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We’re excited to announce that as of the beginning of December, the Critical Data Lab is continuing its work in the form of a collaboration between Humboldt University Berlin and Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.

. #RegainingDigitalSovereignty white paper is out!! Over 100 authors & supporters led by Cédric Durand Edemilson Paraná Paolo Gerbaudo Paris Marx & myself Download here (también en español y portugués): ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi… #AgainstBigTech #DemocraticeAI 4 key proposals 👇

A slide on how the #AIstack today and how it could look like if we want democratic and ecological digital technologies Many more in our comprehensive proposal: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

Today:

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d…

asteriskmag.com/issues/08/look…

Very informative text on the beginnings and the end of the FHI institute (as should be noted though, in a journal run by effective altruists). Question remains: What exactly is Bostrom doing now? (recommended as well by The Syllabus)

Gigantes da tecnologia estão cada vez mais desenvolvendo aplicativos e serviços que oferecem tratamento de saúde mental. A pertinência desses produtos para os usuários é duvidosa — mas eles prometem às empresas novas fontes lucrativas de dados pessoais. jacobin.com.br/2024/12/grande…

Pre-order alert, cover, and website reveal for our book, THE AI CON! (@emilymbender.bsky.social) It's out for release on May 13, 2025! thecon.ai

Eine ganz persönliche Bitte: Wir bräuchten gerade ein Weihnachtswunder. Wegen unseres aggressiven Nachbarn müssen wir kurzfristig ausziehen und suchen eine Wohnung in 1180 Wien. Ab 3 Zimmer. Zwei Erwachsene und zwei kleine Kinder.

Great to see that our (w. Felix Maschewski & @couldrynick) @Jacobin article on how Big Tech is exploiting the mental health crisis to push data colonialism has also been translated into Portuguese for Revista Jacobina – thanks to Pedro Silva for translating it! jacobin.com.br/2024/12/grande…

🎉 My new journal article “TikTok and the Algorithmic Transformation of Social Media Publics” has just been published on New Media and Society! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

We look forward to discussing Blockchain Governance (The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social) with Wessel Reijers and Katrin Becker on Friday 5PM. In collaboration with Weizenbaum-Institut. To participate online send an email to [email protected]:

📫 Ab heute im Briefkasten: Die Mai-»Blätter«! Mit: Julia Macher, Sabine Küper-Büsch, Lukas Hermsmeier, Andreas Püttmann, Felix Maschewski, Anna-Verena Nosthoff, Susanne Knaul, Peter Sawicki u.v.m. 👉 blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025/m…

Mit DOGE rückt Trump-Berater Elon Musk derzeit diversen US-Institutionen zu Leibe. Doch was als Bürokratieabbau im Namen der Effizienz daherkommt, darin sehen Felix Maschewski und Anna-Verena Nosthoff einen Kulturkampf gegen das »Woke-Mind-Virus«: blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025/m…

In den aktuellen »Blättern« analysieren Felix Maschewski und Anna-Verena Nosthoff Musks Kulturkampf gegen das »Woke Mind Virus«: blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025/m…

Schöne Tagung an der Universität St. Gallen: "Menschliche Freiheiten im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung". Wir (m.Anna-Verena Nosthoff) sprechen ü. die "Politik der dunklen Aufklärung" und andere Oxymora. Bunter Blumenstrauß ;) rechter Ideologeme.. Land, Yarvin, Saad, Hanania. Kommt rum..