Nick Couldry
@couldrynick.bsky.social
I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
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"Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest." Others include Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth.
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest." Others include Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth.
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NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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“AI in the public sector must not become a Trojan horse for ideological capture or commercial favoritism,” argues Public Citizen’s J.B. Branch. He calls on OMB to halt the federal rollout of Grok AI, citing risks to fairness and neutrality that violate the Trump Administration’s own AI guidance.
The US Government’s Use of Elon Musk’s Grok AI Undermines Its Own Rules | TechPolicy.Press
Public Citizen's J.B. Branch warns federal use of Elon Musk’s Grok AI risks biasing government systems.
www.techpolicy.press
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“AI in the public sector must not become a Trojan horse for ideological capture or commercial favoritism,” argues Public Citizen’s J.B. Branch. He calls on OMB to halt the federal rollout of Grok AI, citing risks to fairness and neutrality that violate the Trump Administration’s own AI guidance.
Interesting blog reacting to my recent LSE lecture @lsemedia.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
The space of our world: how social media broke solidarity and how we might mend it - Media@LSE
Kirti Dubey writes about Professor Nick Couldry’s public lecture at LSE where he detailed the arguments in his recent book, The Space of the World,
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Interesting blog reacting to my recent LSE lecture @lsemedia.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
for those who missed the live version of my recent talk and debate at LSE with Baroness Beeban Kidron on the future of social media, here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Fv... . For me, was an amazing evening and made the huge effort of writing the book worthwhile! @lsemedia.bsky.social
Can human solidarity survive social media and what if it can’t? | LSE Event
YouTube video by LSE
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October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
for those who missed the live version of my recent talk and debate at LSE with Baroness Beeban Kidron on the future of social media, here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Fv... . For me, was an amazing evening and made the huge effort of writing the book worthwhile! @lsemedia.bsky.social
Another brave article by @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social . Essential reading if you care about the harm AI celebrationism is doing!
Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Another brave article by @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social . Essential reading if you care about the harm AI celebrationism is doing!
Resisting AI is in OUR hands!
This is the way (for me). Piloted it with my graduate seminar this semester. I've been marking reading responses by hand, returning them the following session. Unlike what i had been doing for my whole career, which was feeling like i had to mark immediately and return through Canvas.
Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Resisting AI is in OUR hands!
AI introduces entirely new definitions of 'risk management,' but we should not accept them
"If 3 out of 100 flights crashed, no one would fly." #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall youtu.be/6ltU9q1pKKM?...
The Lie So Dangerous Tesla Engineers Are Quitting
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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October 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
AI introduces entirely new definitions of 'risk management,' but we should not accept them
Nice to be included in this company! Critics of AI are growing but certainly need to give each other support
Very grateful to fellow travelers who are trying to temper enthusiasm for AI, especially in the halls of the academy. @janerosenzweig.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @eryk.bsky.social @histoftech.bsky.social @criticalai-journal.bsky.social @jeddobson.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social and more
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Nice to be included in this company! Critics of AI are growing but certainly need to give each other support
Very excited to announce that my paper 'Human Life as Terra Nullius' with @jcmagalhaes.bsky.social on colonial implications of Facebook's early patents is out: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Has been a privilege to work with Joao on this and develop the concept of 'socially blind engineering'
Client Challenge
link.springer.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Very excited to announce that my paper 'Human Life as Terra Nullius' with @jcmagalhaes.bsky.social on colonial implications of Facebook's early patents is out: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Has been a privilege to work with Joao on this and develop the concept of 'socially blind engineering'
We had an amazing f2f and online audience of 400 pr so. I hope we can do morr events like this.
Fantastic event last night with @couldrynick.bsky.social and Baroness Kidron. A genuine exchange of ideas and concerns around policy and the core issues involved in tackling Big Tech’s business model. A sliver of hope.
October 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We had an amazing f2f and online audience of 400 pr so. I hope we can do morr events like this.
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🗓 Event details:
📍 In person (Old Theatre, LSE) & online
🕡 Thurs 2 Oct | 6:30–8pm (UK)
🎤 Speakers: @couldrynick.bsky.social Baroness Beeban Kidron
🎙 Chair: @myriageorgiou.bsky.social
📍 In person (Old Theatre, LSE) & online
🕡 Thurs 2 Oct | 6:30–8pm (UK)
🎤 Speakers: @couldrynick.bsky.social Baroness Beeban Kidron
🎙 Chair: @myriageorgiou.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🗓 Event details:
📍 In person (Old Theatre, LSE) & online
🕡 Thurs 2 Oct | 6:30–8pm (UK)
🎤 Speakers: @couldrynick.bsky.social Baroness Beeban Kidron
🎙 Chair: @myriageorgiou.bsky.social
📍 In person (Old Theatre, LSE) & online
🕡 Thurs 2 Oct | 6:30–8pm (UK)
🎤 Speakers: @couldrynick.bsky.social Baroness Beeban Kidron
🎙 Chair: @myriageorgiou.bsky.social
This interview (available in English and Portuguese) with the Brazilian journal Algorithms and Society reflects on my recent work on data colonialism and social , and also my current work on AI: periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/al... @lsemedia.bsky.social
Entrevista com Nick Couldry
| Algoritmos & Sociedade
periodicos.ufmg.br
September 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This interview (available in English and Portuguese) with the Brazilian journal Algorithms and Society reflects on my recent work on data colonialism and social , and also my current work on AI: periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/al... @lsemedia.bsky.social
on 2nd October I'll give an LSE lecture on the future of social media based on my recent book The Space of the World www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b.... Baroness Beeban Kidron will respond and Myria Georgiou will be chairing. Do come: there'll be a live stream too! www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-s...
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
on 2nd October I'll give an LSE lecture on the future of social media based on my recent book The Space of the World www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b.... Baroness Beeban Kidron will respond and Myria Georgiou will be chairing. Do come: there'll be a live stream too! www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-s...
If you are in the London area, hope you can come to this!
We’re hosting the book launch of 'The Space of the World', our first public event of the term!
🌍 Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media?
w/ @couldrynick.bsky.social, Baroness Beeban Kidron @myriageorgiou.bsky.social
🗓️ Thu 2 Oct | 6.30–8pm
📍LSE + Online
🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
🌍 Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media?
w/ @couldrynick.bsky.social, Baroness Beeban Kidron @myriageorgiou.bsky.social
🗓️ Thu 2 Oct | 6.30–8pm
📍LSE + Online
🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
The space of the world: can-human-solidarity-survive-social-media?
6.30pm Thurs 2 Oct | Nick Couldry | Ticket Required |Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
September 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you are in the London area, hope you can come to this!
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Journal publishers *are* bundling your papers up in "data licensing agreements" for big tech companies to use for AI model training. Our publisher, T&F, got £75m from Microsoft for that last year alone.
September 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Journal publishers *are* bundling your papers up in "data licensing agreements" for big tech companies to use for AI model training. Our publisher, T&F, got £75m from Microsoft for that last year alone.
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If students feel alienated from classes they should immediately form a Marx reading circle and discuss this further rather than being a prompt for yet another Atlantic doom piece about college ;)!
Another day, another hackneyed eulogy for college on its death at the hands of AI.
Striking here is that these thoughts did not originate from a college freshman’s own mind. These are talking points this student has been fed for years. What freshman says this?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Striking here is that these thoughts did not originate from a college freshman’s own mind. These are talking points this student has been fed for years. What freshman says this?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
August 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If students feel alienated from classes they should immediately form a Marx reading circle and discuss this further rather than being a prompt for yet another Atlantic doom piece about college ;)!
How we risk ignoring children's rights in our digital design aka trashing the future
NEW! #ScreenDeep Host Kris Perry sits down with Sonia Livingstone, OBE, FBA, @sonialivingstone.bsky.social to explore the intersection of children’s rights, online safety, parenting around child media use, #AI design, and public #policy in the digital world.
Listen NOW: bit.ly/4fnvefI
Listen NOW: bit.ly/4fnvefI
August 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
How we risk ignoring children's rights in our digital design aka trashing the future
An important battle
There's an intense debate in Brazil about how tech firms & algorithms promote sexual & romantic engagement with children (adultização). Without guardrails, the big firms will absolutely pursue this practice. Lula & allies are trying to get legislation passed.
revistaforum.com.br/politica/202...
revistaforum.com.br/politica/202...
August 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An important battle
This is a really important debate, more important than ever given recent US moves
Thrilled to guest host @poltheoryother.bsky.social this week!
I interviewed @ceciliarikap.bsky.social about what digital sovereignty really means, how we might build it, and how it would benefit so many countries currently dependent on US tech. podcasts.apple.com/podcast/digi...
I interviewed @ceciliarikap.bsky.social about what digital sovereignty really means, how we might build it, and how it would benefit so many countries currently dependent on US tech. podcasts.apple.com/podcast/digi...
Digital Sovereignty and resisting the tech giants w/ Cecilia Rikap
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 08/06/2025 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This is a really important debate, more important than ever given recent US moves
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Out in the open: the US administration’s attempt to undermine the EU Digital Services Act (and other regulations) was evident.
Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exclusive: Rubio orders US diplomats to launch lobbying blitz against Europe's tech law
President Donald Trump's administration has instructed U.S. diplomats in Europe to launch a lobbying campaign to build an opposition to the European Union's Digital Services Act, which Washington says stifles free speech and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies, an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters showed.
www.reuters.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Out in the open: the US administration’s attempt to undermine the EU Digital Services Act (and other regulations) was evident.
Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I am thrilled too! Thanks to @lsemedia.bsky.social for all its support over the years!!
🎉 We're delighted to announce Professor @couldrynick.bsky.social has been elected as a @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the humanities & social sciences.
Read more about the British Academy Fellowship: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/agm-wel...
Read more about the British Academy Fellowship: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/agm-wel...
The British Academy welcomes 92 new Fellows in 2025
92 distinguished scholars have today been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
July 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am thrilled too! Thanks to @lsemedia.bsky.social for all its support over the years!!
Have a new blog for @lsemedia.bsky.social which reads Mark Zuckerberg' recent pronouncements on Meta's implications for advertising through lens of data colonialism: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202.... If you're interested in my other recent blogs, they're collected here: www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1
When the hypernudge becomes the rule in platform advertising - Media@LSE
LSE's Professor Nick Couldry uses the framework of data colonialism to reflect on Zuckerberg's claim that Meta can replace ad agencies using AI-driven processes
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Have a new blog for @lsemedia.bsky.social which reads Mark Zuckerberg' recent pronouncements on Meta's implications for advertising through lens of data colonialism: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202.... If you're interested in my other recent blogs, they're collected here: www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1
I am thrilled to say that I will be one of the new British Academy fellows. I look forward to joining colleagues to continue raising the profile of critical media research in Britain and internationally @lsemedia.bsky.social
The British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in 2025 – a higher number than in previous years due to new Fellowship places for candidates whose research spans more than one discipline www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/agm-wel...
The British Academy welcomes 92 new Fellows in 2025
92 distinguished scholars have today been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
July 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am thrilled to say that I will be one of the new British Academy fellows. I look forward to joining colleagues to continue raising the profile of critical media research in Britain and internationally @lsemedia.bsky.social
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Reinstate the Four Suspended Labour MPs
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement and a better future for Labour:
actionnetwork.org
July 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...