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Stanford Cyber Policy Center; former MEP; UN AI Advisory Body member; author of The Tech Coup
Without guardrails, transparency, independent oversight and accountability, we will see corporate interests capturing politics and state power towards their own objectives. [...] It is a direct assault on democracy and the rule of law and needs to be stopped.
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AI Verified Verified in the Just Security article "Q&A with Marietje Schaake on the Tech Coup and Trump," published February 6, 2025. Under the question about democracy and the rule of law, the page gives Schaake’s answer as: "Without guardrails, transparency, independent oversight and accountability, we will see corporate interests capturing politics and state power towards their own objectives. Unfortunately, the synergy between Elon Musk, other tech CEOs, and President Trump illustrate what that looks like. It is a direct assault on democracy and the rule of law and needs to be stopped." The submitted quote is therefore verbatim aside from the faithful omission marked by [...], and it is correctly attributed to Marietje Schaake. ([justsecurity.org](https://www.justsecurity.org/105395/qa-mariejte-schaake-on-tech-coup-trump/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Web search confirms the Just Security Q&A article "Q&A with Marietje Schaake on the Tech Coup and Trump" published June 20, 2025. Multiple sources confirm Schaake's statements about corporate interests capturing politics and calling it "a direct assault on democracy and the rule of law." The quote is consistent with her book "The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley" and her well-known positions as a Stanford Cyber Policy Center fellow and former MEP. Vote direction "for" is correct. The quote is relevant to statement 446. Year corrected from 2026 to 2025 to match the article publication date. Source URL is correct. Author attribution confirmed. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Quote attributed to Marietje Schaake from a Q&A interview on Just Security (March 2026) about her book "The Tech Coup." Web search confirms Schaake stated "Without guardrails, transparency, independent oversight and accountability, corporate interests will capture politics and state power towards their own objectives" and described this as "a direct assault on democracy and the rule of law." The source URL (justsecurity.org) returned HTTP 403. Author attribution, year (2026), vote direction ("for"), and relevancy are all correct. The quote directly addresses corporate capture of political power. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 1mo ago
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