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this new Jacobin article links to my blog last month on the AI rebellion which you can read here: www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1
Blog — Nick Couldry
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Nick Couldry@couldrynick.bsky.social · 2mo agoa new piece in Jacobin by me and @velislavahill.bsky.social on how resistance to AI is misrepresented in mainstream media: jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-t... @lsemedia.bsky.social
#NewBlog As AI companies recruit philosophers to examine ethics and alignment, a question remains: will their ideas shape how AI is built or provide an intellectual alibi for decisions already made? www.netopia.eu/philosophy-a... #AI #AIEthics #Philosophy #TechPolicy #AIRegulation
Philosophy Alibi - Netopia
My own academic achievements are modest, generously put. I spent years at the Arts faculty of Stockholm University on Culture Studies, Literature, Swedish… only to leave the place sans diploma. Howeve...
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#NewBlog As AI companies recruit philosophers to examine ethics and alignment, a question remains: will their ideas shape how AI is built or provide an intellectual alibi for decisions already made? www.netopia.eu/philosophy-a... #AI #AIEthics #Philosophy #TechPolicy #AIRegulation
Philosophy Alibi - Netopia
My own academic achievements are modest, generously put. I spent years at the Arts faculty of Stockholm University on Culture Studies, Literature, Swedish… only to leave the place sans diploma. Howeve...
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Why are Philosophers taken hostage by Big AI? www.netopia.eu/philosophers... #BigAI #AIAccountability #AIEthics #AISafety #DataPrivacy #CorporateCapture #ResponsibleAI
Philosophers taken hostage by Big AI - Netopia
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Why are Philosophers taken hostage by Big AI? www.netopia.eu/philosophers... #BigAI #AIAccountability #AIEthics #AISafety #DataPrivacy #CorporateCapture #ResponsibleAI
Philosophers taken hostage by Big AI - Netopia
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The Tech Coup Playbook. "clear conflict of interest” theguardian.com/technology/2... #AIPolicy #AIGovernance #DigitalPolicy #TechRegulation #AIRegulation #PublicInterestTech #UKTechPolicy
Illegal streaming costs the UK an astounding £1.35bn a year & 10,400 jobs, £366m in lost tax & £270m stolen from consumers through fraud and identity theft. £1.2bn of it ends up funding organised crime. 👇 #ThePriceOfPiracy assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bl...
The complaint begins w/ a great analogy between AI companies and the Borg Collective. | “The Borg’s chilling catchphrase captures it plainly: ‘We are the Borg. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile.’” #copyright
Netopia.eu@netopia.bsky.social · last wk.Suno sued by musicians including David Lowery and Jason Isbell musically.com/2026/09/02/s...
Suno sued by musicians including David Lowery and Jason Isbell musically.com/2026/09/02/s...
Suno sued by musicians including David Lowery and Jason Isbell
The latest lawsuit filed against AI-music firm Suno comes from a group of US-based musicians: Jason Isbell, David Lowery, Guy Forsyth and Eduardo Calle.
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Almost 1 in 10 Nordic households now pay for pirated TV. Together they're spending close to €280m a year on illegal IPTV — a market that size doesn't stay small. 🧵 #Piracy #StreamingWars #Nordics
Illegal streaming costs the UK an astounding £1.35bn a year & 10,400 jobs, £366m in lost tax & £270m stolen from consumers through fraud and identity theft. £1.2bn of it ends up funding organised crime. 👇 #ThePriceOfPiracy assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bl...
Embedder Protections Survive Rebuff of Copyright ‘Server Test’ Kyle Jahner Bloomberg Law news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/embed...
Embedder Protections Survive Rebuff of Copyright ‘Server Test’
The first appellate court to rebuke a nearly 20-year-old shield for embedders of copyrighted content still embraced the test’s functional permissiveness, suggesting a US Supreme Court-enticing circuit...
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#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...
Insta treats AI as spam Instagram will demote AI-generated influencers if they don't clearly label their account Read More: www.engadget.com/2246914/inst...
Instagram will demote AI-generated influencers if they don't clearly label their account - Engadget
The app isn't cracking down on other kinds of AI slop, though.
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Report: Illegal streaming a £1.3bn economy blocker www.advanced-television.com/2026/09/01/r...
Report: Illegal streaming a £1.3bn economy blocker | Advanced Television
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Want to keep up with EU tech policy? There's a lot going on, but this expert list has you covered from online safety to competition, copyright, AI and more.
Netopia.eu@netopia.bsky.social · 2y ago#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...
You don't understand, we're just Too Big To Fail? "Amazon says the FTC's complaint over Sponsored Ads cites no evidence of consumer price increases or advertiser harm, and misunderstands how advertisers operate" www.aboutamazon.com/company-news...
Amazon’s response to the FTC’s lawsuit regarding Sponsored Ads
The FTC today filed a misguided lawsuit claiming Amazon misled advertisers about its Sponsored Ads pricing and auction. Amazon strongly disagrees.
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ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox are now designated under the EU’s DSA. Within four months they must assess and mitigate systemic risks, undergo independent audits, provide greater data access and meet enhanced transparency requirements. #DSA #EUtech ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act*
Today, the Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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"Countering online piracy of sports and broadcast in the EU," via Giovanni Maria Riccio, Fabiola Iraci Gambazza and Gianmarco Marani. The report is here www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en... #piracy #copyright #europeancommission #euparliament #sports #tvrights #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty
"Meta has denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement." They don't fear fines. They fear competition. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #ChildSafety #TechRegulation #DigitalPolicy #Instagram #Facebook #PlatformAccountability #BigTech #CSAM #brussels #eutech
Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states.
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The original "AI" - micro/repetitive task bots? AWS says it plans to shut down Mechanical Turk on September 30, “following an assessment”; the service, launched in 2005, outsourced tasks to 500K+ humans www.cnbc.com/2026/08/25/a...
Amazon service Bezos once called 'artificial artificial intelligence' is shutting down
Mechanical Turk launched in 2005 as a way to farm out tasks that are easy for humans to complete but too challenging for computers.
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"Meta has denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement." They don't fear fines. They fear competition. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #ChildSafety #TechRegulation #DigitalPolicy #Instagram #Facebook #PlatformAccountability #BigTech #CSAM #brussels #eutech
Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states.
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These fees are not payment for customer acquisition; they are a toll imposed by a gatekeeper on the publisher’s own commercial relationship with its readers. Publishers, not platforms, should reap the rewards of the audiences, they have worked to build. www.epceurope.eu/post/publish...
Publishers warn Apple’s new App Store terms preserve excessive fees and undermine the DMA
Apple’s planned changes to its highly criticised fee structure by new terms do not bring the platform into compliance with the DMA. The new terms maintain unacceptable fees on digital transactions pub...
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"GDPR is just cookie banners and bureaucracy." www.linkedin.com/posts/dmitri... #GDPR #Privacy
"GDPR is just cookie banners and bureaucracy." Here is something GDPR actually did this week. The Dutch regulator fined Uber €825 million, which is the second-largest GDPR fine in history!...
"GDPR is just cookie banners and bureaucracy." Here is something GDPR actually did this week. The Dutch regulator fined Uber €825 million, which is the second-largest GDPR fine in history! Uber basi...
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[New paper] How Brussels reproduces Silicon Valley technosolutionism, By @alvarooleart.bsky.social & Alejandro Flores Moleón policyreview.info/articles/ana...
New Zealand plans a bill to ban social media for under-16s, requiring “high risk” platforms to check user ages or face penalties of up to 10% of global revenue www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New Zealand Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s
New Zealand plans to ban under-16s from social media, joining a throng of countries worldwide seeking to limit online harm to children.
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“Any politician who is not speaking about the role of Silicon Valley fascism in the destruction of our democracy is not someone who can be trusted.” Read “Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation,” my interview with @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation
Author Gil Durán says the rise of ‘tech fascism’ is putting our democracy in peril – and asks us to imagine a world without billionaires.
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