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Nick Couldry

@couldrynick.bsky.social
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I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook lnk.to/DataGrabBook

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I 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
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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...
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A really important landmark book! Do take a look
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Do join us tomorrow for what should be an interesting discussion!
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
this new Jacobin article links to my blog last month on the AI rebellion which you can read here: www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
a 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
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Critics of AI Aren’t Anti-Tech Extremists
Recent 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...
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Renata 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.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My latest critical take on the impending social crisis of AI: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202... @lsemedia.bsky.social
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AI’s impending social crisis - Media@LSE
LSE'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.
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Greg M. Epstein @gregmepstein.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Powerful. 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.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Tengo ganas de regresarme a Barcelona el viernes para este impresionante congreso
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Am 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...
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Saving our digital world | Adele Zeynep Walton
5pm Sat 20 Jun | Adele Zeynep Walton, Professor Nick Couldry | LSE Festival: How to save the planet I Free public event I Ticket required
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This is very important and much needed research
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Very much looking forward to this event in Barcelona !
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Well said @histoftech.bsky.social
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Once 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...
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AI and the amplification of academic content assetization
Photo 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…
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
brilliant blog overnight by @parismarx.com on Sam Altman's hubristic thinking about intelligence as private utility: disconnect.blog/make-em-dumb...
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Make ‘em dumb, sell ‘em smarts
Sam Altman wants intelligence to be a utility that you pay him for
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
INCA 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/eZkpUWnh
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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Do 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
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Really 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!
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I 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
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I am excited too. A movement needs to be built around these issues. Maybe this is one place it starts?
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Me 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 Mniestri
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Nick Couldry | Engage with Media & Society Insights
Explore Nick Couldry's work on media, digital platforms, and social theory. Discover publications, research, and latest projects on power, culture, and data colonialism.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Pleased 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 support
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Exactly, because GenAI Chatbots are designed to further a similar business model to the commercial social media whose failure we already understand all too well
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Well this seems fine
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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It 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...
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Social media giants must be held accountable for youth mental health harms, analyst warns
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
this was great fun to record. Thanks the DDTU project and team for having us!
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
This 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....
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Social 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.social
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Social media age bans will fail because they are not radical enough - LSE European Politics
Social media age bans are half-measures. To fix social media, we must ban the exploitative business models that profit from our attention.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If you are interested in my take on the social media age ban debate, here it is, thanks to @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
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Mary Burns @tech4pd.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Thanks 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/
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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hopefully 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
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting
The federal government is openly embracing white nationalist online content — including in a recent recruitment post.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
On a weekend of atrocious news, this vision of better public spaces, closer to communities, is a much needed positive: open.substack.com/pub/newpubli...
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👊💰 We need a revolution in social media business models
Deepti Doshi on the business incentives underlying social media
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Alondra 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...
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AI 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.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Is 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.social
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Is there an alternative to Big Tech’s control of the social media space? - LSE Review of Books
Nick 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.
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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-Bg79H7
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
If 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
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This article by @jburn-murdoch is very important
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Justin 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.
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Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 31/10/2025
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 👀
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Justin 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.
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The US Government’s Use of Elon Musk’s Grok AI Undermines Its Own Rules | TechPolicy.Press
Public Citizen's J.B. Branch warns federal use of Elon Musk’s Grok AI risks biasing government systems.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Interesting blog reacting to my recent LSE lecture @lsemedia.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
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The space of our world: how social media broke solidarity and how we might mend it - Media@LSE
Kirti 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,
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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
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Can human solidarity survive social media and what if it can’t? | LSE Event
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Another brave article by @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social . Essential reading if you care about the harm AI celebrationism is doing!
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Resisting AI is in OUR hands!
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
AI introduces entirely new definitions of 'risk management,' but we should not accept them
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Nice to be included in this company! Critics of AI are growing but certainly need to give each other support
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