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Rafael Grohmann
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Assistant Professor Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) University of Toronto, Canada. Leader DigiLabour. Platform labor, Worker-owned Platforms, AI & Labor, Worker Organizing

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OPlanoB @oplanob-icts.bsky.social · 16h
Microsoft, Amazon e Google entraram nessa disputa ideológica para esvaziar o conceito de soberania digital.

A proposta é apenas uma jogada comercial. É assim que avaliam os pesquisadores @grohmannrafael.bsky.social, da Univ. de Toronto e alecostabarbosa.bsky.social, da Univ. das Artes de Berlim.
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OPlanoB @oplanob-icts.bsky.social · 16h
Soberania digital como “serviço” é a nova estratégia ideológica das big techs

Nos últimos anos, as maiores big techs lançaram novos produtos vendendo “soberania como serviço”, para governos e para o setor público.

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Lightnews @lightnews.app · 9d
EU targets Microsoft and Amazon

The European Union moved to tighten regulation of U.S. hyperscalers Microsoft and Amazon in cloud services to curb their market dominance, officials said.

With replies by 🎓Benoît Cœuré, 🎓Alberto Alemanno, 🎓Rafael Grohmann +1 more scholars.
EU targets Microsoft and Amazon
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 10d
Sovereignty as a service, sovereignty washing. The fact is that Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet are selling "local clouds" to governments and businesses and calling it sovereignty lol. More in the article we published last week in Media, Culture & Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sovereignty-as-a-service: How big tech companies co-opt and redefines digital sovereignty - Rafael Grohmann, Alexandre Costa Barbosa, 2025
This article introduces the concept of sovereignty-as-a-service to describe how Big Tech companies, specifically Microsoft, Amazon, and Google/Alphabet, are str...
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 11d
Come to my talk this Tuesday 7pm ET on Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms: lessons from Brazil and Argentina. Hybrid event organized by Civic Tech Toronto

Registration here: civictech.ca/hacknights/5...

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · 15d
💥 Sovereignty as a service. New article in Media, Culture & Society on how big tech companies are co-opting and redefining digital sovereignty. Co-authored by me and Alexandre Costa Barbosa

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Marc Steinberg @msteinbrg.bsky.social · 16d
With many thanks to the @platformsnsociety.bsky.social team for their valuable feedback, including Julie Chen, @andretwp.bsky.social @nielsvdoorn.bsky.social @cheryllsoriano.bsky.social @grohmannrafael.bsky.social - thanks for giving us this place to dialogue!

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Marc Steinberg @msteinbrg.bsky.social · 16d
Super excited to announce a new piece out in the world: States and platform capitalisms: A conversation. This is a collaboration with some amazing thinkers and friends- led by @sayshatim.bsky.social Joe Khalil @linzhang.bsky.social & @rahmuk.bsky.social

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AfricanaEconomics @africanaeconomics.bsky.social · Oct 27
We recently hosted a panel for “Ethics in Business & Society: Feminist Economies, Fair Trade, and Digital Platforms” as part of our Worlding Feminist Political Economies series with thoughtful perspectives from our amazing speakers — PK Mutch, Andria Barrett, and Dr. Rafael Grohmann! ✨

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Oct 26
The Sage Handbook of Digital Labour. Out in December.
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Oct 3
Livro Tecnologia Sem Teto, de autoria do Nucleo de Tecnologia do MTST, com prefacios de Guilherme Boulos e Rafael Grohmann: www.nucleodetecnologia.com.br/livro

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Oct 3
Syllabus of the undergrad course I'm teaching this term on Media Workers & AI, with funding from University of Toronto’s Global Classrooms Funding Initiative, connected to the Creative Labour and Critical Futures project.

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Teaching on AI: Media Workers & AI Course - CLCF
CLCF Co-Lead Rafael Grohmann is teaching a course on Media Workers and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Media Studies.
creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 30
Amanha 13h canal DigiLabour faz uma conversa online com Rodrigo Ochigame sobre o seu novo livro Informatica do Oprimido

Alem da apresentacao do livro, o evento conta com comentarios de Paola Ricaurte, Leonardo Foletto e Rafael Grohmann

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-H...

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 30
IA e Cooperativismo. Amanhã online na Semana de Inovação da ENAP

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 29
I would like to thank the 100+ attendees, speakers, and the organizing team of the Workers Governing Technologies workshop, which took place last week in Toronto. It was two intense days of collective learning with participants from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Canada, Mexico, and the US.

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 19
One year of our project Creative Labour and Critical Futures, on AI in the cultural industries. Check out our list of activities from this past year
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Celebrating One Year of CLCF!
We’re taking a look back at all the incredible achievements from our members to date.
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · Sep 17
Sovereignty isn’t just about building local data centres, in-shoring supply chains, or adding layers of regulation. It’s about having the agency and capability to make strategic choices public.digital/pd-insights/...
The digital sovereignty dialogue: from definition to the questions that matter — Public Digital
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 16
Amazing, thank you so much, @charleswlogan.bsky.social ! I only knew the amazing Data Workers' Inquiry! Spreading the word here

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Germana Viana @germana-fazgibi.bsky.social · Sep 15
Obrigada, @grohmannrafael.bsky.social pela coordenação, confiança e por poder presenciar como você e sua pesquisa vão reunindo pessoas e grupos que estão dispostos a lutar por um mundo com mais amor e igualdade.

#Art #BRart #MTST #historiasemquadrinhos

Só mais um, segue o fio

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 15
HQ Outros Mundos Tecnológicos São Possíveis. Já disponível em português, espanhol e inglês @tecnologiamtst.bsky.social
www.nucleodetecnologia.com.br/hq

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Matteo Pasquinelli @mttpsq.bsky.social · Sep 15
Dear all, I will embark on a tour of NYC, Washington, and Toronto btw October 14-27... landing first for the lecture at the Vera List Center. Drop a line if around!

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Vera List Center Forum 2025: Matter of Intelligence | Vera List Center
Oct 17–Oct 18, 2025
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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 14
Está disponível online

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 14
Other Tech Worlds Are Possible. Comic book is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese! Partnership with the Tech Sector of the Homeless Workers’ Movement in Brazil (MTST), @germana-fazgibi.bsky.social

English: digilabour.com.br/comic-book-o...
Portuguese: www.nucleodetecnologia.com.br/hq

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 12
Na Folha hoje sobre a importância dos trabalhadores da cultura para os debates sobre IA
www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/20...

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 9
Film festivals like TIFF set the tone for wider industry norms. Here’s what we’re watching around AI. Our piece for The Conversation. Daphne Idiz, Lauren Knight and I
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Film festivals like TIFF set the tone for wider industry norms — here’s what we’re watching around AI
AI in the film industry is a hot-button issue that filmmakers, tech companies, distributors, creatives’ guilds and unions, policymakers and viewers are struggling to negotiate.
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Érico Assis @ericoassis.bsky.social · Sep 8
HQ da @germana-fazgibi.bsky.social que parece muito legal. Tem lançamento em São Paulo no domingo:

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 6
Last few seats available for the 'Workers Governing Technologies' workshop in Toronto. Register here creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca/blog/workers...

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 5
AI policy debates in Brazil: struggles over regulation, governance and labour. New article in the journal Global Political Economy

Authors: Rafael Grohmann, Edemilson Paraná, Jonas CL Valente and Roseli Figaro

Link: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Rafael Grohmann @grohmannrafael.bsky.social · Sep 2
Workers Governing Technologies: Collective Strategies Across Contexts. In-person workshop in Toronto on Sep 25 and 26 with 20 speakers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Spain and US

Registration link and full schedule: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · Sep 2
Ah, this looks good: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...

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WORKERS GOVERNING TECHNOLOGIES: Collective Strategies Across Contexts
Join us to learn together how workers are shaping digital economies through collective bargaining, co-op formation, and policy reform.
www.eventbrite.ca