Daniel Voelsen

Wer heute Verschlüsselung untergraben will, hat nicht verstanden, dass nur mit vertrauenswürdiger Verschlüsselung digitale Souveränität und Sicherheit gewährleistet werden kann.

GENIUS Act (stablecoin bill) has passed the Senate.

New EU Ocean Pact & the role subsea data cables: A quick assessment:
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1/ Reiteration: these infrastructures are recognised as critical to both connectivity and security, which follows the EU Action Plan (03/2025) and Cable Recommendation (02/2025).

Ernst Fraenkels "Der Doppelstaat", angewandt zur Deutung des Geschehens in den USA. Passt leider erschreckend gut.

Oligarchs pledging fealty to Trump can be declared Chinese propagandists in one sentence (and with one piece of illegible paper):

Politologe Jan-Werner Müller: Trump will USA zu Autokratie machen Donald Trump will in den USA eine Autokratie errichten will, sagt Politologe Jan-Werner Müller. Noch bedeute das aber nicht "game over".

Sehr gut, wie @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social die autokratische Wende in den USA erklärt - ob @theguardian.com @diezeit.bsky.social oder @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy. Trump hat kürzer gebraucht, bis Richter festgenommen wurden, als Erdogan.
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Wären wir auf so etwas wie es grad in Spanien passiert vorbereitet? Könnten wir als Staat und Gesellschaft damit umgehen?

Rhetorische Frage

Graph from NetBlocks showing the network connectivity in Spain, from April 18, 2025, to April 28, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Spain's connectivity remains stable at around 100% throughout most of the time period, with a sharp drop on April 18. The drop in connectivity aligns with a power outage. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 17% and 17%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period.

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a national scale internet outage in Spain, with nearby countries including Portugal and France also affected; the incident is attributed to a regional power outage impacting multiple countries 📉🔌

Al Gore compares Trump administration to Nazi Germany The former vice president said the administration was "insisting on trying to create their own preferred version of reality."

'It was...Habermas’ mentor...Adorno, who wrote that the first step in that nation’s descent into hell was, and I quote, ‘the conversion of all questions of truth into questions of power,”’ Gore said. “The Trump administration is insisting on trying to create their own preferred version of reality.'

Seabed Warfare

Heiko Meiertöns discusses the legal framework for the protection of #SubmarineCables under the #LawOfTheSea. Baltic sea cables damages show the need for a stronger the Protection.
#🌊, #Aggression, #UNCLOS

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Inside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion The island’s population might not be easily convinced as the president tries to clinch what he may see as one of history’s greatest real estate deals.

The American people oppose this. The people of Greenland and Denmark oppose this. It is against international law. It is not a real estate deal.

Just stop trying to make it sound reasonable.

Technologiepolitik unter Trump II Der einstige Partner wird zur Gefahr für Europas Wirtschaft und Demokratie

Die großen US-Techkonzerne scheinen bereit, Trumps autoritäre Pläne zu unterstützen – im Gegenzug verspricht er ihnen Deregulierung & stärkere Marktpositionen. Diese Maßnahmen richten sich explizit auch gegen Europa, so @danielvoe.bsky.social im neuen SWP-Aktuell. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

Putting the Digital Services Tax on the table in US negotiations sends worrying signal on UK digital sovereignty It would likely be unpopular for a government that has cut welfare services and introduced new taxes on UK businesses, but it also risks undermining wider attempts to regulate big tech.

Eliminating the UK’s Digital Services Tax would be an unpopular move for a government that has cut welfare and introduced new taxes on businesses. It also risks undermining attempts to regulate big tech.

Wilson Center is DOGE-D. Largely shutting down. Established by Congress in 1968, as part of the Smithsonian Institution, it is is/was a nonpartisan forum for scholars and policymakers to examine nternational relations, security, economics issues.

📨 Service post: New SWP think tank digest on cybersecurity, emerging tech + digital policy now available! 📨

📚 Struggling to keep up with all the fascinating think tank publications in the field? Well, so were we. 🧵/1

Das wäre dann eine weitere bedeutende Plattform unter Kontrolle eines Milliardärs mit rechtsextremen Ansichten:

Diary I decided to keep a record of my thoughts as events transpire, a diary.

I am still at it, even if I find it hard to bear. Here is the update through WEEK 7. adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary

🌲 Transatlantic evergreen: US calls for European capability and responsibility. Calls for European independence end where interests of U.S. defence industry start…

Neuigkeiten in eigener Sache und vor allem große Ehre: ab heute leite ich die Forschungsgruppe #Sicherheitspolitik @swp-berlin.org 🎉! Freu mich auf die Herausforderung und die Zusammenarbeit mit dem besten Team!

Die USA wollen nicht länger für Europas Sicherheit garantieren. Das bedeutet: Die Europäer müssen ihre Verteidigung künftig selbst organisieren. Über Prioritäten und Hürden diskutieren @pfuhrhop.bsky.social, Ronja Kempin & @svenarnold.bsky.social im SWP-Podcast: www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

Koalitionsverhandlungen: Digitalministerium gestrichen? Es liegt ein angeblich finales Papier der CDU/CSU-SPD-Arbeitsgruppe Digitales vor: Von einem Digitalministerium ist keine Rede mehr.

Jetzt auch mit den weiteren Inhalten: Was die Verhandler von CDU, CSU und SPD zur #Digitalpolitik verhandelt haben.

www.heise.de/news/Koaliti...

David: Are you concerned about retaliation from the Trump administration because of this story? Jeffrey: It’s not my role to care about the possibility of threats or retaliation. We just have to come to work and do our jobs to the best of our ability. Unfortunately, in our society today—we see this across corporate journalism and law firms and other industries—there’s too much preemptive obeying for my taste. All we can do is just go do our jobs.

A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

“Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.”

Ah, the free speech platform.

China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.

www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.

"Free speech absolutism" means absolute (and free) support for the speech of aspiring absolutist rulers.

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It sounds like Washington, DC police illegally helped DOGE and FBI officials to break and enter and then take over the headquarters of an independent nonprofit, the US Institute of Peace. US police seem to act as though they can do whatever President Trump orders. To anyone. No law.

Ich bin kein Ökonom, aber bedeutet das nicht, dass ein ordentlicher Sancerre bald wieder für unter 20 € zu haben ist?

I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...