Live-Streaming: Mapping Networks of Influence and (Dis)information Flow (van Boheemen, @boesch.bsky.social, @tomdivon.bsky.social et al.) I was just made aware of this very insightful report on the usage of TikTok Live-Streaming by far-right extremists. www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSc...

Wednesday: @tomdivon.bsky.social will explore questions of evidence, testimony, credibility and truth concerning the use of generative AI in Palestinian activism. With commentary from Lilly Boxman-Shabtai (Jerusalem) & Julian Kuttig (Leipzig), chaired by Christian Pentzold (Leipzig) #GlobeColloquium

How about that impact, @tomdivon.bsky.social ! Congrats 👏👏

New article written by @tomdivon.bsky.social and Tobias Ebbretch-Hartmann in New Media & Society. What happens when creators, with no historical ties, perform on TikTok as if they were Holocaust victims using trends, dance, and filters? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

If Karoline Leavitt is correct and TikTok’s algorithm is going to split so a new US entity has oversight of it, it could lobotmise the app in America. My latest for @fastcompany.com, featuring @jessmaddox.bsky.social, @boesch.bsky.social and @tomdivon.bsky.social www.fastcompany.com/91408598/tru...

How does the professionalization of Trust & Safety shape global content moderation practices? We compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from TSPA to identify policy priorities and exclusions, available #openaccess in New Media & Society: doi.org/10.1177/1461...

📢📢📢 PhD publication! after 1.5 years of ethnographic exploration of Ukrainian creators on TikTok, I'm thrilled to share our OA work with my brilliant friend @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social on PLAYFUL TRAUMA in times of war and adversity 🇺🇦 💛 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New publication! 🚨 Together with my brill team (@taylorannabell.bsky.social & @cgoanta.bsky.social), we explore how parents turn kids into commodities on TikTok, diving into the nuances of *kidfluencers* & raising legal questions about platform governance. See🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

📢📢📢 My brilliant friend @danijaradent.bsky.social and I have released a report (from our TCRN event) shedding light on the structural inequalities that shape the experiences of Latin American creators on TikTok. Their reality is one of constant struggle; see 🧵 tiktokcultures.com/latam-report/

Sadly, our iPhones have become sources of trauma. Perves can harass with their dick pic via AirDrop, and 'Memories' resurface painful moments we'd prefer to forget; @nicolettelittle.bsky.social & I delve into the unsolicited nature of algos with this OA piece (🧵) www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

From Ukraine🇺🇦 to Gaza🇵🇸, Syria🇸🇾, Lebanon🇱🇧, and now India🇮🇳 & Pakistan🇵🇰, creators use SM platforms to make their conflicts more visible. They're curators, eyewitnesses, and living archives of atrocity. @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social & I call them *War Influencers*; OA in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social 🧵

New annotated resource on #SocialMediaViolence: The rise of war influencers: Creators, platforms, and the visibility of conflict zones, by @tomdivon.bsky.social and @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social Read my notes here: esteban-morales.com/lit-review-v...

New publication alert: The algorithm loves the war”: ambivalent visibility in content creator practices during war" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... with the amazing duo @tomdivon.bsky.social and @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social !! findings below >>>

Dream team incoming - @taylorannabell.bsky.social @gorwa.ca @rscarlets.bsky.social Jacob van de Kerkhof @thelesbertaglia.bsky.social with a powerful reminder of how search recommendations shape what is visible, trusted and treated as credible knowledge & we better keep our eyes on it as researchers👇

a true challenge by the brill @bloggeronpole.bsky.social & @pamogranite.bsky.social to the corporate discourse of *community* on platforms. They capture how creators at risk are forced to navigate corpo-civic spaces where care, visibility & belonging are destabilized by commercial governance; GOLD👇

From Ukraine🇺🇦 to Gaza🇵🇸, Syria🇸🇾, Lebanon🇱🇧, and now India🇮🇳 & Pakistan🇵🇰, creators use SM platforms to make their conflicts more visible. They're curators, eyewitnesses, and living archives of atrocity. @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social & I call them *War Influencers*; OA in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social 🧵

@alicetiara.bsky.social: "It's very important that we, as a community, counter those [false accusations of censorship] narratives head on and not cede ground. …When you let another party frame the debate, you lose the debate before it's even started." m.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ST...

I am officially part of @aoir.bsky.social exec!! Thank you to all who voted and @tomdivon.bsky.social for the encouragement ✨

Your 2025-2027 AoIR Executive Committee! President: Sarah Roberts Vice President: Andra Siibak Immediate Past President: Nicholas John Secretary: Nathalie Schäfer Treasurer: Robert W. Gehl Graduate Student Rep: Lynrose Jane Genon Open Seats: Admire Mare, Rebecca Scharlach, & Meg Jing Zeng.

Israel, 2025. This is where the media and everyday civilians now stand morally. The front page of a major newspaper calling for the flattening of Gaza and the Hague, featuring a piece on one of the country's leading singers, with the headline. “I would vote for Kahane.” Yes, that Meir Kahane ⬇️

The brill @thechristinet.bsky.social reminds us that whether we "like it or not, we associate height with power”; great piece about how in politics, stature is not just symbolic for us but can shape credibility, leadership perception, and even electability!👇

Pre-Trump 2.0, Big Tech seemed to at least pretend to care about user rights, & used PR & comms as a way to engage in damage control (as @tomdivon.bsky.social, @pamogranite.bsky.social & I have argued in our paper on gaslighting as a platform comms strategy): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I've just finished my talk for the BSWC "Villainous" conference, where I shared strategies for communicating with social media platforms to push for change & make an impact with NGO &/or academic / union work. Yet, comms with platforms are getting more frustrating⤵️

Brill team (👇) frames creator engagement with moderation as an *aspirational* form of participatory governance; creators express desires to influence moderation but lack structural guarantees, often ending up "legitimating the platform as arbiter of public discourse and cultural production.” READ! 🔍

In the past 2y, I’ve served on the AoIR exec as the grad rep and advocated for the younger members of our community. We’ve made meaningful changes, and more to come! With elections open (nominations due April 2 🗳️) now is your chance to join! Don’t hesitate to reach out; happy to share experiences <3

This is our plan for today: Attending "Platform Gaslighting" by @tomdivon.bsky.social @bloggeronpole.bsky.social (3pm CET) as part of our online talk series on platform governance @pgmt.bsky.social. 👇Find last minute registration and info below.

the press are helping facilitate a genocide

How algorithmic ableism reproduces bias for disabled and marginalized creators through content suppression and surveillance —> the brill @jessrauchberg.bsky.social! 👇🫶🙌

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 18! Join us (@bloggeronpole.bsky.social) as we unpack platform governance, gaslighting, and methods for making sense of creators’ lived experiences!👇✨

📣 Online Talk Series (17): @tomdivon.bsky.social & @bloggeronpole.bsky.social - “Platform Gaslighting” 🗓️März 18, 2025 🕛3-4 pm (CET) 📍Online Event 👉 To the Event and Registration: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

Join us for a deep dive into the hidden gems within this brilliant collection of chapters! #TheHashtagHustle ✨👇

@bloggeronpole.bsky.social & I believe platform governance should be understood through those subjected to it, not just those who impose it. In our talk at the fab @pgmt.bsky.social, we center methods for exploring the voices of creators who are told their realities don’t exist at all. Join us!👇

Looking forward to presenting findings and behind-the-scenes considerations from the paper @tomdivon.bsky.social, @pamogranite.bsky.social & I have recently published on gaslighting as a platform comms strategy at the @pgmt.bsky.social. Join us virtually on March 18, at 2pm GMT.

academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-... 🆕 publication alert on how Indian cultural workers are negotiating work on global streaming services. Led by incoming Humboldt fellow Dr Priyam Sinha.

This paper was part of an incredible panel at @aoir.bsky.social 2024, where we explored the place of a child on platforms with leading voices bringing in the *nuances* --> @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @tamaleaver.bsky.social, Emma Beuckels, Liselot Hudders, Crystal Abidin 🔥 🙌

When kids become their parents' content on TikTok! 🤳✨ Check out this timely paper by our community members @tomdivon.bsky.social @taylorannabell.bsky.social @cgoanta.bsky.social 👇

o YouTube ještě v češtině - teď vyšel tenhle seriál na ČRo Vltava, kde občas taky něco říkám, je to dlouhé a důkladné: vltava.rozhlas.cz/fenomen-yout...

New publication! 🚨 Together with my brill team (@taylorannabell.bsky.social & @cgoanta.bsky.social), we explore how parents turn kids into commodities on TikTok, diving into the nuances of *kidfluencers* & raising legal questions about platform governance. See🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

When @taylorannabell.bsky.social and @cgoanta.bsky.social are cooking up something like the *politicisation of influencers*, you know it’s going to be THE workshop 🔥 I Just signed up for the online participation!

Liberaal, VVD-stijl: wanneer je elke vorm van discussie of zelfs alleen luisteren weigert, zodra iemand in de heilige Telegraaf wordt zwartgemaakt.

Oh, really, Trump? You think? Well, the very architect of this death symbol now stands to your left, turning years of destruction into a hallmark of his regime’s policy.

Our edited volume, The Hashtag Hustle: Law and Policy Perspectives on Working in the Influencer Economy (with @cgoanta.bsky.social @dasfiesch.bsky.social & Isabelle Wildhaber) is available, open access www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...

@nicolettelittle.bsky.social in a brill piece on nostalgia-driven Memories & harm for users! Our co-research, building on the 'Unsolicited Algorithm' (👇), pushes against the lazy 'just log off' narrative, demanding safer, more inclusive design to mitigate trauma www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Really looking forward to talking Platforms, Algorithms & Social Justice at this MIT workshop on Feb 21st alongside the wonderful @norasuren.bsky.social and @tomdivon.bsky.social!! ✨️✊️ If you're in Cambridge (the new one, not the old one) then you can register HERE: www.norasuren.com/workshopform

📍 Don't miss out on this exciting conversation! Register now www.norasuren.com/workshopform 🔗 #DigitalJustice #PlatformGovernance #AlgorithmicBias #MIT #SocialMediaActivism

Excited to be speaking in this timely event at MIT on Platforms & Justice with the brill @zoeglatt.bsky.social, @norasuren.bsky.social & @joncong.bsky.social; I'll bring the experiences of Palestinian and Jewish creators being culturally misread, flagged & muted—by both algorithms & humans; Join!👇🔥

The current discourse in Israel is: some openly cheer for the annihilation of Gaza, while others merely “see his point.” The latter scares me more as they cloak brutality in reason, making it sound logical, even justified. And they are the majority. The former are just honest about it.

Groundbreaking new report from members @tomdivon.bsky.social & @danijaradent.bsky.social!

📢📢📢 My brilliant friend @danijaradent.bsky.social and I have released a report (from our TCRN event) shedding light on the structural inequalities that shape the experiences of Latin American creators on TikTok. Their reality is one of constant struggle; see 🧵 tiktokcultures.com/latam-report/

I'm in Rolling Stone today! Discussing how “cute winter boots” TikTok memes won’t substitute real on the ground boots organizing. 🥾 Algorithms create imagined audiences for playful participation, but vulnerable populations face very un-imagined threats: