Alice Stollmeyer
@stollmeyer.bsky.social
Founder & Executive Director of https://DefendDemocracy.EU/
Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats.
🏆Politico’s #Power40
Support #DefendDemocracy: https://defenddemocracy.eu/get-involved/donate
Busy defending democracy against hybrid & technological threats.
🏆Politico’s #Power40
Support #DefendDemocracy: https://defenddemocracy.eu/get-involved/donate
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Alice Stollmeyer
@stollmeyer.bsky.social
· Apr 16
#HandsOFF our democracy — Defend Democracy
Speech by Defend Democracy at the 'Hands Off Our Democracy' protest in front of the European Commission, urging to them defend our democracy and our Europe.
defenddemocracy.eu
"Since at least 2014 we are watching a coup against democracy unfold. It is the combination of hybrid warfare, rise of the far-right, and tech coup.
How long can Europe hold the line if we don’t take defending our democracy as serious as defending our territory?"
defenddemocracy.eu/handsoff-our...
How long can Europe hold the line if we don’t take defending our democracy as serious as defending our territory?"
defenddemocracy.eu/handsoff-our...
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
Apples with pears, and an insult to compare Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) warning against *failing* chatbots to Trump's attacks on "woke AI".
Did the authors of this article even bother to read the research on which the AP based its warning?
www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-w...
Did the authors of this article even bother to read the research on which the AP based its warning?
www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-w...
November 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Apples with pears, and an insult to compare Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) warning against *failing* chatbots to Trump's attacks on "woke AI".
Did the authors of this article even bother to read the research on which the AP based its warning?
www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-w...
Did the authors of this article even bother to read the research on which the AP based its warning?
www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/actueel/ap-w...
Why Europe needs a security update: the era of hybrid warfare.
"When updating security assets, we must not only invest in hardware and software but also in ‘wetware’."
My latest:
defenddemocracy.eu/europe-secur...
"When updating security assets, we must not only invest in hardware and software but also in ‘wetware’."
My latest:
defenddemocracy.eu/europe-secur...
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Why Europe needs a security update: the era of hybrid warfare.
"When updating security assets, we must not only invest in hardware and software but also in ‘wetware’."
My latest:
defenddemocracy.eu/europe-secur...
"When updating security assets, we must not only invest in hardware and software but also in ‘wetware’."
My latest:
defenddemocracy.eu/europe-secur...
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Cutting diplomacy and foreign aid comes with a price.
“You realize ‘soft power’ is not soft when you lose it.”
#USAID #EUpol #EUdiplomacy
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
“You realize ‘soft power’ is not soft when you lose it.”
#USAID #EUpol #EUdiplomacy
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
The West’s new arms race: Selling peace to buy war
Military spending is rising faster than at any time since the end of the Cold War, but the retreat from diplomacy and foreign aid will come at a price.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Cutting diplomacy and foreign aid comes with a price.
“You realize ‘soft power’ is not soft when you lose it.”
#USAID #EUpol #EUdiplomacy
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
“You realize ‘soft power’ is not soft when you lose it.”
#USAID #EUpol #EUdiplomacy
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
This article is an antidote to the all too common trope in the UK among Brexiters and exceptionalists that Europe is somehow a "global bully" (while simultaneously being too weak and unable to rein in emotional France and vengeful Germany. Or something)
No. Europe is a port in a storm.
A 🧵
No. Europe is a port in a storm.
A 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This article is an antidote to the all too common trope in the UK among Brexiters and exceptionalists that Europe is somehow a "global bully" (while simultaneously being too weak and unable to rein in emotional France and vengeful Germany. Or something)
No. Europe is a port in a storm.
A 🧵
No. Europe is a port in a storm.
A 🧵
15 November 2025, back in Belgium after several weeks in the Netherlands.
The weather has been so exceptionally mild that in many gardens roses are blooming.
I’m torn between being delighted by their beauty and being concerned about the climate crisis.
The weather has been so exceptionally mild that in many gardens roses are blooming.
I’m torn between being delighted by their beauty and being concerned about the climate crisis.
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
15 November 2025, back in Belgium after several weeks in the Netherlands.
The weather has been so exceptionally mild that in many gardens roses are blooming.
I’m torn between being delighted by their beauty and being concerned about the climate crisis.
The weather has been so exceptionally mild that in many gardens roses are blooming.
I’m torn between being delighted by their beauty and being concerned about the climate crisis.
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
🧵👇
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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“Bottom line: partisan sources + lobbying conflicts + a choreographed leak = a weaponised attack on public-service journalism.”
#BBC #journalism #Trump
#BBC #journalism #Trump
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Bottom line: partisan sources + lobbying conflicts + a choreographed leak = a weaponised attack on public-service journalism.”
#BBC #journalism #Trump
#BBC #journalism #Trump
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
Rob Jetten, likely next Dutch PM, says Europe must ‘defeat Putin’.
Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025 #EUpol #EUCO
www.euractiv.com/news/rob-jet...
Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025 #EUpol #EUCO
www.euractiv.com/news/rob-jet...
Rob Jetten, likely next Dutch PM, says Europe must ‘defeat Putin’ | Euractiv
The leader of the progressive-centrist D66 party told Euractiv the Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”
www.euractiv.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Rob Jetten, likely next Dutch PM, says Europe must ‘defeat Putin’.
Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025 #EUpol #EUCO
www.euractiv.com/news/rob-jet...
Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025 #EUpol #EUCO
www.euractiv.com/news/rob-jet...
Bescherming of symptoombestrijding?
De nieuwe EU wetgeving voor politieke advertenties is goed bedoeld maar heeft onverwachte neveneffecten voor ons publieke debat, en daarmee voor onze democratie.
www.web-watch.org/news/wet-pol...
De nieuwe EU wetgeving voor politieke advertenties is goed bedoeld maar heeft onverwachte neveneffecten voor ons publieke debat, en daarmee voor onze democratie.
www.web-watch.org/news/wet-pol...
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Bescherming of symptoombestrijding?
De nieuwe EU wetgeving voor politieke advertenties is goed bedoeld maar heeft onverwachte neveneffecten voor ons publieke debat, en daarmee voor onze democratie.
www.web-watch.org/news/wet-pol...
De nieuwe EU wetgeving voor politieke advertenties is goed bedoeld maar heeft onverwachte neveneffecten voor ons publieke debat, en daarmee voor onze democratie.
www.web-watch.org/news/wet-pol...
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
Interesting sponsored content from Meta in Canada
omg.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Interesting sponsored content from Meta in Canada
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
Het is de almaar toenemende consumptie van steeds onbetrouwbaardere media die onze democratie naar de rand van de afgrond brengt. Zolang de volgevroten meute in haar opwinding blijft hangen – Nederland is kapot! – komen we tot niets meer. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Als je een fascist zijn zondebok afpakt, komt hij gewoon met een nieuwe
www.volkskrant.nl
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Het is de almaar toenemende consumptie van steeds onbetrouwbaardere media die onze democratie naar de rand van de afgrond brengt. Zolang de volgevroten meute in haar opwinding blijft hangen – Nederland is kapot! – komen we tot niets meer. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
It's the internet, stupid.
Why has global populism emerged right now?
No single cause explains as well as the internet.
www.persuasion.community/p/its-the-in...
Why has global populism emerged right now?
No single cause explains as well as the internet.
www.persuasion.community/p/its-the-in...
It’s the Internet, Stupid
What caused the global populist wave? Blame the screens.
www.persuasion.community
October 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's the internet, stupid.
Why has global populism emerged right now?
No single cause explains as well as the internet.
www.persuasion.community/p/its-the-in...
Why has global populism emerged right now?
No single cause explains as well as the internet.
www.persuasion.community/p/its-the-in...
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
"If we Europeans do not wake up and say, ‘We want to take back control of our democracies,’ I can tell you this:
Within 10 years [...] we will be a continent, like many others, of conspiracy theorists, extremists, noise and fury."
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
Within 10 years [...] we will be a continent, like many others, of conspiracy theorists, extremists, noise and fury."
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.
defenddemocracy.eu
October 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"If we Europeans do not wake up and say, ‘We want to take back control of our democracies,’ I can tell you this:
Within 10 years [...] we will be a continent, like many others, of conspiracy theorists, extremists, noise and fury."
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
Within 10 years [...] we will be a continent, like many others, of conspiracy theorists, extremists, noise and fury."
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
IJzersterk essay van @kustaw.bsky.social:
Hoeveel radicale verrechtsing kan de democratie nog aan?
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #DefendDemocracy
Hoeveel radicale verrechtsing kan de democratie nog aan?
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #DefendDemocracy
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
IJzersterk essay van @kustaw.bsky.social:
Hoeveel radicale verrechtsing kan de democratie nog aan?
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #DefendDemocracy
Hoeveel radicale verrechtsing kan de democratie nog aan?
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #DefendDemocracy
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Het is weer zo ver...
Dit keer niet alleen door FvD maar ook door PVV.
#TK2025 #verkiezingen #NLpol #D66
Dit keer niet alleen door FvD maar ook door PVV.
#TK2025 #verkiezingen #NLpol #D66
Het draaiboek lijkt inmiddels versleten, maar ook dit keer duikt de complottheorie over “kiesfraude” weer op.
Over hoe een geliefd thema voor Russische desinformatie ook door Nederlanders wordt gebruikt.
www.web-watch.org/news/complot...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
Over hoe een geliefd thema voor Russische desinformatie ook door Nederlanders wordt gebruikt.
www.web-watch.org/news/complot...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Het is weer zo ver...
Dit keer niet alleen door FvD maar ook door PVV.
#TK2025 #verkiezingen #NLpol #D66
Dit keer niet alleen door FvD maar ook door PVV.
#TK2025 #verkiezingen #NLpol #D66
Timmermans was het grootste online doelwit.
Gevolgd door Ouwehand, Jetten, Bontenbal.
cc:
@franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl
@estherouwehand.bsky.social
@robjetten.bsky.social
@henri.cda.nl
@schimmelpenninck.bsky.social
Gevolgd door Ouwehand, Jetten, Bontenbal.
cc:
@franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl
@estherouwehand.bsky.social
@robjetten.bsky.social
@henri.cda.nl
@schimmelpenninck.bsky.social
Timmermans het grootste doelwit van online toxische reacties.
En Facebook speelt een opvallende rol.
Nieuwe analyse:
www.web-watch.org/news/timmerm...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #PvdA
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social
En Facebook speelt een opvallende rol.
Nieuwe analyse:
www.web-watch.org/news/timmerm...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen #PvdA
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Timmermans was het grootste online doelwit.
Gevolgd door Ouwehand, Jetten, Bontenbal.
cc:
@franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl
@estherouwehand.bsky.social
@robjetten.bsky.social
@henri.cda.nl
@schimmelpenninck.bsky.social
Gevolgd door Ouwehand, Jetten, Bontenbal.
cc:
@franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl
@estherouwehand.bsky.social
@robjetten.bsky.social
@henri.cda.nl
@schimmelpenninck.bsky.social
Rob Jetten, likely next Dutch PM, says Europe must ‘defeat Putin’.
Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025 #EUpol #EUCO
www.euractiv.com/news/rob-jet...
Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025 #EUpol #EUCO
www.euractiv.com/news/rob-jet...
Rob Jetten, likely next Dutch PM, says Europe must ‘defeat Putin’ | Euractiv
The leader of the progressive-centrist D66 party told Euractiv the Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”
www.euractiv.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Rob Jetten, likely next Dutch PM, says Europe must ‘defeat Putin’.
Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025 #EUpol #EUCO
www.euractiv.com/news/rob-jet...
Netherlands must back Ukraine “no matter what”.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025 #EUpol #EUCO
www.euractiv.com/news/rob-jet...
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
It is also very concerning that the FvD is openly pro-Kremlin.
According to @defenddemocracy.bsky.social research, FvD was part of a Russian propaganda ecosystem during the campaign:
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
According to @defenddemocracy.bsky.social research, FvD was part of a Russian propaganda ecosystem during the campaign:
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
Russian propaganda site ‘Pravda’ promotes far-right FvD ahead of Netherlands elections — Defend Democracy
Pro-Russian propaganda channel seems to actively promote a far-right party in the two months leading up to the Netherlands' elections.
defenddemocracy.eu
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It is also very concerning that the FvD is openly pro-Kremlin.
According to @defenddemocracy.bsky.social research, FvD was part of a Russian propaganda ecosystem during the campaign:
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
According to @defenddemocracy.bsky.social research, FvD was part of a Russian propaganda ecosystem during the campaign:
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
The Overton window has shifted to the right.
Our fight for democracy is far from over.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025
Our fight for democracy is far from over.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025
With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The Overton window has shifted to the right.
Our fight for democracy is far from over.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025
Our fight for democracy is far from over.
#DefendDemocracy #TK2025
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
Sterker nog, inmiddels kunnen we ook BBB wel tot het radicaalrechtse blok rekenen, en de VVD staat er ook met één teen, dan wel één been in. Het blok is gegroeid en het raam van Overton is een stuk naar rechts verschoven.
"Het radicaal-rechtse blok (PVV, JA21, FVD) verliest ten opzichte van 2023 zo slechts één zetel." www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Grote overwinning van D66 markeert de comeback van het politieke midden
Verkiezingsuitslag: De kiezer geeft de partijen uit het kabinet-Schoof een afstraffing en beloont middenpartijen D66 en CDA. Twee mogelijke meerderheidscoalities liggen voor de hand: eentje door het m...
www.nrc.nl
October 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Sterker nog, inmiddels kunnen we ook BBB wel tot het radicaalrechtse blok rekenen, en de VVD staat er ook met één teen, dan wel één been in. Het blok is gegroeid en het raam van Overton is een stuk naar rechts verschoven.
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.
Reposted by Alice Stollmeyer
A not insignificant footnote in this election is that the openly pro-Kremlin party FVD doubled its number of seats in the Dutch parliament. According to @defenddemocracy.bsky.social, FVD was part of a Russian propaganda ecosystem during the campaign: defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
Russian propaganda site ‘Pravda’ promotes far-right FvD ahead of Netherlands elections — Defend Democracy
Pro-Russian propaganda channel seems to actively promote a far-right party in the two months leading up to the Netherlands' elections.
defenddemocracy.eu
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A not insignificant footnote in this election is that the openly pro-Kremlin party FVD doubled its number of seats in the Dutch parliament. According to @defenddemocracy.bsky.social, FVD was part of a Russian propaganda ecosystem during the campaign: defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
BREAKING: Exit poll Netherlands elections:
Liberals D66 on top!
#TK2025 #NKpol #verkiezingen #NederlandKiest
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social
Liberals D66 on top!
#TK2025 #NKpol #verkiezingen #NederlandKiest
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
BREAKING: Exit poll Netherlands elections:
Liberals D66 on top!
#TK2025 #NKpol #verkiezingen #NederlandKiest
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social
Liberals D66 on top!
#TK2025 #NKpol #verkiezingen #NederlandKiest
@defenddemocracy.bsky.social