EU politics
Politico – Frontex gets power to track migration talk on social media
Frontex is watching you. Read the article HERE.
Social Media
Gig Economy
Kings Korodi – Scored and Silenced: How Algorithmic Systems Govern Kenya’s Content Moderators
The workers who are moderating the content on social media are working in conditions of extreme labour exploitation. Based on detailed survey evidence with content moderators in Nairobi, Kenya, this report reveals some of the […]
Fake News
Marc Owen Jones – The rise of the Emirati dis-influencers and why we all should be worried
State-backed actors are clearly running highly sophisticated disinformation campaigns to influence global public opinion in their paymasters’ favour. Marc Owen Jones is the author of Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East and an Associate Professor […]
Geopolitics
Responsible Statecraft – Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn’t the job for you
Oracle’s takeover of Tiktok is an Israeli takeover of Tiktok. Read the article HERE.
Media
Robin McAlpine – Political violence is driven by commercial interest
Social media algorithms are designed to make people angry. Robin McAlpine is Head of Strategic Development at the Common Weal think-tank in Scotland. Cross-posted from Robin McAlpine’s blog The global debate over the rise in […]
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank
‘Facebook has platformed more than 100 paid advertisements promoting illegal settlements and far-right settler activity in the occupied West Bank, an Al Jazeera investigation has found, raising concerns that the social media giant is profiting from content […]
Fake News
Brian Mier – Inside Brazil’s X Ban: How Elon Musk Started – and lost – a Fight With Brazil’s Judiciary
Elon Musk’s battle with the Brazilian judiciary appears to have less to do with free speech than it does corporate power. Brian Mier is a native Chicagoan who has lived in Brazil for 25 years. […]
Media
Roman Zinigrad – How social media amplifies support for the far right in France
If someone shows an interest in far-right content on social media, the algorithm quickly introduces them to a whole world of ethnonationalism. Roman Zinigrad is an Assistant Professor of Law at the American University of […]
Fake News
Christian Christensen – Elon Musk Doesn’t Know He’s on the Wrong Side of George Orwell
Musk’s purchase of Twitter has achieved its ambition: he’s converted his economic power into political power. Christian Christensen is Professor of Journalism at Stockholm University. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrChristensen. Cross-posted from Common Dreams Elon […]
EU politics
How to Take Back the Internet – Interview with Cory Doctorow
Insightful interview with the author of ‘The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation’ about big tech, monopolies, EU regulation and alternatives. Konrad Bleyer-Simon is a research associate at the Centre for Media Pluralism […]