Adam Leon Smith
@adamleonsmith.substack.com
Technology product safety advocate. AI standards expert. Chair of AIQI. Chair of BCS F-TAG. NoLeFa-84.
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🛒🇪🇺💪 The best time to quit your dependence on the US was years ago.
The second-best time is TODAY (not the day after tomorrow).
#BuyEuropean 🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺💪
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✅ european-alternatives.eu
✅ hardno.eu
✅ www.goeuropean.org
✅ euroalternative.co
#Grønland #tariffs #greenland #trump
The second-best time is TODAY (not the day after tomorrow).
#BuyEuropean 🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺💪
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✅ european-alternatives.eu
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✅ www.goeuropean.org
✅ euroalternative.co
#Grønland #tariffs #greenland #trump
European Alternatives
Overview of non-European products and companies that we list European Alternatives for
buy-european.net
January 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
🛒🇪🇺💪 The best time to quit your dependence on the US was years ago.
The second-best time is TODAY (not the day after tomorrow).
#BuyEuropean 🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺💪
✅ buy-european.net/en/alternati...
✅ european-alternatives.eu
✅ hardno.eu
✅ www.goeuropean.org
✅ euroalternative.co
#Grønland #tariffs #greenland #trump
The second-best time is TODAY (not the day after tomorrow).
#BuyEuropean 🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺💪
✅ buy-european.net/en/alternati...
✅ european-alternatives.eu
✅ hardno.eu
✅ www.goeuropean.org
✅ euroalternative.co
#Grønland #tariffs #greenland #trump
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Time for European Anti-Coercion instrument, ACI now, Dear
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu
@kajakallas.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu
- ban X, Grok and Foxnews right away
- high tax on Google, Meta, Amazon, Tesla revenues
- boycott #FIFA2026
- stop to US weapon buys
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu
@kajakallas.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu
- ban X, Grok and Foxnews right away
- high tax on Google, Meta, Amazon, Tesla revenues
- boycott #FIFA2026
- stop to US weapon buys
Europe has to stand up to Trump. Use the Anti-Coercion instrument. There's no other way
Weakness will only invite more
Weakness will only invite more
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Time for European Anti-Coercion instrument, ACI now, Dear
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu
@kajakallas.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu
- ban X, Grok and Foxnews right away
- high tax on Google, Meta, Amazon, Tesla revenues
- boycott #FIFA2026
- stop to US weapon buys
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu
@kajakallas.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu
- ban X, Grok and Foxnews right away
- high tax on Google, Meta, Amazon, Tesla revenues
- boycott #FIFA2026
- stop to US weapon buys
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EU ambassadors have been summoned to an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday over Greenland and U.S. tariff threats.-Reuters
January 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
EU ambassadors have been summoned to an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday over Greenland and U.S. tariff threats.-Reuters
This
The US has built its entire economy on "soft power". Equal copyright enforcement across its sphere if influence, pharmaceutical patents, US dollar as reserve currency, other countries buying US debt, and so on.
The US dictator can conquer Greenland, but the US society will massively change as result
The US dictator can conquer Greenland, but the US society will massively change as result
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This
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"In a new analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the Trump administration and the European far right."
Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights | Corporate Europe Observatory
In a new analysis we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the ...
corporateeurope.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM
"In a new analysis by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl, we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the Trump administration and the European far right."
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The Liz Truss Show - Behind the Scenes
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Liz Truss Show - Behind the Scenes
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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Oh my word….
The click bait merchants at the Telegraph are having an absolute field day right now! 🙄
Shall we take a look at the *reality* behind this sensationalist article?
Go on, you know you want to! 😜
🧵
1/25 (1/1)
The click bait merchants at the Telegraph are having an absolute field day right now! 🙄
Shall we take a look at the *reality* behind this sensationalist article?
Go on, you know you want to! 😜
🧵
1/25 (1/1)
August 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Oh my word….
The click bait merchants at the Telegraph are having an absolute field day right now! 🙄
Shall we take a look at the *reality* behind this sensationalist article?
Go on, you know you want to! 😜
🧵
1/25 (1/1)
The click bait merchants at the Telegraph are having an absolute field day right now! 🙄
Shall we take a look at the *reality* behind this sensationalist article?
Go on, you know you want to! 😜
🧵
1/25 (1/1)
I wrote something for the first time in a while.
AI assurance needs to move beyond generic process frameworks into task level measures:
open.substack.com/pub/adamleon...
AI assurance needs to move beyond generic process frameworks into task level measures:
open.substack.com/pub/adamleon...
Task-level AI assurance
The missing piece in the conversation
open.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I wrote something for the first time in a while.
AI assurance needs to move beyond generic process frameworks into task level measures:
open.substack.com/pub/adamleon...
AI assurance needs to move beyond generic process frameworks into task level measures:
open.substack.com/pub/adamleon...
The US has published its 2025 Foreign Trade Barriers report. It takes a hard swipe at the European Standardisation system. I appreciate that it covers a wide range of topics, from bananas to AI, but there are a few statements in there that really need correction.
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
ustr.gov
April 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The US has published its 2025 Foreign Trade Barriers report. It takes a hard swipe at the European Standardisation system. I appreciate that it covers a wide range of topics, from bananas to AI, but there are a few statements in there that really need correction.
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
I have said before that many services provided by US big tech firms can be easily replaced, given enough motivation.
search.app/rDp29
search.app/rDp29
France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs
The Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...
search.app
March 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I have said before that many services provided by US big tech firms can be easily replaced, given enough motivation.
search.app/rDp29
search.app/rDp29
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This has to be right. Starmer's summit on Sunday has become a potentially decisive moment. If Europeans don't throw their weight behind Ukraine and behind a massive and immediate increase in their defence efforts (& damn the deficits), Europe will find itself at the mercy of Putin & Trump.
Can't see how Europe and the US can reconcile frankly. The reception to Zelensky among EU leaders vs this doesn't seem bridgeable. This is going to play awfully in every chancellery across Europe. A big split is coming
BREAKING: There has just been a huge argument between Zelenskyy, Trump & Vance in the Oval Office.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
February 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This has to be right. Starmer's summit on Sunday has become a potentially decisive moment. If Europeans don't throw their weight behind Ukraine and behind a massive and immediate increase in their defence efforts (& damn the deficits), Europe will find itself at the mercy of Putin & Trump.
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February 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When do we get Proton Maps?
🚨🚨 "In today's incessant insanities from one of the most stupid people on earth" it seems Google Maps is caving in and will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US in line with Trump's executive order. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US
Tech firm to make change in line with Trump’s executive order, using both names in world outside US and Mexico
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When do we get Proton Maps?
When you realise you are arguing about US social media with the global policy director of Meta...
Or someone with the same name and identical lobby positions.
Is there a block list for US big tech employees?
Or someone with the same name and identical lobby positions.
Is there a block list for US big tech employees?
I am interested whether you work for a US social media company, Pedro
January 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When you realise you are arguing about US social media with the global policy director of Meta...
Or someone with the same name and identical lobby positions.
Is there a block list for US big tech employees?
Or someone with the same name and identical lobby positions.
Is there a block list for US big tech employees?
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🌎 It’s time to reclaim social media.
Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives.
#FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative.
Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.com
Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives.
#FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative.
Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.com
Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
freeourfeeds.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🌎 It’s time to reclaim social media.
Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives.
#FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative.
Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.com
Billionaires & venture capital shouldn’t control our digital lives.
#FreeOurFeeds is raising $4M to build a public-interest alternative.
Chip in today to make it happen freeourfeeds.com
1/5 Nice to be quoted here alongside @gaiamarcus.bsky.social talking about the AI Opportunities Action plan
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer’s 50-point plan for artificial intelligence revealed
New government plan involves training the next generation of AI experts at UK universities, changing immigration rules to bring in AI experts now, revising data mining rules to make the UK more compet...
www.independent.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
1/5 Nice to be quoted here alongside @gaiamarcus.bsky.social talking about the AI Opportunities Action plan
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Great article. 2025 is going to be a wild ride.
"The question is now whether the EU, Brazil and others have the determination and the stomach for what will become an ugly public multinational row" and civil society has an important role to play, of course www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
www.ft.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great article. 2025 is going to be a wild ride.
This article does a fascinating deep dive into the harmonised standards for AI being built in Europe.
Good article, but I would reinforce the EC view that it is the most diverse group writing product safety rules in the 40 years the system has been in place.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/b...
Good article, but I would reinforce the EC view that it is the most diverse group writing product safety rules in the 40 years the system has been in place.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/b...
Bias baked in
Setting ‘harmonised standards’ for artificial intelligence is a crucial element of the EU’s AI Act. But who develops these standards? CEO reveals how Europe’s standard-setting bodies dealing with AI a...
corporateeurope.org
January 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This article does a fascinating deep dive into the harmonised standards for AI being built in Europe.
Good article, but I would reinforce the EC view that it is the most diverse group writing product safety rules in the 40 years the system has been in place.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/b...
Good article, but I would reinforce the EC view that it is the most diverse group writing product safety rules in the 40 years the system has been in place.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/b...
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Last week, the government undertook some of the most wide-reaching policy initiatives we've seen in years. And hardly anyone seems to know a damn thing about it. inews.co.uk/opinion/fina...
Finally, we've got a radical agenda from the Government
This is one of the most far-reaching governance projects we've seen in our lifetime
inews.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Last week, the government undertook some of the most wide-reaching policy initiatives we've seen in years. And hardly anyone seems to know a damn thing about it. inews.co.uk/opinion/fina...
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The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
December 10, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
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Does HS2 have a future?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Does HS2 have a future?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?