Nelly Ognyanova
Nelly Ognyanova
@medialaw.bsky.social
law professor, Bulgaria, media law, digital agenda
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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Remember when billionaires just bought and ruined sports teams instead of whole countries
February 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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ICYMI: We joined @thefireorg.bsky.social and friends in an amicus brief urging SCOTUS to overturn the law banning TikTok.

Our Executive Director @mchangama.bsky.social explains why 🧵:
December 28, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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🚨Publication Alert🚨

Stanislaw Piasecki, Sophie Morosoli, @natalihelberger.bsky.social, and Laurens Naudts in #InternetPolicyReview ⬇️

"AI-generated journalism: Do the transparency provisions in the AI Act give news readers what they hope for?".

Full paper here: policyreview.info/articles/ana...
AI-generated journalism: Do the transparency provisions in the AI Act give news readers what they hope for?
This article evaluates how to reconcile AI Act’s Art. 50 transparency provisions applicable to AI-generated text with news readers’ perceptions of manipulation and empowerment.
policyreview.info
November 21, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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🚨New pub🚨
@feloe.bsky.social @judith-moeller.bsky.social @damiantrilling.bsky.social & @vanatteveldt.com used digital trace data to estimate the long tail of news consumption, beyond major journalism sources. Their new(s) taxonomy helps avoid blindspots in news diversity
doi.org/10.1177/1464...
December 3, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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Mandatory reading if you want to fully understand the Romanian Constitutional Court judgment, which refers to the DSA and the EU Regulation on Political Ads. On its surface this ruling does seem to not diverge too much, for instance,from the principles contained in UN's ICCPR General Comment No. 25.
December 7, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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Clay Shirky: 'Demand for social spaces that are organized around user preferences instead of advertiser preferences or owners’ whims may serve as a model for better spaces for political speech and a move away from “scale at all costs” business models.'
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
Opinion | Bluesky Is Different From X. For Now.
Users are looking for a more curated experience on a platform that is not constantly trying to get them to interact with brands.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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Better late than never: Nearly a decade later, the ECHR rules that #Hungary violated journalist Klaudia Csikós's rights through surveillance targeting her source: hudoc.echr.coe.int/hu#{%22itemi...

This is a crucial win for press freedom. Safeguarding journalists and their sources is essential.
November 30, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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Since we're all making starter packs, here's one dedicated to journals and conferences in communication, political science, media, public opinion, etc. Let me know what I've missed! go.bsky.app/B4h2y66 #polisci #comm
November 16, 2024 at 7:08 PM