Governments must "decouple from big tech" if they want to enact effective regulation, says @ceciliarikap.bsky.social. We need alternatives to the cloud so we can divest from the entrenched power of Microsoft, Google and Amazon. A brilliant book talk! I look forward to getting my hands on the book

This is *today*! There's still time to sign up ⏰ 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

☁️ Event announcement ☁️ Just a few more days before our talk with Cecilia Rikap 📖 on Wed 25 Feb from 3-4pm GMT 🗓️ to discuss the "Cloud Hegemony" of Big Tech and what we can do about it 🤔 ! Sign up today! ✏️ www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

What can be done about the growing dependence of Big Corp on Cloud providers? Find out during our upcoming Book Talk 📖 👀 with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social ! ⏱️ Wed 25 FEB 3-4pm GMT 📍 Online 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

🚨 Upcoming TIP EVENT! 🚨 with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social! Join us on Wed 25 FEB 3-4pm GMT (on Zoom!) to discuss Cecilia's book "Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" in conversation 💬 with our very own @danweiss.bsky.social More info & sign-ups here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

Join us on 25th of Feb and sign up for Cecilia Rikap and I discussing her upcoming book "The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social's @techpolicy.bsky.social. 1500-1630 GMT www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

Have a spare minute? 🧃 Check out our talk with Robert Gorwa 🎤 from earlier this month on how emerging differences in content moderation rules are influencing online safety and as a result 🔀 online environments for citizens across countries 🔗 substack.com/@technologyi...

Our January newsletter is out! ❄ technologypolicy.substack.com/p/the-tip-ne... We're particularly excited to invite you to our upcoming event with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social on 25 Feb 3pm GMT, where she will present her findings on the Cloud ☁️ in the age of AI 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

Interesting talk by @ingaulnicane.bsky.social on how to reframe AI policy next Tue 27 Jan! 👀 follow the link to sign up 👇

At @techpolicy.bsky.social x @psampg.bsky.social Navigating Digital Democracy conference this week in Bournemouth! Please come say hi if you're around ☺️

The MPG x TIP conference in Bournemouth is a go! We've already had a fantastic keynote by Susan Banaducci and now we're onto the first wave of panels! @psampg.bsky.social

*ONLINE EVENT TODAY* Last chance to sign up to our online discussion from 3-4:15pm 👀 See you there!

📣 Join us 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 📣 (2 Dec) to discuss "The Politics of Platform Regulation" 📖 with Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca 3:00-4:15pm GMT! Looking forward to a thought-provoking discussion on how govs shape content moderation & strategies to combat harmful content Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

📬 Our Nov newsletter is out 📬 - Roundup on this month's tech & policy news - TIP top story on how to 'opt-out' from apps' training AI clauses in their T&Cs, and why it matters - Jobs & opportunities! Link: technologypolicy.substack.com/p/the-tip-ne...

‼️ Coming Up Next week ‼️ 2 Dec from 3-4:15 GMT Join our book talk on Platform Regulation *across states* & how governments shape online content moderation Incredibly timely given the recent EU Omnibus & the uncertain future of the DSA and GDPR Sign up here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

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💥Upcoming event! 💥"The Politics of Platform Regulation" 🕒 2 Dec @ 3-4:15pm GMT Join us in our discussion w Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca to talk about his recent book on "how governments shape online content moderation" + strategies to combat harmful content Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

📝 Don't miss this article from the current issue of #BJPIR - Volume 27, Issue 4 (November 2025) '“Technology” in UK Conservative Party rhetoric, 1979–2019: An integrative dual-method conceptual and ideological analysis' by David Threlfall 🔗 buff.ly/WxmKZtG @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

📣 New #BJPIR article out now! 'Identity, cyber-sovereignty, and Ukraine: Towards an ontological security theory of cyberwarfare' by Roman Kolodii. 🔗 buff.ly/jFLDR45 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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What a great video. Well, it is as great as it is horrible. Nothing that we didn't know already, but Kurzgesagt very meticulously as well as enjoyably show us how the web is becoming a rubbish black hole due to AI. A must see - thanks to @techpolicy.bsky.social for sharing youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?...

*PSA EVENT* Future Directions for Academic Research Ofcom and the PSA Technology, Internet & Policy group (TIP) are teaming up to focus on #academic #research in #OnlineSafety #technology & policy. 📆 19 November, London ➡️ Full details buff.ly/hEY9if8 @ofcom.bsky.social @techpolicy.bsky.social

🚨 Deadline today! 🚨 Join us on 19 Nov at our OfcomxTIP in-person workshop on 'Future Directions of Academic Research in Online Safety, Tech & Policy' in London. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity for networking and future collaborations! Link w info 🔗 ofcom.eventogy.com/c/technology...

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨 👇 deadline 16.10

A great opportunity for any aspiring PhD!

🔥 Our September newsletter is out! 🔥 it includes ⚠️ Reminder for our Jan Conference on Digital Democracy w @psampg.bsky.social 📆 Upcoming Engagement Event with Ofcom 🇪🇺 Caveats in DSA researcher access 📝 Member News & Research 🎓 Opportunities/Grants 💼 & Jobs! #Commsky substack.com/home/post/p-...

Reminder! ⚠️ The deadline to submit your abstract and/or panel to our joint conference "Navigating Digital Democracy" with @psampg.bsky.social is fast approaching! ⌛ Full details on the CfP, with info on the topics for consideration, fees and prizes here 👉 www.bournemouth.ac.uk/navigating-d...

⚡ Big news! ⚡ We're thrilled to announce that are teaming up with @psampg.bsky.social to host our *first* joint conference on "Navigating Digital Democracy" 📩 at Bournemouth University on 8-9 Jan, with an online pre-conf session on the 7 Jan - submission deadline is the 26 Sep more details in 🧵

*PSA PRIZES* 📚 Mackenzie #BookPrize submissions are now open! Awarded annually for the best book in #PoliticalScience. Nominations invited from publishers, individuals and PSA specialist groups. 📆 Deadline 5 September ➡️ Details buff.ly/nJ0BBp3

And we're on!

📆Reminder 📆 Tomorrow you'll find @techpolicy.bsky.social's excellent round table on Digital Sovereignty in the EU and the UK. 2-3pm (BST)! There's only a few tickets left, so quickly snap them up! #Commsky www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

🚨 Just one week to go! 🚨 Our Roundtable on "Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK" is on next Weds 25 June 2-3pm - It's looking to be a fascinating discussion! Sign up to get the link 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

Reminder! ⏰ We have a fantastic roundtable coming up on 'Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK' on 25 of June 2-3pm BST 🗓️ sign-ups are live 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

🚨 Roundtable alert! 🚨 Wed 25 June 2-3pm BST We are delighted to announce our next roundtable on ‘Digital Sovereignty in the EU and the UK’ where our expert panel will discuss how legal frameworks, tech infrastructures and policy measures are shaping digital autonomy 👇 Sign up link in comments👇

🚨 Job opportunity! 🚨 @sheffielduni.bsky.social with @profkatedommett.bsky.social and @orbenamy.bsky.social, Research Fellowship seeking to advance researcher access to social media data in the UK, apply here by 9th of June 👉👉 jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

1. As almost every research shows, young men have NOT turned to the right — compared to older men. In fact, they moved slightly to the left compared to older men. Young WOMEN have turned to the left compared to older women. Recent graph on Trump approval provides good example.

🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨 Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥 @polcomm.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu

Check out this Gender & Data Governance web talk by the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab (also @uvadatascience.bsky.social, @jhereia.bsky.social, @yasmincurzi.com). With Chenai Chair, Jess Reia, & Anita Gurumurthy as speakers. May 27, 4PM (London Time) virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out Liam’s long-read about the Reddit-Univ of Zurich ethics controversy. ⬇️⬇️

Our newsletter is out 📰 🔷 Get the latest updates & exclusive insights including: 🛑The University of Zurich’s #AI Ethics Controversy 💰Counting the cost of #DOGE ’s grant termination to our research area 📝Member News & Research 🎓Opportunities/Grants 💼 & Jobs! #Commsky substack.com/home/post/p-...

I'm thrilled to present my latest article, which is particularly pertinent in today's context. It studies Israel’s unique use of the General Security Service for COVID-19 contact tracing, analyzing its effectiveness and implications for public health and civil liberties. doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ...

As very inspirational #PSA25 comes to an end, huge thanks to @techpolicy.bsky.social for such a great set of AI & tech policy panels! Good to see that for the 4th year in a row @techpolicy.bsky.social panels keep attracting a growing number of promising presentations & highly engaged audience!

🚨 3-Year Postdoc Fellowship Opportunity! Are you interested in political communication, social media and political representation? Join our research group through the Momentum MSCA Programme — a prestigious fellowship funded by the EU and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. momentummsca.mta.hu

It was a pleasure to engage with 3 fantastic panellists and lots of interesting audience discussion!

Presented my Very Serious Academic Paper™ on #meme communities as digital third places- aka how #shitposting builds community.Yes, the infamous red cap also made a cameo! The other #research I got to see? Chef’s kiss. Big thanks to @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social + @techpolicy.bsky.social #PSA25

Our final panel discusses platform regulation and cyber governance in the global south! Can we also note that @niamhcashell.bsky.social traveled all the way from the Outer Hebrides just to chair this! #psa25 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #commsky

Good morning from the #psa25 conference. Our first panel is on NLP methods in researching society and society. Now up is Aditi Dutti on detecting online sexism @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

It's Disinformation and Memes time. So far we've heard about Romanian meme communities, and how we can inoculate against deep fake Images! #psa25 #commsky @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚀 Second panel is go! Addressing some of the toughest questions in the philosophy of AI, and making sense if its (potential)impacts 👇

And we're on! Our first panel today has already discussed how AI has been used in healthcare and government, and secure concerns! #commsky #psa25 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social