⚠️ For us, accessing platform data is central in enhancing online political safety research, particularly its credibility, validity and ethical standards! 📑 In fact, we have already produced a report on this topic! ➡️ osf.io/preprints/so... 🧵[2/3]

🇩🇪 Hello from Berlin! 📍This week, LSMO is at the #DSA40 Workshop, thanks @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social for the invitation! 🤝 We’re here to connect with other academics to learn more about how to access platform data for research via DSA & to advocate for better data access more generally 🧵[1/3]

New team member! Delighted to welcome Georgia Dagher to our ERC Consolidator Grant research team. Georgia will work on the project as a research assistant. She recently obtained a Political Science Master’s degree from our own Royal Holloway University of London. More info: www.newnewsproject.com

New report "Academic Access to Social Media Data for the Study of Political Online Safety" w. @georgidag.bsky.social @benoloughlin.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so... As new threats reach the social media environment, platforms continue to obstruct independent research. It’s time to act!