"Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest." Others include Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth.

NEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

“AI in the public sector must not become a Trojan horse for ideological capture or commercial favoritism,” argues Public Citizen’s J.B. Branch. He calls on OMB to halt the federal rollout of Grok AI, citing risks to fairness and neutrality that violate the Trump Administration’s own AI guidance.

Interesting blog reacting to my recent LSE lecture @lsemedia.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

for those who missed the live version of my recent talk and debate at LSE with Baroness Beeban Kidron on the future of social media, here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Fv... . For me, was an amazing evening and made the huge effort of writing the book worthwhile! @lsemedia.bsky.social

Another brave article by @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social . Essential reading if you care about the harm AI celebrationism is doing!

Resisting AI is in OUR hands!

AI introduces entirely new definitions of 'risk management,' but we should not accept them

Nice to be included in this company! Critics of AI are growing but certainly need to give each other support

Very excited to announce that my paper 'Human Life as Terra Nullius' with @jcmagalhaes.bsky.social on colonial implications of Facebook's early patents is out: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Has been a privilege to work with Joao on this and develop the concept of 'socially blind engineering'

We had an amazing f2f and online audience of 400 pr so. I hope we can do morr events like this.

🗓 Event details: 📍 In person (Old Theatre, LSE) & online 🕡 Thurs 2 Oct | 6:30–8pm (UK) 🎤 Speakers: @couldrynick.bsky.social Baroness Beeban Kidron 🎙 Chair: @myriageorgiou.bsky.social

This interview (available in English and Portuguese) with the Brazilian journal Algorithms and Society reflects on my recent work on data colonialism and social , and also my current work on AI: periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/al... @lsemedia.bsky.social

on 2nd October I'll give an LSE lecture on the future of social media based on my recent book The Space of the World www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b.... Baroness Beeban Kidron will respond and Myria Georgiou will be chairing. Do come: there'll be a live stream too! www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-s...

If you are in the London area, hope you can come to this!

Journal publishers *are* bundling your papers up in "data licensing agreements" for big tech companies to use for AI model training. Our publisher, T&F, got £75m from Microsoft for that last year alone.

If students feel alienated from classes they should immediately form a Marx reading circle and discuss this further rather than being a prompt for yet another Atlantic doom piece about college ;)!

How we risk ignoring children's rights in our digital design aka trashing the future

An important battle

This is a really important debate, more important than ever given recent US moves

Out in the open: the US administration’s attempt to undermine the EU Digital Services Act (and other regulations) was evident. Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

I am thrilled too! Thanks to @lsemedia.bsky.social for all its support over the years!!

Have a new blog for @lsemedia.bsky.social which reads Mark Zuckerberg' recent pronouncements on Meta's implications for advertising through lens of data colonialism: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202.... If you're interested in my other recent blogs, they're collected here: www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1

I am thrilled to say that I will be one of the new British Academy fellows. I look forward to joining colleagues to continue raising the profile of critical media research in Britain and internationally @lsemedia.bsky.social

The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed. Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...

when tech companies roll out mass surveillance, it’s positioned as convenience or at worst the acceptable cost of going online when governments try to rein in the harms unleashed by unregulated tech companies, it’s smeared as surveillance and a violation of people’s rights how convenient

‘From #AIcolonialism to co-creation’ argues for shift from domination to dialogue, where #AI is not just trained on data from the margins, but shaped by imaginaries rooted in #techjustice. #decolonisingAI isn’t a design fix — it’s a radical reimagining of power. blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

New article by myself and @velislavahill.bsky.social OUT TODAY with the British Journal of Sociology of Education: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lsemedia.bsky.social

"More than one in five – 21% – would favour authoritarian rule under certain, unspecified circumstances. This was highest in Italy at 24% and lowest in Germany with 15%" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Last month, I recorded this podcast with Prof Terry Flew of Sydney University about my recent book The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What if it Can't? Great conversation. Thanks @terryflew.bsky.social !! @politybooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

If you want to understand the technical damage DOGE did to US government, read this masterly analysis by Bruce Schneier, delivered to congressional committee last month: oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...

A cowardly move by Mark Carney that shows Donald Trump his government can be pushed around and pressured into concessions in ongoing trade talks. Elbows down seems to be Carney’s new slogan.

And, if you'e interested to read more about the crisis at University of Virginia and its implications for the whole US university sector: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Eloquent article by @sivav.bsky.social on the cultural revolution going on in US universities: newrepublic.com/article/1973...

The signalling is not good, and signalling still matters

Too right.

If you are in the UK and fancy a day or two in the country, I will be speaking on #datacolonialism at the ALSO festival at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, on Saturday July 12 morning. Details here: www.also-festival.com/entities/als...

This really IS good news for progressive politics in the US. Good news of any sort certainly needed.

I am both deeply honored by the prize and thrilled for the first time to experience the warmth and SOLIDARITY that is UDC @uniondemcomm.bsky.social . This is the place to be and to connect!!

Agreed. This is a fantastic conference. My first time at this great UDC conference thanks @uniondemcomm.bsky.social !!

So the real project of GEN AI becomes clear: intensifying the neoliberalism HOLLOWING OUT of public institutions, yet Big Tech tells it is about unleashing 'our' creativity!!! www.wltx.com/article/news...

Absolutely right. The corporatization of education is a project of extraction and conquest, not support or service!

This is a huge honor for me, I could not be more thrilled!

6/ If you liked this episode, there are lots more in the Techtonic podcast, w/guests like @hypervisible.bsky.social @biblioracle.bsky.social @lizpelly.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social and more: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

US AI Safety Institute reformed into Center for AI Standards and Innovation. Mission: “represent US interests internationally to guard against burdensome & unnecessary regulation of US tech by foreign govs & ensure US dominance of int’l AI standards” www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

So fast that the soon-to-be-openly Reform bunch failed to translate from their US handlers' vocabulary (EDI, not DEI, in the UK). But otherwise, as they say, colour me unsurprised.

The “teach every student to code” era replaced by AI should be a reminder to university administrators that tethering university education to corporate demand is dumb

the people here probably already know this but really spread this far and wide: tell your normal offline friends and family to stop using ChatGPT for legal advice. it's happening constantly now. I'm always explaining to people why the advice this silly thing gave them is not real legal advice.

A REMINDER OF TODAY'S LSE debate on BIG TECH IS BROKEN: WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT NOW? with myself, Rob Gehl and Nathalie van Raemdonck: 6PM UK time, 7pm CET, 1pm ET, 10am PT. Do join us!! Here's how you register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-tech-i...