Alice Stollmeyer

https://eupolicy.social/@AliceStollmeyer

Founder of Defend Democracy (npub1dkn…p4z7). Busy to #DefendDemocracy & values against hybrid & technological threats.

Open for new opportunities.

 🏆 #1 female #EUinfluencer 2019 & 2020; #Power40 in 2023

Personal website: https://stollmeyer.eu
On BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/stollmeyer.bsky.social
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicestollmeyer/
@DefendDemocracy: https://defenddemocracy.eu/

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2026-06-17 17:12:27 GMT

W seems for Boomers who don't get tech?
🤑 for-profit
🔒 now closed source?
🕵️ may use your data to train AI
🦹‍♂️ dodgy tech bro on the Board
🪪 needs govt ID verification & face scanning
🤖 40 million existing ATP users are NOT verified
Building EU Big Tech won't save democracy!
h/t @npub1a8y…lem4
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/
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2026-04-17 11:20:01 GMT

Great job opening at #DefendDemocracy! Join us if you want to help build societal resilience and/or tech sovereignty!
Looking forward to our new phase and to my short sabbatical.
I'm open for coffees & new opportunities! 😊
Deadline for applications: 1 May 2026: https://defenddemocracy.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DD-job-opening-April-2026.pdf
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2026-03-31 08:32:26 GMT

INVESTIGATION: Hungary colluded with Russia.
EVIDENCE: Hungary’s FM acted for the Kremlin.
AIM: weakening EU sanctions packages and delist sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
STOP PUTIN'S TROJAN HORSE IN THE EU!
Stop unanimity-based EU foreign policy!!
#DefendDemocracy
#StandWithUkraine
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#EUPOL #EUCO
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2026-03-24 20:16:41 GMT

Council of European IT experts urge EU Parliament to stick to its recent decision and to reject a re-vote of #ChatControl.
Untargeted mass surveillance of private messages is unreliable, ineffective & violates fundamental rights.
EU Parliament must save privacy!
https://cepis.org/cepis-calls-to-oppose-chat-control-vote/

2026-03-15 09:31:51 GMT

"When Moscow and Washington align around the same European leader, Europe cannot afford naïveté.
Our democracy, sovereignty and unity must never depend on external agendas."
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#EUCO #EUpol
original source (they're not on Mastodon?): https://bsky.app/profile/europeandemocrats.bsky.social/post/3mgtwv5zyw227
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2026-03-08 10:14:36 GMT

"Never forget that a political, economical or religious crisis is enough to cast doubt on women's rights. These rights will never be vested. You have to stay vigilant your whole life."
Simone de Beauvoir, 1949
#WomensDay #IWD2026 #8M
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2026-03-06 11:00:44 GMT

As I've been saying for more than a decade:
For EU's energy & geopolitical security,
Speed up our energy transition!
More efficiency & renewables instead of more dependencies.
EPP & oldskool (German) industry: economic pain from delaying & weakening the #GreenDeal etc is on you.
#EU2030 #EU2050 #EUpol
https://www.ft.com/content/be122b17-e667-478d-be19-89d605e978ea
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2026-03-05 20:05:26 GMT

Why Europeans must stand up to Trump’s illegal war in Iran.
Keeping Trump happy is "strategically counter-productive:
The US war on Iran will only weaken US support for Ukraine—and Russia will be a key beneficiary."
https://ecfr.eu/article/strategic-lunacy-why-europeans-must-stand-up-to-trumps-illegal-war-in-iran/

2026-02-06 12:30:45 GMT

BREAKING: TikTok's addictive design breaches EU law.
(Features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, highly personalised recommender system.)
The EU is finally drawing a line: TikTok has to turn off their addictive tricks.
We should be in control of our own time & attention, not Big Tech, be it 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇪🇺
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_312
Kudos to MEPs @npub15ev…c3aj and @npub12wd…aatc for their fight.
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2026-02-05 08:38:18 GMT

Kicking off the EU Tech Stars Summit!
"Technology has become a weapon in the hands of autocrats.
Fortunately, we have our own alternatives in Europe."*
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#FoShure😎
* https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/event/eu-tech-stars-summit
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2026-02-03 10:31:59 GMT

BREAKING: Europol & Paris cybercrime unit raid Musk X office in France.
"Investigations range from sexually explicit deepfakes, aiding the distribution of child sexual abuse material to the dissemination of Holocaust-denial content."
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU
https://www.politico.eu/article/police-raid-elon-musk-x-office-france

2026-02-01 08:29:36 GMT

PALANTIR is "Like Uber for authoritarians."
Any time the Trump regime says "AI", what you should hear is "repression as a service":
1. AI as an excuse to consolidate data
2. AI to execute orders that humans would refuse
"Europe, do me a favour and don't contribute to a worldwide tyranny machine."
https://johnskinnerportfolio.com/blog/ice_elite/

2026-01-30 12:38:31 GMT

BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
https://www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2026/01/30/aan-de-slag---coalitieakkoord-2026-2030
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2026-01-26 06:22:38 GMT

“Clean energy is Europe’s only route to security and prosperity.”
Let’s add tech sovereignty 💪
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
https://www.politico.eu/article/clean-energy-europe-security-prosperity-ed-miliband-dan-jorgensen/

2026-01-24 07:41:49 GMT

Don’t waste a good crisis: the EU must prepare strategic autonomy.
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-america-allies-eu-diplomats-greenland/

2026-01-18 20:13:15 GMT

BREAKING: emergency EU Summit on #Greenland with the EU's 27 Heads of State & Government in the coming days.
"Readiness to defend ourselves against any form of coercion."
#StandWithGreenland🇬🇱
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/01/18/statement-by-president-costa-on-greenland/
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2026-01-18 16:51:24 GMT

The real Trump whisperer is of course not Rutte but Putin.
As Timothy Snyder says:
“It is worth asking whether [owning Greenland] was a Russian idea.”
#StandWithGreenland🇬🇱
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
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2026-01-18 09:30:02 GMT

#StandWithGreenland🇬🇱
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
PS: dear @npub1m96…ag4y please create a @npub163h…mv0n account for VDL! cc @npub1k2l…dvmj
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2026-01-16 17:29:25 GMT

Republican US senator threatens to use congressional ‘tools’ to block Trump’s Greenland grab.
She also co-introduced a bipartisan bill to prevent the Trump regime from threatening NATO unity.
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
#WeAreNATO
https://www.politico.eu/article/murkowski-threatens-congressional-tools-block-trump-greenland-grab/

2026-01-16 14:50:49 GMT

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I don't know what would be worse: geopolitical ignorance, incompetence, silo-thinking/working, economic pressure from the US (up to blackmail and strategic corruption), political affinity or corporate capture.
By the way, some of these can also be observed at EU level.
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights

2026-01-16 13:46:05 GMT

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/115903704361622856
While enhancing strategic autonomy tops EU's agenda, Netherlands' gov services do the opposite:
Making us MORE dependent on 🇺🇸 imperialist far-right regime & tech oligarchs.
Geopolitical ignorance, incompetence, or corruption?
@npub1c7j…tzs9 @npub1w64…zvuh @npub1f2x…k75w @npub1ms2…8akc @npub18k9…30hx @npub15ev…c3aj @npub1frv…sem4
#note1093…w5wl

2026-01-15 06:45:48 GMT

The era of hybrid warfare:
Poland successfully warded off a massive Russian cyberattack on its powergrid over Christmas.
“Russia’s digital tanks are already here.”
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
https://www.euractiv.com/news/russia-attack-on-power-grid-brought-poland-to-brink-of-blackout-warsaw-says/

2025-12-22 09:49:14 GMT

We zitten in een digitale noodsituatie, wanneer nemen we die eens serieus?
De macht van Amerikaanse Big Tech in combinatie met de 'veiligheidsstrategie' van het Trump regime vraagt om een andere, strategische kijk op technologie.
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-we-zitten-in-een-digitale-noodsituatie-wanneer-nemen-we-die-eens-serieus~b27bdd57/

2025-12-21 15:33:32 GMT

Happy #WinterSolstice — towards more light! 🌞
May your every day grow brighter hereafter 💛🌻😎
https://www.bustle.com/life/what-does-the-winter-solstice-mean-spiritually-its-celebrated-in-tons-of-religions-cultures-7620273
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2025-12-16 09:27:36 GMT

This week, Europe must choose:
Whether the EU remains a geopolitical object, or chooses to become a subject that shapes its own future.
#DefendDemocracy
#HandsOffOurEU
#EUCO #EUpol
#WeAreEU🇪🇺
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/cost-inaction-why-passivity-no-longer-option-european-union

2025-12-12 17:29:19 GMT

The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology, writes prof Cas Mudde.
The Trump regime "believes that its national security is best served by the destruction of liberal democracy in Europe."
#DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/10/trump-security-strategy-europe-liberal-democracy

2025-12-11 15:47:30 GMT

Honoured to interview MEP @npub12wd…aatc - #1 of the "Ten to watch" in #POLITICO28 - about the European Democracy Shield.
While it acknowledges the systemic risk European democracy faces, the Shield falls short of addressing its root causes.
#DefendDemocracy #HandsOffOurEU
https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/a-shield-without-a-sword/

2025-11-19 20:44:12 GMT

Dear @npub1m96…ag4y, the digital omnibus is the opposite of what we need.
In the era of hybrid warfare, we must make it HARDER to WEAPONISE our digital infrastructure against us — not EASIER.
https://defenddemocracy.eu/europe-security-update/
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2025-11-15 09:19:42 GMT

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.
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2025-10-30 10:54:53 GMT

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2025-10-30 07:36:10 GMT

The Netherlands has not beaten the radical right.
We may get lucky this time (still counting votes), but the far-right bloc remains stable.
Our fight for democracy is far from over.
@npub1dkn…p4z7
@npub1qjg…w52j
#TK2025 #NLpol #verkiezingen
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2025-10-05 08:01:22 GMT

OMG, I've been saying this for at least 5 years.
"EU... warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals."
Finally we are waking up!
But @npub1m4r…xjmp, this applies not only to AI but also to the (American & Chinese) digital platforms we use!
https://www.ft.com/content/ea3d20ed-5b42-45ce-8155-67ef472ae9df

2025-08-26 18:40:24 GMT

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I couldn't have imagined better timing for my key note speech today:
https://eupolicy.social/@AliceStollmeyer/115096418946270885

2025-06-27 11:11:48 GMT

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features.
“Everybody has the right to their own body, their own voice and their own facial features.”
#DefendDemocracy #BigTech #BigAI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/deepfakes-denmark-copyright-law-artificial-intelligence

2025-06-08 08:07:50 GMT

Message to Europe:
Time to speak up!
#DefendDemocracy #EUpol
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2025-05-28 16:47:10 GMT

If the U.S. wants to sanction foreigners who are complicit in censoring Americans, start with revoking Elmo Musk's visa.
https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-a-visa-restriction-policy-targeting-foreign-nationals-who-censor-americans/

2025-05-22 05:43:09 GMT

Forget Greenland, #Ireland is the European island the U.S. already owns.
And when it comes to #BigTech, Dublin is Trump’s Trojan horse.
High time for a centralised #EU agency to police all European tech laws, including the #GDPR, #DMA, #DSA.
#DefendDemocracy #EUpol
https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-donald-trump-fines-white-house-washington-uk/

2025-05-05 18:55:01 GMT

Today we celebrate Netherlands' 80 years of freedom.
Forever grateful to our local & allied freedom fighters.
🇳🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇵🇱🇧🇪🇳🇴🇳🇿🇦🇺
We owe it to past, current & future generations to @npub1dkn…p4z7 and freedom, every day.
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2025-05-02 11:07:52 GMT

BREAKING: #EU (via Ireland) hits #TikTok with €530M fine for illegally sending users’ personal data to #China.
"TikTok fails to adequately assess the implications of Chinese surveillance laws on Europeans’ data."
#DefendDemocracy #BigTech #EUlaw #GDPR
https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-hit-with-e530m-privacy-fine-ireland-china-data/

2025-03-20 20:10:10 GMT

Badge of honour: Trump dumps @npub1dkn…p4z7.
Our Transatlantic Democracy Dialogue was “terminated” by US State Department.
“It is painful,” Stollmeyer said, “that our ‘shared values’ which we worked so hard to promote, are not shared by the Trump-Musk regime.”
https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/politico-eu-influence/huawei-probe-puts-lobby-groups-in-a-tough-spot/
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2025-03-17 21:57:45 GMT

Dear European friends,
Important advice from an American citizen.
#BigBrotherIsWatching #TakeCare #StaySafe
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2025-02-23 09:02:46 GMT

Based in Brussels?
See you at 14:00!
#StandWithUkraine
#DefendDemocracy
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2025-02-22 16:44:34 GMT

Time for Realpolitik:
"It is vital for Europe to speak with one voice. That means national politicians will finally have to make their egos and their personal ambitions subordinate to the European interest. That would be true leadership."
#EUpol #EU #Ukraine #US
https://sophieintveld.substack.com/p/time-for-realpolitik

2025-02-15 11:46:25 GMT

#Germany won’t accept “if outsiders interfere in our #democracy, in our elections & in the democratic formation of opinion..”
So what are you doing about it, Germany? And what are we doing, #EU? Soon it will be too late.
Coz it’s been happening for years.
#MSC2025 #EUpol #NAFO
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-olaf-scholz-jd-vance-slams-support-far-right-interference-outsiders-munich-security-conference/

2025-02-02 21:31:41 GMT

The logic of America's destruction. And how to resist it.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-destruction

2025-01-12 09:02:00 GMT

Netherlands universities start alternative to #BigTech.
Goals are digital autonomy, safeguarding public values & a healthier digital ecosystem.
Who needs oligarchs Tr*mp, M*sk, Z*ck? Who needs BigTech imposing BigAI? Let's build our #Eurostack!
https://www.computable.nl/2025/01/10/universiteiten-starten-nextcloud-pilot-als-alternatief-voor-big-tech/

2025-01-06 17:42:01 GMT

Why is Politico Europe amplifying the polarising propaganda of an American far-right activist oligarch?
6 articles in the last 24 hours!
#EUpol #journalism #DefendDemocracy
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2024-11-06 09:08:03 GMT

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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2024-10-25 06:48:11 GMT

El*n M*sk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin (!) raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics 😱
“Putin asked the billionaire to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping.”
#EUpol #NAFO #Ukraine
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187

2024-10-24 20:01:24 GMT

"Isn’t it ironic that we’re banking on a technology we don’t have the resources to power sustainably, expecting it to save us from a problem it’s actively contributing to?"
How AI is fuelling the climate crisis, not solving it:
https://energytransition.org/2024/10/how-ai-is-fuelling-the-climate-crisis-not-solving-it/

2024-10-06 17:09:33 GMT

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Update: Netherlands' Intelligence agency advises:
#ChatControl is “too large a security risk for our digital resilience.”
H/T [@bert_hubert](https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert )
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dutch-intel-service-csam-update/

2024-09-29 11:38:29 GMT

Over 300 scientists from 33 countries have signed yet another open letter criticising Hungary's proposal for EU #ChatControl:
Client-side scanning of ALL end-to-end encrypted private communication (messages, email..)
In other words: mass surveillance!
https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~preneel/Open_letter_CSAR_aug24_still_unacceptable.pdf
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2024-09-23 19:55:58 GMT

Tech companies aren’t just going to war. They’re owning the battlefield.
"Unless democracies begin to claw back their power from [tech] companies, they will continue to experience the erosion of their sovereign power."
From @marietjeschaake ‘s #TechCoup
https://www.fastcompany.com/91192057/tech-companies-arent-just-going-to-war-theyre-owning-the-battlefield

2022-11-05 19:48:27 GMT

Deep breath for #MyFirstToot.
#Introduction: 5 years ago I started #DefendDemocracy, a civil society organisation. We work to defend and strengthen democracy against foreign, domestic and technological threats.
The latter is why I'm preparing to move here, and why Defend Democracy demands EU leaders for an urgent security & regulatory review of Elmo's #TwitterTakeover.
https://defenddemocracy.eu/threat-to-democracy-and-security-twitter-take-over-letter-to-eu-leaders/