Claes de Vreese ☑️

"If it is interesting, boost it. You are not on Twitter" Political Communication Prof and University Professor of AI & Society w special emphasis on media and democracy U Amsterdam  Co-Director @algosoc and AI, Media & Democracy Lab Director of Digital Democracy Centre U Southern Denmark @DDC_SDU  #commodon #polcomm #journalism #media #tech #disinformation #AI #democracy 🇩🇰 🇳🇱🇪🇺

Website U Amsterdam:: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/v/r/c.h.devreese/c.h.devreese.html?cb
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Website AI, Media & Democracy Lab: https://www.aim4dem.nl
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2026-05-06 05:38:08 UTC

Leaving X.
German parties leaving, collectively, is more than a symbolic exit. It is a chance to reassess how and where political communication happens.
A platform’s relevance is not inherent. It is constructed through user behavior. And when influential users walk, the relevance begins to erode.
#WirVerlassenX #socialmedia #democracy #journalism
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2026-05-05 06:23:57 UTC

The 🇩🇪 Greens, the Left/Linke and the social democrats (SPD) all collectively left X.
Coordinated action. Citing chaos and disinformation on the platform.
Should inspire many parties in more countries.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/520/531/394/829/767/original/8bea2423911ccf0d.png

2026-04-12 08:16:21 UTC

Worth contemplating today when Hungary votes 🗳️ 🇭🇺
An electoral autocracy (defined by V-dem Institute), member of the European Union 🇪🇺, with overt electoral interference from both Russia and the US, for the same candidate.

2026-02-15 17:41:47 UTC

Amsterdam
❄️ ⛄️
#photography #winter
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2026-01-25 12:28:12 UTC

This one is making the rounds.
But after a tense 🇪🇺 vs 🇺🇸 week it is needed.
Healthier, less poor, fairer, more equitable, safer.
🇪🇺 not perfect. But pretty good!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/955/732/325/368/696/original/5797737676cd815d.png

2026-01-22 06:51:17 UTC

And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
#TippingPoint
Source: https://dr.dk
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2026-01-20 16:32:12 UTC

Not the most important move in the world…. BUT it *is* significant when commercial companies also decide to leave X.
Next: all airlines using Amsterdam airport also saying 👋🏼 to X ??
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2026-01-20 08:22:23 UTC

One Year Trump.
Let the past year serve as a reminder of what a malicious, vindictive, greedy leader can do to a country in one year. If no one stands up.
And let it be a reminder that a strong opposition, strong institutions, strong judiciary, and independent and free media are necessary guardrails in a strong democracy.
#democracy

2026-01-17 11:59:20 UTC

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.
Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.
Source: https://dr.dk
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2026-01-10 07:55:48 UTC

Urgent call from citizen in Greenalnd to the US Congress.
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
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2026-01-04 19:32:28 UTC

Why is so much news focused on the ‘operation’ and the ‘logistics’ of the Venezuela invasion?
More is needed on the illegality, casualties, reasons for absent and lukewarm political reactions, precedent setting, and implications.
🤷

2026-01-01 11:19:28 UTC

Happy new year #HNY 🎇
Fingers crossed 🤞🏽
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2025-11-25 10:44:53 UTC

Dutch public broadcaster NOS (finally) stops posting on X.
The disadvantages are seen as too big. The reach has dwindled.
In the category, 'better late than never': good choice.
https://over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-plaatst-vanaf-vandaag-geen-nieuwsberichten-meer-op-x/

2025-09-22 07:24:45 UTC

Paying for posts on Facebook and TikTok, sharing disinformation, manufacturing polls, preparing for questioning election integrity.
The Moldova elections on September 28 are targeted for interference.
#democracy #elections #integrity
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5kl0n5d2o

2025-09-18 13:17:51 UTC

LinkedIn user? Starting November 3 posts will be used to train their AI.
Unless you opt out, actively.
Your text, your data, your choice! This should have been an opt-in, not op-out
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2025-08-26 19:02:32 UTC

The EU is a market with 450 million people.
There is vast public support for regulation of big tech and for companies to meet their responsibilities.
Giving in after a decade of efforts in this space is undesirable and unnecessary.
#regulation #bigtech #platforms #eu
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/business/trump-technology-european-union-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2025-08-24 06:58:09 UTC

A key sentence here seems to be:
The deal could “give OpenAI access to government data” 👀
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/23/uk-minister-peter-kyle-chatgpt-plus-openai-sam-altman?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2025-08-12 17:53:41 UTC

Oh come on… it’s not the private emails and holiday photos that is the problem here.
Address the real problem. Make big tech and AI companies pay for the exorbitant use.
System level solutions please.
https://www.404media.co/uk-asks-people-to-delete-emails-in-order-to-save-water-during-drought/

2025-08-07 20:39:10 UTC

Discussions about digital sovereignty are 🔥
Which countries lead the way?
@npub1rk6…hv4q created an Index ranking countries based on the relative presence of self-hosted tools across key application areas.
1. Finland 🇫🇮
2. Germany 🇩🇪
3. The Netherlands 🇳🇱
https://dsi.nextcloud.com/index.php
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2025-04-19 06:49:10 UTC

Mis/disinformation research officially cancelled.
Understanding the creation, content, distribution, and susceptibility is one of today’s key scientific and societal challenges.
Researching this is not free speech infringement. Such a claim is intentionally misleading.
#disinformation #science
https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities
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2025-04-16 06:11:53 UTC

Sadly needed. Initiative (pilot) to support counter-disinformation professionals: fact checkers, journalists, researchers.
assistance for fx legal aid, digital security, psychological support, emergency training, and other urgent needs.
#disinformation #research #journalism #safe
https://gulbenkian.pt/emifund/news/emif-launches-safe-initiative/

2025-04-14 05:37:05 UTC

“When our academics fear travelling to major conferences or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem.”
#science #conferences #academicchatter
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/14/australian-academics-refuse-to-attend-us-conferences-for-fear-of-being-detained

2025-03-05 18:13:30 UTC

Unimaginable a few weeks ago. But here we are. French university offering refuge to US scholars.
“It targets, but is not limited to, climate and environment, health, and human and social sciences.”
#democracy #science
https://www.404media.co/french-university-to-fund-american-scientists-who-fear-trump-censorship/

2025-03-03 12:12:59 UTC

European democracy is not a bargaining chip. This needs to be clear in 🇪🇺🇺🇸negotiations.
The EU's Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, & AI Act are instruments to offer counterweight.
Europe should not sell the democratic and regulatory instruments in a deal!
#democracy #bigtech #media #DSA #trump #musk
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-lawmakers-counter-tech-bro-washington-lobby-mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk/

2025-03-01 09:48:29 UTC

Allowing TASS, Russia’s press agency, into the white house while excluding your own free press (AP, Reuters) is not only an attack on press freedom but also legitimizing a propaganda machine.
#pressfreedom #democracy #journalism
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/28/tass-oval-office-trump-zelenskyy-00206739

2025-02-27 12:34:42 UTC

🔥 This email from @npub168d…tu7v on Bezos' direct interference with the contents of WaPo ... 🎤💥
"The Guardian will never take editorial direction from our billionaire owner – because thankfully, we don't have one. Instead, we rely on supporters like you to fund our truly independent work."
#democracy #pressfreedom #journalism
@npub1y8t…txze

2025-02-24 09:25:11 UTC

At a time where the vulnerability of relying on US digital infrastructure and cloud services is huge, our AlgoSoc program pilot to rely on European cloud services is more relevant than ever.
Alternatives are not easy. But necessary.
#infrastucture #sovereignty #cloud #BigTech
https://www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/five-dutch-universities-are-experimenting-with-alternative-european-cloud

2025-02-24 07:31:00 UTC

3 years of war.
3 years of Ukrainian resistance.
Putin started this war.
Russia is the agressor.
Zelensky | Ukraine need support.
Europe, now is the time.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/057/691/370/230/011/original/2fffe2eb9e66784b.jpeg

2025-02-16 10:30:20 UTC

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.
The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.
#journalism #democracy #freepress
https://rsf.org/en/index
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2025-02-13 12:42:01 UTC

The 'feeling' that X under Musk is a different place than before is quantified in this new study titled 'Substantial Hate'
1️⃣ hate speech up to 50% higher;
2️⃣ hate speech increase persistent;
3️⃣ no reduction in inauthentic accounts
#democracy #hatespeech
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0313293

2025-01-18 19:24:27 UTC

Paris says au revoir to X 👋🏼
Paris “criticised X for limiting the reach of factual and objective messages”
Will European governments be next? #xodus #exit
https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/01/are-european-governments-next-paris-joins-growing-exodus-from-musks-x/

2025-01-13 12:03:17 UTC

Deciding when to leave can be lonely, also when it comes to X!
But one can also coordinate and act together: 60+ German universities leave X 👋🏼
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/over-60-german-universities-quit-social-media-platform-x/3447287

2025-01-06 22:26:34 UTC

Bye X 👋🏼
Dutch science foundation NWO drops X.
Reason: “public discourse on X is increasingly characterized by the spread of misinformation and hate speech”
NWO will use their website, newsletter and LinkedIn for announcements.
#Academicchatter
https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/nwo-stops-using-social-media-platform-x

2025-01-06 12:14:15 UTC

🎙️ 💥 Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards made this cartoon for the national newspaper @npub1m06…e2lx
In support of former #WashingtonPost cartoonist Ann Telnaes.
And this paper published it!
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