Johan Farkas

The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public

Haha. Here are the coordinates:
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A dull gray building with the words "Fun" and "Creativity" written on it

Why make your building fun and creative when you can just write it on the front? (seen in Brussels)

Christmas decorations in Brussels

In Brussels, not as a Christmas tourist. Here to present my current research on fact-checking and democracy.

At the SoMe4Dem stakeholder event on Resilient Democracy Online.

More info:
www.brussels-school.be/output/event...

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

Around 10% of Meta's revenue comes from literal crime.
That’s not a moderation failure, it's a business model.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Misinformation Claims In Australian News: Lies, Fakes, And Scare Campaigns | QUT ePrints Matich, Phoebe (2025) Misinformation Claims In Australian News: Lies, Fakes, And Scare Campaigns. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.

Delighted to announce that my PhD thesis "Misinformation Claims in Australian News: Lies, Fakes, and Scare Campaigns" is now available on QUT E-Prints at doi.org/10.5204/thes.... Big moment 🥹 massive, unspeakably huge thanks to my family, my supervisors, and my thoughtful and engaged interviewees.

Digital Media Metaphors Published by Routledge in November 2024.Available as paperback, hardback, and e-book. -> -> Read the introduction chapter <- <- Bringing together leading scholars from me…

More information on the book (incl. free access to the introduction chapter): www.johanfarkas.com/digital-medi...

A poster for the book 'Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction"

Presented a poster for 'Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction' at our department seminar: Can you guess the metaphors?

And we're off: #Nordmedia25
Looking forward to great discussions with Nordic research colleagues.

Re-reading Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Manifesto. Had forgotten the big brain argument that AI regulation is actually murder: "any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder" 🙃

Congratulations Ehsan! Wonderful to see this out in the world!

Very excited to share that my book, The Discursive-Digital Link, is now available for pre-order on Routledge: tinyurl.com/the-ddl. The e-book is already available to order with a 30% discount!
You can also read the synopsis and the Introduction chapter on my website: essideh.com/ddl/

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BCG consultants modelled relocating Gazans to Somalia Cost estimates of moving Palestinians to five destinations were included in project on postwar plans

"Boston Consulting Group consultants modelled relocating Palestinians to Somalia and Somaliland during a project on postwar Gaza, according to people familiar with the work."
www.ft.com/content/2206...

My first encyclopedia article is now out.
It's in Danish and about content moderation ('indholdsmoderation') - in Medie- og Kommunikationsleksikon.

medieogkommunikationsleksikon.dk/indholdsmode...

Three children in rocky terrain, mesmerized by two sheep

Back from holidays 😊
Did an interview with Danish radio (P1) yesterday on the gutting of public service in the US. Starts at 47.18:
www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/k-liv...

It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.

Gaza’s “last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing,” according to the United Nations.

Children are starving. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking food aid, per the UN.

Learn more:

Are the masses being blamed for problems that are being created by a handful of people? We tackle this question, explore how news is distributed, flaws with the media, and more in Episode 2 with @jfarkas.bsky.social. Now available wherever you get your #podcasts!
#democracy #fakenews

X Receives a Delay on DSA Fine The European Commission pauses the investigation into DSA violations by X to maintain peace with the United States.

It is not good when DSA enforcement becomes a trade/ geopolitical bargaining chip …

“The European Commission pauses the investigation into DSA violations by X to maintain peace with the United States”

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Really enjoyed this conversation!

We are back with episode 2!🎙️
Jess‬ is joined by Johan Farkas (@jfarkas.bsky.social) of the University of Copenhagen, talking #democracy in a post-truth era. Listen to the conversation and let us know what you think! linktr.ee/democracydif...

#politicspodcast #newepisode #democracydifferently

By Omer Bartov
Dr. Bartov is a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University.

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

"My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people... I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

“Det første skridt er derfor at erkende, at problemet ikke alene kan løses gennem faktatjek eller dannelse, men kræver et grundlæggende opgør med den politisk-økonomiske orden, der har gjort det muligt for tech-milliardærer at påvirke vores samfund uden demokratisk legitimitet.”

De reaktionære tech-oligarker og kampen for demokrati Tech-milliardærer som Elon Musk har vendt demokratiske værdier ryggen og støtter højreradikale bevægelser. Krisen handler ikke om indhold, men om magt og demokratisk kontrol.

I've written a blog post in Danish for Copenhagen Review of Communication based on my recent work with Aurelien Mondon on 'The Roots of Reactionary Tech Oligarchy and the Need for Radical Democratic Alternatives'

www.copenhagen-review-of-communication.com/de-reaktiona...

The roots of reactionary tech oligarchy and the need for radical democratic alternatives Abstract. The aim for this commentary is two-fold: first, we seek to outline how decades of liberal “post-democratic” hegemony—prevalent across liberal dem

As part of this month's forum on Media & Fascism, @jfarkas.bsky.social and @aurelmondon.bsky.social explore the rise of reactionary tech oligarchy and why liberalism, journalism, and the Internet aren't the bulwarks they might seem. Check it out!

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An addled president is shredding the Constitution to usher in white nationalism and fascism while destroying the economy and our health care, so if you’re going to write an alarmist op-ed because a mayoral candidate might open five (5) city-run grocery stores, you can kindly get bent.

A meme showing a discrepancy between the number of "AI researchers" and the number of "researchers with published works on AI"

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Congratulations! Looks really interesting!