During an inspiring three day workshop organized by @sahanaudupa.bsky.social, a group of expert researchers, practitioners and policy makers presented and discussed the results of their research about extreme speech on encrypted messaging platforms. 1/4

Inviting a stellar group of speakers to the Munich symposium @caslmu.bsky.social Naomi Miyashita, UN Peacekeeping, Courtney Cooper, WhatsApp Global Director Public Policy, Katharina Goede @hateaid.org Launching "WhatsApp in the World" (New York University Press) & UN commissioned policy report

gotta appreciate seasonal google trends patterns (this is "anthropology" dipping every summer)

When politicians ban books, I read them. So when I heard that Meta - who, of course, believes in free speech - is using egregious legal tactics to silence a former employee's book, my eyebrows went up. Who else is reading "Careless People" just cuz Meta is suing? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...

Will be out soon! UN commissioned policy report on encrypted messaging and extreme speech with this fantastic research group @martinriedl.bsky.social @hwasser.bsky.social @erkan.bsky.social @anmolalphonso.bsky.social @cayleyclifford.bsky.social @caslmu.bsky.social

Extreme speech in messaging apps and its encryption and enticement is the focus of the #CASResearchGroup led by communication scientist Sahana Udupa @sahanaudupa.bsky.social (LMU). Members of the #CASResearchGroup are:

📚📚📚 New Book Review! 📚📚📚 Maitrayee Basu reviews //Digital Unsettling: Decoloniality & dispossession in the age of social media// by Sahana Udupa @sahanaudupa.bsky.social & Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan @nyupress.bsky.social 2023 Find it here in AE (52.1): ⬇️ americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...