Some thoughts on News & Democracy
The Reuters Institute published their 2024 Digital News Report. It’s a great resource. Today I want to use it as an occasion to talk about some structural considerations.…
Tag: democracy
3 years of working with Stiftung Mercator — some personal highlights
For the last 3 years, I worked with Stiftung Mercator‘s Digital Society program as an advisor. My mandate there is coming to a natural end point — I was…
Thoughts on Tracking and Targeting
Over on Threads I had an exchange about targeted ads: are they better than generic ads? Is ad tracking really bad? I see some real, relevant and big…
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The state of election disinformation 2024 is: meh [newsletter]
So… we’re heading towards a major election year. More specifically, a major election year, with something like 50 elections globally, including the US presidential elections and the European…
The state of election disinformation as we head into 2024
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) recently released this report (“Seismic Shifts“, PDF) about the state of counter election disinformation initiatives in the US, and the trust…
Big Tech spending in Brussels is insane…
..and by insane, I mean insanely small compared to its impact. LobbyControl and Corporate Europe Observatory just published a great new report on Big Tech lobby spending. And…
Working with Civitates
A quick transparency update: I’m happy to share that I’ve recently started working with Civitates, a philanthropic initiative for democracy and solidarity in Europe. In Civitates’ own words:…