A few weeks ago, between July 30th and July 31st, an estimated 60,000–72,000 people entered or attempted to enter the Spanish city of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco by land and sea, many swimming around the coastal barrier.
A new law, popularly referred to as “Chat Control 1.0,” has been passed by the European Parliament authorising Big Tech companies to scan citizens’ private chats.
What follows is a summary of a talk I will be presenting this Tuesday, 8th June at the “Open Reason” conference at Francisco de Vitoria university in Madrid.
On 23 April 2026, I participated in a hearing at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg to address the question, “Is the democratic crisis primarily a social crisis?” The session, organised by the Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact and co-sponsored by the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, brought together policymakers, parliamentarians and researchers to…
Australia was the first government to introduce a ban on under-age use of social media platforms. Though the ban, introduced last December for under-16s, likely had some positive effects, overall teenagers had little difficulty outwitting the systems designed to lock them out.
A few weeks ago, the president of Spain used the occasion of a “forum against hate” in Madrid to launch “HODIO,” a “hatred and polarisation footprint” created by the Spanish Observatory for Racisim and Xenophobia and the Ministry for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.
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