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Manuel Puppis
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Professor of Media Structures & Governance at DCM, University of Fribourg. Vice-President Swiss Federal Media Commission.

Doing comparative research on media policy, platform governance, digitalization of the public sphere, Swiss media system.
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mims.bsky.social
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.

How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.

www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Matt Gaetz's OAN producer Vish Burra deleted wildly antisemitic tweets and videos he shared earlier today, which showed a "Scheming Room" with a Star of David that depicted Jews as cockroaches who burned and ran when exposed to light.

I've asked OAN president Charles Herring and Gaetz for comment.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
“Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska”
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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cpaxton.bsky.social
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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datadrivenmd.social
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 4d
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
manuelpuppis.ch
"Sparkurs bedroht #Swissinfo"

Meine Einschätzung im Echo der Zeit und im zugehörigen Onlineartikel.

#Medienpolitik #PSM #servicepublic

www.srf.ch/news/schweiz...
Swissinfo von Sparkurs bedroht
Swissinfo liefert Journalismus mit Schweiz-Bezug in zehn Sprachen. Doch die Finanzierung steht infrage.
www.srf.ch
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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askekammer.dk
"BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resign following criticism that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump." #medienyt

www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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ulrichgut.bsky.social
Ein verantwortungsloser Akt des Ringier-Verlags.
Ein Akt im Dienst autokratischer Medienpolitik, gegen Medienfreiheit, freien Journalismus, freie Recherche.
Die hierfür Verantwortlichen können nur hoffen, dass Orban die Wahlen verliert.
@meretbaumann.bsky.social
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Ringier verkauft «Blikk»: Grösste Zeitung Ungarns geht kurz vor der Wahl ans Orban-Lager
Eine regierungsnahe Mediengruppe übernimmt das Boulevardblatt «Blikk» vom Schweizer Konzern. Ringier begründet den Verkauf mit der strategischen Ausrichtung. Für die Unabhängigkeit der ungarischen Med...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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roofjoke.netzpolitik.org
Gestern habe ich noch über Gerüchte geschrieben, heute veröffentlichen wir die Dokumente, die belegen: Die EU-Kommission plant einen Frontalangriff auf den Datenschutz.

Mit @daniel.netzpolitik.org

netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...
„Digitaler Omnibus“: EU-Kommission will Datenschutzgrundverordnung und KI-Regulierung schleifen
In weniger als zwei Wochen will die EU-Kommission einen umfassenden Gesetzesvorschlag präsentieren. Der
netzpolitik.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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brodnig.bsky.social
Das ist sehr beunruhigend, was hier berichtet wird

Es geht anscheinend zB auch um das Training von Kl-Systemen mit personenbezogenen Daten 👇
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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barnabyedwards.bsky.social
Now we know where all that Spotify money is going. Not to the artists - perish the thought. No, the CEO has invested it all in AI weaponry designed to kill humans. I wish this were a joke.

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Spotify boycott: Artists leave 'garbage hole' platform after CEO invests in AI weapons
Daniel Ek's investments in AI dronemaker Helsing have unnerved artists. One called Spotify a "violent armageddon portal."
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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langeandre.bsky.social
Le professeur Armand Mattelart, grand penseur critique de la communication, vient de nous quitter Je ne l'ai jamais rencontré, mais ses livres analysant les stratégies des multinationales, dàs la fin des années 1970, ont joué un rôle fondamentam dans l'orientation de mes propres recherches.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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hplehofer.bsky.social
Der EGMR hat eine Beschwerde der SRG SSR wegen Feststellung einer Objektivitätsverletzung durch die UBI (bestätigt durch das Bundesgericht) zurückgewiesen, weil mangels "chilling effect" nicht einmal ein Eingriff in das durch Art. 10 EMRK geschützte Recht vorlag hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-24... /
Auszug aus SOCIÉTÉ SUISSE DE RADIODIFFUSION ET TÉLÉVISION (SSR) AND OTHERS v. SWITZERLAND: 10. While the concept of “interference” is broad – encompassing various forms of restrictions, penalties and formalities imposed by State authorities – it is closely linked to the existence of a chilling effect on the exercise of freedom of expression. The Court has consistently held that purely hypothetical risks are insufficient to establish such an interference (for examples of concrete interferences, see Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft and Others v. Switzerland (dec.), no. 68995/13, § 71, 12 November 2019, and the references cited therein). 11. In the present case, the applicants merely alleged that the decisions in question would have a “chilling effect”. However, there is no evidence in the case file that such claims were subsequently borne out by concrete developments. The Court notes, in particular, that (a) there was no prohibition on broadcasting the disputed programme; (b) the Complaints Authority explicitly stated that referencing the impugned decisions would suffice; (c) the applicant company was not required to remove the disputed programme from its electronic archive; and (d) the only obligation imposed on the applicant company was to inform the Complaints Authority of the measures taken to prevent similar breaches in the future. 12. In the light of these considerations, the Court finds no evidence of a chilling effect in the present case. Consequently, the contested decisions cannot be regarded as amounting to an “interference” with the applicants’ right to freedom of expression.
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
manuelpuppis.ch
"Systemic preparation requires investing in resilient infrastructure now: systems that assume a highly synthetic content and communications environment while preserving pathways for confirming what is real."
samgregory.bsky.social Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social · 11d
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy."

Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai

www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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charliebeckett.bsky.social
We know where this headed don't we? www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Gianni Infantino to award FIFA’s inaugural peace prize at Washington’s World Cup 2026 draw
FIFA president Gianni Infantino will present the inaugural award at next month's World Cup draw in Washington DC.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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reneengel.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani ist New Yorks neuer Bürgermeister - wie konnte das passieren?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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esqueer.net
Teen Vogue eliminated all their Black and trans staff today.

It's resegregation in real time.
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 13d
today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts.

Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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esqueer.net
They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs.

www.vogue.com/article/teen...
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
manuelpuppis.ch
Wenn der US-Präsident nicht zwischen einer psychiatrischen Klinik und politischem Asyl unterscheiden kann.

#DumbestTimeline
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d
O'DONNELL: Are we going to war against Venezuela?

TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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downwithdan.bsky.social
Brace for another wave of x refuges
& What's happening: Elon Musk confirmed that X will delete all heuristics from its recommendation system within six weeks. In other words, the familiar logic of likes, replies, and reposts that shaped Twitter for years is about to disappear. In its place, Grok, the platform's in-house Al model, will read and watch more than one hundred million posts and videos every day to decide what users see. At the same time, X is testing a new interface that keeps users inside the app even when they open external links. How this hits reality: This marks the first time a major social platform has handed full control of content discovery to an Al model. Engagement farms, trend-hacking accounts, and traditional growth tactics may soon lose their edge. The new winners will be those who write in ways that Grok interprets as engaging, turning social media optimization into a new form of prompt engineering. This shift could reshape influencer strategies, ad targeting, and even political communication in a matter of weeks. • Key takeaway: X did not just change its algorithm; it replaced it with an Al reader. Your reach will soon depend on how fluently you can speak Grok.
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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hofrench.bsky.social
My new essay in the WSJ about the essential role that enslaved labor played in America's capitalist takeoff. Born in Blackness. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
The Complex Role of Slavery in Building America’s Wealth
It was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff well beyond what’s commonly assumed.
urldefense.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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arminwolf.at
Erstaunlicherweise erscheinen diese Bücher alle in sehr großen deutschen Verlagen und ihre Autor·innen werden von Talkshow zu Talkshow gereicht, um von ihren unterdrückten Meinungen zu erzählen.
Ev. sollte diesesPhänomen einen Namen kriegen: Precht-Paradox?
thzimmermann.bsky.social Thomas Zimmermann @thzimmermann.bsky.social · 18d
Wie viele solche Bücher braucht es noch, bis die Meinungsfreiheit gerettet und der Markt gesättigt ist?
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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digitale-gesellschaft.ch
Endlich ist sie da, aber hält sie auch was sie verspricht? Ein erster Einblick in die Vorlage zur #Plattformregulierung. Sie beinhaltet wichtige Fortschritte, bleibt aber bei vielen Risiken und #Suchmaschinen zahm.

www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/2025/10/30/p...
Plattformregulierung: Der späte und zahme Aufbruch des Bundesrats
Der Bundesrat gibt endlich die Vorlage zur Regulierung von Kommunikationsplattformen und Suchmaschinen in die Vernehmlassung. Ein erster Blick in die Vorlage zeigt, dass sie wichtige Fortschritte wie ...
www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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akalhan.bsky.social
@theonion.com
Satirical Adobe ad in the Onion: "Experience the magic of buying new software, every month, forever"
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM