Including presentations on reconnecting citizens, by our postdoc researchers @irenepsychari.bsky.social and Callum Craig of @fujomedia.bsky.social

I was very happy to sign this timely call for the protection of our vital public service media. It'll be interesting to see the response... fujomedia.eu/news/more-th...

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Meta's decision the slash fact-checking and move towards Community Notes in the US is now being reviewed for where else to implement this. The Oversight Board has been asked to issue an opinion. An opinion on where to (not) implement a poor policy... www.oversightboard.com/news/board-t...

Launched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Elon Musk's #Grokipedia is one of the first LLM-based attempts to create an encyclopaedia. @gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences. @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

Including, '...false news circulated in Ireland that the country now has a larger population of Muslims than people who live in designated Irish-speaking areas' (debunked at www.thejournal.ie/more-muslims...) by @stemcdermott.bsky.social

We didn't plagiarize, you made us plagiarize by asking questions to which we stole the answers. "Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."

Who gets to say what in the news... an AI answer to 'elite-official' sourcing?

📢 New Press Release: Data Protection Commission statement on LinkedIn AI Training 🔗 www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-medi...

15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.

Far more significant than the podcast is Ivan Yates working with a national broadcaster Newstalk as a pundit when he was working for FF as an advisor ...surely the regulator has something to say about this ? www.newstalk.com/podcasts/cal.... #Spéirghorm

@remedeu.bsky.social has an interesting event coming up, based on a study of fact-checkers in which we ran Irish interviews. Relevant to policy-makers, media organisations and practitioners, civil society organizations, academics, students and interested citizens. resilientmedia.eu?p=1899

Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers. The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes. Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv. There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

Postdoctoral researchers Irene Psychari and Callum Craig guiding participants through the @remedeu.bsky.social @fujomedia.bsky.social Citizen Lab on toxic news, held earlier this week in partnership with @imec-smit.bsky.social. Many thanks to all who took part so productively over two days!

Is this a new chapter in how knowledge circulates?

We knew this would happen. Note how realistic the visuals and voices are. This AI deepfake video of Catherine Connolly ‘withdrawing’ from presidential contest and that Friday’s poll is ‘cancelled’ is live and viral on Facebook tonight. 1000s watching, commenters believing it.

45 meat and dairy giants emit more methane than EU and UK combined, study finds

So many species are being eliminated by the greed of some humans that we have entered an era of extinction that resembles the death of the dinosaurs. We are part of nature and every loss diminishes us www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When administrators try to soft-pedal censorship of student press by cutting only the print edition, they are reminding us that paper is the medium of liberatory potential.

"If the conductor is far-right and you’re reacting to it, you cannot decide which music should be playing.”

⏱ There's still time to have your say on our draft #MediaPluralism Policy. It outlines the importance of public service media, quality journalism, informed choice and inclusion in the media landscape. This important public #consultation is open until 5pm on 24 October 2025 - see below for more...

Deletion of Jim Gavin ads shows we can’t rely on big tech for democratic architecture I wrote something for the paper 👇🏻 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Bari Weiss has officially been announced as the editor in chief of CBS News. “She’s not a reporter; she’s never been in the field,” a 60 Minutes producer told Adam Piore for a recent profile of CBS. “Talk about controversies.” www.cjr.org/feature/cbs-...

So sad. A tragic loss for Irish culture and journalism.

"Fish kills, polluted drinking water, declining wildlife populations, and increased emissions are a direct result of politicians’ policy decisions". www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

“Every photo is not just for history. It’s for my family, my neighbors, my people.”

Here's a direct (working) link: youtu.be/8Cq2XdZv2dk?...

✨ Need some inspiration? Check out this story about a 26-year-old who took over his hometown newspaper in Winslow, AZ, & has gotten great support from his community. 👀 It's featured in The Sift. Read & subscribe: go.newslit.org/Sift29Sept2025 #Journalism

Wow. That's crazy.

This is interesting...

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of #misinformation theconversation.com/facebook-dat... by @acarson.bsky.social et al. Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."

Is that enough?

#AI: World’s leading economists issued an urgent plea to recognise and uphold the economic value of public interest media in the age of artificial intelligence. "Information is a public good that market forces alone will never supply at the level our modern society demands."

MI5 has admitted it illegally obtained data from the phone of ex-BBC Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent Vincent Kearney in 2006 and 2009. The BBC said this "raises serious and important questions that we will continue to pursue" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you're between 18 and 24 years old, we (@fujomedia.bsky.social and @remedeu.bsky.social) want you to come to our Citizen Lab to give your insights and views on how news works, or doesn't, for you. Find out more and sign up here: forms.gle/yi9CTfsHrwSX...