@mariamichalis.bsky.social
Prof of Communication Policy, Uni of Westminster, London UK
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Search engine feature of the moment: DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results
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DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results | TechCrunch
DuckDuckGo's new search feature comes as the internet is being flooded with AI-generated slop.
techcrunch.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Search engine feature of the moment: DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results
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This week we celebrate 50 years since the University of Westminster launched the first BA Media degree in the UK. Follow our anniversary event for colleagues, alumni and students on Wed 21, and our international academic conference on Thu 22 and Fri 23 May, through the hashtag #UoWMEDIA50
May 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This week we celebrate 50 years since the University of Westminster launched the first BA Media degree in the UK. Follow our anniversary event for colleagues, alumni and students on Wed 21, and our international academic conference on Thu 22 and Fri 23 May, through the hashtag #UoWMEDIA50
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Just two weeks to go until Media Democracy Festival 2025, at London's Fyvie Hall!
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
May 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Just two weeks to go until Media Democracy Festival 2025, at London's Fyvie Hall!
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
December 20, 2023 at 2:28 PM
#AI machine cannot be called an #inventor, rules UK court
Interesting long awaited judgement
t.co/fG24RLMpK8
Interesting long awaited judgement
t.co/fG24RLMpK8
December 20, 2023 at 2:22 PM
#AI machine cannot be called an #inventor, rules UK court
Interesting long awaited judgement
t.co/fG24RLMpK8
Interesting long awaited judgement
t.co/fG24RLMpK8
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Powerful piece of research from @propublica.bsky.social and Priyanjana Bengani here @towcenter.bsky.social , conducted over months, into the failure of blue checks and community notes as brakes on misinformation over at X - no surprise, but key documentation www.propublica.org/article/x-ve...
How Verified Accounts on X Thrive While Spreading Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas Conflict
With the gutting of content moderation initiatives at X, accounts with blue checks, once a sign of authenticity, are disseminating debunked claims and gaining more followers. Community Notes, X’s fa...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Powerful piece of research from @propublica.bsky.social and Priyanjana Bengani here @towcenter.bsky.social , conducted over months, into the failure of blue checks and community notes as brakes on misinformation over at X - no surprise, but key documentation www.propublica.org/article/x-ve...
“New #FCC Rules Signal a Shift From #NetNeutrality to #UserNeutrality”
by Media and Journalism Research Center
medium.com/journalism-t...
by Media and Journalism Research Center
medium.com/journalism-t...
December 18, 2023 at 8:44 PM
“New #FCC Rules Signal a Shift From #NetNeutrality to #UserNeutrality”
by Media and Journalism Research Center
medium.com/journalism-t...
by Media and Journalism Research Center
medium.com/journalism-t...
#Goetz’s 1st #software patent in 1968
“helped managers, programmers & lawyers at ..software firms feel as if they were forming an industry …creating products that were potentially profitable & legally defensible as #proprietary inventions,” prof Gerardo Con Díaz
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/t...
“helped managers, programmers & lawyers at ..software firms feel as if they were forming an industry …creating products that were potentially profitable & legally defensible as #proprietary inventions,” prof Gerardo Con Díaz
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/t...
October 22, 2023 at 5:16 PM
#Goetz’s 1st #software patent in 1968
“helped managers, programmers & lawyers at ..software firms feel as if they were forming an industry …creating products that were potentially profitable & legally defensible as #proprietary inventions,” prof Gerardo Con Díaz
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/t...
“helped managers, programmers & lawyers at ..software firms feel as if they were forming an industry …creating products that were potentially profitable & legally defensible as #proprietary inventions,” prof Gerardo Con Díaz
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/t...
#Microsoft can buy #CallofDuty maker #Activision #Blizzard, says UK #CMA lifting earlier concerns following revised offer. This follows regulatory approvals of the deal in the EU and USA
#Microsoft concession a gamechanger that will promote #competition
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#Microsoft concession a gamechanger that will promote #competition
www.gov.uk/government/n...
October 13, 2023 at 6:15 AM
#Microsoft can buy #CallofDuty maker #Activision #Blizzard, says UK #CMA lifting earlier concerns following revised offer. This follows regulatory approvals of the deal in the EU and USA
#Microsoft concession a gamechanger that will promote #competition
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#Microsoft concession a gamechanger that will promote #competition
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#Cloud busting will mean a messy time for tech regulators
#bigtech #regulation #competition #interoperability #standards
via @FT
on.ft.com/3FbCo5H
#bigtech #regulation #competition #interoperability #standards
via @FT
on.ft.com/3FbCo5H
October 12, 2023 at 10:23 PM
#Cloud busting will mean a messy time for tech regulators
#bigtech #regulation #competition #interoperability #standards
via @FT
on.ft.com/3FbCo5H
#bigtech #regulation #competition #interoperability #standards
via @FT
on.ft.com/3FbCo5H
#Adobe launches new symbol to tag #AI-generated content—but will anyone use it? | Ars Technica
#GenAI #deepfakes #CR
arstechnica.com/information-...
#GenAI #deepfakes #CR
arstechnica.com/information-...
October 12, 2023 at 10:10 PM
#Adobe launches new symbol to tag #AI-generated content—but will anyone use it? | Ars Technica
#GenAI #deepfakes #CR
arstechnica.com/information-...
#GenAI #deepfakes #CR
arstechnica.com/information-...
RT @UniWestminster
We have become one of 65 members of @turinginst, the UK’s national institute for #Data Science and #ArtificialIntelligence.
Our successful application shows the #Turing Institute’s recognition of research taking place at Uni of Westminster 👏
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3QbsOWu
We have become one of 65 members of @turinginst, the UK’s national institute for #Data Science and #ArtificialIntelligence.
Our successful application shows the #Turing Institute’s recognition of research taking place at Uni of Westminster 👏
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3QbsOWu
October 12, 2023 at 7:26 PM
RT @UniWestminster
We have become one of 65 members of @turinginst, the UK’s national institute for #Data Science and #ArtificialIntelligence.
Our successful application shows the #Turing Institute’s recognition of research taking place at Uni of Westminster 👏
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3QbsOWu
We have become one of 65 members of @turinginst, the UK’s national institute for #Data Science and #ArtificialIntelligence.
Our successful application shows the #Turing Institute’s recognition of research taking place at Uni of Westminster 👏
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3QbsOWu
October 11, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Fascinating discussion yesterday of the #SantiagoBoys #podcast, with @evgenymorozov and comments by @CeciliaRikap @Jackstilgoe @rainerkattel
Lots of good for thought
@IIPP_UCL
If you haven’t already listened to the podcast, do it. Definitely worth it!
Lots of good for thought
@IIPP_UCL
If you haven’t already listened to the podcast, do it. Definitely worth it!
October 10, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Fascinating discussion yesterday of the #SantiagoBoys #podcast, with @evgenymorozov and comments by @CeciliaRikap @Jackstilgoe @rainerkattel
Lots of good for thought
@IIPP_UCL
If you haven’t already listened to the podcast, do it. Definitely worth it!
Lots of good for thought
@IIPP_UCL
If you haven’t already listened to the podcast, do it. Definitely worth it!
UK: #Passport database ‘will be used to catch #shoplifters and #burglars’
#Police will be able to match #CCTV footage to a majority of adults in the country.
#facialrecognition
What can go wrong?
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4c8d...
#Police will be able to match #CCTV footage to a majority of adults in the country.
#facialrecognition
What can go wrong?
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4c8d...
October 2, 2023 at 6:28 PM
UK: #Passport database ‘will be used to catch #shoplifters and #burglars’
#Police will be able to match #CCTV footage to a majority of adults in the country.
#facialrecognition
What can go wrong?
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4c8d...
#Police will be able to match #CCTV footage to a majority of adults in the country.
#facialrecognition
What can go wrong?
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4c8d...
“Harm” figures a lot in policy. It’s contentious. Similarly in #competition cases: harm to consumers, competitors, democracy etc.
I’ve got a forthcoming publication on this.
What Lina Khan’s #antitrust case could mean for #Amazon via @FT
#FTC
on.ft.com/3PZC4gg
I’ve got a forthcoming publication on this.
What Lina Khan’s #antitrust case could mean for #Amazon via @FT
#FTC
on.ft.com/3PZC4gg
September 30, 2023 at 5:11 PM
“Harm” figures a lot in policy. It’s contentious. Similarly in #competition cases: harm to consumers, competitors, democracy etc.
I’ve got a forthcoming publication on this.
What Lina Khan’s #antitrust case could mean for #Amazon via @FT
#FTC
on.ft.com/3PZC4gg
I’ve got a forthcoming publication on this.
What Lina Khan’s #antitrust case could mean for #Amazon via @FT
#FTC
on.ft.com/3PZC4gg
Tech entrepreneur Niklas #Zennström: ‘Let’s break the #SiliconValley monopoly’ via @FT
“Even the most storied US VC companies…are paying attention and have opened offices in London. Silicon Valley is coming to Europe, rather than the other way round”
#ventureCapital
on.ft.com/3tiJL8q
“Even the most storied US VC companies…are paying attention and have opened offices in London. Silicon Valley is coming to Europe, rather than the other way round”
#ventureCapital
on.ft.com/3tiJL8q
September 29, 2023 at 6:38 PM
Tech entrepreneur Niklas #Zennström: ‘Let’s break the #SiliconValley monopoly’ via @FT
“Even the most storied US VC companies…are paying attention and have opened offices in London. Silicon Valley is coming to Europe, rather than the other way round”
#ventureCapital
on.ft.com/3tiJL8q
“Even the most storied US VC companies…are paying attention and have opened offices in London. Silicon Valley is coming to Europe, rather than the other way round”
#ventureCapital
on.ft.com/3tiJL8q
#streaming paradox: An #entertainment business model & a consumer experience that has become a victim of its own success; more choice but harder to enjoy it
#television #audiovisual #consumerchoice. By Charlie Warzel
bit.ly/46v5SHb
Some of us have talked about this. My take (OA)
bit.ly/3rvHTZG
#television #audiovisual #consumerchoice. By Charlie Warzel
bit.ly/46v5SHb
Some of us have talked about this. My take (OA)
bit.ly/3rvHTZG
September 29, 2023 at 10:04 AM
#streaming paradox: An #entertainment business model & a consumer experience that has become a victim of its own success; more choice but harder to enjoy it
#television #audiovisual #consumerchoice. By Charlie Warzel
bit.ly/46v5SHb
Some of us have talked about this. My take (OA)
bit.ly/3rvHTZG
#television #audiovisual #consumerchoice. By Charlie Warzel
bit.ly/46v5SHb
Some of us have talked about this. My take (OA)
bit.ly/3rvHTZG
#Meta #AI #chatbot
Meta announces AI chatbots with 'personality'
Meta announces AI chatbots with 'personality'
At Meta's first in-person event since before the pandemic, Mark Zuckerberg announced his AI plans.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2023 at 7:59 PM
#Meta #AI #chatbot
September 26, 2023 at 3:09 PM
September 26, 2023 at 12:14 AM
Worth (re) reading
Check the trail 👇
Check the trail 👇
Five years ago (!) @knightcolumbia.org published a paper by Jack Goldsmith about the "demise" of the United States' anti-regulatory, anti-censorship, global internet agenda. Here's an excellent new essay by Anu Bradford that picks up where Goldsmith left off. knightcolumbia.org/content/afte...
September 25, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Worth (re) reading
Check the trail 👇
Check the trail 👇
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For new Bluesky friends:
- @deck.blue is amazing, works like TweetDeck, very frequent updates 💙
- Use feeds to discover other users, since there is no "for you" algorithm
- Ignore/mute/block is the way to go, don't engage with trolls or rage baiters
Welcome to Bluesky, have fun, be kind 🥰
- @deck.blue is amazing, works like TweetDeck, very frequent updates 💙
- Use feeds to discover other users, since there is no "for you" algorithm
- Ignore/mute/block is the way to go, don't engage with trolls or rage baiters
Welcome to Bluesky, have fun, be kind 🥰
September 20, 2023 at 7:18 AM
For new Bluesky friends:
- @deck.blue is amazing, works like TweetDeck, very frequent updates 💙
- Use feeds to discover other users, since there is no "for you" algorithm
- Ignore/mute/block is the way to go, don't engage with trolls or rage baiters
Welcome to Bluesky, have fun, be kind 🥰
- @deck.blue is amazing, works like TweetDeck, very frequent updates 💙
- Use feeds to discover other users, since there is no "for you" algorithm
- Ignore/mute/block is the way to go, don't engage with trolls or rage baiters
Welcome to Bluesky, have fun, be kind 🥰
September 19, 2023 at 7:21 PM