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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 15/07/2026

New blog! 📣 Social networking interoperability can give users real choice - but new analysis from @phipz.com @oii.ox.ac.uk shows it only works when regulators get the details right. Read his blog: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/how-social-m... 1/2

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Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk · 08/07/2026

🎉 Congratulations to OII doctoral researcher, @phipz.com named winner of The Jovana Karanovic Impact Award. The award recognizes early career scholars working at the forefront of digital platform research. 1/2

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 15/06/2026

US export bans on computer technology are not that new after all: already in 1999, Apple's G4 processor was considered dangerously powerful. web.archive.org/web/20030919...

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CNN - Apple tries to get G4 export ban lifted - September 17, 1999

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 09/06/2026

Apple announces deep AI system-level integration. It blames EU competition rules for not making it available in Europe. Public blackmail in the interest of profit? www.heise.de/en/news/Due-...

heise.de

Due to DMA competition rules: No AI Siri for EU iPhones

When iOS 27 launches in the fall, many features will be missing in Germany. Apple points the finger at the EU Commission.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 27/05/2026

End-to-end encrypted messaging interoperability via RCS? Works. But it also has already worked for years with @matrix.org.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 12/05/2026

What happens if the US decides to push a "kill switch" on individuals (or whole countries) using US-based services? Well: no payments, no communication, no data, no deliveries, no bookings. www.ft.com/content/4c3a...

ft.com

Life without US tech

What happens if Washington pulls the ‘kill switch’ on digital services?

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 12/05/2026

The UK using Palantir to process NHS health records: bad enough. Allowing contractors unlimited access to identifiable patient data: showcases the extent of this geopolitical privacy disaster. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

Health service has given US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to certain data to build integrated platform, according to reports

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 13/04/2026

“JAAI does not discriminate against human contributors — however, undisclosed human involvement constitutes a violation of our editorial integrity policy.”

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 27/03/2026

Regulators and courts around the world increasingly acknowledge harms of social media. Will we see a big regulatory intervention in platform design? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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What next for big tech after landmark social media addiction verdict?

The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman.

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Reuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I've been looking up the definition of an AI agent and ... it turns out I've been using AI agents for ~20 years without even realising it. An AI agent to filter out spam emails. An AI agent to respond to people when I'm out of office. An AI agent to correct my spelling. Why all the fuss?

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 13/03/2026

What do Big Tech companies do to raise their revenues? Enshittification, the thesis of @doctorow.pluralistic.net portrayed wonderfully by the Norwegian Consumer Council. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 02/03/2026

A witty write-up on the dependence on how deeply Microsoft Office is culturally ingrained in office work, attempts to move to FLOSS alternatives, and a plea for a paradigm shift towards plain text. ia.net/topics/trapp...

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Trapped in MS Office

Seeking IT independence, Europe wants to escape Microsoft Office. The question is: where to?

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 02/03/2026

Great to see startup funding go into interoperable platform projects: a @github.com alternative built on @atproto.com.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 01/03/2026

As someone sceptical of the loud AI hype train, I enjoyed reading this calm account by an indie developer on LLMs‘ capabilities in software development these days.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 19/02/2026

🚨New Preprint 📝👨‍🎓 Digital Platform #Interoperability – almost unanimously proposed in Economics and Policy literature to counter #BigTech platform power. The EU's Digital Markets Act already mandates it for messengers. BUT: Empirical evidence so far? Scarce. Let's see what I found. 🧵👇

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 09/02/2026

When a private company controls critical infrastructure and gets the power to influence the course of war: Elon Musk switches off Starlink for Russia. www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

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Starlink Shutdown: Musk Throws Russian Forces Into Chaos

Russian forces relied heavily on Starlink for tactical communications, Now SpaceX has deactivated their terminals, causing chaos as units lose contact with commanders.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 13/01/2026

We're ready for another term of our "Digital Economic Security Seminar" at @oii.ox.ac.uk and @aalto.fi. We've got 8 exciting sessions lined up around tech geopolitics. Warm invitation to join for fellow researchers! diesl.eu/digital-econ...

diesl.eu

Digital Economic Security Seminar – Winter 2026

Organisers/Hosts: Vili Lehdonvirta, Philipp Riederle Sessions: Tuesdays, 1–2pm (UK time), during Oxford term time, via Zoom Participation: Open to researchers and students from any university or resea...

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 03/07/2025

Very lucky to be working within such a brilliant community of fellow Internet scholars

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Cristina Caffarra @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The new 🇩🇪German Coalition just made an explicit commitment to #EuroStack - the plan for digital strategic autonomy supported by European industry which doesn’t rely on a Brussels fund showering taxpayer money on projects w no commercial prospects, that no one wants - like #AI_factories. Big deal.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 10/04/2025

German government's "Centre for Digital Sovereignty" (ZenDIS) develops open source collaboration suite "openDesk" by bundling multiple great OSS projects - and deploys into public administration. Exciting! @sovereign.tech

heise.de

Framework agreement: MS-365 alternative OpenDesk to conquer the Bundeswehr

The IT system house of the BWI has concluded a framework agreement with Zendis for "sovereign communication and collaboration solutions" such as OpenDesk.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 02/04/2025

The municipality of Aarhus in Denmark moved its cloud hosting from a US provider (Microsoft Azure) to German Hetzner. This brings data within EU borders, ensuring data protection and digital sovereignty. Most surprisingly, it even reduced costs by 2/3. itk.aarhus.dk/nyheder/proj...

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ITK skifter til europæisk cloud-hosting leverandør

ITK tager sammen med Kultur og Borgerservice i Aarhus Kommune konsekvensen af uroen mellem EU og USA og flytter cloud-hosting fra Azure til Hetzner.

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I have never seen anything as disgusting as that. Genuinely no words.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 28/02/2025

If it’s technically possible, it will inevitably be abused in illegitimate ways. A clear NO to encryption backdoors and chat control.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 27/02/2025

Challenging @timbl.bsky.social's view that internet concentration has a technical fix. The issue is network economics & social institutions. SOLID/EWADA has great use cases (e.g., healthcare) but can’t decentralise multi-sided platforms. @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 26/02/2025

The rise of a fascist party in Germany - a repetition of history? This page by @michaelkreil.bsky.social illustrates the chilling similarities. datajournal.org/schon-wieder/

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Schon wieder

Der Aufstieg der NSDAP/AfD

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 24/02/2025

My doctoral research at @oii.ox.ac.uk deals with the Political Economy of Internet (De-)Centralisation. In particular, the governance (and power implications) of internet platforms. Bluesky (alongside the Fediverse/Mastodon) are both quite interesting cases I look at.

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Philipp Riederle @phipz.com · 24/02/2025

Hello Bluesky! I have been in a social media freeze lately, with all the centralised internet platforms and their worrying governance. Much of my crowds have come here - so, let's give this a try.

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