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
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...
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...
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.
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...
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
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
BREAKING: Russian propaganda site promotes far-right party ahead of Netherlands elections.
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#NOSdebat #NederlandKiest #TK2025
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#NOSdebat #NederlandKiest #TK2025
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BREAKING: Russian propaganda site promotes far-right party ahead of Netherlands elections.
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#NOSdebat #NederlandKiest #TK2025
"The party's channel is also in the top 10 sources on which the website has relied since its inception."
defenddemocracy.eu/russian-prav...
#NOSdebat #NederlandKiest #TK2025
Voor de kijkers naar #EenVandaag:
Die negativiteit over migratie op sociale media wordt veroorzaakt door een hyperactieve minderheid.
En krijgt dus onterecht zuurstof van veel traditionele media (en extreem-rechtse politici).
www.web-watch.org/news/minderh...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen2025
Die negativiteit over migratie op sociale media wordt veroorzaakt door een hyperactieve minderheid.
En krijgt dus onterecht zuurstof van veel traditionele media (en extreem-rechtse politici).
www.web-watch.org/news/minderh...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen2025
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Voor de kijkers naar #EenVandaag:
Die negativiteit over migratie op sociale media wordt veroorzaakt door een hyperactieve minderheid.
En krijgt dus onterecht zuurstof van veel traditionele media (en extreem-rechtse politici).
www.web-watch.org/news/minderh...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen2025
Die negativiteit over migratie op sociale media wordt veroorzaakt door een hyperactieve minderheid.
En krijgt dus onterecht zuurstof van veel traditionele media (en extreem-rechtse politici).
www.web-watch.org/news/minderh...
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen2025
Als techie met hart voor de democratie ga ik woensdag voor een “nerd vote” 🤓
Jij ook?
🗳️ nerdvote.nl
Dank aan @berthubert.bsky.social voor dit mooie initiatief.
Jij ook?
🗳️ nerdvote.nl
Dank aan @berthubert.bsky.social voor dit mooie initiatief.
October 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Als techie met hart voor de democratie ga ik woensdag voor een “nerd vote” 🤓
Jij ook?
🗳️ nerdvote.nl
Dank aan @berthubert.bsky.social voor dit mooie initiatief.
Jij ook?
🗳️ nerdvote.nl
Dank aan @berthubert.bsky.social voor dit mooie initiatief.
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Gift from a dear American friend:
Coffee cups “to keep me going” in my work defending democracy.
Lovely detail: the hand-painted collection is called ‘Blue Line’.
#HoldTheLine #DefendDemocracy
Coffee cups “to keep me going” in my work defending democracy.
Lovely detail: the hand-painted collection is called ‘Blue Line’.
#HoldTheLine #DefendDemocracy
October 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Gift from a dear American friend:
Coffee cups “to keep me going” in my work defending democracy.
Lovely detail: the hand-painted collection is called ‘Blue Line’.
#HoldTheLine #DefendDemocracy
Coffee cups “to keep me going” in my work defending democracy.
Lovely detail: the hand-painted collection is called ‘Blue Line’.
#HoldTheLine #DefendDemocracy
September 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There’s already a lot of interest in WebWatch, the tech watchdog by Defend Democracy!
Visiting The Hague and Amsterdam for meetings about the upcoming elections and what Defend Democracy will do to help.
Stay tuned! #TK2025 #NLpol
defenddemocracy.eu/webwatch-tec...
Visiting The Hague and Amsterdam for meetings about the upcoming elections and what Defend Democracy will do to help.
Stay tuned! #TK2025 #NLpol
defenddemocracy.eu/webwatch-tec...
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
There’s already a lot of interest in WebWatch, the tech watchdog by Defend Democracy!
Visiting The Hague and Amsterdam for meetings about the upcoming elections and what Defend Democracy will do to help.
Stay tuned! #TK2025 #NLpol
defenddemocracy.eu/webwatch-tec...
Visiting The Hague and Amsterdam for meetings about the upcoming elections and what Defend Democracy will do to help.
Stay tuned! #TK2025 #NLpol
defenddemocracy.eu/webwatch-tec...
Today of all days was great timing for me to address politicians from the Baltic Sea Region on how the Tr*mp regime is distorting our European digital laws.
Based on their own behaviour Trump+Vance+Rubio don't care about actual free speech – just using it as propaganda in a geopolitical power grab.
Based on their own behaviour Trump+Vance+Rubio don't care about actual free speech – just using it as propaganda in a geopolitical power grab.
August 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today of all days was great timing for me to address politicians from the Baltic Sea Region on how the Tr*mp regime is distorting our European digital laws.
Based on their own behaviour Trump+Vance+Rubio don't care about actual free speech – just using it as propaganda in a geopolitical power grab.
Based on their own behaviour Trump+Vance+Rubio don't care about actual free speech – just using it as propaganda in a geopolitical power grab.
Found at Utrecht train station: a book from the radio host my grandfather listened to every Sunday at lunch time.
I was too young to understand a thing, but “The State of the World” must have been my first encounter with geopolitics.
It will always be linked to my grandmother’s tomato soup.
I was too young to understand a thing, but “The State of the World” must have been my first encounter with geopolitics.
It will always be linked to my grandmother’s tomato soup.
July 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Found at Utrecht train station: a book from the radio host my grandfather listened to every Sunday at lunch time.
I was too young to understand a thing, but “The State of the World” must have been my first encounter with geopolitics.
It will always be linked to my grandmother’s tomato soup.
I was too young to understand a thing, but “The State of the World” must have been my first encounter with geopolitics.
It will always be linked to my grandmother’s tomato soup.
July 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I'm not a fan of Yanis Varoufakis, but this is an interesting take on his book Technofeudalism:
"Convincing and helping comrades to quit the capitalist [digital] platforms and join the Fediverse is an important form of revolutionary political organisation."
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technof...
"Convincing and helping comrades to quit the capitalist [digital] platforms and join the Fediverse is an important form of revolutionary political organisation."
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technof...
July 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm not a fan of Yanis Varoufakis, but this is an interesting take on his book Technofeudalism:
"Convincing and helping comrades to quit the capitalist [digital] platforms and join the Fediverse is an important form of revolutionary political organisation."
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technof...
"Convincing and helping comrades to quit the capitalist [digital] platforms and join the Fediverse is an important form of revolutionary political organisation."
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technof...
July 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"In the face of war, lies, and rising extremism, we must treat democratic security like military security.
We need a New Democratic Pact."
@coe.int SG @alain-berset.coe.int on the 75th anniversary of Germany's accession to the Council of Europe.
www.coe.int/en/web/secre...
We need a New Democratic Pact."
@coe.int SG @alain-berset.coe.int on the 75th anniversary of Germany's accession to the Council of Europe.
www.coe.int/en/web/secre...
July 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"In the face of war, lies, and rising extremism, we must treat democratic security like military security.
We need a New Democratic Pact."
@coe.int SG @alain-berset.coe.int on the 75th anniversary of Germany's accession to the Council of Europe.
www.coe.int/en/web/secre...
We need a New Democratic Pact."
@coe.int SG @alain-berset.coe.int on the 75th anniversary of Germany's accession to the Council of Europe.
www.coe.int/en/web/secre...
For the first time since being invited by the three U.S. Missions (EU, NATO and Belgium) to their annual 4 July celebration, I have declined the invitation.
I hope many others will give a similar political message.
#HandsOFF Our Democracy!
defenddemocracy.eu/handsoff-our...
I hope many others will give a similar political message.
#HandsOFF Our Democracy!
defenddemocracy.eu/handsoff-our...
June 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
For the first time since being invited by the three U.S. Missions (EU, NATO and Belgium) to their annual 4 July celebration, I have declined the invitation.
I hope many others will give a similar political message.
#HandsOFF Our Democracy!
defenddemocracy.eu/handsoff-our...
I hope many others will give a similar political message.
#HandsOFF Our Democracy!
defenddemocracy.eu/handsoff-our...
Impressions from my first #NATOsummit:
Catching up with security colleagues
Learning from the Baltics about resilience
Supporting Ukraine's defence (and ours!)
Reception with the mayor of The Hague
Summit Declaration mentions civil preparedness & resilience!
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
Catching up with security colleagues
Learning from the Baltics about resilience
Supporting Ukraine's defence (and ours!)
Reception with the mayor of The Hague
Summit Declaration mentions civil preparedness & resilience!
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
June 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Impressions from my first #NATOsummit:
Catching up with security colleagues
Learning from the Baltics about resilience
Supporting Ukraine's defence (and ours!)
Reception with the mayor of The Hague
Summit Declaration mentions civil preparedness & resilience!
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
Catching up with security colleagues
Learning from the Baltics about resilience
Supporting Ukraine's defence (and ours!)
Reception with the mayor of The Hague
Summit Declaration mentions civil preparedness & resilience!
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
Thrilled to be selected for the 2025 #VVGF Fellowship with @VitalVoices!
Follow along with me on this journey to accelerate my impact for change with @defenddemocracy.bsky.social.
Press release: www.vitalvoices.org/news-article...
Follow along with me on this journey to accelerate my impact for change with @defenddemocracy.bsky.social.
Press release: www.vitalvoices.org/news-article...
June 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thrilled to be selected for the 2025 #VVGF Fellowship with @VitalVoices!
Follow along with me on this journey to accelerate my impact for change with @defenddemocracy.bsky.social.
Press release: www.vitalvoices.org/news-article...
Follow along with me on this journey to accelerate my impact for change with @defenddemocracy.bsky.social.
Press release: www.vitalvoices.org/news-article...
Good to catch up with @glandsbergis.bsky.social, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
Europe is at a crossroads. Either we become the flag bearer of the free world, or we become irrelevant.
#DefendDemocracy
Europe is at a crossroads. Either we become the flag bearer of the free world, or we become irrelevant.
#DefendDemocracy
June 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Good to catch up with @glandsbergis.bsky.social, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
Europe is at a crossroads. Either we become the flag bearer of the free world, or we become irrelevant.
#DefendDemocracy
Europe is at a crossroads. Either we become the flag bearer of the free world, or we become irrelevant.
#DefendDemocracy
EU Parliament calls for stronger enforcement of EUropean values and decisions of the EU's Court of Justice, warning that the legitimacy of the EU legal order is at stake.
“The silence of [EUropean] democrats is the greatest boon for extremists.”
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... #EPlenary
“The silence of [EUropean] democrats is the greatest boon for extremists.”
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... #EPlenary
June 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
EU Parliament calls for stronger enforcement of EUropean values and decisions of the EU's Court of Justice, warning that the legitimacy of the EU legal order is at stake.
“The silence of [EUropean] democrats is the greatest boon for extremists.”
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... #EPlenary
“The silence of [EUropean] democrats is the greatest boon for extremists.”
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... #EPlenary