Tom Felle, University of Galway
Media freedom has long been essential to healthy democracy. It is the oxygen that fuels informed debate, exposes corruption and holds power to account. But around the world, that freedom is under sustained attack.
Craig Robertson, University of Oxford
When Elon Musk took over Twitter and changed its name to X, many users vowed to move to another platform. First was talk of a shift to Mastodon that never seemed to catch on. Then Meta tried to make Threads appealing by linking the app to Instagram – but this hasn’t had much cut-through either.
Metricool, a global social media management platform, is taking social media strategy to the next level with the launch of its Bluesky Social integration. Free and Premium Metricool users can now schedule, manage and auto-publish “skeets” – Bluesky’s signature posts – alongside other social platforms, creating a centralized hub for community engagement. Continue reading
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By Adam Smith | Tech correspondent Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is suing X (formerly Twitter) in French courts for enabling the spread of disinformation, identity theft and defamation. Continue reading |
On Oct. 24, 2024, Elon Musk on “X” wrote: “Major vibe shift” as FIRE, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression reported their recent poll results with free speech ranked higher than health care, crime and immigration; climate change was second from the last of twelve issues, says Friends of Science Society. The poll was conducted by the prestigious National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. Continue reading
Today, on World Inclusion Day, global full-cycle verification platform Sumsub reveals that a staggering 627 million individuals globally, larger than the population of the United States and Brazil combined, are excluded from essential digital services, including financial services, education, healthcare, and employment platforms. Continue reading
Simon McCarthy-Jones, Trinity College Dublin
The idea of free speech sparked into life 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece – in part because it served a politician’s interests. The ability to speak freely was seen as essential for the new Athenian democracy, which the politician Cleisthenes both introduced and benefited from.
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By Adam Smith | Tech correspondent 21 Dec 2013 /Thomson Reuters Foundation/ — 2024 is set to be a record-breaking year for elections, with voters in more than 50 countries heading to the polls including the United States, India and Mexico. Continue reading |
Nov. 20, 2023 /Technology/ — Sam Altman was fired as CEO of OpenAI on November 17, 2023, for allegedly not being “consistently candid in his communications with the board.” The company did not provide any specific details about the allegations, but said that Altman’s behavior was “hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.”
By Avi Asher-Schapiro | U.S. Tech Correspondent
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X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is being flooded with misleading posts, including doctored images and videos purporting to show the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine. Continue reading |