Delighted that my paper has been published by the Journal of the British Academy open access- how to deal with an AI industry that scrapes data for LLM training without compensation, in this case, to creative industries copyright holders in the UK. DOI: 10.5871/jba/013.a38

Please read and share: the Potsdam Call on Autonomous Weapon Systems (potsdamcall.dgdg.blog) We risk losing the principle that only humans—not machines—should make life-and-death decisions. The call urges prevention of a future where machines are authorised to kill without human judgment.

📺 Missed the launch event for the report 'Information Ecosystems & Troubled Democracy'?

🗣️ Hear from experts as they discuss the report published by the International Observatory on Information & Democracy: youtube.com/watch?v=nHLa...

#AI #onlineharms #disinformation #onlinethreats #OID #governance

About those echo chambers and filter bubbles...

Systematic review finds no clear cut evidence. It depends on the methods, too much research relies on the US, and specific platforms. And science needs better data to truly assess this, fx via the Digital Services Act
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Policy responses to misinformation & disinformation in the Global South suffer from a biased evidence base – from research largely carried out in the Global North.

@robinmansell.bsky.social takes stock of the problem & considers what can be done: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

📺 Missed our 'Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy' event last week?

⬇️ You can now watch the recording online: youtube.com/watch?v=nHLa...

#AI #onlineharms #disinformation #onlinethreats #OID #governance #data #datagovernance

@robinmansell.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social

Policy responses to #misinformation & disinformation that spreads in the #GlobalSouth suffer from a biased evidence base – from research largely carried out in the Global North.

@robinmansell.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

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The WEF singled out mis- and disinformation as its #1 global risk in its 2025 report – ranked above extreme weather events or armed conflicts. But how is this risk dealt with outside the Global North? @robinmansell.bsky.social investigates: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

The WEF singled out mis- and disinformation as its #1 global risk in its 2025 report – ranked above extreme weather events or armed conflicts. But how is this risk dealt with outside the Global North? @robinmansell.bsky.social investigates #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Leading experts will discuss a timely global report 'Information Ecosystems & Troubled #Democracy: A global synthesis of the state of knowledge on #news media, #AI & #datagovernance' which @robinmansell.bsky.social led as Scientific Director & co-author: observatory.informationdemocracy.org/reports/

Leading expert panelists will discuss an extremely timely global report, 'Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy' published by the International Observatory on Information & Democracy, Paris which @robinmansell.bsky.social led as Scientific Director.

@couldrynick.bsky.social

🗣️ Our panellists include:

➡️ @robinmansell.bsky.social
➡️ Matthias C. Kettemann @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
➡️ Iris Boyer, Observatory on Information and Democracy
➡️ Discussant: Nick Couldry

➡️ Chair: @sonialivingstone.bsky.social

#tech #democracy #LSEEvents #partofLSE #londonevents #AI

Although the publication of this report was the conclusion of a long process, it is also the beginning of a new phase for the Observatory.

In coming weeks, the team will be working with its partners to host a series of discussions, starting next week in Berlin with @hiigberlin.bsky.social.

In French, Thibaut Bruttin and Camille Grenier, respectively Chair and Executive Director of the Forum, shared some thoughts on current developments for @liberation.fr.

www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

Last week, we published the first research synthesis of our Observatory on Information and Democracy.

Covering more than 1600 sources, it provides a unique state of the knowledge on information ecosystems.

You can find it here.

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observatory.informationdemocracy.org/reports/

For the launch event, we were notably joined by @mariaressa.bsky.social, @melissafleming.bsky.social, @joaobrant.bsky.social, @robinmansell.bsky.social, @courtneyr.bsky.social, @jeah.bsky.social, @nataliazuazo.com and @camillegrenier.bsky.social.

Watch on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/video/live/u...

Inviting you to check out our new report on Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy. Addresses news media, AI and data governance in Global North and for Global Majority.
Find it at observatorydemocracy.org/reports/

Do please register for this report launch 15 Jan - I was honoured to serve as scientific director www.linkedin.com/posts/forum-...

IAMCR is now on Bluesky and letting you all know that we are receiving proposals for our 2025 conference in Singapore. See the conference website at singapore2025.iamcr.org and submit your abstract before 7 February.