🚨 And we're live! Chair @sonialivingstone.bsky.social discussing tension between pedagogy, profit & policy in #EdTech. 📺 Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNG7... Get involved with tonight's conversation using #LSEEvents @5rightsfound.bsky.social #AI #EdTech #childrights #education

✨ Save the date! Registration is now open for @banaji.bsky.social's Inaugural Lecture "Infinite #Justice". Prof Banaji will explore how #media, education & #tech shape our ideas of love and dignity. 📅 Mon 16 March 6.30pm 📍 #LSE & Online 🎟️ Register: lse.ac.uk/events/infinite-justice #LSEEvents

🚨 Last few hours to register! 🏫 Join our #HybridEvent tonight at 6.30pm: #EdTech Pedagogy vs Profit 🗣️ Sandra El Gemayel, Julian Sefton-Green, Rhys Spence & Jen Persson Chair @sonialivingstone.bsky.social 🥂 Drinks to follow ⬇️ www.lse.ac.uk/events/edtech #classroomtech @5rightsfound.bsky.social

🚨 The #Grok scandal is a wake-up call for #childsafety. Elena Martellozzo & James Stevenson @childlightgcsi.bsky.social explain why the UK Government must move beyond "reactive outrage" to proactive regulation: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202... #Grokscandal #OnlineSafetyAct #AI

Very happy to see this published! In this commentary I reflect on doing critical algorithm research and entering the field as a trans researcher and dealing with mine and my interviewees experiences with anticipation, vulnerability and uncertainty. Open Access link below👇

Very much looking forward to being in conversation with Seeta Peña Gangadharan about ideas of refusal and resistance. "Time for Refusal? The politics of resistance against AI". All welcome! - Thursday 27th Feb at Goldsmiths, room RHB 2014, www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/, www.gold.ac.uk/campus-map/r...

NEW PUBLICATION: Hybrid media events as a heteroglossic mediation opportunity structure: The 2022 Tour de France, in the International Journal of Cultural Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI

This new piece by @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social is brilliant - and essential reading on the damage to the social texture that unbounded AI use threatens to do: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🔍 Upcoming event | Evidence everywhere, justice nowhere? Techno-humanitarianism under pressure In an age when violence is visible in real time, documentation is often assumed to lead to justice, what happens when the ability to see outpaces the ability to act? 📍 Wed 18 March | 5.30pm | LSE

📢 Upcoming event 📍 Thu 19 Feb 6.30–8pm Reporting #Gaza: Coverage, Context & Consequences Join @omarghazzi.bsky.social, Des Freedman & Liliane Landor to discuss how mainstream media has covered the war on Gaza & the ongoing suffering of #Palestinians. 🎟️ Register: forms.office.com/e/EWr7xbnbA4

Join us tomorrow 6.30pm as we discuss #EdTech: #Pedagogy vs Profit Is #classroomtech helping kids—or just lining pockets? 🗣️ Sandra El Gemayel, Julian Sefton-Green, Rhys Spence & Jen Persson 🔴 Chair @sonialivingstone.bsky.social 📌 LSE & online: lse.ac.uk/events/edtech @5rightsfound.bsky.social

Learn more about the grantees and their projects: www.journalismai.info/blog/meet-12... #JournalismAI

💡 Their ideas range from tools that make climate journalism more accessible 🌱, to predicting churn risk 📊, and improving impact communications 📣 #JournalismAI

🧠 Over the next nine months, the grantees will focus on enhancing audience intelligence and revenue growth through targeted innovation and experimentation. #JournalismAI

This second edition brings together 12 outstanding projects from 11 countries, showcasing a truly global effort to push the boundaries of how AI can support journalism. #JournalismAI

🚀 We’re proud to announce the 2025 cohort of the #JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative! Follow the thread to learn more! 👇

🌐 On #SaferInternetDay, the #EUKids Online team shares new findings on how children use and think about generative AI 🤖👧🧒 — moving from hype to action. 🔗 Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202... #GenerativeAI #Childhood #DigitalSafety @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @mariyastoilova.bsky.social

NEW✨ The hidden history of the Cameroon War and France’s neocolonial hold on Africa. Ewa Majczak @lsemedia.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk reviews The Cameroon War by Thomas Deltombe, @manueldomergue.bsky.social and Jacob Tatsitsa, translated by David Broder @versobooks.bsky.social

Happening next Tuesday 📚 Join #LSEHealth as Dr Deborah Cohen launches 'Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health': exploring how health influencers and digital marketing have reshaped medicine. 📅 Tue 10 Feb, 6pm 📍 Marshall Building, LSE 📚 Books available www.lse.ac.uk/lse-health/e...

We loved hosting Prof Debanuj DasGupta and Prof Myria Georgiou tonight! A big thank you to our friends at @lsemedia.bsky.social for co-hosting 🤝

📅 Save the Date – @banaji.bsky.social Inaugural Lecture 📖 Infinite Justice: Political Cosmologies That Protect Our Future 🗓 Mon 16 March 2026 6.30–8pm 📍 Old Theatre, LSE 🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/events/infin...

👨‍🏫 EdTech is transforming education. Join us next Thursday 6.30pm as Sandra El Gemayel, #BaronessKidron, Julian Sefton-Green & Rhys Spence discuss what a #childrights-respecting, pedagogically-sound vision for #EdTech looks like. See more 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/edtech @sonialivingstone.bsky.social

Tomorrow ⬇️ @lsegender.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/lsem...

🎬 Upcoming film screening: We Are Making a Film About #MarkFisher 🗓 Wed 4 March 2026 6–7.40pm 📍 CLM.3.02, LSE A documentary exploring Mark Fisher’s ideas — from capitalist realism to hauntology. Screening followed by Q&A with director Simon Poulter. Sign up: forms.office.com/e/biru3N8i0K

For our series on the cybernetic border, @philippseuferling.bsky.social reads Ivan Chaar López alongside the writings of Walter Benjamin. “Together, they provide urgent lessons to understand not only how the past shapes today’s deadly borders.”

Thanks to everyone who joined our How is Gen Z faring? event & to our wonderful speakers for such thoughtful contributions - @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @pravpatalay.bsky.social @emilytanner.bsky.social @careyoppenheim.bsky.social 📺Watch the event + slides: ow.ly/GWP650XHvLe

Copies of JUST CODE just arrived! Partnering w Con & teaming w 19 brilliant STS authors on the vital topic of code/codes & inequality was so special! Authors (full list ToC below) On bsky: @mysdick.bsky.social @histoftech.bsky.social @dmulvin.bsky.social & blurb from @anitachan.bsky.social #histtech

A couple weeks ago, Professor Emeritus @robinmansell.bsky.social shared her thoughts on "Rethinking Democracy in the Age of Data". Today, co-author Gyan Tripathi explains why a global lens matters and how inequities in data governance affect equity and justice. nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/...

We have a new research paper as part of our Polis, LSE/Journalistfonden fellowship by Swedish journalist Mersiha Ajdinovic on how AI is shaping journalist's voice and visibility: How do they adapt their values? How does it impact on their editorial identity? www.journalismai.info/research/202...

If you are interested in my take on the social media age ban debate, here it is, thanks to @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

This this THIS! Social media bans might (?) be well-intentioned, but are completely missing the root and nature of the issue, and will likely leave young people even less equipped to deal with what they encounter online.

Our first event of the year is less than a week away! ➡️ Get your tickets now: www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event... 🤝 Co-hosted by @lsemedia.bsky.social

📢 Upcoming event — Reporting Gaza: Coverage, Context & Consequences 🗓 Thu 19 Feb, 6.30–8pm 📍 Open to all LSE students & staff, this panel examines media portrayal of the war on #Gaza, editorial impartiality and UK #journalism standards. 🎟️ forms.office.com/e/EWr7xbnbA4

Social media age bans are a half-measure, writes @couldrynick.bsky.social. Only by banning toxic business models that seek to exploit and steer social attention can we create a healthier digital space: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Introducing the #JournalismAI Academy for Asia-Pacific our largest APAC cohort yet! 🌏 Learn more about the programme and the participants 👇🏽

New article by Dr Alison Powell 📘 “Deceptive Stories About Scale” examines how “blitzscaling” entered the UK #NHS via #BabylonHealth, with implications for equity, clinical authority, and public data governance: ijoc.org/index.php/ij... #digitalhealth #bigtech #healthcare

Can Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” ethos ever truly work for the #NHS? 🏥💻 Dr Alison Powell explores the rise and fall of #BabylonHealth and what it means for the future of #AI in public #healthcare. Read more on LSE Research for the World: www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...

🌍🏳️‍🌈 Our Head of Department @myriageorgiou.bsky.social will be speaking at an upcoming @lsegender.bsky.social event on digital borders & #queermigration. 💬 Exploring how technologies shape mobility, belonging and exclusion. 🗓️ Wed 4 Feb 5.30–7pm 👉 Sign up: www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory (2026) By Bart Cammaerts @lsemedia.bsky.social books.google.co.uk/books?id=bti...

The UK shouldn’t rush to a social media ban for children under 16 @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

What do #SouthKorea’s far-right YouTubers, martial law and anti-feminist conspiracy theories have in common? Research by Sindhoora Pemmaraju, PhD candidate reveals these connections: www.youtube.com/shorts/ttYWg...

Social media age bans are a only half-measure. Only by banning toxic business models that exploit social attention can we address the problems with social media – @couldrynick.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

⚡ Will #quantumcomputing empower us, or put more decision-making in the hands of a few? Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan breaks down quantum computing — what it is, why governments are racing to develop it & how it could reshape power, economics, & everyday life: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7zJ...

🌍🏳️‍🌈 Our Head of Department, @myriageorgiou.bsky.social Georgiou will be speaking at an upcoming @lsegender.bsky.social event on digital borders & #queermigration. 💬 Exploring how technologies shape mobility, belonging and exclusion. 🗓️ Wed 4 Feb 5.30–7pm 👉 Sign up: www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

📣 LSE alumna Vanessa Ciccone’s PhD research was recently profiled in the Financial Times by Emma Jacobs, highlighting her work on “The tyranny of the digital calendar” — a topic that explores how digital scheduling shapes the way we work and live. Read more: www.ft.com/content/b1a6...

Last day to apply! 💼 Come work with us! #JournalismAI is looking for a Programme Officer (Full-time) based in 🇿🇦 South Africa to support the team and its activities. 👉 Learn more and apply by today, 12 January, 23.59 GMT - docs.google.com/document/d/1... #JobOpportunity

What do literature and media tell us about future threats? @nickanstead.bsky.social compares US and European “threat imaginaries” — from world-ending surprises in the US to fears of hybrid warfare and a disengaging America in Europe. Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

FIRST EVENT OF THE YEAR ALERT 🚨 This panel brings together a discussion on digital borders and queer migration, examining how technologies shape contemporary experiences of mobility, belonging, and exclusion. @lsemedia.bsky.social 🤝 Find out more and get tickets: www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...

Is there an alternative to Big Tech’s control of social media? In a review of @couldrynick.bsky.social The Space of the World, Dawa Tshering highlights the book as a novel and valuable contribution to debates on redesigning social media around solidarity, not profit: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...