Anne Applebaum

insider conversation but there is a discussion about what if you just banned algorithms altogether like why do we need algorithms why can't people just follow who they want you know on social media and you know they see who they follow and you know and so on and which is by the way how blue sky works so there are it's not impossible to have a form of social media that works like that it's how facebook originally worked

insider conversation but there is a discussion about what if you just banned algorithms altogether like why do we need algorithms why can't people just follow who they want you know on social media and you know they see who they follow and you know and so on and which is by the way how blue sky works so there are it's not impossible to have a form of social media that works like that it's how facebook originally worked

insider conversation but there is a discussion about what if you just banned algorithms altogether like why do we need algorithms why can't people just follow who they want you know on social media and you know they see who they follow and you know and so on and which is by the way how blue sky works so there are it's not impossible to have a form of social media that works like that it's how facebook originally worked

And that's how Facebook originally worked. So that is also a possibility. So anyway, they're looking at, there is a commission inside the EU, which is looking at doing, which is looking at all these questions. And now the question is, do they still have enough sovereignty left to be able to impose those laws, their own laws?

And that's how Facebook originally worked. So that is also a possibility. So anyway, they're looking at, there is a commission inside the EU, which is looking at doing, which is looking at all these questions. And now the question is, do they still have enough sovereignty left to be able to impose those laws, their own laws?

And that's how Facebook originally worked. So that is also a possibility. So anyway, they're looking at, there is a commission inside the EU, which is looking at doing, which is looking at all these questions. And now the question is, do they still have enough sovereignty left to be able to impose those laws, their own laws?

If they do it, will there be a huge pushback from the Trump administration? J.D. Vance made a comment in an interview a couple of months ago, something along the lines of, you know, if they regulate us, then why should we protect them? You know, sort of vaguely threatening and saying, you know, we'll pull out of NATO or something like that.

If they do it, will there be a huge pushback from the Trump administration? J.D. Vance made a comment in an interview a couple of months ago, something along the lines of, you know, if they regulate us, then why should we protect them? You know, sort of vaguely threatening and saying, you know, we'll pull out of NATO or something like that.

If they do it, will there be a huge pushback from the Trump administration? J.D. Vance made a comment in an interview a couple of months ago, something along the lines of, you know, if they regulate us, then why should we protect them? You know, sort of vaguely threatening and saying, you know, we'll pull out of NATO or something like that.

No one really knows what the status of those comments are. Is this what Trump thinks? Is this just a thing that Vance said to be prerogative? And again, we're back to the question of what is Musk's status when he supports the AFD, the German far right? Is he speaking on behalf of Trump? Is he a member of the US administration? Is that the US supporting the AFD or not?

No one really knows what the status of those comments are. Is this what Trump thinks? Is this just a thing that Vance said to be prerogative? And again, we're back to the question of what is Musk's status when he supports the AFD, the German far right? Is he speaking on behalf of Trump? Is he a member of the US administration? Is that the US supporting the AFD or not?

No one really knows what the status of those comments are. Is this what Trump thinks? Is this just a thing that Vance said to be prerogative? And again, we're back to the question of what is Musk's status when he supports the AFD, the German far right? Is he speaking on behalf of Trump? Is he a member of the US administration? Is that the US supporting the AFD or not?

So there is gonna be a big looming question in Europe over the next few weeks and months over whether how to regulate these platforms And if so, can they do it? Are they willing to defy the Trump administration, whether it's Vance or Musk or Trump himself, and do it? I mean, I have an instinct that Trump himself probably doesn't really care.

So there is gonna be a big looming question in Europe over the next few weeks and months over whether how to regulate these platforms And if so, can they do it? Are they willing to defy the Trump administration, whether it's Vance or Musk or Trump himself, and do it? I mean, I have an instinct that Trump himself probably doesn't really care.

So there is gonna be a big looming question in Europe over the next few weeks and months over whether how to regulate these platforms And if so, can they do it? Are they willing to defy the Trump administration, whether it's Vance or Musk or Trump himself, and do it? I mean, I have an instinct that Trump himself probably doesn't really care.

I mean, maybe somebody could frame the problem to him in a way that he would, but it may be others who decide. So we're also, again, partly because of this extra legal situation where nobody really understands what is Musk's role. Does he speak for Trump? Does he speak for himself? that people are genuinely confused by it.

I mean, maybe somebody could frame the problem to him in a way that he would, but it may be others who decide. So we're also, again, partly because of this extra legal situation where nobody really understands what is Musk's role. Does he speak for Trump? Does he speak for himself? that people are genuinely confused by it.

I mean, maybe somebody could frame the problem to him in a way that he would, but it may be others who decide. So we're also, again, partly because of this extra legal situation where nobody really understands what is Musk's role. Does he speak for Trump? Does he speak for himself? that people are genuinely confused by it.

Everywhere I go, and last week I was in Germany, I was also in Brussels, and everywhere I go, it's the one thing people want to talk about, and they want an explanation of it.

Everywhere I go, and last week I was in Germany, I was also in Brussels, and everywhere I go, it's the one thing people want to talk about, and they want an explanation of it.