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Two months after bending to a White House demand to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its network, Nexstar Media Group is asking the Trump administration to approve an illegal $6.2 billion merger that would grant it control over TV stations reaching more than half the country. 1/3
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Two months after bending to a White House demand to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its network, Nexstar Media Group is asking the Trump administration to approve an illegal $6.2 billion merger that would grant it control over TV stations reaching more than half the country. 1/3
Some good news in New Zealand: The government appears to be moving forward with legislation that will force tech giants to pay news organisations for their content. www.publicmediaalliance.org/coalition-to...
New Zealand gov't to press ahead with digital bargaining bill - Public Media Alliance
The New Zealand gov't is considering changes to the bargaining bill, forcing tech giants to pay news organisations for their content.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Some good news in New Zealand: The government appears to be moving forward with legislation that will force tech giants to pay news organisations for their content. www.publicmediaalliance.org/coalition-to...
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“journalism shouldn’t merely chronicle innovation; it should interrogate it.”
— Courtney Radsch @openmarkets.bsky.social
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— Courtney Radsch @openmarkets.bsky.social
@knibbs.bsky.social @melissahei.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @mollycrabapple.bsky.social @nitasha.bsky.social @kashhill.bsky.social
We should all be Luddites | Brookings
Courtney Radsch discusses rehabilitating the idea of Luddites as people concerned with the control and impact of technology.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“journalism shouldn’t merely chronicle innovation; it should interrogate it.”
— Courtney Radsch @openmarkets.bsky.social
@knibbs.bsky.social @melissahei.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @mollycrabapple.bsky.social @nitasha.bsky.social @kashhill.bsky.social
— Courtney Radsch @openmarkets.bsky.social
@knibbs.bsky.social @melissahei.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social @mollyjongfast.bsky.social @mollycrabapple.bsky.social @nitasha.bsky.social @kashhill.bsky.social
We love to see courts cracking down on AI's illegal use of content without copyright or compensation.
There are ways to access content legally and fairly. Big AI just needs to buy in.
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There are ways to access content legally and fairly. Big AI just needs to buy in.
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Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We love to see courts cracking down on AI's illegal use of content without copyright or compensation.
There are ways to access content legally and fairly. Big AI just needs to buy in.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
There are ways to access content legally and fairly. Big AI just needs to buy in.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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🚨 Scoop: The European Commission is preparing to launch a new case against Google under its landmark digital rules — possibly as soon as tomorrow — despite Trump’s threats of retaliation, sources tell The Capitol Forum.
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚨 Scoop: The European Commission is preparing to launch a new case against Google under its landmark digital rules — possibly as soon as tomorrow — despite Trump’s threats of retaliation, sources tell The Capitol Forum.
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...
library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/91yxq4g...
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Don't miss the @skynewsrss.bsky.social investigation of how X's algorithm is fueling the British right-wing.
If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
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November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Don't miss the @skynewsrss.bsky.social investigation of how X's algorithm is fueling the British right-wing.
If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
If you need another example of why oligarchs cannot be left in charge of our information platforms, this is it.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Dominant digital platforms have "captured online information spaces," creating a systemic risk to media freedom and sustainability, pluralism, and democracy, according to a new policy manual from @oscemediafreedom.bsky.social www.osce.org/representati...
Promoting availability and accessibility of public interest journalism focus of new OSCE RFoM and Forum on Information and Democracy policy manual
VIENNA, 22 October 2025 - The OSCE Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) and the Forum on Information and Democracy (FID) launched today a new policy manual on “Safeguarding Medi...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Dominant digital platforms have "captured online information spaces," creating a systemic risk to media freedom and sustainability, pluralism, and democracy, according to a new policy manual from @oscemediafreedom.bsky.social www.osce.org/representati...
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Book authors' $1.5 billion settlement with Anthropic was a victory for creators. But as @EileenPomeroy breaks down, the narrow terms of the deal leave a lot of red flags for those concerned about AI corporations' illegal model training practices. www.journalismliberty.org/publications...
Anthropic’s Deal with Book Authors Won’t Be Enough to Curb Abusive AI Practices — Center for Journalism & Liberty
CJL intern Eileen Pomeroy breaks down the implications of Anthropic’s copyright settlement beyond the hefty fine, homing in on the news media sector.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Book authors' $1.5 billion settlement with Anthropic was a victory for creators. But as @EileenPomeroy breaks down, the narrow terms of the deal leave a lot of red flags for those concerned about AI corporations' illegal model training practices. www.journalismliberty.org/publications...
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From early promise to pipeline of ads to value extraction: this is the cycle big tech rarely admits but that we all experience.
Our editorial director Anita Jain reviews Cory Doctorow’s new book, "Enshittification." @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/30/t...
Our editorial director Anita Jain reviews Cory Doctorow’s new book, "Enshittification." @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Cory Doctorow Doctrine
Cory Doctorow’s "Enshittification" explains why Tech platforms like Google and Amazon rot over time—squeezing users, businesses, and workers.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
From early promise to pipeline of ads to value extraction: this is the cycle big tech rarely admits but that we all experience.
Our editorial director Anita Jain reviews Cory Doctorow’s new book, "Enshittification." @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/30/t...
Our editorial director Anita Jain reviews Cory Doctorow’s new book, "Enshittification." @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/30/t...
We are excited that this critical report includes CJL's work on must-carry provisions and platform media remuneration. We also applaud its recommendations of reforms to digital advertising markets and fair compensation for content used by AI that CJL has championed.
We welcome the release of the crucial OSCE report "Safeguarding Media Freedom in the Age of Big Tech Platforms and AI" and are thrilled it recommends several reforms championed by our Center for Journalism & Liberty.
Full statement from center director @courtneyr.bsky.social:
Full statement from center director @courtneyr.bsky.social:
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are excited that this critical report includes CJL's work on must-carry provisions and platform media remuneration. We also applaud its recommendations of reforms to digital advertising markets and fair compensation for content used by AI that CJL has championed.
CJL director @courtneyr.bsky.social appeared on @brookings.edu's TechTank podcast with Marietje Schaake to discuss Europe’s efforts to assert digital sovereignty through the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act. www.brookings.edu/articles/on-...
On European digital sovereignty and platform regulation with Marietje Schaake | The TechTank Podcast | Brookings
On this episode of the TechTank Podcast, guest host Courtney Radsch speaks with Marietje Schaake about European digital sovereignty and regulating Big Tech.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
CJL director @courtneyr.bsky.social appeared on @brookings.edu's TechTank podcast with Marietje Schaake to discuss Europe’s efforts to assert digital sovereignty through the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act. www.brookings.edu/articles/on-...
"[The platforms] are not neutral hosts; they are political actors with extraordinary power to distort the public sphere and undermine democracy in the United States and around the world."
Read @courtneyr.bsky.social on Europe's fight against Big Tech: www.techpolicy.press/why-europes-...
Read @courtneyr.bsky.social on Europe's fight against Big Tech: www.techpolicy.press/why-europes-...
Why Europe’s Resistance to Big Tech Matters for the Future of Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
We are witnessing the fusion of corporate and state power take institutional form, writes Courtney C. Radsch.
www.techpolicy.press
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"[The platforms] are not neutral hosts; they are political actors with extraordinary power to distort the public sphere and undermine democracy in the United States and around the world."
Read @courtneyr.bsky.social on Europe's fight against Big Tech: www.techpolicy.press/why-europes-...
Read @courtneyr.bsky.social on Europe's fight against Big Tech: www.techpolicy.press/why-europes-...
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Coverage of Margrethe Vestager's remarks at our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social.
For the full video of her remarks and Q&A, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1R-...
For the full video of her remarks and Q&A, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1R-...
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Coverage of Margrethe Vestager's remarks at our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social.
For the full video of her remarks and Q&A, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1R-...
For the full video of her remarks and Q&A, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1R-...
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Media is an ecosystem and journalism is its keystone species. Whatever you think of journalists, the system collapses without them. This and more from @courtneyr.bsky.social of @openmarkets.bsky.social on the latest episode of In Reality.
Information is an Ecosystem. Without Journalism, It Collapses - In Reality podcast
Eric Schurenberg is joined by information 'ecosystem' thought-leader Courtney Radsch discussing the vital role of journalism even today!
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October 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Media is an ecosystem and journalism is its keystone species. Whatever you think of journalists, the system collapses without them. This and more from @courtneyr.bsky.social of @openmarkets.bsky.social on the latest episode of In Reality.
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ICYMI: Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa.bsky.social gave a masterclass on platforms, propaganda, the free press, and digital sovereignty at our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday.
October 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
ICYMI: Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa.bsky.social gave a masterclass on platforms, propaganda, the free press, and digital sovereignty at our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday.
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“There is pressure, fair enough, but this is not about US companies, but about the misuse of market power, no matter where the headquarters are,” Vestager said, speaking at a Brussels event by US think tank Open Markets Institute and human rights organisation @article19.bsky.social.
Brussels’s tech laws have come under pressure ever since the new US administration took office in January.
EU should stand firm despite US pressure, ex-EU competition chief says
Brussels’s tech laws have come under pressure ever since the new US administration took office in January.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“There is pressure, fair enough, but this is not about US companies, but about the misuse of market power, no matter where the headquarters are,” Vestager said, speaking at a Brussels event by US think tank Open Markets Institute and human rights organisation @article19.bsky.social.
Tune in as CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social moderates the last panel of the Future of Democracy conference, live from the European Parliament in Brussels:
Mira Milosevic from the Global Forum for Media Development, Quinn McKew from @article19.bsky.social, MEP @alexandrageese.bsky.social, and @dimi.wikimedia.brussels from @wikimediafoundation.org join us for our final panel, AI, Big Tech and the Future of Media Freedom. www.youtube.com/live/vZTwYPS...
The Future of Democracy - Day 2 at European Parliament
YouTube video by Open Markets Institute
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October 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Tune in as CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social moderates the last panel of the Future of Democracy conference, live from the European Parliament in Brussels:
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"Journalism, technology, and community"
At the European Parliament, @mariaressa.bsky.social gives us a pathway to reclaim our rights & the future of our democracies. There will be no other time to fight back.
📺 Tune into the event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw...
(Photos: @omarhavana.bsky.social)
At the European Parliament, @mariaressa.bsky.social gives us a pathway to reclaim our rights & the future of our democracies. There will be no other time to fight back.
📺 Tune into the event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw...
(Photos: @omarhavana.bsky.social)
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Journalism, technology, and community"
At the European Parliament, @mariaressa.bsky.social gives us a pathway to reclaim our rights & the future of our democracies. There will be no other time to fight back.
📺 Tune into the event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw...
(Photos: @omarhavana.bsky.social)
At the European Parliament, @mariaressa.bsky.social gives us a pathway to reclaim our rights & the future of our democracies. There will be no other time to fight back.
📺 Tune into the event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTw...
(Photos: @omarhavana.bsky.social)
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Day 2 of our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social starts soon!
Tune in live at the European Parliament for opening remarks from MEP Alexandra Geese, Vice-President of the European Parliament Nicolae Ștefănuță, and CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch. www.youtube.com/live/vZTwYPS...
Tune in live at the European Parliament for opening remarks from MEP Alexandra Geese, Vice-President of the European Parliament Nicolae Ștefănuță, and CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch. www.youtube.com/live/vZTwYPS...
The Future of Democracy - Day 2 at European Parliament
YouTube video by Open Markets Institute
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October 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Day 2 of our Future of Democracy event with @article19.bsky.social starts soon!
Tune in live at the European Parliament for opening remarks from MEP Alexandra Geese, Vice-President of the European Parliament Nicolae Ștefănuță, and CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch. www.youtube.com/live/vZTwYPS...
Tune in live at the European Parliament for opening remarks from MEP Alexandra Geese, Vice-President of the European Parliament Nicolae Ștefănuță, and CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch. www.youtube.com/live/vZTwYPS...
Not to be missed! A series of high-level discussions on taking back control of digital spaces, speech, and access to reliable information.
With anti-democratic powers on the rise, this conference could not be more timely. We hope you'll tune in today and tomorrow. Livestream below:
With anti-democratic powers on the rise, this conference could not be more timely. We hope you'll tune in today and tomorrow. Livestream below:
TODAY & tomorrow in Brussels:
Open Markets & @article19.bsky.social convene experts, lawmakers, & advocates to discuss solutions to one of the defining challenges of our time — free speech & democratic sovereignty in the digital/AI age.
Join us starting at 9 AM CET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuXg...
Open Markets & @article19.bsky.social convene experts, lawmakers, & advocates to discuss solutions to one of the defining challenges of our time — free speech & democratic sovereignty in the digital/AI age.
Join us starting at 9 AM CET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuXg...
The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI
YouTube video by Open Markets Institute
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October 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Not to be missed! A series of high-level discussions on taking back control of digital spaces, speech, and access to reliable information.
With anti-democratic powers on the rise, this conference could not be more timely. We hope you'll tune in today and tomorrow. Livestream below:
With anti-democratic powers on the rise, this conference could not be more timely. We hope you'll tune in today and tomorrow. Livestream below:
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One thing the Luddites understood is that the advancement of technology has to be managed democratically, with special mind to preventing concentrations of power.
CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social applies lessons from history to the debate over regulating AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/we-...
CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social applies lessons from history to the debate over regulating AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/we-...
We should all be Luddites | Brookings
Courtney Radsch discusses rehabilitating the idea of Luddites as people concerned with the control and impact of technology.
www.brookings.edu
October 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
One thing the Luddites understood is that the advancement of technology has to be managed democratically, with special mind to preventing concentrations of power.
CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social applies lessons from history to the debate over regulating AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/we-...
CJL Director @courtneyr.bsky.social applies lessons from history to the debate over regulating AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/we-...
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Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps in response to Trump Pressure Campaign in yet another attack on #freespeech. I’m deeply disappointed to see yet another corporation cave without resisting. This censorship is particularly problematic given its App Store monopoly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign
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October 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps in response to Trump Pressure Campaign in yet another attack on #freespeech. I’m deeply disappointed to see yet another corporation cave without resisting. This censorship is particularly problematic given its App Store monopoly.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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This is exactly right. The world is on the brink of platform authoritarianism, and tech oligarchs are working overtime to capture this administration as well as the opposition.
But it's not too late for Americans to take back our democracy from Silicon Valley.
But it's not too late for Americans to take back our democracy from Silicon Valley.
Trump 2.0 has unleashed Silicon Valley’s efficiency fetishism on the U.S. government, with the end goal of transforming the country into a kind of corporation, steered by a kind of CEO, powered by private firms not beholden to the messiness of democracy.
E Pluribus Uh Oh | Leo Kim
“Pro-democracy” initiatives coming out of Silicon Valley are a sleight of hand. Platform authoritarianism is the end goal.
thebaffler.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is exactly right. The world is on the brink of platform authoritarianism, and tech oligarchs are working overtime to capture this administration as well as the opposition.
But it's not too late for Americans to take back our democracy from Silicon Valley.
But it's not too late for Americans to take back our democracy from Silicon Valley.
During the remedies phase of the #googleadtech case this week, we learned from witnesses why breaking up Google's monopoly over digital ads matters so much for the future of digital news. @checkmyads.org shares more: www.usvgoogleads.com/trial-update...
US v Google
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September 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
During the remedies phase of the #googleadtech case this week, we learned from witnesses why breaking up Google's monopoly over digital ads matters so much for the future of digital news. @checkmyads.org shares more: www.usvgoogleads.com/trial-update...
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The European Commission is weighing whether the Digital Markets Act adequately covers integrated AI or if explicit inclusion is needed. Tech Policy Press fellow
@megafreda.bsky.social explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.
@megafreda.bsky.social explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.
Will the EU Designate AI Under the Digital Markets Act? | TechPolicy.Press
Megan Kirkwood unpacks the growing momentum to bring integrated AI applications under the scope of Europe's Digital Markets Act.
www.techpolicy.press
September 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The European Commission is weighing whether the Digital Markets Act adequately covers integrated AI or if explicit inclusion is needed. Tech Policy Press fellow
@megafreda.bsky.social explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.
@megafreda.bsky.social explores the growing push to bring these systems firmly under its scope.