Anna-Verena Nosthoff
@annanosthoff.bsky.social
JProf (TT) of Philosophy & Digital Ethics @UniOldenburg/ Co-Director @criticaldatalab.bsky.social (HU Berlin/ Uni Oldenburg)/ Affiliate
@INCAmsterdam/ forthcoming book: Kybernetik & Kritik (Suhrkamp, Feb 2026)
@INCAmsterdam/ forthcoming book: Kybernetik & Kritik (Suhrkamp, Feb 2026)
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Kybernetik und Kritik. Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff (Suhrkamp Verlag)
Elon Musk bezeichnet die Plattform X als »kybernetische Superintelligenz«, Mark... | Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen
www.suhrkamp.de
Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich: Im Februar 2026 erscheint mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” bei @suhrkamp.de: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/anna-ve...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Am kommenden Montag sprechen @fmaschewski.bsky.social und ich im Schlauen Haus in Oldenburg über technikautoritäre Weltentwürfe, Space Colonisation, Musk, Bezos & Co.: www.schlaues-haus.de/events/ueber...
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Am kommenden Montag sprechen @fmaschewski.bsky.social und ich im Schlauen Haus in Oldenburg über technikautoritäre Weltentwürfe, Space Colonisation, Musk, Bezos & Co.: www.schlaues-haus.de/events/ueber...
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Kritischer Journalismus kostet Geld, das gilt auch für unsere Arbeit bei @netzpolitik.org. Wenn euch unsere ausdauernden Recherchen zu Themen wie der Chatkontrolle, Databrokern oder Palantir gefallen oder wenn ihr einfach nur der autoritären Wende etwas entgegensetzen wollt: Bitte unterstützt uns.
Digital Fights: Wir stehen an einem Kipppunkt
Die Debatten werden feindseliger, die politischen Machtverhältnisse verschieben sich. Wir halten dagegen: Mit investigativen Recherchen, Analysen, Leaks und einem langen Atem kämpfen wir für die Grund...
netzpolitik.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Kritischer Journalismus kostet Geld, das gilt auch für unsere Arbeit bei @netzpolitik.org. Wenn euch unsere ausdauernden Recherchen zu Themen wie der Chatkontrolle, Databrokern oder Palantir gefallen oder wenn ihr einfach nur der autoritären Wende etwas entgegensetzen wollt: Bitte unterstützt uns.
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Save the date: I am very excited to be part of this roundtable with some amazing colleagues — on February 16 at HU Berlin, Matteo Pasquinelli, @annanosthoff.bsky.social, @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social and yours truly will discuss our perspectives on the «Critique of AI», moderated by Jacob Blumenfeld
Critique of AI - KTB
with Matteo Pasquinelli (Ca’ Foscari University Venice), Anna-Verena Nosthoff (Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg), Roland Meyer (University of Zurich), Rainer Mulhoff (University of Osnabrück...
criticaltheoryinberlin.de
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Save the date: I am very excited to be part of this roundtable with some amazing colleagues — on February 16 at HU Berlin, Matteo Pasquinelli, @annanosthoff.bsky.social, @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social and yours truly will discuss our perspectives on the «Critique of AI», moderated by Jacob Blumenfeld
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⚠️ How are workers led movements against AI shaping climate action in the tech industry? Join us for a book presentation on worker led movements by Tamara Kneese (Data & Society) with Sana Ahmad (Weizenbaum-Institute). Register now: buff.ly/SnAZkHi @tamigraoh.bsky.social, @datasociety.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
⚠️ How are workers led movements against AI shaping climate action in the tech industry? Join us for a book presentation on worker led movements by Tamara Kneese (Data & Society) with Sana Ahmad (Weizenbaum-Institute). Register now: buff.ly/SnAZkHi @tamigraoh.bsky.social, @datasociety.bsky.social
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Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich: Im Februar 2026 erscheint mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” bei @suhrkamp.de: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/anna-ve...
Kybernetik und Kritik. Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff (Suhrkamp Verlag)
Elon Musk bezeichnet die Plattform X als »kybernetische Superintelligenz«, Mark... | Buch von Anna-Verena Nosthoff versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen
www.suhrkamp.de
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Ich freue mich ganz außerordentlich: Im Februar 2026 erscheint mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” bei @suhrkamp.de: www.suhrkamp.de/buch/anna-ve...
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Was eine traumhafte Nachbarschaft in der @suhrkamp.de Verlagsvorschau!!! Meine kleine pinke Parzelle direkt neben @unddieregel.bsky.social und @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social!
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Was eine traumhafte Nachbarschaft in der @suhrkamp.de Verlagsvorschau!!! Meine kleine pinke Parzelle direkt neben @unddieregel.bsky.social und @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social!
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«KI ist kein Fenster in die Vergangenheit, sondern rekombiniert bloß die Bilder, die wir uns bereits von der Vergangenheit gemacht haben – und die sind häufig voller Lücken, Fehler und Verzerrungen.» Mit Lena Dillenburg von «SPIEGEL Geschichte» durfte ich über pseudohistorischen #AISlop reden
(S+) KI-generierte Filme mit historischen Persönlichkeiten: Stalin klaut Pommes bei McDonald’s
Seit OpenAI die Video-KI Sora 2 veröffentlicht hat, fluten Clips mit »historischen« Figuren in absurden Situationen TikTok, Instagram und YouTube. Medienforscher Roland Meyer erklärt, warum das gefähr...
www.spiegel.de
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
«KI ist kein Fenster in die Vergangenheit, sondern rekombiniert bloß die Bilder, die wir uns bereits von der Vergangenheit gemacht haben – und die sind häufig voller Lücken, Fehler und Verzerrungen.» Mit Lena Dillenburg von «SPIEGEL Geschichte» durfte ich über pseudohistorischen #AISlop reden
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What if the Manosphere podcasters aren't the best political theorists?
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What if the Manosphere podcasters aren't the best political theorists?
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November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I have found it: the most ‘80s-Ass Book Cover of All Time
January 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I have found it: the most ‘80s-Ass Book Cover of All Time
Fahnenkorrektur - final stage:
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Fahnenkorrektur - final stage:
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Full talk (with English translation) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUK5...
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Full talk (with English translation) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUK5...
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This crazy graph really sums up what's still insufficiently appreciated: the return of ideology. We're beyond Habermas's 'glassy background ideology' that has technology just advancing based on efficiency. Singularity ideology now underpins a grand political project of post-democratic AI-capitalism.
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This crazy graph really sums up what's still insufficiently appreciated: the return of ideology. We're beyond Habermas's 'glassy background ideology' that has technology just advancing based on efficiency. Singularity ideology now underpins a grand political project of post-democratic AI-capitalism.
"It’s a self-reinforcing loop:
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — privatized sovereignty."
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — privatized sovereignty."
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"It’s a self-reinforcing loop:
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — privatized sovereignty."
Ideology fuels venture capital → capital captures the state → the state feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — privatized sovereignty."
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The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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During my residency at @servusat.bsky.social I spoke with Davide Bevilacqua about big tech‘s escape fantasies, private cities and AI in Germany: from infrastructure & education to digital sovereignty.
🔗Full interview in Versorgerin versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation
🔗Full interview in Versorgerin versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
During my residency at @servusat.bsky.social I spoke with Davide Bevilacqua about big tech‘s escape fantasies, private cities and AI in Germany: from infrastructure & education to digital sovereignty.
🔗Full interview in Versorgerin versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation
🔗Full interview in Versorgerin versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation
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Höchst nötige Sache, Licht in die dunkle Aufklärung zu bringen. Und @annanosthoff.bsky.social und @fmaschewski.bsky.social sind immer die Lektüre wert 🙂
Jetzt erschienen: Das aktuelle Heft des @mittelweg36.bsky.social zum Thema "Pluralisierung der Aufklärung" – @fmaschewski.bsky.social und ich schreiben über die "Politik der dunklen Aufklärung. Dark MAGA und die rechtsautoritäre Wende im Silicon Valley": www.hamburger-edition.de/zeitschrift-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Höchst nötige Sache, Licht in die dunkle Aufklärung zu bringen. Und @annanosthoff.bsky.social und @fmaschewski.bsky.social sind immer die Lektüre wert 🙂
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
"Silicon Valley’s Authoritarian Tech Right is not theorizing this world. They are already building it. The pipelines are operational. The feedback loops are functioning. The sovereignty transfers are completing." 👇
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Silicon Valley’s Authoritarian Tech Right is not theorizing this world. They are already building it. The pipelines are operational. The feedback loops are functioning. The sovereignty transfers are completing." 👇
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Facial recognition errors can have life-altering consequences. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, CDT’s @jakelaperruque.bsky.social warns that ICE’s new approach — treating AI matches as definitive IDs — violates currently-understood DHS policy and endangers civil liberties.
ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger | TechPolicy.Press
Jake Laperruque raises the alarm on ICE’s reckless use of facial recognition and its risks for wrongful detainment.
www.techpolicy.press
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Facial recognition errors can have life-altering consequences. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, CDT’s @jakelaperruque.bsky.social warns that ICE’s new approach — treating AI matches as definitive IDs — violates currently-understood DHS policy and endangers civil liberties.
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Mit jeder neuen KI-Generation steigt auch ihr Ressourcenhunger. Der KI-Boom hat schwerwiegenden Folgen für den Klimawandel. Wer vom digitalen Fortschritt profitiert und wer dafür den Preis zahlen muss, ist global äußerst ungleich verteilt: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...
Mythos grüne Digitalisierung
Der Klang der Zukunft ist ein leises, elektrisches Dröhnen, das in den Knochen vibriert. Hier im Rechenzentrum herrscht niemals Stille. Es ist erfüllt von einem monotonen Chor mechanischer…
www.blaetter.de
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Mit jeder neuen KI-Generation steigt auch ihr Ressourcenhunger. Der KI-Boom hat schwerwiegenden Folgen für den Klimawandel. Wer vom digitalen Fortschritt profitiert und wer dafür den Preis zahlen muss, ist global äußerst ungleich verteilt: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...
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A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM