Konstantinos Komaitis PhD
@kkomaitis.bsky.social
Snr. Resident Fellow Global Governance & Democracy @Atlantic Council; ex @NYTimes; ex snr dir. @internetsociety; ex law @lawstrath. Internet of Humans podcast. I own my views
Can the UN's first Global AI Dialogue deliver more than another communiqué? Only if it avoids three key temptations and focuses on enabling genuine cooperation. My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/the-three-te... #AI #AIGovernance #UN
The Three Temptations Facing the UN's First Global AI Dialogue in Geneva
Success should be measured by whether governments stay willing to engage on a technology seen through strategic competition, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
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Anthropic blocking advanced AI access for non-US citizens is the normalization of a digital "kill switch." Global cybersecurity relies on cross-border trust. A kill switch changes the game completely. www.komaitis.org/write-share-... #Cybersecurity #AI #digitalsovereignty #anthropic
Pulling the Plug: America’s Dangerous New AI Kill Switch
For years, China and Russia argued that the Internet was fundamentally American.Their case rested on a simple proposition: critical parts of the network depended on institutions, companies, and...
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#Cybersicherheit war lange ein Thema für #Geheimdienstkorridore – doch im #KI-Zeitalter überschattet sie die gesamte #Digitalpolitik. Statt nationaler #Abschottung braucht es echte internationale #Zusammenarbeit, so @kkomaitis.bsky.social vom DRF Lab des @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social 👉 tsp.pm/9NXLXR
The open internet was never politically neutral. It emerged from a US-led order that aligned openness with American interests. As that order shifts, connectivity itself is becoming a tool of geopolitical leverage. My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social : www.techpolicy.press/the-open-int...
The Open Internet Was Always American. Now It's a Weapon.
When trust dissolves in networked systems, states do what states have always done, writes Konstantinos Komaitis: they seek insulation, redundancy, and control.
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The European Commission's tech sovereignty package is finally here. Some genuinely positive ideas, some unanswered questions, and a few concerns about what this could mean for the future of the open internet. www.komaitis.org/write-share-... #TechSovereignty #TechPolicy #OpenInternet #EU
EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package: the Good, the Really Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The EU’s long-awaited Tech Sovereignty Package is not just another EU digital strategy paper but an attempt to redefine Europe’s relationship with technology power, especially after years...
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New piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on how AI is reshaping the relationship between cybersecurity and digital policy — and why security concerns may become the dominant framework for digital governance. www.techpolicy.press/cybersecurit... #AI #Cybersecurity #DigitalPolicy
Cybersecurity Will Swallow Digital Policy in the AI Age
The world is confronting not merely a new technology in AI, but a new operational status quo, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
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RightsCon 2026 being cancelled at the last minute is more than a disruption — it’s a warning. Spaces for digital rights are shrinking. We need to rally, adapt, and defend them now. www.komaitis.org/write-share-... #RightsCon #InternetFreedom #DigitalRights #RightsCon2026 #China #humanrights
RightsCon 2026 in Zambia is cancelled — now what?
The cancellation of RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, just days before it was set to begin on May 4th, is more than a logistical disruption. It is a jolt to one of the last truly global spaces where...
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The fundamental protocols of the internet were democratic—TCP/IP didn't care who you were. But artificial intelligence is designed to care. #AI is a technology built to make democratic agency obsolete. My latest here: www.techpolicy.press/how-ai-rever...
How AI Reverses the Political Logic of the Internet
AI governance is ultimately a question of democracy itself, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
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Talking about digital sovereignty -- this is one area Europe should pay attention to. www.politico.eu/article/us-t... #subseacables #connectivity #Internet #digitalsovereignty
As US tech giants become cable giants, it’s time we pay attention to our seabeds
American cable owners are in the business of business — not geopolitics. But if Trump told them to block the continent from their undersea cables, would they really defy him?
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The Council of Europe High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty is rightly concerned - banning children is the easy way out but the repercussion may be detrimental for kids safety and their rights. www.techdirt.com/2025/12/17/w...
When The Internet Grew Up — And Locked Out Its Kids
In December 2025, the world crossed a threshold. For the first time ever, access to the major social media platforms was no longer guaranteed by interest, connection, or curiosity — but by a birth …
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New piece: Internet Protocols, Power and the Rebirth of the Border for @techpolicypress.bsky.social The “borderless internet” was never apolitical. www.techpolicy.press/internet-pro... #InternetGovernance #DigitalSovereignty #TechPolicy
Internet Protocols, Power and the Rebirth of the Border
Connectivity is political, and governance must accept that fact, writes Konstantinos Komaitis. The age of innocence is over, and the age of empires is emerging.
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“AI #sovereignty” isn’t about building frontier models—it’s about #interoperability. In our new piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social with Eileen Donahoe, we argue power runs through the #AI stack. Open standards and portability—not black boxes—preserve real sovereignty. tinyurl.com/3za66f8h
Why AI Sovereignty Depends on Interoperability Standards
In the AI era, sovereignty is exercised less through territorial control than through infrastructure design, write Eileen Donahoe and Konstantinos Komaitis.
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What Munich Revealed About the New Geography of Tech Power - www.komaitis.org/write-share-... #MunichSecurityConference2026 #TechSovereignty #Geopolitics #DigitalAutonomy #EuropeanTech #TransatlanticRelations #Cybersecurity #StrategicAutonomy #MSC2026
What Munich Revealed About the New Geography of Tech Power
At the 2026 Munich Security Conference , the most explosive revelations weren't found in the predictable headlines regarding tank battalions or NATO budgets, but in the strategic subtext of Ursula...
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Protecting children online is essential—but how we regulate matters. Europe’s platform debate must safeguard child safety without undermining free speech, anonymity, & democratic resilience. Smart, rights-based regulation is key #DigitalRights #ChildSafety #Democracy www.komaitis.org/write-share-...
Children, Rights, and Democratic Resilience in Europe’s Platform Debate
Across Europe, concern about the online environment is intensifying. Digital platforms are increasingly associated with the spread of disinformation, political polarisation, and social...
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We blamed the internet for breaking journalism. Fine. Turns out the real damage comes from tech bros with endless money, zero spine, and a desperate need to stay on the right side of power. #washingtonpost www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers
Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump
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I sat down with @masnick.com on the @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy Podcast this week to dig into a nuance often lost in the #AI hype: whether these tools are actually giving us more control or quietly taking it away. www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/t...
Techdirt Podcast Episode 442: Does AI Remove Or Provide User Agency?
Support us on Patreon » On a recent episode of our other podcast, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike was joined by guest host Konstantinos Komaitis for a far-reaching discussion about online speech. …
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The Freedom Online Coalition issues a joint statement on the Internet shutdown in Iran. freedomonlinecoalition.com/joint-statem... #internetshutdown #Iran
Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Freedom Online Coalition
Joint Statement on Internet Shutdowns in the Islamic Republic of Iran February 2026 FOC Documents Download as PDF We, the members of the Freedom Online Coalition, express serious concern regarding […]
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#Greece is about to start a review of its Constitution and it is considering including #AI in it. But, the question that lingers is: what does that really mean? It seems Greece does not have a strategy or a plan -- so here's an attempt to guide the conversation. www.tovima.com/opinions/wha...
What Does It Mean to Constitutionalise AI? - tovima.com
Despite frequent references to “modernising the Constitution to include AI,” one critical question remains unasked: what does this actually mean?
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If there's one thing you read today, let it be Cory Doctorow's Disenshittification Nation. doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Disenshittification Nation
How Canada can defend itself from Trump, make billions of dollars, and build a new, global, good internet.
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It was such a pleasure to co-host with @mmasnick.bsky.social the Cyril-Alt-Speech podcast and talk about what’s been going on with the Internet this past week: #TikTok and the US, Europe’s #digitalsovereignty and #Eurostack, the #Grok mess and others! Check it out 👇
Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 6mo agoNew Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Think Globally, Stack Locally with guest host @kkomaitis.bsky.social! podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis... This week we start with a stack of TikTok stories: new ownership, unnecessary ToS freakout, unnecessary moderation freakout, but also some actual concerns.
It really doesn’t matter that #TikTok is under US ownership. The #censorship is the same as if it were under Chinese ownership, if not more brazen! 👇👇👇👇
Today’s Europe is right-wing, illiberal, fear-driven, and increasingly intolerant. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Rightwing leaders endorse Viktor Orbán in Hungarian election campaign video
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and France’s Marine Le Pen among figures showing support for Hungary’s prime minister
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Though #Stralink providing #connectivity to #Iran is important amidst the Iranian government’s #Internet shutdown, it is also changing the way we should think of communication and information availability. My latest on the new #geopolitics of connectivity. www.komaitis.org/write-share-...
The New Geopolitics of Connectivity
In the midst of Iran’s brutal internet blackout — imposed as nationwide protests surged and authorities cut off connectivity to suppress dissent — a curious actor emerged as both lifeline and...
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Great analysis of why this is so harmful from @kkomaitis.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
Trump Ends America’s Leadership on Internet Freedom | TechPolicy.Press
By walking away, the US is dismantling the mechanism that once turned Western values into a lifeline for those behind a firewall, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
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The U.S. just walked away from the Freedom Online Coalition. This "quiet" exit from the FOC signals a massive shift: Internet freedom is no longer a U.S. strategic priority. Washington is vacating the table where the rules of the road are written: www.techpolicy.press/trump-ends-a...
Trump Ends America’s Leadership on Internet Freedom | TechPolicy.Press
By walking away, the US is dismantling the mechanism that once turned Western values into a lifeline for those behind a firewall, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
techpolicy.press
Musk’s Grok, which generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’, is in the Apple Store available to children over the age of 13. The solution to combat CSAM is not to break #encryption; it is to create accountability for the way app stores operate!
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