Who produces hate speech? And how does that matter for content moderation? We show that across different countries and platforms, a relatively small share of users are responsible for a very large share of hate - overall, 5% write 83-100% of hateful content. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This will be the 3rd edition. If you study pol. behaviour and work on #CEE, this is the right place to present your research. Dates: June 25-26. Discussants include @simonhix.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social. Highlight: roundtable on dem. erosion with H. Kriesi, M. Svolik & N. Wunsch.

When you see "AI-generated" on Instagram, does it make you more skeptical – or more trusting of everything without a label? New research from German Instagram users has answers for policymakers pushing for AI labeling laws. Good news and a warning👇

🚨My first preprint is out on @socarxiv.bsky.social! How do AI-generated content labels shape what people see as authentic on social media — and do labels have unintended side effects? osf.io/preprints/so... A thread 🧵

new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027! 📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort! Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd #EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity

What happens when you reveal an IG post was made by #AI? Can ranked-choice voting reduce #polarization? These are the questions tackled by this year’s @hertieschool.bsky.social Data Science Thesis Award winners: Fabian Pawelczyk, Corbin Cerny, & Henry Baker. 👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...

„Die populistische Entgegensetzung von Volk und Elite zieht auch, weil sie als Ersatzvokabular für Klassenkonflikte fungiert.“ – Jens Bisky spricht mit Lea Elsässer und @lwestheuser.bsky.social über politische Ungleichheit und die soziale Krise des Parteiensystems. www.soziopolis.de/leute-ohne-a...