Delighted to announce a new book! THE NEED TO RENAME TECH is about words that fool us into thinking that digital technologies are benign and consequence-free. They are not. It was a joy to work with our contributors who propose an alternative vocabulary, drawing attention to harms. lnkd.in/eCXag3cC

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/...

How can democracies thrive in an age of #BigTech? Professor Emeritus Robin Mansell discusses her new book and the quest for fairer, more democratic #digital futures. 🔗https://nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/rethinking-democracy-in-the-age-of-data-an-interview-with-robin-mansell/

Our book just published open access - research across disciplines from Global North and Global Majority World. Big thanks to NORDICOM and International Observatory on Information & Democracy & 100s who participated along the way. Download at www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati...

Tomorrow Tuesday, a webinar on prospects for information as a public good - in the face of Generative AI. Along with the idea of Re-generating AI. Work within the system, or outside of it? We'll debate this as part of the International Panel on Social Progress www.linkedin.com/posts/guy-be...

Please join Guy Berger and Christophe Gauthier, me and others for a discussion on Information as a Public Good in the Age of AI in Global Social Progress Week - 28 Oct., 12-1:00pm CET - you need to register here 10401-3.events.de2.kaltura.com

Delighted that my paper has been published by the Journal of the British Academy open access- how to deal with an AI industry that scrapes data for LLM training without compensation, in this case, to creative industries copyright holders in the UK. DOI: 10.5871/jba/013.a38

Please read and share: the Potsdam Call on Autonomous Weapon Systems (potsdamcall.dgdg.blog) We risk losing the principle that only humans—not machines—should make life-and-death decisions. The call urges prevention of a future where machines are authorised to kill without human judgment.

📺 Missed the launch event for the report 'Information Ecosystems & Troubled Democracy'? 🗣️ Hear from experts as they discuss the report published by the International Observatory on Information & Democracy: youtube.com/watch?v=nHLa... #AI #onlineharms #disinformation #onlinethreats #OID #governance

About those echo chambers and filter bubbles... Systematic review finds no clear cut evidence. It depends on the methods, too much research relies on the US, and specific platforms. And science needs better data to truly assess this, fx via the Digital Services Act link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Policy responses to misinformation & disinformation in the Global South suffer from a biased evidence base – from research largely carried out in the Global North. @robinmansell.bsky.social takes stock of the problem & considers what can be done: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

📺 Missed our 'Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy' event last week? ⬇️ You can now watch the recording online: youtube.com/watch?v=nHLa... #AI #onlineharms #disinformation #onlinethreats #OID #governance #data #datagovernance @robinmansell.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social

Policy responses to #misinformation & disinformation that spreads in the #GlobalSouth suffer from a biased evidence base – from research largely carried out in the Global North. @robinmansell.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social Read more 👉

The WEF singled out mis- and disinformation as its #1 global risk in its 2025 report – ranked above extreme weather events or armed conflicts. But how is this risk dealt with outside the Global North? @robinmansell.bsky.social investigates: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

The WEF singled out mis- and disinformation as its #1 global risk in its 2025 report – ranked above extreme weather events or armed conflicts. But how is this risk dealt with outside the Global North? @robinmansell.bsky.social investigates #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Leading experts will discuss a timely global report 'Information Ecosystems & Troubled #Democracy: A global synthesis of the state of knowledge on #news media, #AI & #datagovernance' which @robinmansell.bsky.social led as Scientific Director & co-author: observatory.informationdemocracy.org/reports/

Leading expert panelists will discuss an extremely timely global report, 'Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy' published by the International Observatory on Information & Democracy, Paris which @robinmansell.bsky.social led as Scientific Director. @couldrynick.bsky.social

🗣️ Our panellists include: ➡️ @robinmansell.bsky.social ➡️ Matthias C. Kettemann @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social ➡️ Iris Boyer, Observatory on Information and Democracy ➡️ Discussant: Nick Couldry ➡️ Chair: @sonialivingstone.bsky.social #tech #democracy #LSEEvents #partofLSE #londonevents #AI

Although the publication of this report was the conclusion of a long process, it is also the beginning of a new phase for the Observatory. In coming weeks, the team will be working with its partners to host a series of discussions, starting next week in Berlin with @hiigberlin.bsky.social.

In French, Thibaut Bruttin and Camille Grenier, respectively Chair and Executive Director of the Forum, shared some thoughts on current developments for @liberation.fr. www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

Last week, we published the first research synthesis of our Observatory on Information and Democracy. Covering more than 1600 sources, it provides a unique state of the knowledge on information ecosystems. You can find it here. 🧵 observatory.informationdemocracy.org/reports/

For the launch event, we were notably joined by @mariaressa.bsky.social, @melissafleming.bsky.social, @joaobrant.bsky.social, @robinmansell.bsky.social, @courtneyr.bsky.social, @jeah.bsky.social, @nataliazuazo.com and @camillegrenier.bsky.social. Watch on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/video/live/u...

Inviting you to check out our new report on Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy. Addresses news media, AI and data governance in Global North and for Global Majority. Find it at observatorydemocracy.org/reports/

Do please register for this report launch 15 Jan - I was honoured to serve as scientific director www.linkedin.com/posts/forum-...

IAMCR is now on Bluesky and letting you all know that we are receiving proposals for our 2025 conference in Singapore. See the conference website at singapore2025.iamcr.org and submit your abstract before 7 February.