Europe Must Avoid Becoming a Digital Colony. The EuroStack is the continent’s last chance for technological sovereignty in the era of AI. My latest on @foreignpolicy.com with Haroon Sheik. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/31/e...
31.03.2025 10:40 — 👍 25 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 3
A trove of nearly 3,200 disclosure records, which ProPublica made public this week, reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate.
07.03.2026 17:00 — 👍 768 🔁 430 💬 25 📌 49
Die Aussparung von Chips und KI ist ein Fehler.
Da hat @francescabria.bsky.social leider wieder einmal völlig recht:
"Das Problem ist nicht, dass Europa nicht Tech bauen kann. Das Problem ist, dass Europa nicht kauft, was es baut” 2/2
My keynote at SZ Digitalgipfel in Munich:
Europe’s problem is not that we lack alternatives. It’s that we don’t buy what we build, don’t invest in Europe, and don’t treat digital infrastructure as strategic. Buy European must mean build and buy better. Digital independence is freedom and democracy.
On the 145th anniversary of @lavanguardia.com, I spoke with @miquelmolina.bsky.social about the rise of a techno-authoritarian complex undermining press freedom, democratic accountability, and Europe’s sovereignty. Independent media and public digital infrastructure are essential to defend democracy
22.02.2026 11:37 — 👍 19 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1
"Europe must follow its own path: democratic digital sovereignty, good jobs with decent wages, environmental standards and data rights. These are not obstacles to innovation: This is the path we must follow."
Francesca Bria nails it.
On the 145th anniversary of @lavanguardia.com, I spoke with @miquelmolina.bsky.social about the rise of a techno-authoritarian complex undermining press freedom, democratic accountability, and Europe’s sovereignty. Independent media and public digital infrastructure are essential to defend democracy
22.02.2026 11:37 — 👍 19 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1
"Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system."
Darum gehts: Wichtige Infrastruktur muss in gesellschaftlicher Hand sein, nicht in (privaten) Händen von Oligarchen.
Screenshot der Homepage mit Text: "The Authoritarian Stack. How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America - And Why Europe is Next".
"Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore. It’s building empires."
Große Empfehlung für die Seite: authoritarian-stack.info, die es wie kaum eine andere schafft, die Vernetzungen, Ideologie und das Geld der Tech-Bros zu mappen.
Amazing work, @francescabria.bsky.social!
Europe needs to stop pretending it's a neutral market in a world where digital infrastructure is geopolitical, @francescabria.bsky.social writes. It should act like what it is: a political project with a democratic mission.
www.noemamag.com/reclaiming-e...
🆕 The Authoritarian Stack
IIPP Honorary Professor @francescabria.bsky.social's latest research project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"— a network of tech firms, funds, & political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.
🔗 Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/HjH3TM1
🆕 The Authoritarian Stack
IIPP Honorary Professor @francescabria.bsky.social's latest research project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"— a network of tech firms, funds, & political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.
🔗 Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/CtKyAIT
Ein Bild von Franscesca Bria mit einem Zitat von ihr: “Europa gibt jährlich zwei Billionen Euro für öffentliche Aufträge aus. Wenn mit einer ‘Buy European’-Strategie nur die Hälfte der digitalen Ausgaben an europäische Anbieter ginge, würde das den Markt grundlegend verändern.”
Ein guter Vorschlag von @francescabria.bsky.social für mehr digitale Unabhängigkeit Europas: 👇
29.01.2026 11:26 — 👍 412 🔁 134 💬 6 📌 6
Mooi artikel in @noemamag.com van @francescabria.bsky.social over de noodzaak van Europese digitale soevereiniteit.
www.noemamag.com/reclaiming-e...
#MediaAgenda
Francesca Bria kämpft mit ihrer EuroStack-Initiative seit Jahren für mehr digitale Souveränität in Europa. Hier sagt sie, was Deutschland und die EU jetzt tun sollten, um technisch unabhängiger von den USA zu werden.
24.01.2026 17:02 — 👍 41 🔁 18 💬 3 📌 0
Great discussion last Sunday on “What do the tech bros really want: money, power or total information awareness?” at Vienna Burgtheater with @marietjeschaake.bsky.social, @francescabria.bsky.social et al., organised by @erstestiftung.org, @iwm.at and @derstandard.at. Online now:
youtu.be/oB0Kcu2Zfd4
Full house at Vienna's #Burgtheater. Misha #Glenny discussed with great experts @francescabria.bsky.social, @helganowotny.bsky.social ; Beeban #Kidron and @marietjeschaake.bsky.social about how Europe must regain its #digital #sovereignty to defend our #democracy. I think we could even improve it!
18.01.2026 13:56 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
What are the tech bros up to? Mainly it's power and money. No one is safe. Will Europe buckle or resist? That will be the issue of the near future. (Podcast soon). Thanks to @mishaglenny.bsky.social
@francescabria.bsky.social
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social, @helganowotny.bsky.social and Beeban Kidron
🆕 The Authoritarian Stack
IIPP Honorary Professor @francescabria.bsky.social's latest research project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"— a network of tech firms, funds, & political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.
🔗 Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/ArlWoG0
Our third panelist this Sunday is @francescabria.bsky.social, professor @ucl.ac.uk and Senior Fellow @stiftungmercator.bsky.social. We have a few seats left - get your tickets now:
www.iwm.at/event/what-d...
"Silicon Valley optimizes for extraction, Beijing for control. Europe must optimize for empowerment — distributing agency rather than concentrating it."
One of the best essays I've read in quite some time.
@francescabria.bsky.social
www.noemamag.com/reclaiming-e...
🆕 The Authoritarian Stack
IIPP Honorary Professor @francescabria.bsky.social's latest research project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"— a network of tech firms, funds, & political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.
🔗 Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/BRL9sNs
Happy New Year ✨ Let’s make 2026 the year of digital independence ✌️🇪🇺
31.12.2025 17:03 — 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0
Europe needs to stop pretending it's a neutral market in a world where digital infrastructure is geopolitical, @francescabria.bsky.social writes. It should act like what it is: a political project with a democratic mission.
29.12.2025 17:30 — 👍 20 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wKHd1v
We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
In 2025, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of European satellite navigation, a milestone built on decades of innovation, collaboration and excellence. Read about the challenges and triumphs that have shaped the navigation systems we rely on today 👇#50YearsOfESA
19.12.2025 13:10 — 👍 81 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 1
Autoritäre Tech-Netzwerke kapern den Staat - @francescabria.bsky.social hat recht.
In den USA sehen wir: private Akteure betreiben nicht mehr nur von außen Lobbyarbeit, sondern machen ihre Plattformen - wie #Palantir - selbst zu seinem Betriebssystem.
Das sollten wir in Europa nicht zulassen.
In one of the diagrams it appears to me that our taxes are financing the destruction of democracy.
09.12.2025 18:48 — 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
