Paul Nemitz

Buchtipp: Prinzip Mensch. Macht, Freiheit und Demokratie im Zeitalter von KI - Vatican News Der KI-Experte Paul Nemitz war in der EU als Chefberater an der Ausarbeitung des AI-Acts, also des KI-Gesetzes der Europäischen Union beteiligt. Über ...

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Front page of the report, available here: https://reportondemocracyatwork.org/en/the-report/

Picture of Yolanda Diaz and the expert committee members at the report's launch in Madrid, 2 Feb 2026.

Spain's constitution promises democracy at work. Last year, @yolandadiaz.bsky.social convened an expert group to study how to make good on that promise.

Lead by @isabelleferreras.bsky.social, we have delivered what is, we think, the highest-level 400-page report on economic democracy out there. 1/2

📕The 7th Progressive Yearbook is available!
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This edition focuses on:
🇺🇸 Europe between MAGA and MEGA
🤖 EU digital policy in 2025
🇺🇳 The indefensibility of Europe in Gaza
🌱 Beyond the ‘greenlash’
💥The trade and tariff war
🇺🇦 Prospects for peace and reconstruction in Ukraine
& more!

YouTube video by FEPS_Europe FEPS’ New Year Reception & Progressive Yearbook launch

🔴 Starting now! At FEPS’ annual New Year reception, we are launching the 2025-2026 Progressive Yearbook!
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FEPS will also unveil the Progressive Person of the Year and mark the handover of the presidency from Maria João Rodrigues to Nicolas Schmit.

Why does data protection matter in the age of AI? Watch
@paulnemitz.bsky.social's 1:44 masterclass:

We spoke for one hour about his experience drafting the GDPR, the Digital Omnibus, AI challenges, the AI Act, data protection and democracy, and more.

Full recording below.

The Truth About Europe’s Regulation of Digital Platforms Bertrand Badré, Guillaume Klossa and Margrethe Vestager rebut the Trump administration’s incendiary claim that the European Union censors online content.

The Truth About Europe’s Regulation of Digital Platforms by Bertrand Badré, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/bEX0tnR

From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump

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Europe building an Airbus for the cloud age Feature: Countries that banded together to challenge Boeing in the air try to do the same to AWS, Microsoft, and Google on the ground

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From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump

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From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump

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💻 Fixing data privacy consent: the GDPR seven years after
🗓️15 January 2026 13:00-14:00

Join us for this event which will discuss assessing market failures, regulatory gaps, and paths to reform. W/ Bertin Martens, @paulnemitz.bsky.social & Paul Twomey.

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Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute

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if we built a twitter archive importer so you could find people you know from twitter on @bsky.app, would y'all use it?

If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.

Takeaways from #eurosky: big tech social media displaced journalism, a core pillar of democracy, and has been bad for society. EU lawmakers want European, privacy-centered tech. There are still questions of whether the internet is worth building on and what to build. But they are talking about it

“The law and politics can be as innovative as technology” - @paulnemitz.bsky.social at #EuroskyLive

@paulnemitz.bsky.social at #EuroskyLive recommending www.nyuengelberg.org/outputs/regu..., by an American legal expert, for calling out the "bullshit" narrative that European regulation is anti -innovation.

h/t @bmann.ca

SCOOP: The European Commission is in advanced talks to propose formally recognizing “legitimate interest” as the legal basis for training AI technologies with personal data under the GDPR. The… | Luca... SCOOP: The European Commission is in advanced talks to propose formally recognizing “legitimate interest” as the legal basis for training AI technologies with personal data under the GDPR. The amendme...

My comment on plans to create a specific legal base in #GDPR which would declare the use of personal data for training #AI as justified by legitimate interest of corporations or governments: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

continued: ... for rules on #Tech with hard #enforcement and for new ways to develop tech, namely tech that supports and not undermines #Democracy, the #RuleofLaw  and #FundamentalRights. END

Continued: ...3 pillars of #freedom, and so do the #Tech #Totalitarians. They together imagine a world governed by #AI and maybe 10-15 super powerful people in Tech and Government. Let us calmly say no to this, vote the totalitarian politics out of office and build big tent coalitions..
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I find myself ranked as #AI #EUInfluencer number 2 in 2025. Please join me on #Mastodon @PaulNemitz@eupolicy.social. And join me in convincing people: It makes sense to engage for #Democracy, #RuleofLaw and #FundamentalRights. The Presidents of #America, #China and #Russia hate these..
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Meinungsfreiheit: Wie gefährlich ist „Big Tech“? Der Deutsche Anwaltstag nimmt das Geschäftsmodell der großen Plattformen ins Visier. Juristen sehen die freie Meinungsbildung bedroht.

Empfehlenswerter F.A.Z. Beitrag: Wie gefährlich ist „Big Tech“?
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Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors

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Celebrating 5th anniversary, @defenddemocracy.bsky.social is thrilled to:

✅ welcome new Board members
✅ welcome Advisory Board member @paulnemitz.bsky.social
✅ join steering group @democratiecoalitie.bsky.social
✅ continue Coalition for Democratic Resilience

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#GSS2025 @paulnemitz.bsky.social just told @signal.org that he didn't believe any EU privacy laws are technically impossible to implement "that's the kind of thing big tech says." 🤦‍♀️

Nobody wants their personal data and chats to be used for AI Training. What are the Data Protection Authorities doing about this ? It could be so simple, just order AI programmes trained with personal data obtained illegally to be deleted. www.politico.eu/pro/german-u... #AI #GDPR #KI #DSGVO

Opinion | This Is Why America Needs Public Media

#Google #Facebook took ads from media. Now #Trump kills public funds:"The number of local journalists is down by 75 percent since 2002, and a third of American counties don’t have a single full-time local journalist" #Democracy newshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/opinion/pbs-npr-cuts-funding.html

YouTube video by Angelicum AI and the Law as a Tool for the Common Good | Prof. Paul Nemitz & Prof.ssa Margherita Daverio

I spoke on #AI #Democracy and the #RuleofLaw, alongside the UN General Assembly last autumn in New York, at the Global Foundation for Democracy, and in May of this year, at the Catholic University "Angelicum" in Rome: youtube.com/watch?v=ZbmQ... and youtu.be/cCFwaa6BtWA?...

How US Firms Are Weakening the EU AI Code of Practice | TechPolicy.Press Instead of giving in, the Commission must ensure that the Code reflects the intent of the AI Act and safeguards public interest, write Nemitz and Oueslati.

How #US Firms are weakening #EU #AI #Code of practice: By pressuring the European Commission to prioritize a few US firms over 1,000 stakeholders, the companies put entire process at risk and lose credibility as actors of public interest.#AIAct #OpenAI #GAFAM www.techpolicy.press/how-us-firms...