I’ve been observing Swiss polisky professionally for 10yo now, and I can hardly recall any news that has shaken the public as much as this: direct democracy, a cornerstone of Swiss identity, is built on vast amounts of faked signatures. So, what can be done? Here are a few of the proposed solutions⬇️

RFrfrbrghs.bsky.socialSep 2, 2024 8:10pm

This is a real earthquake in Swiss polisky! Leading investigative journalists, notably @markushaefliger.bsky.social, have just revealed that Switzerland—often praised as a model democracy—has likely voted on dozens of ballots that only met the threshold to be put to a vote due to faked signatures

OK, I should be on ABC News Radio Sydney in a few minutes to talk about this story and the further implications of the #CrowdTanglewww.abc.net.au/news/...

Facebook is about to kill the tool we used to expose Africa-based trolls targeting the UK race riots

ABC NEWS Verify used a Meta-owned tool called CrowdTangle to help up-end a disinformation operation on Facebook that was targeting the UK race riots. Now, after years of it bringing the company public humiliation, Meta is killing off CrowdTangle for good.

🗳️ Das Stromgesetz elektrisiert weniger als das CO2- und das Klimaschutzgesetz. "Gesundheits-Initiativen" trotz Sorge um Gesundheitskosten mit weniger Resonanz als die 13. AHV-Rente. Stopp-Impfpflicht praktisch kein Thema mehr. 👉 Schlussbericht Abstimmungsmonitor www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...

🔋 Stromversorgung, ⚕️ Kosten im Gesundheitssystem und ein Verbot einer 💉 «Impfpflicht»:  darüber wird in der Schweiz am 9. Juni 2024 abgestimmt – mit sehr unterschiedlicher Medienresonanz und Tonalität Mehr im Zwischenbericht Abstimmungsmonitor www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...

The folks at @thedailybeast.bsky.social asked me to review Jonathan Haidt's new book and I had some thoughts. The bad cherry-picked data is a problem. But the terribly confused and ignorant policy suggestions are way worse, and way more dangerous

JPjeffjarvis.bsky.socialApr 21, 2024 2:26pm

Brilliant review of Haidt's book and moral entrepreneurship by @mmasnick.bsky.social, who brings, as ever, reason & receipts. "Kids and mental health is a very complex issue, and Haidt’s solution appears to be, in the words of H.L. Mencken: clear, simple, and wrong."

The Coddling of the American Parent

Jonathan Haidt’s new book “The Anxious Generation” blames youth mental health issues on social media in a way that’s easy, wrong, and dangerous.

📢Neuer CfP: Wie steht es um die Transdisziplinarität der Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft❓ Inwiefern betreiben wir Öffentliche Wissenschaft & Transformative Forschung❓ Larissa Krainer, Christopher Buschow & ich laden zu Beiträgen ein #OpenAccessnetlibrary.aau.at/obvuklmj/dom...

Thanks for the invitation! There seems to be one spot left (2 reposts so far) but it's OK, someone else can have it. :-) Yes, my impression also is that, after some euphoria in late 2023, there is not that much going on here.

🤖 Xitter under Elmo: bots all the way down. With smart comments from my @qutdmrc.bsky.socialwww.abc.net.au/news/science...

Relieved that nothing (bad) has happened today.

Es gibt nicht immer eine „Wahlverwandtschaft“ zwischen sozialen Medien und dem Populismus - sagt der Politikwissenschaftler Jan-Werner Müller. Gutes, differenziertes Interview! www.srf.ch/audio/echo-d...

Begünstigt Social Media die Wahlerfolge von Populisten? - Echo der Zeit - SRF

Weltweit befinden sich rechte Kräfte, Populisten und Autokraten im Aufwind. Oft heisst es, die Sozialen Medien hätten einen Einfluss auf deren Wahlerfolge. Der Politikwissenschafter und Populismus-E...