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the first trusted flagger certified in Germany focuses on 'hate speech, terrorist propaganda and other violent content, in English, German and Arabic'. I wonder what kind of political views and communities they might be focusing on 🧐

The UK, US & Israel were the last to end support for South Africa’s apartheid regime. Conservatives wore 'Hang Mandela' badges, Thatcher denounced him & the ANC as terrorists & vetoed a UN resolution to impose sanctions. History reminds us that it’s people power that prevails.

If you're looking for a more critical take on economic development than the one provided by the mainstream narrative that just got nobel rewarded, don't miss this thread. Western institutions don't even explain well Western development... 👇

Excited the team that worked on “Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries” finally got the book cover from Cambridge University Press design team. Included in the Communication, Society & Politics series, the book is expected to be released in Dec 2024!

Luca Belli Francesca Musiani Enrico Calandro Johannes Thumfart @[email protected] More information about the book can be found here on Cambridge University Press website: cambridge.org/core/books/dig… A preview of the book’s Table of Contents is shared below. We look forward to having great discussions with the research community, policymakers and the public!

I keep saying “this is my last comment” but then I eat my words. So I won’t say it this time but you know I think it ;-) Summary of everything I've said since 15 Oct

Does public service media crowd out private news publishers? An intuitively understandable (and frequently expressed) concern But research suggests otherwise Wrote for ZEIT ONLINE on findings from Universität Zürich, Richard Fletcher & others (links to studies in🧵) zeit.de/kultur/2024-10…

Trump announced that Elon Musk will lead a new department to cut government spending. Looking at government subsidies for Musk's companies, we can be pretty sure where he will *not* be cutting. The conflict of interest is mind-boggling.

Conflating critiques of the State of Israel or Zionism (a political ideology) with antisemitism is preposterous and dangerous. It turns legitimate poltical speech into prihibited speech, leading to chilling effects on freedom of expression. The Gaza crisis has so become a global

So it turns out that after the growth of the last few days, we're expanding our presence to the next network. Please follow us there too! And if you find our work relevant, please spread the word 😍 Link for the profile in the next tweet.

E quando cometer um erro grotesco, lembre-se de que a editoria de opinião da Folha de S.Paulo achou boa ideia a publicação de artigo assinado por Jair Bolsonaro com mote de "defesa da democracia".

Excited our book “Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries: How the Global South and Emerging Power Alliances Are Reshaping Digital Governance” has finally been published by Cambridge University Press! FREE to download via open access cambridge.org/core/books/dig…

This book is co-edited by yours truly and Luca Belli, featuring chapters by a stellar group of authors including@franmusiani,Enrico Calandro,Johannes Thumfart,@[email protected], Wanshu Cong, Venkatesh Hariharan, Sarayu Natarajan, Stefano Calzati, Vashishtha Doshi, Henrique Delgado.

Chapter 9 by @[email protected] "Brazilian Activism in Mastodon: Sovereignty Discourses between Cyberlibertarianism and State-Centrism" cambridge.org/core/books/dig…

Colonialism was violent & led to immense econ inequalities. Good this is recognized. But it needs to be understood within a broader theory of (the uneven development of) capitalism. There is no 'counterfactual' world where capitalism leads to equality, evenness & convergence 🫠

🚨Special issue alert of Communication & Society (June 2025, Vol. 38). The topic of this special issue is: Resilient media companies: the role of media ownership in the industry of digital contents 🔗revistas.unav.edu/index.php/comm…

Today I traveled to Salzburg 🇦🇹to visit with a good friend and colleague @[email protected]. I got to know Tales during the international project on alterity 🇧🇷🇩🇪🇺🇸 We rendezvous every couple of years, and it's always good to reconnect and catch up.

Já estamos nessa faz tempo, desde que decidiram que o nosso problema é a "polarização"...

“Those exports to the U.S. are less than 2 percent of Brazil’s GDP. Does Trump really imagine that he can use tariffs to bully a huge nation, which isn’t even very dependent on the U.S. market, into abandoning democracy?” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-dicta…