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Manuel Puppis
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Professor of Media Structures & Governance at DCM, University of Fribourg. Vice-President Swiss Federal Media Commission.

Doing comparative research on media policy, platform governance, digitalization of the public sphere, Swiss media system.
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mediaforti.ch
«media FORTI» unterstützt das vom Bundesrat vorgeschlagene Gesetz über Kommunikationsplattformen und Suchmaschinen (KomPG) klar. Mit dem Gesetz werden die Rechte der Nutzerinnen und Nutzer und die Meinungsäusserungsfreiheit gestärkt.

Unsere Stellungnahme: www.mediaforti.ch/wp-content/u...
media FORTI befürwortet das KomPG
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
Yesterday, Netanyahu joined Hungarian extremist PM Viktor Orbán's re-election launch via video, alongside German & Austrian far-right parties AfD & FPÖ, which are officially boycotted by Israel over their antisemitism

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu joins Germany's AfD, far-right Europeans in backing Orbán as campaign begins
The AfD and Austria's FPÖ Are Boycotted by Israel Over Their Antisemitic Roots and Members. Launching an Uphill Re-election Bid, Orbán Invited International Far-right Allies to His Illiberal Fidesz Pa...
www.haaretz.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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sprk.so
Spark is now in open beta.
Download here:
iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/uYpnjh37
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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phillewis.bsky.social
PBS News notes this Sunday will be “PBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts
January 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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arminwolf.at
Auf meinem Blog gibts meine „Im Gespräch“-Premiere mit Marco Wanda zum Nachhören (52 min Ö1-Radioversion, 91 min OV im Podcast.)
Und zum Lesen - als vollständiges Transkript des ungekürzten Gesprächs - mit vielen erklärenden Links und etlichen Wanda-Videos als Bonus-Material:
„Ich bin nicht Marco Wanda“ › Blog von Armin Wolf
Seit Anfang 2026 darf ich einmal pro Monat Gastgeber der fabelhaften Ö1-Radioreihe "Im Gespräch" sein - einer Sendung, die einst Peter ...
www.arminwolf.at
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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modomodo.bsky.social
Weggehen, um dann eines Tages so einen kritischen Text schreiben zu können

Wallis, Land des Schmerzes und der Schuld www.nzz.ch/schweiz/wall...
Tragödie von Crans-Montana: Der Schmerz und die Schuld des Wallis
Kein anderer Kanton der Schweiz erlebt derart viele Katastrophen wie das Wallis. Doch in kollektiver Trauer hat Einsicht wenig Platz. Das hat mit dem Grössenwahn der Bergler zu tun.
www.nzz.ch
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
manuelpuppis.ch
Mit einiger Verzögerung ist nun endlich das neue Dossier #Medienpolitik der @bpb.de online publiziert worden, inkl. eines Beitrages von mir zur Frage, was Medienpolitik im digitalen Zeitalter eigentlich ist.

www.bpb.de/themen/medie...
Medienpolitik | bpb.de
Die neuen technischen und inhaltlichen Entwicklungen der digitalen Medien sind eine Herausforderung für Medienmacher, Publikum und Politik. Das Dossier möchte Grundlagen zum Rundfunk- und Medienrecht ...
www.bpb.de
January 6, 2026 at 7:32 AM
manuelpuppis.ch
If you thought 2025 was bad, buckle up.
rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10d
Trump: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and the European Union needs us to have it. And they know it.”

Where’s Congress?
January 5, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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silentinflames.bsky.social
"The road to Nazi domination in 1933 was paved with people who told you not to overreact, like, the institutions will hold. Surely they can't come for, surely they can't do this"

@adriandaub.bsky.social in the final episode of the Project 1933 series in the @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social Podcast.
January 4, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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terriblemapshq.bsky.social
The majority of Americans can’t locate Venezuela on this map
January 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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darthputinkgb.bsky.social
Learn to hold two thoughts in your heads peoples. It's not that hard. My army can be criminally incompetent and the americans just criminal. They're not mutually exclusive concepts.

Unless you're an idiot.
January 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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brodnig.bsky.social
Throwback an all die Personen, die erklärten, dass die zweite Ära Donald Trumps ja quasi Business as usual werden. Und die sich geradezu lustig machten über jene, die mit größter Sorge auf diese Amtszeit blickten
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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thedrdonna.bsky.social
A comic: the top reads “Journalist visits Twitter” and shows a figure traipsing along while other figures shout things like “black people suck” and “trans people suck”. The figure is unaffected. The lower half is labeled “Journalist visits Bluesky” and the figure’s traipsing is interrupted by someone shouting “you suck!” The final panel shows the figure cold, sad, and fetal in a dark alley, along with a hand written note saying “Today, I went to hell…”
January 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
manuelpuppis.ch
"We don't have to be naive about the failures of elite journalism before the Ellisons bought CBS and installed the unqualified Weiss to recognize that this is no alternative to those failures but instead their logical result."

www.forever-wars.com/watching-bar...
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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ruxiecat121.bsky.social
It's way too early for me to be laughing this hard. 🤣
A meme Top half of the image is a still from Disney's The Three Musketeers, showing four Musketeers standing together. Bottom half of the image is Star Trek TNG's Captain Picard's face during the well-known "there are four lights" scene.
December 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
That's enough LinkedIn for the rest of my life.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
manuelpuppis.ch
Ich mag die Rubrik "Vom Ombudsmann empfohlen".
karpi.bsky.social Karpi @karpi.bsky.social · 20d
Dann mach ich mir halt mein eigenes Netflix! Ich hab mir zu Weihnachten einen Traum erfüllt und eine eigene Streaming-Plattform gebastelt. Share and Enjoy. schweizer.film
December 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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arminwolf.at
Der US-Präsident, der Medien auf zig Milliarden klagt, zusperren will, als „Volksfeinde“ denunziert und Journalistinnen als „Schweinchen“ beschimpft, geht mit Sanktionen gegen den „globalen Zensur-industriellen Komplex“ (aka EU) vor.
Es ist nur noch irre.
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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manuelpuppis.ch
When media policy meets military: Is Palantir a Swiss military technology company?

Great piece by @republik.ch, financially supported by @journafonds.bsky.social and globally distributed by Swissinfo, the SRG's international offer that government plans to defund.

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peac...
Why Palantir is becoming a risky bet for Switzerland
Zurich serves as a hub for US tech company Palantir’s business relations. The Swiss foreign ministry now has the company in its sights, because of its controversial role in Gaza.
www.swissinfo.ch
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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When media policy meets military: Is Palantir a Swiss military technology company?

Great piece by @republik.ch, financially supported by @journafonds.bsky.social and globally distributed by Swissinfo, the SRG's international offer that government plans to defund.

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peac...
Why Palantir is becoming a risky bet for Switzerland
Zurich serves as a hub for US tech company Palantir’s business relations. The Swiss foreign ministry now has the company in its sights, because of its controversial role in Gaza.
www.swissinfo.ch
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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uedio.bsky.social
Aber macht ruhig lustige bildchen mit ki, hihihi
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
USA schalten altes AKW wieder an - für künstliche Intelligenz
Das Kraftwerk Three Mile Island steht für den schlimmsten Reaktorunfall in der US-Geschichte. Doch bald soll ein Teil des stillgelegten AKWs wieder hochgefahren werden. Der Grund: der Energiebedarf vo...
www.tagesschau.de
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
manuelpuppis.ch
The dismantling of a once reputable news organization in real time.
georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23d
CBS under Bari Weiss is bowing to Trump.
Screenshot of a post on X (Twitter) by Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum). The text reads: “Here is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues in full:” with the X.com branding visible in the corner and a small profile photo of the author. Screenshot of the beginning of an email on a white background addressed to “News Team,”. The email apologizes for not reaching out earlier and states that the writer learned Bari Weiss spiked the story “INSIDE CECOT,” which was supposed to air that night. It says the story was screened five times and cleared by CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices, calls it factually correct, and argues that pulling it is a political rather than editorial decision. Screenshot of the middle portion of the email. It states that requests for responses or interviews were made to DHS, the White House, and the State Department, and that government silence should not function as a veto. It warns that allowing refusal to participate to spike stories gives the government a “kill switch” over reporting and would turn 60 Minutes from an investigative program into a “stenographer for the state.” Screenshot of the concluding portion of the email. It emphasizes a moral and professional obligation to sources who risked their lives, references CBS spiking the Jeffrey Wigand interview and the damage to credibility, and warns that failing to air the story after promoting it will be seen as corporate censorship. The email ends by stating concern for the future of the broadcast and is signed “Sharyn.”
December 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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netzpolitik.org
Die Vereinten Nationen haben sich am Mittwoch darauf verständigt, das Internet Governance Forum zur ständigen UN-Institution zu machen. Was auf dem Spiel stand, erklärt Sophia Longwe von Wikimedia Deutschland.

netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
Internet Governance: Ein Weihnachtswunder der internationalen Digitalpolitik
Die Vereinten Nationen haben sich am Mittwoch in New York darauf verständigt, das Internet Governance Forum zur ständigen UN-Institution zu machen. Was auf dem Spiel stand und warum die Ergebnisse aus...
netzpolitik.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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bredowinstitut.bsky.social
🎧 Was wissen junge Menschen über den #TikTok-Algorithmus? Das hat eine qualitative #UseTheNews-Studie am HBI untersucht. Im aktuellen #BredowCast spricht Dr. Leonie Alatassi über die Ergebnisse und die algorithmischen Kompetenzen von 16- bis 24-Jährigen.

👉 leibniz-hbi.de/podcast/wie-...
December 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM