💡 New Publication from the Shaping AI project now published in Big Data & Society. “On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation”🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... By @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , Anders Kristian Munk and @annajobin.bsky.social

Do you want to apply under DSA40? PGMT and MMM are hosting a workshop on Nov 26 (15:00–18:00) to help researchers prepare stronger Article 40 applications. Funding available for participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Email [email protected] by Nov 18 for registration and details.

💡 New publication alert! “On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now. 📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Join to see the continuation of the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 conversations at #AoIR2025! At today’s roundtable “Where Do We Go From Here? Part II – Lessons from the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on AI & Platform Governance” to reflect on the future of platform and AI governance.

📘 New Publication: “Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards” - lead by @blakeplease.bsky.social, and in collaboration with our lab member @rscarlets.bsky.social. 👉 Read the full article #openaccess in New Media & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

⏰ Call for Papers: The #PlatGovNet2025 conference is accepting submissions now! Key info: 🗓️ The conference will take place on December 1–2, 2025. 📝 Abstracts (800–1,000 words) are due September 2 💯% free and online! 👉 Details and submission link here: platgov.net/conferences/...

📘 New Publication: “Negotiating AI(s) futures: competing imaginaries of AI by stakeholders in the US, China, and Germany” by Vanessa Richter, @ckatzenbach.bsky.social, and Jing Zeng, published in the @jscicom.bsky.social. 👉 Read the full article here: jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

Our incredible #AoIR2025Symposium is almost over… We are grateful for the opportunity to host so many brilliant scholars who share our passion for researching platform governance, content moderation, and generative AI. Already looking forward to what comes next. Let’s keep the momentum going!

🥳 We're kicking off the #AoIR2025Symposium tonight in Bremen! Thank you to everyone joining us for the next two days to critically explore the evolving landscape of platform and AI governance. We look forward to lively discussions! 👉 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

We are getting ready for you! #AoIR2025Symposium platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🎉Next week, we will kick off our #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen with a fantastic program and lineup, and we have almost reached capacity! This is your last chance to secure one of the remaining seats: members.aoir.org/event-6113333 See you next week! 👉 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 Finally, we are delighted to introduce Tarleton Gillespie as the final keynote speaker of our #AoIR2025Symposium Welcome Conversation, "Where Do We Stand, and How Did We Get Here?" Welcome! 👉 Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 Re-meet @natalihelberger.bsky.social, one of the keynote speakers in the "Where Do We Stand, and How Did We Get Here?" Welcome Conversation of our #AoIR2025Symposium. Welcome Natali Helberger! 👉 Full conference program & registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 Amazing @ubiquity75.xyz will complete our #AoIR2025Symposium Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?,” on Wednesday. Welcome to Bremen Sarah T. Roberts! 👉 Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 We proudly present @tpoell.bsky.social ‪as a plenary speaker at our public Evening Panel on Tuesday, "Power and Politics in Tech Governance,” at #AoIR2025Symposium! Welcome Thomas Poell! 👉 Full conference program & registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 Meet fantastic @jillian.bsky.social as the next speaker in our Wednesday Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?," at #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen. Welcome to Bremen Jillian York! 👉 Full conference program & registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎We are excited to announce that @arnikazinke.bsky.social will also be a part of our #AoIR2025Symposium Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?,”on Wednesday. Welcome Arnika Zinke! 👉Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎Next in line of our plenary speakers at #AoIR2025Symposium is @elinorcarmi.bsky.social! She will participate in our Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?" Welcome Elinor Carmi! 👉Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎 Today, we proudly introduce ‪@nicsuzor.bsky.social as the next speaker in our public Tuesday evening Panel, "Power and Politics in Tech Governance," at #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen! 👉 Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

📢 @ckatzenbach.bsky.social will give a lecture on “Responsibility and irresponsibility of digital platforms” at “Wissen um 11”, the science matinee in Bremen. 📅 June 14, 2025 🕚 11 a.m. 📍Haus der Wissenschaft 👉 More Info: www.hausderwissenschaft.de/Verantwortun...

🔎 Get to know the plenary speakers of #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen! We are delighted to introduce @ameliehldt.bsky.social as one of the newly confirmed plenary speakers. Welcome Amélie Heldt! 👉 Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

📣 The final program for our #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen is out now and it looks amazing! ℹ️ Find the full program here: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... ✍️ Registration for a few remaining seats is still available (10-50$): members.aoir.org/event-6113333

⏰ REMINDER: Don't miss the next installment of our Online Talk Series "Behind the Scenes" with @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu and @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social tomorrow! 👉 Sign up here and join us tomorrow at 3pm: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

We are excited to share the news that lab member @rscarlets.bsky.social got elected to the @aoir.bsky.social 2025-2027 Executive Committee (Open Seat)! The Committee will take office in October 2025 at #AoIR2025 conference in Brazil!

📣 Online Talk Series (19): Papaevangelou & Siapera - "State, platform capitalism and infrastructural power: Microsoft’s data centres in Greece 2.0” 🗓️Mai 13, 2025 🕛3-4 pm (CET) 📍Online Event 👉 To the Event and Registration: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

⏰ REMINDER: Online Talk Series (18): Simran Agarwal - "Governance of Online News in India" 🗓️April15, 2025 🕛3-4 pm (CET) 📍Online Event Don't miss out and join us tomorrow: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

📣 Lab member @Vasilisa Kuznetsova presenting at Spring School "Media Climate Justice: Research, Skillsharing, Hacking", taking place in Bochum from 11 to 13 April. Full program and more information: mediaclimatejustice.org

Check out the detailed (preliminary) programme of the #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen and register now to join us on June 3-4, 2025! ℹ️ Info and Programme: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... ✍️ Direct Link to Registration (10-50$): members.aoir.org/event-6113333

📣 Online Talk Series (18): Simran Agarwal - "Examining the State-Platform Nexus in the Governance of Online News in India” 🗓️April 15, 2025 🕛3-4 pm (CET) 📍Online Event 👉 To the Event and Registration: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

The detailed (preliminary) programme of #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen is now live and registration is open for non-speakers! 📆 3-4 June 2025, Bremen, Germany ℹ️ Info and Programme: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... ✍️ Direct Link to Registration (10-50$): members.aoir.org/event-6113333

📹 We are delighted to finally be able to present you the recordings of our monthly talk series "Behind the Scenes - Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research"! ▶️ YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIdF... ✉️ Join our mailing list: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

📘 “We do not marshal your feed’: How Alt Tech platforms (re)conceptualise safety” New paper by our lab members @palomaviot.bsky.social and @rscarlets.bsky.social published today in the Platforms & Society Journal! 👉 Read full article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #values #safety

⏰ Don't forget to join us tomorrow at 3pm for our Online Talk Series "Behind the Scenes" with @tomdivon.bsky.social & @bloggeronpole.bsky.social ! Registration: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

Last chance to apply for our M.A. Digital Media and Society at @unibremen.bsky.social ! ‼️ Deadline ends TOMORROW ‼️ More Info: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/studies/m... Digital Flyer: nc.uni-bremen.de/index.php/s/... Introductory video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDth...

⏰ REMINDER: Tom Divon & Dr Carolina Are - “Platform Gaslighting” @tomdivon.bsky.social and @bloggeronpole.bsky.social will uncover how platforms routinely deploy gaslighting as a corporate communications strategy against content creators. 👉 March 18: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

⏰ Join our Info & Q&A session for the M.A. Digital Media and Society TODAY at 12pm! 👉 More info on the program and event link: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/studies/m... Digital Flyer: nc.uni-bremen.de/index.php/s/... Introductory video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDth...

💻 “AI and Social Media bring us millions of opportunities but make it harder to understand our reality. Who controls the flow of information and should it be limited?” M.A. Digital Media & Society: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDth... 👉 More Info: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/studies/m...

Looking for a graduate study program? ▶️ Check out our clip for the M.A. Digital Media and Society at @unibremen.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDth... Application Deadline 2025: March 15 Info & Q&A Session: March 10, 12pm (CET): zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/studies/m...

📣 We are happy to present the new clip for the MA Digital Media and Society at the @unibremen.bsky.social! Join us and have a seat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDth... 📆 Applications until 15 March 2025 🖥️ Online Info-Sessions and Q&A 10 March 2025 👉 More Info: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/studies/m...

📣 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-...

📘"The expression of values on social media: An Analytical Framework" This very interesting paper, led by @limorshifman.bsky.social and contributed to by our lab member @rscarlets.bsky.social, was recently published in New Media + Society. To the article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Have you heard of "consensus-building" moderation mechanisms? ⏰ Join us tomorrow at 3pm for the next installment of our wonderful online talk series "Behind the Scenes" with Emillie de Keulenaar to find out! #BTS #moderation #platformgovernance

Plenary Speaker lineup for AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025! Join us in Bremen on June 3-4 to explore "From Platform Governance to Generative AI." 📢 Call for Papers – Deadline: Feb 15! Submit your 400-600 word abstract now. 🔗 Details: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... See you in Bremen!

🚀 Tarleton Gillespie is speaking at AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen! Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for "From Platform Governance to Generative AI." 📢 Call for Papers – Submit by Feb 15! Details: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... #AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #PlatformGovernance

🚀 @ubiquity75.bsky.social is speaking at AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen! Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for "From Platform Governance to Generative AI." 📢 Call for Papers – Submit by Feb 15! Details: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... #AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #PlatformGovernance

🎤 Exciting Guest Lectures at UCD! We are delighted to announce that lab member Paloma Viejo Otero will be delivering two guest lectures at @ucddublin.bsky.social, in the @ucdischool.bsky.social, alongside Associate Professor @ariadnamf.bsky.social and Professor Eugenia Siapera on February 18 & 20.

📣 Online Talk Series (16): Emillie de Keulenaar - “Content moderation from adjudication to consensus-building” 🗓️February 18, 2025 🕛3-4 pm (CET) 📍Online Event 👉 Event and Registration: platform-governance.org/session-16-e...

🚀 Natali Helberger is speaking at AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen! Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for "From Platform Governance to Generative AI." 📢 Call for Papers – Submit by Feb 15! Details: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... #AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #PlatformGovernance

🚀 Thomas Poell is speaking at AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen! Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for "From Platform Governance to Generative AI." 📢 Call for Papers – Submit by Feb 15! 🔗 Details & Submissions: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... #AoIR2025Symposium #CfP

We ❤️ this MA programme! Our lab lead @ckatzenbach.bsky.social is heading the programme, and many of us are teaching courses: Research seminars on platforms governance, AI hype, and digital rights. Method training in computational methods and qualitative approaches. Meet us tomorrow TUE, JAN 28 👇