This week on Tempest: US bombs Nigeria, coastlines recede around the world and a third of Europeans use AI. Exceptionally, Tempest is coming out on Tuesdays this week and the next. Then we’ll go back to our regular Mondays!

Sick of scrolling? Done with disinformation? Angry at algorithms? Let's talk about leaving social media and alternatives to Big Tech. Webinar. Tues 30th Dec - 7pm GMT / UTC. shorturl.at/1Z9dl

Next Tuesday we’ll talk about Leaving Social Media and alternatives to Big Tech. We aren't doomed to stay stuck in catastrophe capitalism's algorithms and need to find ways out of its cages and fixed narratives. There's political and technical components for […] [Original post on mo-me.social]

This is what civil society, in particular the #digitalrights community, is up against now: #trump has barred leaders of @hateaid, the Global #disinformation Index, and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate from entering the US. Expect more restrictions, threats, and intimidation against […]

15 December | This week on Tempest: Australia bans social media for under 16s, Gaza under Israeli occupation and climate disaster and the Bulgarian government toppled by mass mobilizations

By empowering the public to use our collective influence, we can make media work better for everyone. We’re preparing the ground for the first Media Consumers Union – Touch Paper. The union is being registered as a Community Benefit Society which will operate transparently and for the benefit […]

“The lack of public access to accurate, science-based information has created a vacuum which has been filled by polarised headlines that deny and delay action.” The National Emergency Briefing team is demanding an urgent televised broadcast to inform the UK public about the scale of the climate […]

@MediaRevolution was conceived and established as a coordinator of coalitions. Next year we will launch our media consumer union, Touch Paper. Writes @Tom in The Ecologist. https://theecologist.org/2025/nov/26/we-need-media-consumers-union #mediarevolution #touchpaper #mediaconsumerunion

📰🗞️Like a book club, but for news!🗞️📰 One of the most important and radical things we can do in these challenging times is to support one another to understand the immense influence of the news landscape and what needs to change. Starting with breaking out of our individual bubbles, to analyse […]

We need to "Curate our own digital reality" Adele Zeynep Walton from Logging Off Club at the Safer Socials Summit #mediarevolution amongst the experts in the room.

🧨 Touch Paper - in the movement media. https://theecologist.org/2025/nov/26/we-need-media-consumers-union We need a media consumer union! Good job one is being set up - and you're invited to be part of it! Have you registered yet? https://touchpaper.media/ Huge thanks to @Tom for this […]

📰🗞️Like a book club, but for news!🗞️📰 One of the most important and radical things we can do in these challenging times is support each other to understand the immense influence of the news landscape, and what needs to change. Starting with breaking out of our […] [Original post on mo-me.social]

📰🗞️Like a book club, but for news!🗞️📰 One of the most important and radical things we can do in these challenging times is support each other to understand the immense influence of the news landscape, and what needs to change. Starting with breaking out of our individual bubbles, to analyse […]

Here’s our first edition of Tempest! Fresh news on climate, tech, social movements and more. This week, the AI tech bubble, China’s declining emissions, the temporary invasion of the COP in Brazil and US escalation in Latin America! Stay informed

It's a soggy Saturday in the South West of England, but a rainbow umbrella and some #mediarevolution flyers will lift the mood as we #standuptoracism in #exeter

Yes, the conditions made crashing more likely, but you can see there are 8 other vehicles in that picture (plus how every many more thousands) that drove past that spot without flipping over. The overwhelmingly most likely cause of this incident was driver […] [Original post on mo-me.social]

"Running a major open source project is not much fun at the best of times, but it's particularly bad for social projects like Mastodon or Matrix where there are sky-high expectations to rescue us from the dystopian hellscape of X, Facebook or other centralized platforms of the surveillance […]

Another #newsclub Live under my belt with 11 people attending. This week we discussed these 5 articles. I chose these because they were all based on text that came down the wire from Reuters, so it was really easy to see the political spin. Want to join the next News Club seminar, look on our […]

TONIGHT! 20th November 19:00 - 20:00 GMT bit.ly/4oXOlBi - News Club Live People join together, not just to talk about the news, but to ask what to do about it? Come and see how a club operates and get support for setting up your own! #mediarevolution #newsclubs

Media Revolutionaries ✊ The BBC is supposed to belong to all of us, but we have no power over how it is run. Public media is too important to be left to politicians and a billionaire press. Media Revolution supports Media Reform Coalition and are working together to call for ... **A Citizens […]

Here are our trainings of November. Find out about them and all our other trainings rippleffect.info/#upcoming-trainings

Whilst the UN is warning of wholesale civilizational collapse at COP30, the Telegraph have pushed the BBC into providing a massive distraction. Every newspaper bar the Express, Mirror and Guardian has the BBC on the front cover. The first port of call for a fairer and safer society for […]

The editor of the Sun pitched for the director general role of the BBC. The voice of Murdoch speaks. Alongside all the Zionist, anti-trans, anti LGBTQ+, anti diversity anti climate rhetoric there is this peachy statement. “They only conspiracy theory that […] [Original post on mo-me.social]

Revolutionary friends. We are so pleased to have made such huge steps towards #mediarevolution on #medialiberationday and so excited by next steps. 🎉 But we are also pretty exhausted!! There's much to follow up on, many threads to tie in...and a strong knowing that this is a beginning not an end.

@laurenshof writes about Mo-Me in the latest Fediverse Report: "UK activist group Media Revolution has launched Mo-Me, a new fediverse client, in collaboration with the Newsmast Foundation. The launch coincides with the group’s “Media Liberation Day” campaign targeting billionaire media […]

The media create and maintain the 'perception gap', which can be described as the gap between the political policies that the public want and the policies they get. The policies they get in many areas are the policies that the billionaire media owners want. Governments are too scared of the […]

Mastodon’s latest software update brings quote posts to all server operators https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/mastodons-latest-software-update-brings-quote-posts-to-all-server-operators/

We're still catching our breath from Media Liberation Day - and have lots of follow up work, photos, video and posts to share.... but first, the core team at Media Revolution really want to say an absolutely MASSIVE thank you to everyone for the support and for […] [Original post on mo-me.social]

Press coverage for #medialiberationday and the #coverstory campaign! "Aplanned protest campaign targeting newsstands by activist group ‘Media Revolution’ has newsagents and major retailers on alert. Described as ‘Media Liberation Day’, the group urged people to disrupt the sale of national […]

Off the back of #medialiberationday (yesterday) we have this @SkyNewsUK article exploring the influence that the billionaire owned media weild on our country. Despite the increasing support for many carbon free policies (net zero), the increasing uptake of air sourced heat pumps and EVs (bites […]

Media Liberation Day is still coming atcha thick and fast! Starting at 20:00 - Leaving Party / Welcome Party! Media Liberation Day Celebrations LIVE ONLINE! Celebrating the first ever Media Liberation Day – the coming together of communities affected by malignant media – and a chance to start […]

Starting in ten minutes... https://mediarevolution.org/event/global-systems-institute-seminar-series-media-liberation-day/

Happy Media Liberation Day! 🎉 (also known as Guy Fawkes Day!) We're saying #ByeByeMenticide and lighting the Touch Paper - a new media consumer union - incubated by Media Revolution. https://touchpaper.media/ *Menticide is brainwashing. In this instance […] [Original post on mo-me.social]

What are you doing tomorrow night? Fancy an online party? With a live DJ? For #medialiberationday tomorrow, 5th November?! SURE!!! We're hosting a celebration of the migration to the open web, where independent media, tech privacy and activists unite!! Optional Dress theme […]

Tomorrow - 5th November is #medialiberationday 😎 So much going on we made a timetable! We hope you can make it to some part of the big day! The day we say #byebyementicide

Donnachadh writing about how he was stopped from calling out the billionaire press owners when he was writing for the Independent (which as a billionaire owner). Until we have a #mediarevolution and a revolution in the ownership to stop the billionaires monopolising our media with their […]

Fancy tackling the billionaire disinformation system?! 🤑 🤑 🤑 Take part in #coverstory - Media Liberation Day 5th November to direct people to independent, well regulated media & socials. No ads, algorithms or billionaire owners. It's time to say #byebyementicide

This #WorldVeganDay we pause to consider the impact that the malignant media has on people's decision to eat animals. If the media didn't demonise those who choose a #plantbased lifestyle, would more people feel safe to make the ethical and environmentally […] [Original post on mo-me.social]

BOO!!!! 👻 Got ya! Are you ready for the #halloween Media Quiz?! A treat (or is it a trick) of three terrifying teasers! Enjoy! And please *scare*! Oops, I mean share!!! 🎃

Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 53: Thank you very much to our special guests @MediaRevolution & @Caspar #media #news #disinformation #mentacide #peertube #vod - https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/41SCAYrXJfCSgqv2ix8B7S #castopod #fedicast - […]

Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 53 starts NOW! Special Guest: @MediaRevolution & @Caspar #media #news #disinformation #mentacide Watch the show live: #owncast #livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live After the show: #peertube #vod - https://video.firesidefedi.live #castopod […]

Since it's #halloween we get a rare view of the #techbros feeding in their bunker. Stop feeding #bigtech 's creepy business model, #surveillancecapitalism ! Remember: #PrivacyIsPower 💪🏼 (It's too late for that person on the right.... they have been drained […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

MEDIA LIBERATION DAY 5th November This time next week — coordinated global action. The Media Revolution goes live. 🔥 Unite movements 🔥 Collaborate with indie media 🔥 Coordinate resistance 🔗 mediarevolution.org #mediarevolution

Tonight! 27th OCT 18:00 - 20:00 GMT Join us for an interactive and information-packed workshop to tackle #disinformation. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uYi-TF2MTMuYs-uFcVAwUA While it would be best stopped at source, we have to protect ourselves […] [Original post on mo-me.social]

Encourage someone you know to take their first steps in the #fediverse on Mo-Me: https://mo-me.me/ It stands for Movement Media and @MediaRevolution#fediversehave made an app to go with it! No more billionaires! #mediarevolutionday is 5th Nov More info at https://mediarevolution.org/

Build your resistance to bias and burnout. Join the next News Club Workshop on Tuesday, 28 October, 19.00-20.00 GMT to collaborate in real-time fact-checking, propaganda-spotting, and holding media up to scrutiny. 🔗 mediarevolution.org/news-clubs #mediarevolution

Trust in the news media has been trashed. When trust collapses, democracy collapses. Disinformation isn’t a glitch — it’s the business model. #mediarevolution

With #halloween just around the corner, you need to make your choice - #deathtech or #ethtech? Choose ethical tech, choose #privacy, choose people, not control and being phased out by #bigtech Case in point: #Google are not who you think they are […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Build your resistance to news disinformation and doomscrolling. Join the next News Club LIVE tomorrow, 23 October, 18.00-19.00 BST to collaborate in real-time fact-checking, propaganda-spotting and holding media up to scrutiny. 🔗 mediarevolution.org/news-clubs #mediarevolution

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ TWO WEEKS to MEDIA LIBERATION DAY! 5th November 2025 The day we free ourselves from Malignant Media. But how? What to do before and on the day?!