🇩🇪 🎙️ María Ressa — Journalist, Nobel Peace Prize 2021 🇵🇭 🎙️ Teresa Ribera — EVP, European Commission 🇪🇺 🎙️ Katherine Tai — Fmr US Trade Representative 🇺🇸

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 15/04/2026

2/ Digital tech is increasingly weaponised — by great powers, by Big Tech resisting regulation, and by populist govts using surveillance & algorithmic polarisation to undermine democracy. We need coordinated, strategic responses. That's what this panel is about.

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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

7/7 From the Pentagon podium, the Secretary of Defense quotes Psalms: "Praise be to the Lord, my Rock, who trains my hands for war." Somewhere, Ayatollah Khamenei mutters: weren't we supposed to be the theocracy?

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026

6/7 Meanwhile: Trump lifts oil sanctions on Russia — Iran's ally — so Putin can keep killing Ukrainians. The world is on fire, and the President says it's good for business because the US produces a lot of oil.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026

5/7 $11 billion spent on "precision" strikes. 179 girls killed in a school — by mistake, with enormous precision. No apology. Instead, the White House posts video game footage of the attacks on Iran on its website.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026

4/7 The Iranian leadership was decapitated, yes. But the successor isn't playing along. He's a fanatic who watched the US and Israel kill his father, mother, wife, sister, brother-in-law, and niece. That's who Trump will have to negotiate with now.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026

3/7 Two weeks into Trump's Iran campaign, the script is identical. The Revolutionary Guard hasn't surrendered. The militias haven't disarmed. And Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz — blocking 20% of global oil and gas. Energy crisis, 1975-style. Except bigger.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026

2/7 Putin thought Ukraine would fall in a week. It didn't. From day 15 onward, every day the invaded country held out was a victory — and every day the attacker failed to win was a defeat. That logic didn't die in Kyiv.

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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 just telling the US this is NOT the way relations which Europe should work. I wish other European governments will say the same.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026

Perhaps the most worrying contradiction is this: the United States tells Europe that Russia — our existential threat — is our own responsibility, cutting support to Ukraine, while at the same time expecting Europe to align with US policy toward Iran.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026

We have even heard voices in the US national security establishment openly discussing the need to promote political change in Europe, while leaders such as Viktor Orbán are openly favored.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026

Unfortunately, coercion and hostility increasingly define Washington’s approach toward Europe — across trade, technology, politics, and security.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026

Our foreign policy tries to be consistent with international law: supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression, condemning violations in Gaza and the West Bank, recognizing the Palestinian state, and opposing Iran’s aggression toward its neighbors. This is not equidistance — it is consistency.

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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

5️⃣ International legal action Internationalise the issue via the UN, ICJ, and ICC to establish legal responsibility and global political costs.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

4️⃣ Personal sanctions Impose travel bans and asset freezes on officials directly responsible for enabling annexation, including Tump.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

3️⃣ Economic countermeasures Deploy the EU anti-coercion instrument, penalise firms operating in annexed territory, freeze defence and tech cooperation, and push a clear “Buy European” shift.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

2️⃣ Security solidarity Activate EU mutual assistance (Article 42.7), force the issue inside NATO, and reassess US basing and personnel in Europe if annexation persists.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

1️⃣ Diplomatic escalation Explicitly frame annexation as a major political crisis: recall EU ambassadors and be prepared to expel US ambassadors if it is not reversed.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

In my article, I outline five deterrence steps the EU should be prepared to take to make the costs unmistakable in advance.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

There’s also a domestic political cost. Both extremes would gain: – the far left, vindicated in its anti-NATO narrative – the far right, “proven right” that only nation-states protects sovereignty

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

The EU would almost certainly fracture internally: some governments prioritising de-escalation and continuity, others insisting on sanctions and resistance. That division alone would be strategically damaging.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

Why does this matter so much? Because if the US can change Europe's borders by force — NATO dies.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026

A US annexation of Greenland would be unprecedented: it would mean American power being used against its own allies. That wouldn’t just affect Denmark. It would call into question the political meaning of NATO and the cohesion of the European Union.

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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

Post 6/🧵 We move from abstinence to open access to anxiety, eating disorders, self-harm, suicide, low self-esteem, and school failure. Like tobacco or gambling, social media has created a public health crisis it refuses to own. European governments must be brave too and act.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 15/12/2025

Post 5/🧵 That is why harmful content is not limited but amplified. Banning access until age 16 is a good step. It protects mental health, social relationships, and learning capacity. But without changing platform design, at 16 we throw them into a void.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 15/12/2025

Post 4/🧵 These harms originate in their very architecture. As with tobacco, their creators have invested enormous effort into studying child and adolescent psychology to make them addictive. Why? Because their business model is the attention economy: more time equals more profit.

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Nacho Torreblanca @jitorreblanca.eurosky.social · 15/12/2025

Post 3/🧵 Anyone who has not done so should read The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, the study on which the Australian government relied. The measure is insufficient because the educational, social, and mental health harms are not unintended side effects of platforms.

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