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Silvia Montaña
@silmonn.bsky.social
Lecturer in Journalism at UniMelbourne @AdmsCentre. Researching #AI, #automation #platformisation of news, media and fact checkers. Se habla español. Views my own.
El absurdo y el racismo que uno se encuentra apenas abre X. Al menos le respondieron con un Community Notes
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
La reivindicación de la palabra América y el español me parece toda una bella provocación. Y como dijo muchos años atrás Rubén Blades:
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
😂 I love that he had this reaction. Bad Bunny's show was precisely designed for it. Trump is not as unpredictable as they say after all.
Trump crashes out over Bad Bunny’s halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto a building.

And it wasn’t just any building.

It was Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where LASD actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screening.
January 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Share a tv show that raised you
January 20, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Indeed
Nobel Please Prize
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Oops!
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Absolutely: it’s not the “transition to freedom and democracy”, it’s not a war against drug trafficking, it’s the new war for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Our new article shows how the trend of data dismantling and artificially creating data scarcity about key public issues is affecting scrutiny and journalism investigations. Great working with Mathias Felipe de Lima Santos, @antmandan.bsky.social @tjthomson.bsky.social 360info.org/governments-...
Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you - 360
From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account    Around the w...
360info.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just arrived late to social media comments saying that Mamdani is “the Pedro Pascal of politics” and I couldn’t agree more 😆
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Caramba, se nos fue un pensador de la comunicación mundial. Pocos quedan hoy como Mattelart. RIP
Armand Mattelart fue un maestro de generaciones, un motor intelectual y es una referencia insoslayable sobre geopolítica y comunicación.
Gran parte de sus libros son de acceso libre en la red que estudió, entendió y criticó.
Una gran pena su muerte. Lo vamos a extrañar mucho 🖤
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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This is an absolutely amazing piece of work - the ABC spent five years (!) working on this interactive feature that brings together First Nations oral histories spanning 65,000 years

www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
Australia is seen as a young country — but do you really know its ancient story?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' story goes way, way back… take an awe-inspiring journey into Deep Time.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Removing critical political satire was just the tip of the iceberg.
News outlets prepare fight against Pentagon’s demand for press to sign ‘pledge’ restricting reporting | CNN Business
Media lawyers and newsroom leaders are evaluating a government memo spelling out new rules that would sharply restrict reporting at the Pentagon.
edition.cnn.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
😮 The real centennials!
Japan sets new record with nearly 100,000 people aged over 100
The number of Japanese centenarians rose to 99,763 in September, with women making up 88% of the total.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Voice technologies have been such an understudied area in the fields I work in. This report has inspired us to think more about them and I hope you find it interesting too.
Voice technologies are being rapidly integrated into AI systems, raising new questions & intensifying old ones, across everyday life. This paper surveys the history & current developments, highlighting emerging responses in real-world settings. apo.org.au/node/331920 #AI #VoiceTech #Authenticity
September 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Voice technologies are being rapidly integrated into AI systems, raising new questions & intensifying old ones, across everyday life. This paper surveys the history & current developments, highlighting emerging responses in real-world settings. apo.org.au/node/331920 #AI #VoiceTech #Authenticity
August 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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We just released a *big* working paper on Voice AI and Authenticity as part of the ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society @admscentre.org.au

It surveys the history of the tech, emerging issues, and what can be done

Check it out at Australian Policy Online here:
apo.org.au/node/331920
apo.org.au
September 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Great talk by @mariaressa.bsky.social at @melbconnect.bsky.social “Social media is worse than the ‘upside down’ world in Stranger things, horrible and slimy”. A woman of courage 🙌🏼
August 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Wow, Colombian director, Simón Mesa Soto, won the Bright Horizons Award (for filmmakers on the ascent) granted by the Melbourne International Film Festival @melbfilmfest for the movie “A Poet”! I laughed and cried at the premiere 🫶🏽 Well deserved Simón🥂👏👏🤟 🇨🇴
August 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Just read this. RIP. Eddie Palmieri, Latin Music’s Dynamic Innovator, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
Eddie Palmieri, Latin Music’s Dynamic Innovator, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Very excited to share that my book, The Discursive-Digital Link, is now available for pre-order on Routledge: tinyurl.com/the-ddl. The e-book is already available to order with a 30% discount!
You can also read the synopsis and the Introduction chapter on my website: essideh.com/ddl/

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August 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Israel has killed a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza and four other employees at the television network in an air strike targeting their tent in the besieged strip. on.ft.com/41vHpBl
August 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM