Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I hugely enjoyed the sharp discussion after this short presentation on the book which comes out in January in North America (November in europe). Already available for pre-order with 20% discount using code PAI20 110
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026'IGNORE THE BIG TECH PROPHETEERS', my latest blog on AI, in particular Mark Zuckerberg's recent pronouncement on 'superintelligence': blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...blogs.lse.ac.uk 010
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A really important landmark book! Do take a look 040
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Do join us tomorrow for what should be an interesting discussion! 030
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026this new Jacobin article links to my blog last month on the AI rebellion which you can read here: www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1nickcouldry.orgBlog — Nick Couldry 162
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026a 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.socialjacobin.comCritics of AI Aren’t Anti-Tech ExtremistsRecent US intelligence documents hype up the threat of “anti-tech violent extremist activity” against data centers. Casting protests as ideologically extreme is a shortcut to silencing critics of AI a... 032
Reposted by Nick CouldryRenata Avila @avilarenata.bsky.social · 16/06/2026"Digital transformation" was the political buzzword through which strategic public functions were transferred to closed, private technological infrastructures in one or two jurisdictions. A de facto privatisation and abdication of sovereignty. With AI, it will get worse than that. 174
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 11/06/2026My latest critical take on the impending social crisis of AI: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202... @lsemedia.bsky.socialblogs.lse.ac.ukAI’s impending social crisis - Media@LSELSE's Professor Nick Couldry reflects on the contribution of AI to society, and how far we are prepared to consider intelligence itself as a utility. 0112
Reposted by Nick CouldryGreg M. Epstein @gregmepstein.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Powerful. Via AP: "Leo raised the trans-Atlantic slave trade in relation to what he called the new forms of slavery and colonialism that the digital revolution is fueling..." A phenomenon @karenhao.bsky.social, @couldrynick.bsky.social, Ulises Mejias, & others (including myself) have documented. 063
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Tengo ganas de regresarme a Barcelona el viernes para este impresionante congreso 042
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Am speaking at LSE Festival of Ideas on rebuilding social media and the implications of social media's ills for building a better politics on the climate emergency and everything else. Two events on Saturday June 20, tickets on sale NOW! www.lse.ac.uk/events/lse-f... www.lse.ac.uk/events/lse-f...lse.ac.ukSaving our digital world | Adele Zeynep Walton5pm Sat 20 Jun | Adele Zeynep Walton, Professor Nick Couldry | LSE Festival: How to save the planet I Free public event I Ticket required 041
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This is very important and much needed research 052
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Very much looking forward to this event in Barcelona ! 000
Reposted by Nick CouldryBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Once academics were told to upload teaching materials to digital learning platforms, universities and tech firms alike were always going to monetize it. Now AI is being used to amplify the assetization of those digital archives of academic content. codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/a...codeactsineducation.wordpress.comAI and the amplification of academic content assetizationPhoto by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash A new AI-driven digital learning platform launched by Arizona State University has set off alarm bells among academics for its exploitation of scholarly work. AS… 210058
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 10/04/2026brilliant blog overnight by @parismarx.com on Sam Altman's hubristic thinking about intelligence as private utility: disconnect.blog/make-em-dumb...disconnect.blogMake ‘em dumb, sell ‘em smartsSam Altman wants intelligence to be a utility that you pay him for 021
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026INCA an EU-based project has just launched a terrific documentary on data (I'm pleased to be part of it - thanks to Niccolo Cuppini). The film is called “Data Revolution!” Please circulate to students, friends . . Trailer: lnkd.in/e2ewHcnP Full video: lnkd.in/ePzbnVEr Project page: lnkd.in/eZkpUWnhlnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 022
Reposted by Nick CouldryLSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Do traditional media theories still hold up in a digital world? 🌐 Join #BartCammaerts at for his book launch, Dichotomies in Media and Communication Theory. 🗓️ Tues 31 March 6.30-8pm 📍 LSE + Online 🎟️ Register: www.lse.ac.uk/events/media-1 #LSEMedia #MediaTheory #London @routledgebooks.bsky.social 076
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Really important from @robinberjon !! Citizens are already ahead of most of their politicians. In today's hyperconnected world, a transactional US government is anything but a friend! 030
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I strongly agree. We cannot afford to abandon social media to the right, even as we need to find ways to rebuild social media on a better basis. @debbieball.bsky.social @adelewalton.bsky.social 033
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I am excited too. A movement needs to be built around these issues. Maybe this is one place it starts? 042
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Me complace anunciar una renovación de mi página web personal www.nickcouldry.org En un solo lugar mis blogs recientes medios publicaciones y charlas, por ej. www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1 Me alegra especialmente que mis páginas web estén tanto en inglés como en español. Gracias a Aikaterini Mniestrinickcouldry.orgNick Couldry | Engage with Media & Society InsightsExplore Nick Couldry's work on media, digital platforms, and social theory. Discover publications, research, and latest projects on power, culture, and data colonialism. 130
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Pleased to announce a revamp of my personal website: www.nickcouldry.org . There in one place are my recent blogs, media, publications, and talks, eg www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1 Particularly pleased my webpages are in both English and Spanish. Thanks to Aikaterini Mniestri for invaluable supportnickcouldry.orgBlog — Nick Couldry 031
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Exactly, because GenAI Chatbots are designed to further a similar business model to the commercial social media whose failure we already understand all too well 030
Reposted by Nick CouldryRachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Well this seems fine 11514
Reposted by Nick CouldryAdele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · 25/02/2026It was great to speak to @aljazeera.com about #Zuckerberg testifying in front of a jury last week, in a watershed moment for holding big tech to account. www.youtube.com/watch?si=HyU...youtube.comSocial media giants must be held accountable for youth mental health harms, analyst warnsYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 031
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 12/02/2026this was great fun to record. Thanks the DDTU project and team for having us! 042
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 07/02/2026This new piece by @hartzog.bsky.social and @jessicasilbey.bsky.social is brilliant - and essential reading on the damage to the social texture that unbounded AI use threatens to do: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com 073
Reposted by Nick CouldryLSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Social media age bans are a only half-measure. Only by banning toxic business models that exploit social attention can we address the problems with social media – @couldrynick.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.socialblogs.lse.ac.ukSocial media age bans will fail because they are not radical enough - LSE European PoliticsSocial media age bans are half-measures. To fix social media, we must ban the exploitative business models that profit from our attention. 0149
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 26/01/2026If you are interested in my take on the social media age ban debate, here it is, thanks to @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social 0112
Reposted by Nick CouldryMary Burns @tech4pd.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Thanks to @npr.org for profiling our @brookings.edu study on #AIED: www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n.... Find the report here:https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-new-direction-for-students-in-an-ai-world-prosper-prepare-protect/npr.orgThe risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report saysA new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being. 041
Reposted by Nick Couldrymkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Hopefully of interest! @aurelmondon.bsky.social @kai-arzheimer.com @alessandronai.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social @annagbusse.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social @frankstengel.com @jfarkas.bsky.social @drspguerra.bsky.social @gavant.bsky.social @illsp.bsky.social 262
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 15/01/2026theintercept.com/2026/01/13/d...theintercept.comDHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE ShootingThe federal government is openly embracing white nationalist online content — including in a recent recruitment post. 022
Reposted by Nick CouldryNick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 11/12/2025this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI 084
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 14/12/2025On a weekend of atrocious news, this vision of better public spaces, closer to communities, is a much needed positive: open.substack.com/pub/newpubli...open.substack.com👊💰 We need a revolution in social media business modelsDeepti Doshi on the business incentives underlying social media 081
Reposted by Nick CouldryAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 14/12/2025"For those asking the public to trust their AIs, it doesn’t help that systems based on related technology are causing harm in ways all of us hear about daily, from suicide-encouraging chatbots to image generators that devour jobs and intellectual property." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...wsj.comAI Can Make Decisions Better Than People Do. So Why Don’t We Trust It?Machines that show their work, in ways that are impossible for humans, could overcome the public’s inherent distrust. 84111
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 11/12/2025this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI 084
Reposted by Nick CouldryLSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Is there an alternative to Big Tech’s control of the #SocialMedia space? The Space of the World by @couldrynick.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social offers a radical vision that counters the profit-driven space we know. #Review by Dawa Tshering @edithcowanuni.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.socialblogs.lse.ac.ukIs there an alternative to Big Tech’s control of the social media space? - LSE Review of BooksNick Couldry's The Space of the World explores Big Tech's control over social media & calls for a radical, non-commercial redesign of our shared digital spaces. 023
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 10/12/2025 a review for the LSE Review of Books is out today of my recent book on social media, The Space of the World: lnkd.in/e-Bg79H7lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 030
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 03/12/2025If you are interested in hearing my latest take on AI and the challenges it poses for communications research, here is a keynote I gave at ZEMKI University of Bremen in October @zemki.bsky.social 083
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 20/11/2025This article by @jburn-murdoch is very important 070
Reposted by Nick CouldryJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/10/2025"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.theatlantic.comTop Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military BasesStephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers. 65367232
Reposted by Nick CouldryJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 31/10/2025NEW 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 👀 34997402
Reposted by Nick CouldryJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/10/2025“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.techpolicy.pressThe US Government’s Use of Elon Musk’s Grok AI Undermines Its Own Rules | TechPolicy.PressPublic Citizen's J.B. Branch warns federal use of Elon Musk’s Grok AI risks biasing government systems. 14723
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Interesting blog reacting to my recent LSE lecture @lsemedia.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...blogs.lse.ac.ukThe space of our world: how social media broke solidarity and how we might mend it - Media@LSEKirti Dubey writes about Professor Nick Couldry’s public lecture at LSE where he detailed the arguments in his recent book, The Space of the World, 041
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 23/10/2025for 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.socialyoutube.comCan human solidarity survive social media and what if it can’t? | LSE EventYouTube video by LSE 041
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Another brave article by @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social . Essential reading if you care about the harm AI celebrationism is doing! 0155
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 21/10/2025AI introduces entirely new definitions of 'risk management,' but we should not accept them 020
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Nice to be included in this company! Critics of AI are growing but certainly need to give each other support 031