@hateaid.org unterstützen: hier kann man unterzeichnen!

Here’s the full text / announcement by the US Department of State on the matter: www.state.gov/releases/off... PS: names not mentioned in there. These were provided in tweets (screenshots below) by Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers. (Her handle on X = @UnderSecPD)

According to Secretary of state #MarcoRubio the five people named who face entry bans into the US lead or have led “organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.”

Imran Ahmed, chief executive of @counterhate.com; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of @hateaid.org, Clare Melford, who runs Global Disinformation Index, and former @ec.europa.eu commissioner Thierry Breton banned from entering the US.

Josephine Ballon und Anna-Lena von Hodenberg von @hateaid.org dürfen nicht mehr in die USA einreisen. Regierung sanktioniert damit eine weitere Organisation, die sich für Nutzendenrechte und die Umsetzung von EU-Digitalgesetzen wie dem #DigitalServicesAct einsetzt. Pressemitteilung:

More about so-called “human safaris” in #Sarajevo during the war. Individuals paid 100,000€ and more for the ‘privilege’ of killing civilians. www.thetimes.com/world/europe... (paywall). Death of a witness: www.thetimes.com/article/3f13... (free). Justice for victims! Punishment for murderers!

Letzte Woche erst war ich in #Sarajevo. Der Krieg in #Bosnien ist mittlerweile über 30 Jahre her. In der Stadt dennoch omnipräsent. Was dort einst passiert ist macht schlicht fassungslos. Immer noch. Wird aber hoffentlich aufgeklärt. Mit entsprechenden Konsequenzen! #WishfulThinking?

Unsere Au­to­r:in­nen haben ihre Heimat, Syrien und die Ukraine, nicht verlassen. Hier schreiben sie sich gegenseitig über ihren Alltag im Krieg.

A ‘convenient‘ death for some …

RIP #JournalismIsNotACrime @reporter-ohne-grenzen.de @rsf.org

We invited @deutschewelle.dw.com data journalist Rodrigo Menegat Schuinski to share his experiences with #vibecoding and its potential use for newsroom projects on our @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy blog. Overall, he's got mixed feelings about it all. Here's why:

Treffende Kolumne von Hans Rauscher im @derstandard.at: Nennen wir es, was es ist! “Sonst versinken wir in Desinformation.” Oder: Trump, die Desinformationsschleuder Und: Putin und der “aggressive grossrussische Imperialismus”.

I LOVE compact airports! 😊

#OSINT in times of #AI - Georgia Edwards, Zuzanna Wojciak & shirin anlen of @witnessorg.bsky.social advise OSINT investigators to - double down on transparency - cultivate fluency in AI itself and that - investigations are led by contextually grounded practitioners. Via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

Russia accused of various acts of hybrid warfare - no open military conflict (yet), but aiming to weaken democracies and divide societies. @deutschewelle.dw.com has more. www.dw.com/en/germany-s...

#Boellerverbot - jetzt! innn.it/boellerverbot

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Don't let anyone — not even the US Secretary of State — tell you that the European Commission's €120 million enforcement against Elon Musk’s X under the Digital Service Act is about censorship, writes Daphne Keller. It’s just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, she says.

Landmark decision: @ec.europa.eu fines X 120 million € under DSA. Press release 👇🏾

Now that’s something that adds to the challenges ahead when it comes to #verification and #disinformation detection: wearing an “artifical finger” to dispute visual evidence as AI-generated…

Even more on the matter: EFCSN says that platforms now need to act accordingly to combat disinformation and counter systemic risks.

More info on the study and findings: see efcsn.com/news/2025-09...

State of affairs when it comes to compliance with what is written (and signed by platforms excluding X) in the Code of Practice (now Code of Conduct) on #Disinformation wrt #factchecking. (Data from 2nd half of 2024). Presented by @muendges.bsky.social at @correctiv.org Faktencheck-Tagung.

@muendges.bsky.social vom EFCSN auf der @correctiv.org #Faktencheck-Tagung zum Thema Plattformregulierung. Fokus: #DemocracyShield, #DSA und Code of Conduct on #Disinformation

What shall we call this?

If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Vom 77. Geburtstag der @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social zum nächsten FU Event von @interactfu.bsky.social: "Gaza und die deutschen Medien" Mit: Alena Jabarine, @nadiazaboura.bsky.social & Jouanna Hassoun. Moderation: Carola Richter vom @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social.

Herzlichen Dank an @emcke.bsky.social und Günter M. Ziegler sowie die @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Happy 77th birthday FU!

@emcke.bsky.social über die (Un)Freiheit anlässlich des 77. Geburtstags der @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Eine phantastische - und weise - Rede, in diesen polarisierenden und effekthaschenden Zeiten. Auch deshalb muss für freie Universitäten, Wissenschaft und offene Diskursräume gekämpft werden.

Worum es insbesondere geht: unabhängige Berichterstattung zu schützen!

🎟️ Reminder: Register now to join next week's 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 #𝗔𝗜 event in Brussels or online! Paolo Cesarini, Chair of the EDMO Executive Board, will moderate session 1, titled #𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 #𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱👇

Probleme mit der #Lieferkette … 😅

News from Google: plans to support the verification of AI-generated images

Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Has Trump totally lost it, or is this just classic Trump? Just another wild comment? We might soon see this kind of behavior spread to other democratic countries. Trump crosses lines, and others follow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Me, myself and i.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories

I reflected a little on what is happening at the BBC at the moment - and what all this means for #PublicServiceMedia in general. Just imagine a world without media that are primarily there to serve the public, or having only media that serve commercial, personal or (party) political interests?!

Join #AI4Debunk, @titanthinking.bsky.social, #AI4Trust #AICODEPROJECT, #ELLIOT-EU and us to explore how #AI strengthens democracy and counters #disinformation! Supported by @disinfo.eu and @edmo-eu.bsky.social. Registration required: eurac.tv/9Yhh Online or in person. #EuropeanDemocracyShield, #DSA

In 1997, I published a book about the BBC. I investigated external factors that impacted internal changes. Many of the issues from back then still play a vital role today. From influence-taking to governance to impartiality and independence,to name but a few. More: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Important piece by @ebu.ch D-G Noell Curran on what to learn from the situation at and around the BBC, and what this means for Public Service Media. Revolving around - editorial guidelines - trust - transparency - dealing with mistakes - communication - audience engagement - confidence - values

In this article and the included factsheets, we are presenting a variety of tools and services that were developed or improved in the course of our veraAI project. We'll be adding more to this list (consisting of 15 items so far)over the course of the coming weeks.

What a scene! 🎬 Extra delightful with the commentary. @rte.ie

Well done Ireland!🇮🇪👍👏 #HUNIRE

We just read a good paper about this www.techpolicy.press/what-a-new-s...

In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas. Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.

Am Ende ist es einfacher als gedacht, so Ute Scheub auf @blaetter.bsky.social: "Der allerwichtigste Zufriedenheitsfaktor im Leben von Menschen ist nicht Geld, sondern die Verbundenheit mit anderen Menschen in Form von Liebe, Familie, Nachbarschaft, Freundschaft, Gemeinschaft, Vertrauen."