A day of unimaginable relief for an innocent man, and no doubt elation for his superb defence counsel Nader R Hasan. But for those braying for more stringent bail, the details of the Zameer case, and the now public bail jmt, should give them cause for reflection and shame.

A statement by our faculty at Columbia and Barnard. More to come. I am behind every word.

On Edward Said’s disillusionment with Foucault, Adorno, Fredric Jameson, etc—from Pankaj Mishra’s review of the new Said biography: newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

Both Canadian Telecommunications Association + Justin Trudeau are pointing to big price ↓ for cell phone & internet service in Canada but people from all corners are not impressed. Why the gap between their claims & people's discontent? www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti… #CRTC #Cdntech #Cdnpoli 1/

'Similar scenes unfolded when NYPD was invited onto campus during the anti-Vietnam protests of 1968. History has made clear who stood on wrong side then. This is the side you are aligning yourself with now. This will be your legacy.' Bravo Columbia Daily Spectator
columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/0…

Yep 👇👇🤜

My mind is blown. by this Internet Society report (released today!) on the March 2024 West African Cable Cut. It shows how IXPs helped keep local connectivity up, that less resilient countries fared worse, no BPG leaks or hijacks, and much more: internetsociety.org/resources/doc/…

A core objective of the Online Harms Bill is protection of children. Other parts of the Bill have been dissected, but the kids part has not been closely scrutinized. Join Taylor Owen and I hosting our next panel of amazing experts to talk child protection. Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy

It's also a good time to re-up this column from the Toronto Star two weeks ago: 'Canada’s cellphone and internet prices are apparently falling. Really? Then why is my bill so high?' thestar.com/business/opini…

'A Latin American Approach to Mediatization: Specificities and Contributions to a Global Discussion About How the Media Shape Contemporary Societies' with @monrodriguez.bsky.social in COMM THEORY academic.oup.com/ct/article-abs…

This is a helpful article by Matt Lundy Alexandra Posadzki & a good time to re-up it.

So humbled to be awarded the Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize by the Broadbent Institute Institute. Wood’s scholarship and intellectual ambition are such an inspiration. Thank you for this incredible honor!

First Amendment Institute at Columbia weighs in: University may have violated its own rules in engaging NYPD to crackdown on students, and correctly notes how bringing in riot gear (I.e. heavily armed) cops actually threatens campus safety and community.

Abhorrent is too soft a word to describe this: US Senator threatens #ICC officials with sanctions if they issue warrants of arrest in the Palestine situation 👇

Let the ICC do its work on Hamas & Israeli atrocities. Stop with streak of histrionic and offensive threats.

Coops and non-profit journalism are emerging as significant parts of the solution to the crisis of journalism, in a small way in Canada, bigger in the US and in between in many other countries.