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Analysis on Meta’s fact-checking pullback by @markscott.bsky.social

I see my Bluesky feed is (legitimately) filled with anger about Meta's decision to pull back on moderating content — much of which is divisive and harmful, if not illegal. I stand by what I wrote on Jan 6: Platforms are now done with content moderation www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter02...

Time for me to predict the future: here's what to expect on digital policymaking in 2025. Social media oversight will become (even more) political; AI lobbying will finally start to pay off; politicians' illiteracy on tech will be felt globally Happy Festivus! www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter022/

Europe's new social media laws are getting their first real test. And it's coming from Romania. After the country's Constitutional Court annulled the 1st round of presidential elections, many are calling on the #DigitalServicesAct to figure out what exactly happened. That would be a mistake, imo

European politicians are grilling TikTok officials about the platform's role in the #Romanian presidential election. (Watch here multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...). Let's be very clear: there is no evidence that Georgescu was artificially amplified on TikTok to win first round election

Hooray! It's DSA risk assessment & audit week — said no one ever. Still, we're starting to get the first reports from some of the biggest tech companies in the world about how they are complying w/ the EU's #DigitalServicesAct. Companies must publish these reports by Nov 29. Let's get started:

AI enabled disinformation in the 2024 super election year. Sign up for *online* discussion w/ @markscott.bsky.social, @jolukito.bsky.social, Mato Brautovic, & @taberez.bsky.social. Co-organised by EDMO, @aimediademlab.bsky.social, Aqsa Farooq, Sophie Morosoli & 🙋 www.eventbrite.nl/e/unraveling...

Good to be back in (chilly) #Berlin for this event at @hertieschool.bsky.social

It’s official. The incoming leadership of @ec.europa.eu will take their seats on Dec 1. But what does that mean for the bloc’s digital ambitions? Who are the new names you need to know about? Don’t worry, I got ya covered 👉 www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter015/

Later this week, officials from so-called national “AI Safety Institutes” gather in San Francisco to talk AI safety. But politics — namely what politicians wants these govt bodies to actually accomplish (or not, if you’re in the U.S. — won’t be too far away 👇 www.digitalpolitics.co/newsletter016/