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Steven Renderos

@stevenrenderos.bsky.social
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Salvadoreño 🇸🇻 ED at Media Justice. Co-host of Bring Receipts. Doyers fan.

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"While it might seem like a new thing with Larry Ellison bankrolling the purchase of Warner Bros Discovery, it's actually an old playbook," says @stevenrenderos.bsky.social of @mediajustice.bsky.social. How to push back against "media capture": unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/figh...
Graphic from Media Justice report that shows "the faces of media capture". Six billionaires are shown, with Larry Ellison and Elon Musk, being the two largest media owners investing in traditional and digital media.
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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
What does digital freedom actually look like? 👀💻 Our Executive Director, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, recently spoke with the 35 Mile Foundation about technology, power, and the fight for digital equity. He shares why communities deserve a greater say in the systems that shape our lives.
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MediaJustice: Technology, Power, and the Fight for Digital Equity – 35 Mile Foundation
Whoever controls the internet controls the story. That's the argument Steven Renderos and MediaJustice have been making for years. And it’s why they fight for community control.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"Separate reporting in @wired.com magazine revealed that this year’s Dialog event, to be held in Dublin this August, will range across topics including nuclear power, world war 3, sex, and cults."
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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
What does the firing of Scott Pelley by Ellison-owned CBS News have to do with data centers? In an age of media capture, "the data centers and the newsrooms are not separate projects," says Media Justice's @stevenrenderos.bsky.social. Here's how to push back unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/figh...
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Fighting for Media Justice in the Age of Tech Oligarchs
Step one: Understand that "the data centers and the newsrooms are not separate projects."
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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, joined the Spare a Thought podcast to break down our latest report, Media Capture: Who Controls the Story Controls the Future.💡 Together, they outline how tech oligarchs are capturing media outlets: spareathought.podbean.com/e/who-owns-t...
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Who Owns the Media? | Spare a Thought
Spare a Thought, the podcast for curious minds exploring creativity, culture and stories from the margins.  About this episode Tom interviews Steven Renderos, Executive Director of MediaJustice, a US ...
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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We're bringing #TakeBackTech III to you! Over the next 3 weeks, we’re livestreaming main stage moments on LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. First up is our opening conversation with award-winning author @naomiaklein.bsky.social THIS TUESDAY, 5/21, at 7PM ET | 4PM PT. streamyard.com/watch/ETqCBv...
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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The federal government circulated a "Be on the Lookout" alert to law enforcement across the country targeting comedian Ben Palmer. He didn't know about it until I told him. New story with @injusticewatch.org, co-published with @us.theguardian.com:
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DHS placed a comedian on law enforcement’s radar. Illinois spread the word.
Illinois State Police distributed a federal “Be on the Lookout” alert for comedian Ben Palmer over a satirical immigration tip line that went viral.
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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Read free: How to resist the likes of Andreessen and Musk and "reclaim our media and technology for the collective good." My interview with @stevenrenderos.bsky.social. (It's not on Substack, it's on Ghost.) unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/figh...
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Fighting for Media Justice in the Age of Tech Oligarchs
Step one: Understand that "the data centers and the newsrooms are not separate projects."
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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#Tech billionaires want control over media narratives to uphold their power. Our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, joins Andrew Callaghan on @channel5bluesky.bsky.social to talk about how tech oligarchs have bought our media system and what alternatives look like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CpV...
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How Billionaires Captured the Media - (5CAST #19) ft. Steven Renderos
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
And then go check out the @mediajustice.bsky.social report, Media Capture, which lays out how the whole system works. mediajustice.org/resource/med...
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Media Capture: Who Controls the Story Controls the Future - MediaJustice
The same Tech Oligarchs building massive data centers, pushing AI into every corner of our lives, and selling surveillance tools to federal agencies are also buying news outlets, funding newsrooms, an...
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The same billionaires buying up newsrooms are selling surveillance tech to ICE and pocketing $10B from the TikTok deal. More than a story about media, it’s a story about power. I talked through all of it with @thedailyedge.bsky.social. Check it out!
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Water Hub @waterhub.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
@stevenrenderos.bsky.social: "There is a push at this moment to build data centers at a scale that hasn't happened before, using quantities of water and electricity that are just unprecedented." He also notes that while data centers aren't new, the current erosion of planning and public process is.
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Water Hub @waterhub.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"There's a real necessity for local elected officials to pay attention to community concerns and design a process that actually feels democratic." - @stevenrenderos.bsky.social
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Water Hub @waterhub.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The promise of data center jobs are attractive to local governments, but @stevenrenderos.bsky.social of @mediajustice.bsky.social notes that local governments are spending roughly $2M per permanent job that's created to attract data centers to their towns. All in all, that's not a great trade-off.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I went vulnerable on this one, hope you enjoy it.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
These are the oligarchs capturing media.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
But here it is in case you do: mediajustice.org/resource/med...
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I guess @mediajustice.bsky.social didn’t need to publish our Media Capture report, since Donald Trump seems fine just telling us.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Larry Ellison just became the most powerful media owner in the world. CNN, CBS, and thousands of other media outlets under one person's control. This week, AP leaders told its reporters resistance to AI replacing their writing is "futile." We wrote a report about exactly this and it dropped today.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Sometimes this thing is too on the nose
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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Our ED @stevenrenderos.bsky.social joined Anne Pasmanick's @powerstation.bsky.social podcast to break down MediaJustice’s lineage and how our work has evolved to partner alongside on-the-ground organizers resisting the #Tech Oligarchy and #DataCenters. powerstation.libsyn.com/the-deportat...
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Power Station: The deportation machine that has been unleashed in our communities would not be possible without tech companies like Palantir
In 2001, in the nascent days of the internet, activists came together to wrestle with a growing challenge, the impacts of an increasingly corporatized media ecosystem on communities of color. They set...
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Those are small shoes to fill
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I can confirm that Willian Giménez González, beloved day laborer leader and advocate for his fellow workers, has been freed from ICE detention and is back in Chicago! For those interested in supporting him and his family, here is a GoFundMe.
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Donate to Support William and His Family After Unjust ICE Arrest, organized by National Day Laborer Organizing Network
On September 12, ICE agents unjustly abducted day laborer Wil… National Day Laborer Organizing Network needs your support for Support William and His Family After Unjust ICE Arrest
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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
More than a dozen immigration judge were just fired. Such firings have been common on Friday evenings and often involve newer judges still on probation. But today's firings include a Sacramento IJ who's been on the bench close to 20 years. "The judge version of Jimmy Kimmel," one source told me.
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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“This is a story about who gets sacrificed along the way in that [AI] arms race.” Our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social joins our new staff + @nodesertdatacenter.com member, Vivek Bharathan, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social's podcast on the real story behind #BigTech's data center expansion.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
So excited to see a byline from @aurabogado.bsky.social. And wow what a story. A hotel turned ICE detention center. And unsurprisingly tech plays a role in the end. Great read please check it out!
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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The most overhyped tech? How should our government step in during this moment? @politico.com asked our ED, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social‬, 5 pressing questions about our current tech reality and what it will take to reclaim our tech future: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Digital Future Daily
How the next wave of technology is upending the global economy and its power structures
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Aura is among the best investigative reporters so this news excites me. We desperately need to understand what is happening to immigrants, to better understand the political moment we all are in.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Today’s Sunday news shows featured a bunch of people talking about Salvadoreans. Yet, not one of them was Salvy. It’s not for a lack of experts, only a lack of trying. Here are a few names in case you were wondering.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Wait, I thought this was satire
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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 18/04/2025
And @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, Executive Director of @mediajustice.bsky.social, shared how the choices of the current presidential administration are wrecking protections around tech infrastructure: www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/14/1...
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DOGE’s tech takeover threatens the safety and stability of our critical data
Elon Musk may have run tech companies, but building technology for government is an entirely different beast.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Van Hollen and Bukele couldn’t be more different, but both get to author the story they want to tell. Abrego, meanwhile, is seen but not heard. A visit is nice. Coming home is better.
Kilmar Abrego García and Chris Van Hollen, in a photo posted on social media by Senator Van Hollen.Kilmar Abrego García, Chris Van Hollen, and an unnamed person (presumably an interpreter), in a photo posted on social media by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Chele is a common nickname in El Salvador and one that has nothing to do with gang affiliation. Using that as evidence is like claiming every guy who goes by Tony is in the Mob.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the alleged MS-13 gang member who was wrongly deported to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison last month, held the rank “Chequeo” and the street name “Chele” within the vicious criminal organization, newly released documents revealed.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The most enduring image of Salvadoreans is as prop for Kristi Noem propaganda. To be Salvadorean in the US means to be hypervisible yet voiceless. I created this starter pack as a way to remind everyone that we’re real people and that we exist. If you’re Salvadorean reach out so I can add you. 🇸🇻
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
What alarms me is the level of negligence with which technology is being built and adopted right now. It’s an approach Silicon Valley has grown famous on. “Move fast and break things.” That might work when you’re building a subpar social media platform but not to build tech for govt.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Govt tech is not flashy, it helps make government more accessible. Some positive examples include: 💰 IRS Direct File System ✒️ SSA’s integration of e-signature Each of these involved a clear challenge, time to get it right, and a constant feedback loop. All things currently being abandoned by DOGE.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
When we think of government and tech, we might jump to the debacle that was the rollout of Healthcare.gov. You might not know is that the precursor to DOGE (US Digital Service) was born out of this failure. Since then federal techies have worked to make using tech to access govt services easy.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
New from me in @mittechreviewbr.bsky.social: DOGE’s “tech bro” approach to building tech for government isn’t just inefficient, it’s dangerous. www-technologyreview-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.tech...
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DOGE’s tech takeover threatens the safety and stability of our critical data – MIT Technology Review
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
In less than an hour we’ll be going live with the next webinar in our political education series, WTF: The Rise of the Tech Broligarchy. I’ll be hosting a conversation alongside some amazing groups talking about what we’re seeing at the intersection of tech and immigration.
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 22/03/2025
Y'all, you are CRUSHING IT! HUGE energy today, and we're already 40% to our US goal for the March 29 #teslatakedown GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION! Reminder—you can use this map to see where there are locations that still need a host to step up! (This map updates 2x daily) www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
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Tesla Takedown Global Day of Action - Google My Maps
This map shows Tesla's US showrooms. A blue raccoon means a protest is already planned at that location. A gray trash can is a location that still needs a host. Data is updated twice daily. Step up to...
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Check out the latest episode of @citationspod.bsky.social. Who knew talking about tech dystopia could be so fun! In all seriousness, grateful to Citations Needed for helping us make sense of the current moment we're living in. We talk about the grift of AI and the real harms it enables.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
TOMORROW (Friday) I’ll be talking with ALVARO BEDOYA about Trump's (attempted) firing of him and his FTC Commissioner colleague Rebecca Slaughter. We’ll be going live on MediaJustice’s Instagram page at 4p ET/1p PT. instagram.com/mediajustice?i… Hope to see you there!
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Not surprising the FTC was targeted. They proactively held unchecked corporate power, particularly in tech, accountable. Of note, FTC does more than work on tech. They’ve gone after grocery stores that price gouge. Kept medicines low. This will hurt everyday people, including Trump’s core base.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This action should be seen as part of broader efforts at expanding executive power. Trump is doing this by testing the boundaries of what he can get away with. The FTC is an independent agency. He doesn’t “hire” commissioners and therefore can’t “fire” them either. But he will try.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Sharing Rebecca Slaughter’s statement here.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Two commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission were fired by Trump today. Alvaro Bedoya ( @bedoyaftc.bsky.social) and Rebecca Slaughter have long been champions for everyday people. They also held corporate power accountable. Sharing Bedoya’s statement here:
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Excited to share this news. For years I've watched Jacinta fight the use of tech by ICE at Mijente. Most recently worked on Take Back Tech together. Tech opposition is bigger, richer, and more destructive. With Jacinta on board we are better positioned to meet the challenges of this moment.
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Let’s be honest, a little DEI could’ve helped here
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