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Marietje Schaake

@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
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Proud European 🇪🇺 Fellow at Stanford 👩🏼‍💻 column in FT 🗞️Member of European Parliament 2009-2019 📕Author: The Tech Coup

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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction.
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Fleur van Leusden @queenfennec.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A.I. vormt op veel meer vlakken dan security en milieu een bedreiging. Het vormt ook een bedreiging voor onze democratie. Ik sprak erover voor CISO praat met voormalig Europarlementariër Marietje Schaake. Luister de aflevering nu: open.spotify.com/episode/1O3c...
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Hans de Clercq @hansdeclercq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gil Duran verwijst in The nerd reich naar onermeer Marietje Schaake, voorheen Europees parlementslid D66 en sinds 2019 docent & directeur internationaal beleid bij het Cyber Policy Center van de Stanford universiteit. Dus haar laatste boek De machtscode komt er nog bij de de lijst.
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Hubert Smeets @hubertsmeets.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Waar kernorganisatie @nieuwevredesbwging.bsky.social, @lsvb.bsky.social en FNVYoung in geen velden of wegen waren te bekennen, gingen deze jonge Oekraïners gaan dialoog aan met pro-Russische kar op Dam.
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⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Day 668 of nonstop protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests 📹 Giorgi Burjanadze
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dank @floorrusman.bsky.social ‘Vragen stellen bij vrede’ in @nrc.nl ↘️
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/09/2026
If Vladimir Putin was hoping to heap pressure on Ukraine’s closest allies, he’s succeeded with a series of provocations that Western officials have blamed on Russia and said could put citizens of NATO countries in danger.
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Europe Warns of Russia’s Hybrid Attacks but Struggles to Counter Them
If President Vladimir V. Putin was hoping to get Europeans’ attention, he’s succeeded with a series of close-call incursions. The question now is what they will do about it.
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Roel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
De video waarvan Meta niet wil dat je ‘m ziet
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

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The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21/09/2026
Stop asking AI CEOs what society needs ft.trib.al/Qv4LbZJ | opinion
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Stop asking AI CEOs what society needs
Imagine inviting oil companies to design climate policies or car companies to make traffic rules
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 21/09/2026
‘Imagine asking oil companies to design climate policies or car companies to make traffic rules… We cannot wait for another incident report warning of disaster. Pyromaniacs do not make good firefighters.‘ www.ft.com/content/adbb...
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Stop asking AI CEOs what society needs
Imagine inviting oil companies to design climate policies or car companies to make traffic rules
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
'Instead of asking business leaders what society needs going forwards, political leaders should be doing a better job of stress-testing their claims and making sure that their businesses and products contribute to society-wide success.' giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Stop asking AI CEOs what society needs
Imagine inviting oil companies to design climate policies or car companies to make traffic rules
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John Williams @johnhuww.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“How did we get to a point where AI companies have convinced investors and markets that they will build the future only to warn us that they will end it at the same time? Let us focus instead on strengthening democratic governance of AI.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Stop asking AI CEOs what society needs
Imagine inviting oil companies to design climate policies or car companies to make traffic rules
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stop asking AI CEOs what society needs. The alarm sounded by AI chief executives about the very products they have raced to market amounts to a remarkable admission of failure and a spectacular failure of governance. ↘️ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Stop asking AI CEOs what society needs
Imagine inviting oil companies to design climate policies or car companies to make traffic rules
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A great listen from a voice of reason (and expertise) Jonathan Kanter on Decoder ↘️
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026
Breaking news: President Trump said he will appoint an official responsible for artificial intelligence and form an unspecified “AI Force,” rejecting calls from lawmakers and industry leaders for new guardrails on the technology.
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Trump to form ‘AI Force,’ name AI czar but rejects calls for constraints
A growing chorus of lawmakers and industry leaders have called for moving more slowly on the technology.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
From the information available, it seems this US-Denmark deal over Greenland changes almost nothing. US had bases there before; US continues to defendsl Greenland because it s in NATO. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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U.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.
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Frank Bajak @fbajak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Forget Killer Robots. The biggest imminent threat of sloppy generative AI integration into military decision-making (we can probably blame Pete Hegseth) is that it mistakenly helps start a war. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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NPR @npr.org · 18/09/2026
The president chalked the ban up to what he called unfavorable coverage, and he threatened that bans on other media companies could be coming. n.pr/475xZPo
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Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
The president chalked the ban up to what he called unfavorable coverage, and he threatened that bans on other media companies could be coming.
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⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Day 660 of nonstop protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests 📹 Bacho Kajaia
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Governor Newsom signs an executive order on AI safety ↘️ www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/18/g...
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Governor Newsom issues executive order to accelerate independent oversight and advance the creation of an AI kill switch | Governor of California
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(1/5) Pentagon leadership has said that by the end of this month, Palantir's Maven artificial intelligence system will become a line item with stable, long-term funding in the defense budget (a "program of record"). #News #Palantir #AI
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You don’t own either Mr President ↘️
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 16/09/2026
Germany will deploy Eurofighter jets to Latvia to help protect its airspace during next month’s parliamentary election as repeated drone incursions have raised security concerns along NATO’s eastern flank.
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Germany to send fighter jets to Latvia during election amid drone threat
Latvia’s election is set for Oct.3 and Riga has asked Germany for backup.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In The Tech Coup, @marietjeschaake.bsky.social offers a frightening look at our modern tech-obsessed world—& a clear-eyed view of how democracies can build a better future before it is too late. Read a free preview & save 30% with code PUP30: buff.ly/st8VVsp #InternationalDayOfDemocracy #PoliSci
Now in paperback: The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake. A tech insider who has been hailed by The New Yorker for her “forceful critique” of Big Tech describes what must be done to stop its erosion of democracy.
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sabotage: Pipes found attached to rails at dozens of places around the Netherlands at 5:30am. Serious delays in the national train system this morning. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Grootschalige treinstoring ontregelt treinverkeer in Nederland: ‘Er lijkt sprake van sabotage’
Treinverkeer: Op meerdere plekken op het spoor zijn „materialen aangetroffen die daar bewust zijn neergelegd”, waardoor storingen ontstaan. De storing ontstond rond 5.30 uur en speelt op twintig plekk...
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cartoonist: Mike Luckovich
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Looking forward to speaking at #FTFutureofAI in London November 5th (it starts the 4th). Hope to see you there ↘️
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10/09/2026
As Europe races to rearm, governments are increasingly turning to Israel for sensors, interceptors and surveillance technology. That dependence is deepening even as the continent's political relationship with the country grows more strained.
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How ‘Made in Israel’ is powering European security 
The EU’s sovereignty push is colliding with growing reliance on Israeli defense firms.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 09/09/2026
Students who refrain from using AI perform better academically than those who use it, study finds. Students won’t learn without exercising their brains, “in the same way that we do not become fit by watching sports but by doing sports,” wrote an OECD researcher in a recent report.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/09/2026
Apple has now caved to the Trump administration’s petty renaming of Lake Ontario, following Google’s lead. It’s as good a moment as any to consider alternatives.
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Apple Maps changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' | CBC News
Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S. President Donald ‌Trump's executive order renaming the lake. The move by Apple on Tuesday fol...
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Probably a good way to settle the bond market is to arbitrarily ban G-20 reporting from the most authoritative publications. www.press.org/newsroom/nat...
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National Press Club statement on exclusion of journalists from G20 meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 31, 2026 – National Press Club President Mark Schoeff Jr. issued the following statement today:  The National Press Club condemns the Treasury Department’s decision to bar jou...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Not seen the word ‘cheating’ as often as seems warranted.
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If Serbia insists on burying Maladić with state honours, that is its sovereign prerogative. However such a move would be entirely inconsistent with being a candidate for EU membership, and the accession process should be formally suspended as a result.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The word “Cambridge" appears 45 times in the $17 billion Meta child-harms settlement, notes Jason Kint. Buried inside: a $459,293,017.80 payment resolving Cambridge Analytica claims across at least 46 states and two territories.
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The $459 Million Cambridge Analytica Reckoning Buried in Meta's Teen Safety Settlement
Tucked inside the landmark settlement is another settlement, writes Jason Kint.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“When a third of the stock market is vaporized and takes the savings of everyday people with it, when the S&P 500 loses a third of its value overnight, it's going to make 2008 look like a walk in the park,” @doctorow.pluralistic.net said.
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
103 cases of murder or manslaughter in a whole year in The Netherlands (18 million); a historic low. These are 103 too many and femicide is a serious danger. But whenever I hear the Elons of this world alleging the dangers of Europe, feel free to reference this number
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Terecht advies waarbij een kleine spiegel naar de allergische houding van NL tegenover alles dat ook maar leek op industriepolitiek de afgelopen decennia ook past ↘️
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 27/08/2026
Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to help break in to a Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier this year, according to data reviewed by Reuters and a report issued by the startup Gambit Security.
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EXCLUSIVE: Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies
Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to help break in to a Belgian chemical company and at least six other ​firms earlier this year, according to data reviewed by Reuters and a report issued by the startup Gambit Security.
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Metje van Elten @metjevanelten.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hoezo *afstand nemen*?? Ik zou denken: wieberen met die De Nooijer uit ons land. Enkele reis naar z’n geliefde Rusland, waar hij met z’n kalasjnikov direct in Putins leger mag komen opdraven.
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Marietje Schaake @marietjeschaake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Excellent news! ↘️
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 25/08/2026
Air Force Major Jason Watson was arrested after this interview with Lincoln Square— Watson is now charged with three alleged Article 88 violations, disobeying orders and conduct unbecoming an officer. bit.ly/4wHNwzf Subscribe to watch this episode of Anchor Watch with Bobby Jones
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