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Jochen Spangenberg

@jospang.bsky.social
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Human(e) Media matters Dep Head DW Deutsche Welle R&D Boards: EDMO, CEDMO, GADMO Lecturer: Free University Berlin Media Literacy Trainer: Lie Detectors More: about.me/jospang

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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 1h
Choose your friends wisely … Or: what a disgrace!!
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 1h
@meisnerwerk.bsky.social über die Kampagnen rechter Medien (und Menschen) gegen die @amadeuantonio.bsky.social
taz.de
Morddrohungen nach Kritik an Apollo News: Eine orchestrierte Kampagne
Eine Mitarbeiterin der Amadeu Antonio Stiftung bekommt Morddrohungen. Zuvor hatte sie das rechte Portal Apollo News kritisiert.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 1h
Die CDU ist dabei, sich zu verlieren und droht, sich selbst zu zerreißen, schreibt @beimwort.bsky.social in dieser lesenswerten Analyse. Die Union sei heute „noch orientierungsloser, sie weiß weder, wer sie ist, noch wer sie sein will“, so der Autor.
beimwort.substack.com
Die CDU sucht sich seit Jahren selbst und ist jetzt dabei, sich ganz zu verlieren
Es könnte keinen schlechteren Moment dafür geben
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#FIMI at work! #Disinfo2026 @politico.com has more
politico.com
EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Some sponsors pulled out of #Disinfo2026 at the last minute.
theguardian.com
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 07/10/2026
Two panels at the #Disinfo2026 conference seem to have particularly upset the MAGA people. It would be a shame if people weren’t aware of them.
Day 1, October 7, 11:45 - 12:30
Under attack: How the counter-disinformation community is dealing with US government pressure
#solutions
room: Zeta
Panel
On 23 December 2025, the US government (USG) imposed travel bans and deportation orders on five European figures - former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, Imran Ahmed, Clare Melford, Anna-Lena von
Hodenberg, and Josephine Ballon - accusing them of censoring US social media platforms.
The use of legal intimidation to wage personal attacks raises its own free-speech concerns as well as questions about the appropriate use of legal punishment in a policy debate. The United States Government's attacks to intimidate individuals and organisations are an unprecedented escalation in defense of US corporations seeking to avoid regulation and criticism. This panel will examine the chilling effect these tactics can potentially have on the community of researchers, journalists, and former government officials who fight disinformation, propaganda and hate speech online. The panel will also discuss how some are fighting back against these tactics.
Speakers:
Claire Pershan, Coalition for Independent Technology Research
Josephine Ballon, HateAid
Chair:
Gregory Rohde, EU DisinfoLabDay 1, October 7, 10:45 - 11:45
USA as a FIMI threat: acknowledge, adapt, push back #infospaces
room: Alfa
Presentations
This session addresses one of the most uncomfortable questions in the counter-disinformation field today: how did the United States become a FIMI threat for Europe? The session will explore how the counters disinformation community rebuilds resilience without Washington, what solidarity looks like in a fractured transatlantic environment, and how to push back against on these operations.
Speakers:
Adam Fivenson, Center for Security, Innovation & New Technology at American University Alex Finley, Former officer of CIA's Directorate of Operations, Centre for Strategic Advantage Emerson Brooking, Nonresident Senior Fellow, DFRLab
Chair:
Carlos Hernández-Echevarría, Fundación Maldita.es
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The campaigns to support @eoghan.eurosky.social's family after the sad loss of their husband and father is still ongoing. Please join in if you can - any amount helps. (thx to all donators, esp. to organisers @joegalvin.bsky.social / @gavinsblog.bsky.social and Sara Badilini for the two fundraisers)
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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
These charts with type-of-car sales by country are so fascinating to scroll through. Keep your eye on the browns (petrol/diesel/ICE) and the blue/greens over time. Then see how the US, Mexico, Peru absurdity jumps out at you. robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?la...
robbieandrew.github.io
Collected vehicle registration data
Frequently updated charts and data for new vehicle registrations across countries.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Very sad to think that Eoghan is no longer in this world ….
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Two ways to support Eoghan’s family: www.gofundme.com/f/our-friend... Set up by @gavinsblog.bsky.social and @joegalvin.bsky.social whydonate.com/fundraising/... Set up by Sara Badilini
gofundme.com
Donate to Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney, organized by Joseph Galvin
Our friend, colleague and comrade Eoghan Sweeney has been diagnosed with termina… Joseph Galvin needs your support for Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Eoghan’s Obituary. Sub-edited by the man himself.
ebu.ch
The EBU and wider global journalism community mourn the loss of our colleague and friend, Eoghan Sweeney
The EBU and wider global journalism community is mourning the loss of our colleague and friend, Eoghan Sweeney, who has died.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Very sad to hear about the passing of dear @eoghan.eurosky.social. Some memories, especially of our first encounter and its immediate aftermath, will never be forgotten …. (a story that still makes me smile ….) RIP my good man. You’ll be missed! 🍀
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
♥️🍀
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Skandal!
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wer sind Bettina und Werner?
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Barbara Streisand!?
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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“It is vital for us as the public that we have access to a free and pluralistic media to be able to criticize the government, to be able to analyze what the government is doing, so that we can understand what decisions are being made,” CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg tells PBS Newshour👇 tinyurl.com/579e5uzj
pbs.org
Trump's attacks on free press echo rhetoric used by autocrats, Jodie Ginsberg says
To discuss President Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, Amna Nawaz spoke with Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Next, it wouldn’t be surprising if someone came up with the idea to rename ‘that’ country “Trump’s States of America”
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New Swedish Prime Minister, asked whether Britain should rejoin the EU: “Yes. Please. Tomorrow.” www.politico.eu/article/magd...
politico.eu
‘Sweden is back’: Magdalena Andersson has big plans for Europe
In an interview with POLITICO, Sweden’s election winner reveals her unfinished business with Russia, Trump — and the far right.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Je mehr #Springer-Medien gegen @die-linke.de / @dielinkeberlin.bsky.social und insb eine rot-rot-grüne Koalition in Berlin hetzen, desto mehr gemäßigte Kräfte tendieren dazu, genau das zu befürworten. Parallel werden der #AfD weitere Sympathisanten*innen „zugespielt“ (weg von der #CDU)
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anderer Effekt: je mehr #Springer-Medien gegen @die-linke.de / @dielinkeberlin.bsky.social und insb eine rot-rot-grüne Koalition in Berlin hetzen, desto mehr gemäßigte Kräfte tendieren dazu, genau das zu befürworten. Parallel werden der #AfD weitere Sympathisanten*innen „zugespielt“ (weg von #CDU)
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Es ist so traurig / frustrierend / ärgerlich / beängstigend… Alles Gute!
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wow. Anti-Meta movement has its own tech now. Get off all Meta products! www.theguardian.com/technology/c...
theguardian.com
It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sind Wähler*innen in Deutschland zu dumm?
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
1% bzw nicht mehr aufgeführt.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Es wird womöglich noch schlimmer für die CDU ….
Hochrechnung
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#CDU in #MecklenburgVorpommern fällt auf unter 5%. Historische Niederlage. #MVLTW2026 Hochrechnung 23.02 Uhr - fast alle Stimmen ausgezählt.
Wahl MV Hochrechnung
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#FDP in #MecklenburgVorpommern ( #MeckPomm) bei 1,0% gelandet (-4,8%). In #Berlin gar nicht mehr aufgeführt, sondern scheinbar unter „Andere“. Infratest dimap in Hochrechnung auf #DasErste.
Wahlergebnis Hochrechnung MeckPomm Wahlergebnis Hochrechnung Berlin
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Merz beklagt in seiner Rede nach den Landtagswahlen in #Berlin und #MecklenburgVorpommern, der Ton im politischen Geschäft sei „rauer“ geworden. Gut, dass er selbst immer so moderat und verbindend auftritt …
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Werden sie es nun lernen, sich besinnen, nachdenklich werden?
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Warum landet das #BSW immer ziemlich genau bei 5% (+/- 0,1%)?
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wer ist Wolfgang Kubicki?
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The incredible journey of Pastor Mick. #Burnley #MickFleming
bbc.com
Burnley's Pastor Mick - from dangerous drug dealer to lifesaver
Pastor Mick - who helps the poor on streets of Burnley - was once a violent dealer, covering up painful childhood memories.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@columjournreview.bsky.social brings together #OSINT experts and their view about how technology is transforming visual forensics. Feat. @eliothiggins.bsky.social @malachy.bsky.social @craigsilverman.bsky.social @alexakoenig.bsky.social @henkvaness.bsky.social @alisonkilling.bsky.social & more
cjr.org
The future of visual investigations, if we can’t trust our eyes.
Journalists and other experts tell us how, in the age of AI, technology is transforming the work of visual forensics. “We might have to be a little bit more imaginative,” Emily Tripp, of Airwars, says...
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I wrote a book about the process that led up to the renewal of the BBC Charter that came into force on 1 January 1996. Especially, I investigated external factors that influenced the process of change and reform, to then discuss their potential impact and consequences. Some still relevant today.
amazon.de
The BBC in Transition : Spangenberg, Jochen: Amazon.de: Books
The BBC in Transition : Spangenberg, Jochen: Amazon.de: Books
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Here we go again! The #BBC is preparing for #CharterRenewal - in other words: fighting (and arguing) for its continued existence - and the way this will look like precisely. @barbaraspeed.bsky.social looks closely at what lies ahead - and what happened in the corporation's past.
theguardian.com
‘A completely unique opportunity’: the secretive process that will decide the BBC’s future
The long read: Every decade, the BBC’s continued existence must be secured through an elaborate multi-year negotiation with the government. But what does charter renewal actually involve – and will it...
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Drying out the swamp 😂
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The interviewees argue that “the use of such software leads to systematic violations of international law.” More on @netzpolitik.org
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Death by score points: How AI-based systems #Lavender and #Gospel are used by the Israeli army for the targeting of people in #Gaza. Constanze Kurz spoke to Taylor Kate Woodcock and @rainerrehak.bsky.social about the technology, as well as its consequences.
netzpolitik.org
„Civilian harm is pre-programmed into the system“
Software that automatically evaluates large amounts of data in real time is changing the way military targets are selected. An analysis of the Lavender system shows that it violates international huma...
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Constanze Kurz sprach für @netzpolitik.org mit Taylor Kate Woodcock und @rainerrehak.bsky.social über die Folgen von KI in bewaffneten Konflikten, insbesondere beim Einsatz durch die israelische Armee in #Gaza.
netzpolitik.org
Automatisierte Todeslisten
Computersysteme, die automatisiert in Echtzeit große Datenmassen auswerten, verändern die militärische Zielauswahl. Eine Analyse des Lavender-Systems zeigt: Solche Software verstößt gegen völkerrechtl...
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A cross-European investigation into Russia‘s hybrid war tactics‘ with the use of so-called ‘disposable agents’. Reporting for @deutschewelle.dw.com / @news.dw.com by @mareporter.bsky.social, @julett.bsky.social and Anna Chaika.
p.dw.com
Cuban dance teacher ordered EU sabotage attacks from Russia
In 2024, a Cuban man coordinated a series of arson attacks in four EU countries while operating on behalf of Russian intelligence services. DW Investigations tracked him back to a Latin dance studio i...
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NAZA - der einzige Dokumentarfilm im Wettbewerb bei den #Filmfestspielen in #Venedig. Für ttt sprach Siham El-Maimouni mit den Filmemachern Yuval Abraham und Rachel Szor. In anonymisierten Interviews berichten israelische Militär- und Geheimdienstangehörige über Einsätze in Gaza, und die Folgen.
ardmediathek.de
ttt – titel thesen temperamente - Naza - hier anschauen
'Naza' von Yuval Abraham und Rachel Szor ist der einzige Dokumentarfilm im Wettbewerb. In anonymisierten Interviews berichten israelische Militär- und Geheimdienstangehörige über Einsätze in Gaza, darunter Datenanalysten, Drohnenpiloten und ...
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump als einzige Kontrollinstanz für KI-Entwicklung…. Es wird alles nicht besser!!
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tolle Überschrift …. (Nicht den Autoverkehr vergessen….) 🤦
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Sebastian Bohrn Mena @bohrn-mena.at · 10/09/2026
Die AfD will die Rüstungsindustrie für Massendeportationen nutzen. Das sagt Siegmund heute in einer Pressekonferenz. Wenige Tage nach der Wahl fallen jetzt die letzten Masken. Und ich frage mich: Was muss einer wehrhaften Demokratie noch angetan werden, bis sie beginnt sich zu wehren?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Contributed some thoughts to this piece - The Future of Visual Investigations, If We Can’t Trust Our Eyes www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
cjr.org
The future of visual investigations, if we can’t trust our eyes.
Journalists and other experts tell us how, in the age of AI, technology is transforming the work of visual forensics. “We might have to be a little bit more imaginative,” Emily Tripp, of Airwars, says...
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Ich war heute in Terezín (Theresienstadt). Und in #SachsenAnhalt wurde gewählt…
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
‘Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.’ Malvolio in William Shakespeare’s ‘Twelth Night’ (Act 2, Scene 5). May I add: and some, put simply, aren’t great at all!
theguardian.com
Trump ranks himself the greatest US president ever. Historians beg to differ
Donald Trump posted his own presidential rankings to Truth Social last week, separating past US presidents into six categories from ‘greatest’ to ‘failures’
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 22/08/2026
Heat pumps are winning the heating race against fossil fuels, outpacing natural-gas furnaces by 32% during the first quarter of 2026.
trib.al
Why heat pumps are still so hot in the US
A key tax credit in the US ended, but heat pump sales are still going strong.
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Jochen Spangenberg @jospang.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A cabinet of lies - with a liar-in-chief at the top. According to @djrothkopf.bsky.social “The only path out is that each of us … makes seeking the truth our top priority, and skepticism our constant ally. We must seek out reliable sources of information and reject those who deliver anything less.”
thedailybeast.com
The Only Truth About Trump’s America Is That Everything Is a Lie
Our government is braindead. If they get their way, we’re next.
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