This moment is bigger than just Jimmy Kimmel. When the Trump administration attacks the freedom of the press, they're going after a central pillar of democracy and our right to hold the government accountable.

True presidential behaviour … Worthy of the dignity that goes with the office …

According to @djrothkopf.bsky.social, the #Trump speech at the UN “… marked a low point in America’s relationship with the United Nations and the international order”.

Back, but not everywhere….

Jimmy #Kimmel is back!

"TikTok's algorithm - the technology that determines what users see in their feed - will be copied and retrained using US user data as part of a deal to secure the app's future in the country." www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Power of the People. @rbreich.bsky.social on #Disney reinstating @jimmykimmel.com. #Kimmel #ABC

The AI revolution - or what may come in news… Curious to find out your views: is this a way news should be presented - with an AI-generated reporter catapulted “on location”, e.g., when access to a location is difficult or impossible (as is the case in #Gaza presently)? What’s your take?

More attempts by #Russia to interfere in outcome of elections in #Moldova, as reported by @bloomberg.com / @kyivindependent.com. This adds to findings of a recent BBC investigation (more at www.bbc.com/news/article...) that has similar goals. #Disinformation playbook at work.

Interference in upcoming elections in #Moldova points to #Russia, a BBC investigation finds. Surprised?

Take me!!

Revisiting this piece I wrote in April 2025. "State Terror: A brief guide for Americans" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

“The Trump administration unveiled a new crackdown Friday on journalists at the Pentagon, saying it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey.”

Trump in July: "I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.”

Another one gone! @jimmykimmel.com axed by ABC following “pressure” from FCC on the broadcaster to take him and his show off the air. #FreedomOfSpeech #Trump style …

There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them. This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.

Es ist traurig, beschämend, ärgerlich, besorgniserregend, schockierend und mit nichts zu rechtfertigen, wie hier Journalist*innen angegangen werden. Vollste Solidarität mit @dunjahayali.de und allen anderen, die tagtäglich ihren Job machen - mit hohen Maßstäben an sich und die Profession!

Impressions from our presence at #IBC in #Amsterdam where we have the opportunity to showcase our work and results in a booth at the @ebu.ch stand in Hall 10. Our Varvara Boboc (@digitalmethods.net) and @christosgavalas.bsky.social (ATC) are on location and sent these images.

Our Varvara Boboc (@digitalmethods.net at University of Amsterdam) and @christosgavalas.bsky.social of ATC in action for veraAI at #IBC in Amsterdam. You can still meet them in Hall 10, stand D21.

Are you at #IBC in Amsterdam, and interested in what we have done in veraAI? If so: call in to the @ebu.ch stand (located at 10.D21 - Hall 10, space D21) where we have a presence. Come and say Hi! We'd love to see you!

Priorities!

Alert: if you still want to participate in the Synthetic Image Detection Challenge at #MediaEval2025: the submission deadline is near: 15 September 2025 is the date! Challenge aims: push forward the research on detecting synthetic images and manipulated regions of images “in the wild”.

Briefly checked out what’s happening over on X. And at first sight one can get the impression that the US is moving another step closer to civil war (or something similar). #CharlieKirk

Cat. Black & white.

Webinar 9 in the @ebu.ch series is out: in this final edition, the potentials of the C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) are showcased and how work undertaken can support in countering disinformation - also potentially in combination with vera.ai tools.

Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

In less than a month of federal control of DC, we, with @evidentmedia.org, have verified 42 federal agent encounters, half of which involve DC police; with traffic stops that quickly turn into detentions, and workers pulled off mopeds mid-shift. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

Published today, written by @ebu.ch colleagues as part of veraAI project work: "Handbook on the legal and ethical obligations to developers and deployers of AI-based fact-checking tools". Available for reading and download right here. 👇 www.veraai.eu/posts/ebu-ha...

I just don’t understand why there is no more serious opposition to #Trump dismantling democracy and heading for authoritarianism. Who can help me and explain?

19-year old Rohan Sathyamoorthy about life in Britain these days: “I’ve experienced more racism in the last 12 months than the rest of my life put together.”

Russia's largest overnight air attack of the whole war, so far, sets the main building of the Ukrainian govt in Kyiv ablaze (a first) and leaves three people dead, including an infant. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud. George Orwell

Asking all Americans: any uprising yet? Or is this guy getting away with everything!?

From the “President” of the United States. This! 👇🏾

Yale Law School never beating the “they don’t teach law at Yale” allegations

According to Nate Silver, #Bluesky is “… shrinking and steadily declining in influence, even as other corners of the left thrive during Trump's second term.” He further outlines what he calls #Blueskyism and argues, the platform will end up in some niche eventually. Interestingly, he’s not here.

#Trump and the MAIA movement: Making America Irrelevant Again. @djrothkopf.bsky.social has more.

New images reviewed by BBC Verify show that intensive bombardments and controlled explosions have levelled several neighbourhoods in Gaza City over the past four weeks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK is seeking to maintain the momentum it has gathered since the general election. BBC Verify has examined what we know - and don't know - about the party’s aspirations when it comes to taxation, spending and borrowing. Reporting by @benchu.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This professor decided to teach his college students Fact-Checking 101 — here’s what happened www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/this...

Serious streetcar accident in #Lisbon. Many people killed and injured - emergency services say at least 15 dead.

Here's the recording and slides from our webinar no. 8 that took place on 3 Sep 2025, brought to you by @ebu.ch. In it, Anna Schild (@dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) and the EBU's Lalya Gaye talk about co-creation and evaluation for AI-based services for fact-checking.

Working in #news, #journalism and dealing with #AI - or want to find out more about it? If so, the EJC’s News Impact Summit may be for you. It takes place in Warsaw on 9 Oct 25. I’ll be there!

Results and lessons learned of below-mentioned work will also be presented at an @ebu.ch webinar on 3 September at 11 am CET. It's free to join but requires prior registration. So if you want to find out more about "trustworthiness by design" for fact-checking tools: this may be for you.

The war in #Gaza: the most deadly conflict for journalists in history!

For all the talk in February of Trump's "reverse Kissinger" attempt (peeling Russia away from China), this might well prove the most significant geopolitical shift of his presidency: India's reconciliation with China.

AI tool test. Via @columjournreview.bsky.social

Kyiv, Ukraine: Emergency services said, 3pm local time, 18 people, including four children had been killed in overnight strikes. BBC Verify (me, Peter Mwai, @jcheetham.bsky.social and @paulybrown.bsky.social) verified 16 videos and nine photos. Our live page summary: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

Und stattdessen gibt es weiterhin das hier … #Söder vs #Habeck: Entscheiden sie selbst!