We are thrilled to announce that Josephine (“Jo”) Lukito will join the DDC as Professor in Digital Communication and DIAS Chair! @jolukito.bsky.social is a leading expert in the fields of political communication & computational methods, & will join us starting Feb 1, 2026. Velkommen til DCC Jo! 🤗🎉

📣 JOB OFFER 📣 Come do your PhD with @janniehartley.bsky.social and me! 💥 Fully salaried within a strong 4-person project team. Application deadline 1 Oct 2025 🗓️ Please circulate widely 🙏 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

Join us in Wollongong and online on July 22 for a panel discussion with Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen This session will highlight how technology can support creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking in the early years—when used with intention and care virtualevent.uow.edu.au/DigitalChild

Special day today at @ddc-sdu.bsky.social with @itsjeggers.bsky.social defending her PhD dissertation 'The New(s) need for Authenticity. Digital signatures and content labels to promote authentic information in the online sphere'. Go Johanna 🍀 www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

Pleased to release of our @digitalchildau.bsky.social ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child report "Children & Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Australia: The Big Challenges", led by @suzesrdarov.bsky.social & myself, here: issuu.com/digitalchild... [Thread. Pls share!]

Will turning off the Starlink-provided internet be the next step? #Ukraine

How do we respond when big tech blocks or demotes reliable news for commercial or political reasons? How do we ensure that people can easily find, access and discover quality content? How do we secure a healthy information environment and boost our creative industry? (1/7) #dkpol #tech #democracy

47 months to go

FINALLY, our interdisciplinary research team is assembled, bringing together minds from law, media studies, learning technology and journalism. With the support of TrygFonden, our project #SafeChilDe explore how to empower children to think critically and engage safely in the digital world 🕵️‍♂️

In their new book «The Platformization of the Family», researchers from Australia, Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Estonia set out an agenda for researching the role of digital platforms in family life. Attend the launch on January 20. More details: www.uv.uio.no/iped/english...

Mit nytårsforsæt er at sabotere dit nytårsforsæt

Things are getting pretty whacky

Good to see the Australian Human Rights Commission has weighed the implications of a social media ban and presented a sober critique. Much in line with points made (again and again) by researchers in the field. humanrights.gov.au/about/news/p...

Folks from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social are slowly turning up here, so here's a smallish starter pack for now, but as new folks from the Centre arrive, ping me & I can add you: go.bsky.app/8RES29o

What a conference on AI in education at University of Agder, Kristianssand! Thank you, @neilselwyn.bsky.social, for asking: 1. What forms of AI are utterly irredeemable - things we need to fight hard against and eradicate? 1/3

Caught up with the first two eps of Dates in Real Life via Danish Broadcasting Company. Man, Norwegians have their youth drama/dramedy down! Thanks for making stuff like this that explains internet culture so well. www.dr.dk/drtv/serie/d...

Danske børn sakker bagud i #teknologiforståelse. Vi giver tre💡til, hvad Danmark burde gøre for at invitere alle børn og unge med på det #digitale A-hold👇 www.altinget.dk/digital/arti...

Fortunate to be working with Freja in this important project. Project description here (in Danish): www.sdu.dk/da/forskning...

Hey! Just arrived. Not a bot - promise! But I guess that's totally what a bot would say. 🤖 Let's see if this could revive the good old bluebird days. Fingers crossed.