Reposted by Tales TomazIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 01/03/2026bsky.app/profile/greg... 0309
Reposted by Tales TomazHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best: 43100873557
Reposted by Tales TomazKoWi Salzburg @kowisalzburg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026🗞️ Asst. Prof. @talestomaz.bsky.social presented the Euromedia Ownership Monitor at a global symposium on beneficial ownership transparency in Brighton — connecting ownership debates to media pluralism and democratic accountability. #MediaOwnership #BOTkowi-salzburg.atTales Tomaz präsentiert EurOMo auf globalem Transparenz-SymposiumEuromedia Ownership Monitor auf globalem Symposium zur Transparenz wirtschaftlicher Eigentümerschaft vorgestellt 031
Reposted by Tales TomazMediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Paramount's take over of Warner Bros. Discovery is bad news for several reasons. It runs roughshod over the DOJ/FTC Merger Guidelines with respect to streaming, film and pay tv markets. 1/ www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNetflix drops Warner Bros bid, clearing way for Paramount takeoverNetflix's decision to back down from the bidding war clears the path for Paramount to win the takeover battle. 123
Reposted by Tales TomazEuromedia Ownership Monitor @mediaownership.bsky.social · 27/02/2026📣 Public webinar: What’s new in EurOMo Full database now available for registered users (incl. beneficial owner info). Join a 30-min live demo + Q&A: 🗓️ Fri 20 Mar 2026 — 11:00 CET 🗓️ Mon 23 Mar 2026 — 15:00 CET Register: media-ownership.eu/registration... #MediaOwnership #Transparencymedia-ownership.euRegistration for webinar - Euromedia Ownership MonitorEurOMo is offering a webinar on the main resources available since the launch of its most recent version. There are two sessions to choose from: Friday, 20 March 2026, 11:00 CET Monday, 23 March 2026,... 044
Reposted by Tales TomazBen Tarnoff @bentarnoff.com · 09/12/2025I have a piece out today that explores what socialist mayors like Zohran and Katie Wilson can do to fight the tech oligarchy and build a technological alternative at the municipal level. I call it the “digital sewer socialist stack” jacobin.com/2025/12/digi...jacobin.comDigital Sewer SocialismWith the rise of AI slop and overall “enshittification,” it is increasingly the case that the internet is failing to address the public’s needs. What we need is sewer socialism for the digital realm —... 2173
Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · 25/11/2025One of the most traditional weeklies in Brazil publishes a ChatGPT-generated story. Last paragraph proves it (typical ChatGPT next step question). Not the best way to complain about platforms and regain 'trust in media', this panacea that will solve all of our problems... 031
Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I'm very proud to be part of this effort and looking forward to seeing this 2025 edition alive! If you are in Brussels on 6 November, come to discuss media ownership transparency with us 👇🏽 051
Reposted by Tales TomazRodney Benson @rodneybenson.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Glad to see our findings in How Media Ownership Matters confirmed and extended - will read this closely ! global.oup.com/academic/pro...global.oup.com 062
Reposted by Tales TomazStuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025The takeaway: 👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters. 👉 It alienates the progressive base. 👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns. In short: it’s electoral self-harm. 10761286
Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025How should we measure media power and concentration in hybrid media systems? Mariia Aleksevych and I just published a new open-access article in Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social with a methodological proposal: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...cogitatiopress.comJournalism in the Hybrid Media SystemThematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025) 141
Reposted by Tales TomazKoWi Salzburg @kowisalzburg.bsky.social · 31/07/2025In einem Sammelwerk (im Nomos Verlag) zum Thema "Medienregulierung" haben Mitarbeiter (J. Trappel, St. Gadringer, Th. Steinmaurer, T. Tomaz) des FB KoWi einen Buchbeitrag geschrieben: bit.ly/buchbeitrag_... @nomosverlag.bsky.social @jotbox.bsky.social @talestomaz.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Tales TomazLeonhard Dobusch @leonido.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Noch nie habe ich das von Piketty beschriebene Problem r > g anschaulicher erklärt gesehen als in diesem Video von Gary Stevenson: 311117529
Reposted by Tales TomazDavid Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 22/06/2025A reminder that the only reason Iran is a theocratic authoritarian regime is that in 1953, the US and UK (via the CIA and MI-6) decided to do a “regime change.” 824088
Reposted by Tales Tomazeuobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 17/06/2025Jim O’Neill — the coiner of BRICeuobserver.comJim O’Neill — the coiner of BRICJim O’Neill was right about China and, to some extent India, challenging the hegemony of the West, particularly the United States and Europe. However, beyond being a forum, it is still not clear what the BRICS is for. 012
Reposted by Tales TomazResilient Media EU @remedeu.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Prof. @talestomaz.bsky.social of the University of Salzburg unpacks how digital habits, tech shifts, and economic pressures are reshaping media across Europe. Read more from his ReMeD project insights 👇resilientmedia.euTales Tomaz: “More important than business models is the newsroom’s commitment to producing good journalism” 033
Reposted by Tales TomazNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 07/05/2025It’s worth reminding ourselves that a lot of the AI hype about how “everyone is using it now” is just manufacturing consent. A lot of people aren’t using AI. A lot of people started using it because they feel cultural pressure, but they would happily walk away from it. 515454
Reposted by Tales TomazInternet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025[New paper] Mastodon's rapid growth has exposed the decentralised, algorithm-free network to significant challenges. Charlotte Spencer-Smith & @talestomaz.bsky.social suggest paths for the platform to evolve, ensuring it remains true to its founding principles. Read: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.1831 044
Reposted by Tales TomazVictor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Read this @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece by the great @christopherali.bsky.social. What's happening to US broadband right now is criminal. The degree of Musk-driven corruption and hypocrisy in broad daylight is staggering: www.techpolicy.press/when-you-wis...techpolicy.pressWhen You Wish Upon a Star(link) | TechPolicy.PressSatellite and fiber broadband are not equal, and any policy that treats them as such will widen the very divide we're trying to bridge, writes Christopher Ali. 32216
Reposted by Tales TomazRest of World @restofworld.org · 23/04/2025If the money spent on AI edtech could go toward schools instead, it would make education more accessible to all children, critics argue. “But it’s not sexy to say, ‘We need more teachers.’ It’s not sexy to say, ‘Hey, we need better buildings.’ What is sexy and exciting are these ‘amazing’ tools”restofworld.orgKenya’s solution to teacher shortage: Embrace AIKenyan teachers and edtech companies say AI tools help save time, but without widespread internet connectivity, the impact is uneven. 02714
Reposted by Tales TomazSebastiano Toffaletti @sebastianobxl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025These fines signal the EC is willing to enforce EU laws despite US pressure. But are they enough? They fall far short of the 10% annual turnover mark & come over a year after the law took effect. For BigTech, this is just a small cost of doing highly profitable business in the EU shorturl.at/mg58Spolitico.euEU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rulesThe highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act. 042
Reposted by Tales TomazKoWi Salzburg @kowisalzburg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025🌍 Application deadline extended! Apply by April 30, 2025 for the DCLead Salzburg School: “Digital Communication and Sustainable Societies” (September 29 - October 2, Puchberg, Austria). 🎓 It is conducted in English and grants 5 ECTS credits. Find more information and apply here 🔗 dclead.eu 032
Reposted by Tales TomazHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same. 967428446855
Reposted by Tales TomazAnders S. Løvlie @anderslovlie.bsky.social · 20/04/2025US censorship affecting research in Europe. 042
Reposted by Tales TomazBen Werdmuller @werd.io · 19/04/2025The Holocaust was organized on IBM punch cards. Hitler gave the head of IBM, Watson, a medal for his services. Later, they named their AI tech after him. Anyway, in unrelated news: #Democracy www.wired.com/story/doge-c...wired.comDOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track ImmigrantsDOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope. 619976
Reposted by Tales Tomaztante @tante.cc · 15/04/2025The response to the predicted crash of the AI sector often is that "every crash leaves something useful behind" and that this time it will be models. I don't think that is the case. AI models age like milk and the infrastructures left behind won't be ones that are helpful for democratic societies.tante.ccThese are not the sameAfter sharing Ed Zitron’s latest piece called “OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry” I got a few responses arguing in a similar way: People agree that “AI” and especially “generative AI” is a massive bubble that does not really make much sense – if you imply rational decision making. Training the models, […] 38725
Reposted by Tales TomazAlonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025What white America is now fighting for is not due process, it is fighting so that the racialised borders of unconstitutionality and state abuse stay where they are. Until it realises this, it may defeat Trump in 4 years, but it wont defeat Trumpism 1185
Reposted by Tales TomazAlexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The Israeli entrepreneur Shalev Hulio gained notoriety for designing Pegasus, the spyware used by governments to hack journalists and dissidents. Today, he is selling a new AI cyber security tool to European states and corporations. His secret asset? Austria’s former leader Sebastian Kurz. [Thread] 3269158
Reposted by Tales TomazLetícia Cesarino @letcesar.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Nessa conversa sobre o livro do @bcmerchant.bsky.social sobre a real história dos luditas no início da revolução industrial eles falam algo q 🤯: foram a última geração a se relacionar com a tecnologia no tempo presente. Pois desde então estamos contaminados com a premissa+ pscrb.fm/rss/p/www.bu...pscrb.fm 37213
Reposted by Tales TomazderStandard.at/Etat @etatat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025"Kratky würde jeder Sender das Doppelte zahlen", sagt Österreichs internationalster TV-Manager Gerhard Zeiler zu #ORF -Spitzengehältern Gehälter des mittleren ORF-Managements unverständlich: "Würde ich ändern" Warner Bros. Discovery-Manager im STANDARD-Gespräch: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...derstandard.at"Kratky würde jeder Sender das Doppelte zahlen", sagt Medienmanager ZeilerFür Österreichs internationalsten TV-Manager sind die Gehälter des mittleren ORF-Managements aber unverständlich: "Das würde ich ändern" 011
Reposted by Tales TomazInternet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social · 03/04/2025[New special issue] #Contentmoderation on digital platforms: beyond states and firms! As content regulation becomes increasingly politicised, this issue edited by Anne Bellon & Romain Badouard explores the growing role of #civilsociety in #platformgovernance. ⅕ Read: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.2005 1148
Reposted by Tales TomazAlonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I think liberals in the West need to understand that they have not stumbled across any kind of contradiction or hypocrisy in the Global far right. When they said “people have a right to free speech” they simply never saw racialised people as people to begin with 🧵 22593189
Reposted by Tales TomazRobin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 05/03/2025Google keeps doing everything it can to keep people using its second-rate search engine — including ignoring the law. It's time for EVPs @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social to act. 0117
Reposted by Tales TomazEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Great news for money launderers! 847165215276
Reposted by Tales TomazParis Marx @parismarx.com · 26/02/2025Yes, I’m sure people are underserved by arguments for free markets and personal liberty in the United States. 1424728
Reposted by Tales TomazBEUC - The Consumer Voice @beuc.eu · 24/02/2025It is extremely worrying to see the US threatening retaliation in response to lobbying by Big Tech. Let’s be clear - the rules on how companies, regardless of their nationality, should behave towards 450m European consumers must be decided in Europe. www.beuc.eu/press-releas...beuc.euEuropean laws must be enforced and not subjected to US interferenceThe European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) regrets the announcements made by the US Administration on February 21 to investigate and threaten trade retaliation for European legislation that safeguards ... 12012
Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025📣 Event alert / call for abstracts Come to Brussels on 18-19 Sept to present your work on Communication Law & Policy. This ECREA section has an open call running until 15 March. Don't miss the deadline! (And please help spread the word 😍) smit.research.vub.be/en/ecrea-com...smit.research.vub.beECREA “Communication Law and Policy” Conference at VUB Brussels onMedia Freedom and Pluralism in the Age of AI and Platforms: A New Era for Media Policy/Regulation?The “Communication Law and Policy” Section of the European Communications Research and Education 021
Reposted by Tales TomazThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Die Linke stärkste Partei in Berlin 0165
Reposted by Tales TomazChristian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The young vote in Germany, by gender. 😳 2752787756
Reposted by Tales TomazThu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The comeback of the Left in Germany is sensational. Almost written off ahead of elections, they won 6 districts and almost 9% of votes + are biggest party in Berlin and among young voters. Also only party to not campaign on anti-immigration but to focus on affordable rent and cost of living 7652156
Reposted by Tales TomazParis Marx @parismarx.com · 22/02/2025Any countries building Starlink into their telecom systems should be thinking twice right now. 391090407
Reposted by Tales TomazMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.theguardian.comJair Bolsonaro charged over alleged far-right coup plot to seize power in BrazilFormer president is charged by attorney general following police report that accused him of organising a conspiracy to stop Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taking power. 11255811313641
Reposted by Tales TomazParis Marx @parismarx.com · 09/02/2025Funny to see Western AI executives say the hype around DeepSeek is exaggerated when their entire industry is built on exaggeration of the capabilities and possible returns of Western generative AI.cnbc.comDeepseek’s AI model is ‘the best work’ out of China but the hype is 'exaggerated,' Google Deepmind CEO saysDeepseek's AI model "is probably the best work" out of China, Demis Hassabis said on Sunday, but added it was not a scientific advancement. 723538
Reposted by Tales TomazClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 05/02/2025This is fantastic: a 68 country data set with perceptions of science, science communication and climate attitudes. Featured in @nature.com Led by the formidable @nielsmede.bsky.social What a resource! Now we ‘just’ need a 2025/26 update given how it’s all changing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comPerceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset - Scientific DataScientific Data - Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset 19631
Reposted by Tales TomazDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 01/02/2025we have written extensively on this very topic firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph... dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...firstmonday.org Debunking robot rights metaphysically, ethically, and legally | First Monday 27113
Reposted by Tales TomazFlorian Klenk 👨🏻💻 @klenkflorian.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Ein paar Worte zur Lage der Medien. 1422945
Reposted by Tales TomazUniversität Salzburg / University of Salzburg @unisalzburg.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Hallo Bluesky! 👋 Die Universität Salzburg🎓 freut sich auf einen respektvollen Austausch auf dieser Plattform. #universitätsalzburg #unisalzburg 1233