Mark Little

Internet platforms must be held accountable for their actions Multiple independent research institutions have recently and repeatedly sounded the alarm that democracy is in retreat worldwide. In the United States, a British academic has painstakingly recorded mo...

Transparency and accountability are at the heart of the EU's regulation of algorithmic feeds. Time for Europe’s leaders to stand firm.

Here's why 👇

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Opinion | We Didn’t Ask for This Internet

“When I was a larva on the early internet, and I saw things that sucked, I would think: Someone is going to fix this, and maybe it could be me.

Now when I see bad things on the internet, I’m like: This is by design”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

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Spread by Franco Stachiotti: How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post The New Yorker

“Bezos He bought the Post thinking that it would give him some gravitas and grace that he couldn’t get just from billions of dollars, and then the world changed. Now I don’t think he gives a flying fuck.” joinspread.com/post/a85864f...

YouTube video by Anthropic How can I communicate better with my mom?

AI and advertising you say? What could possibly go wrong?

Anthropic taking a big swing at OpenAI with a suitably creepy Super Bowl ... er ... advert

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBSa...

The War Within • EQUATOR The Islamic Republic, fearing for its own survival, presides over a bloodbath

“I heard the bastards set fire to a fireman.”

“Which bastards?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know which bastards anymore.”

If you read one thing about Iran this weekend let it be this

www.equator.org/articles/the...

On Polymarket, ‘privileged’ users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand? The prediction market’s disciples and CEO believe its an unbiased way of knowing the future. But experts warn users could reshape the world to win big

“Insider trading is a core feature of the system. It’s what makes them the fastest and most accurate news source in the world” www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

God bless America www.instagram.com/reel/DUGk4bu...

The world according to Mark Little

Thank you to Adrian Weckler for giving me the chance to explore an alternative future in which technology is rewired for human agency.

open.spotify.com/episode/73or...

We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.

We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.

In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.

link.europa.eu/Fh8h84

“The Gilded Age saw an eruption of scandal and corruption that accompanied and even enabled the transformation of the American economy alongside explosive changes in technology. Donald Trump’s Washington looks like the Gilded Age on steroids.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.

"Within minutes of Alex Pretti being shot and killed by a federal immigration officer, the Trump administration, backed by right-wing influencers, launched a smear campaign against the victim, labeling him a “terrorist” and a “lunatic.” www.wired.com/story/the-in...

We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.

Ireland starting to get nervous...

Mark Carney addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos – watch live YouTube video by Guardian News

"We are in the midst of a rupture not a transition"

Mark Carney calls out the pretence of the old world order

And in doing so, sows the seeds of something new.

A moment of fear and chaos just became a moment of opportunity

www.youtube.com/live/UF1eumA...

YouTube video by World Economic Forum Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

This a speech for the history books

Mark Carney 🔥

www.youtube.com/watch?v=miM4...

Mark Little on big tech, AI’s impact, and nostalgia for simpler times

This was a lot of fun. Thanks Mario

open.spotify.com/episode/6tFA...

Opinion | Trump Is Obsessed With Oil, but Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World

“China isn’t just building gigantic amounts of power; its businesses are reshaping technological foundations to electrify the world.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Mark Little - “We are in an information war” Entrepreneur and journalist, Mark Little offers his analysis of the first year of Donald Trump’s second term as US President – from MAGA to the economy and Venezuela to Greenland.

"How the irrational becomes rational. Talking about the active destruction of shared reality in Trump’s America on the Brendan O’Connor show."
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The rise and fall of Twitter: From a hub for democratic discourse to a bigoted, toxic sinkhole Elon Musk’s site has evolved from one that influenced culture and helped foment revolution to one where users ‘get nothing back except rage’

I wrote about the rise and fall of Twitter (with great insights from @marklittle.bsky.social and @kateconger.com and @jonronson.bsky.social) www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Wikipedia at 25: What the web can be - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

"Whenever I worry about where the Internet is headed, I remember that this example of the collective generosity and goodness of people still exists." anildash.com/2026/01/15/w...

Homeland Empire • EQUATOR From Venezuela to Minnesota, Trump is creating a borderless American power, collapsing the foreign and the domestic into a single domain of impunity

“From Caracas to Minneapolis, legal authority and institutional power are being redirected toward an overriding end: governing populations as subjects rather than citizens.” www.equator.org/articles/hom...

Everyone wants a village, but no one wants to be a villager. There is a paradox quietly eating away at contemporary life, and you have likely felt it yourself.

"The desire to never be bothered slowly erodes the conditions that allow care to emerge in the first place." kasperbenjamin.substack.com/p/everyone-w...

The Trump Lie About Europe and Why it Matters | TechPolicy.Press The Trump administration is promoting disinformation about European law and policy for reasons that go well beyond social media regulation, writes David Kaye.

"Online hate and disinformation do not have easy solutions. But the Trump administration’s lies are not about free speech. They are about power – preserving its own, promoting its far-right allies in Europe, and protecting its partners in Big Tech." techpolicy.press/the-trump-li...

Opinion | Greenland Is Only the Beginning. Trump Has His Sights Set on Europe.

“If a nation with as enduring a bond with the United States as Denmark is treated this way, then what is the point of being America’s friend?” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/o...

First the Shooting. Then the Lies. The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign.

“Taking Good’s life wasn’t enough. The moment she died, it became imperative for the administration to also destroy her memory.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Battle for Cognitive Liberty in the Age of Corporate AI | TechPolicy.Press AI systems monetize attention, shape emotion, and blur the line between suggestion and control, writes Courtney C. Radsch.

“The outcome will depend not on the brilliance of the models, but on whether we insist loudly, stubbornly, clearly, that our minds are not for sale.” techpolicy.press/the-battle-f...

Iran Is Cut Off From Internet as Protests Calling for Regime Change Intensify

“This time it’s different. This time there are no excuses left”

Chilling words from Iranian official, threatening reprisals against swelling protest movement

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...

Delcy Rodríguez se instala en el poder en una Venezuela sin Maduro y a la sombra de Trump La Asamblea Nacional inaugura nuevo mandato con una oposición arrinconada que pide la liberación de los presos políticos y el fin de la persecución

"Everything changes, yet nothing really changes." elpais.com/america/2026...

Belatedly (happy new year) been thinking a lot about Ways of Being by James Bridle www.jamesbridle.com/books/ways-o... and Karen Hao's Empire of AI