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Media, politics and stuff
Dep Head DW Deutsche Welle R&D
Boards: EDMO, CEDMO, GADMO
Lecturer: Free University Berlin
Media Literacy Trainer: Lie Detectors
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Jochen Spangenberg
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In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
Study reveals: “authoritarians don’t need to staff their regimes with ideological true believers, offer extreme enticements or impose draconian punishments in order to make successful power grabs.” Instead, they “need to figure out how to target their ideal labor pool: the frustrated and mediocre.”
Can a system designed for the communications technologies of the 18th century survive those of the 21st?
While Trump’s support among humans is decreasing, AI-generated, non-existing characters fill that space to some extent.
Donald Trump’s present for the US on its 250th birthday: Humiliation.
Acc to @djrothkopf.bsky.social: semicringecentennial.
By the man who is “first in incompetence, first in tastelessness and first in the minds of psychiatrists who study narcissism, megalomania and public displays of dementia.”
“Kids Under Fire”
A documentary for which Laila Al-Arian and Kavitha Chekuru won a Peabody Award - with @aljazeera.com Fault Lines. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-0z...
WARNING: graphic imagery included!
Jon Snow‘s last big investigation.
#Alzheimer‘s disease.
It’s no surprise that an AI-faked presidential speech condemning foreign exploitation went viral – the world is suffering from a leadership vacuum
"Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit in silence on stage at an event at Hay festival, after lawyers advised her not to speak because of ongoing legal action brought by Meta"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
@joshuabenton.com about an important new study that investigates perceived bias. Via @niemanlab.org
Clad in swimsuits or sometimes military fatigues, the mostly blonde women lavish praise on US President Donald Trump and vilify his rivals. But these Trump fans are AI-generated, flooding tech platfor...
Long-serving presenter talks about diagnosis in investigative documentary to be broadcast on 20 June
www.theguardian.com
Attributed to the president of Namibia, the speech is still being shared as citizens across Africa and the Caribbean cry out for moral leaders willing to speak uncomfortable truths
Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm
A new study finds that the same motivated reasoning and partisan instincts that make people see bias in mainstream news also shape how they perceive "fake news."
