@claraigk.bsky.social @martinkrz.bsky.social @mjemmer.bsky.social @lena-ulbricht.bsky.social @digipolicy.bsky.social @sonjas0815.bsky.social

Wie kann Deutschland den Spielraum nutzen, den der europäische #AI Act bei der nationalen Aufsicht lässt? Ein neues Policy Paper analysiert den Entwurf des deutschen Umsetzungsgesetzes und zeigt, wie Grundrechte, Transparenz und Beteiligung gestärkt werden können. ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI....

Keynote Invitation 💬💡 We are happy to be joined by @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social who will hold a public Keynote on "The Power of AI: From Tech Ideologies to New Authoritarianisms" as part of our workshop 📅 Nov. 20th, 18:30pm, Berlin Please register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

Out now: Our latest Policy Paper dives into the key provisions of the Digital Services Act #DSA on data access, highlighting its goals, procedures, limits, & external factors impacting implementation: 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/WI....

👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25 ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗

We are very pleased that our young Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society has been included in #Scopus and will receive its first CiteScore next year: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/deta...

The abstract submission for our special issue "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies" @cogitatiomac.bsky.social is now open! Submit your work on #data #archives and #tools! www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

🚨Deadline approaching for this years' PlatGov: abstracts welcome till Sept 2nd! Great chance to pitch your research and connect with wonderful people. @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @digipolicy.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social

Looking forward to your abstract submissions for our workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power" on 20-21 Novemeber! Further details: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/events-1/...

🌐 Zum heutigen #AIAppreciationDay rücken wir Datenarbeiter*innen ins Licht: Sie halten #KI am Laufen, oft unter prekären Bedingungen. Das Projekt @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social lässt sie selbst sprechen, zB in Videos & Comics. Ohne Ausbeutung & auf Augenhöhe. Interview mit @milamiceli.bsky.social 👇

🎺🎺 New draft paper 🎺🎺 From Murdoch to Musk: Social media ownership and the political economy of platform content governance The question is simple: who owns the major social media companies, and how do these owners influence content governance outcomes? osf.io/preprints/os...

Is China building a new kind of capitalism? Pun Ngai traces the rise of 'infrastructural capitalism' – a system blending state-led development, digital platforms, and labor exploitation. Not a break from neoliberalism, but its next phase. Read the full paper: ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi....

The EU Digital Services Act asks large platforms to manage “systemic risks” to rights, discourse, & public health. @rachelgriffin.bsky.social shows how translating broad legal rules into action is a political process – raising the key question: who holds power here? ➡️ 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/wi....

Thank you @robyncaplan.bsky.social for visiting us in Berlin and giving a wonderful presentation on your recent research! Last week we hosted Duke University's Robyn Caplan for her talk on why big (social) media companies have changed their self-descriptive narrative, and why that matters.

Im April diesen Jahres hat der deutsch-amerikanische Politikwissenschaftler Yascha Mounk einen Beitrag veröffentlicht, der die Zensur in Deutschland und Großbritannien anprangert: lnkd.in/eKYZibfS. Auf Einladung des @libmod.de‬ habe ich eine Replik darauf verfasst: lnkd.in/gPP49dXw

The PlatGov Conference is back! What a joy! I have learned so much from this research community. Join us this year 👇 @robyncaplan.bsky.social @gorwa.ca @ameliehldt.bsky.social @naomiappelman.bsky.social @deeliu97.bsky.social

3 year postdoc in Tübingen in Law and Tech with the excellent Michele Finck! www.ailaw-tuebingen.eu/vacancy-for-...

How can we ensure democratic oversight of intelligence agencies – especially when it comes to hacking operations? Read the new #wjds paper by @andreramiro.bsky.social: ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi.... #CyberSecurity #Democracy #Surveillance #Hacking #Transparency #PublicPolicy #ComparativeLaw

"Die Pandemie war kein Neuanfang, sondern ein Ausnahmezustand, der bestehende Schwächen und Machtverhältnisse offenlegte." @claraigk.bsky.social, Florian Butollo & @heimstaedt.bsky.social blicken zurück auf die #Corona #Pandemie, die vor fünf Jahren den Alltag bestimmte: ➡️ tinyurl.com/ba6rp278

Why media companies now insist they are media companies, and why that matters 🌐🏢 Duke University assistant professor Robyn Caplan (@robyncaplan.bsky.social) will present her research on this exact topic 💬 24 June 2025, 11:00-12:30, WI Please sign up here: survey.lamapoll.de/Why-media-co...

🚨 New videos online: Rethinking Digital Public Spaces for #Democracy 🎥 Featuring Catalina Goanta (‪@cgoanta.bsky.social), Gérman Oscar Johannsen, Clara Iglesias Keller (@claraigk.bsky.social) ▶️ Watch now: tinyurl.com/5canhzsn ▶️ More: tinyurl.com/33p9nhr8 More episodes coming soon! #humanet3

Insightful closing panel at #WIConf2025 with Maria Exner (Publix), @altreflexion.bsky.social‬ (@bnetza.bsky.social) and @beasaab.bsky.social @isdglobal.org ‬discussing perspectives from administration, activism and journalism about what we need for democratic resilience in a shrinking civic space.

How or why does #political content spread on #TikTok? Is there a large supply by political actors, is there a high demand by users for political content or is that content preferred by the platform algorithms? Weizenbaum researcher Felix Gaisbauer takes the issue apart at #WIConf2025

Now: Felix Gaisbauer, Lion Wedel & @dscheykopp.bsky.social (@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social) explore whether political content on tiktok is a supply or demand side issue. Prelim. finding: partisan affiliation of users does not translate into demand for partisan video content! Very cool dataset👏

Far-travelled & intrepid conference blogger @snurb.info now presents "Practice Mapping" -- a highly innovative & much needed approach to map digital networks, based on mutlimodal interactions. 💡👍 Paper available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Is the TikToK Algorithm biased in election contexts? A data donation study presented at #WIConf2025 by Felix Gaisbauer @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social shows no immediate biases in algorithmic supply and user demand in political For You page content around 2025 German Federal Election #workinprogress

Felix Gaisbauer presenting first insights into political content suggested too and seen by actual German users around the German election earlier this year. Debunking assumptions of asymmetrical algorithmic curation on #tiktok in recent years. #WIConf2025 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

👉 Find out more and register (for free) here: www.weizenbaum-conference.de

My liveblogging from the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Conference 2025 has started – great opening keynote on AI and democracy from @claesdevreese.bsky.social… #WI2025 snurb.info/node/3304

Back in Berlin today, to attend the 7th annual @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Conference. Having been part of the planning committee for numbers 2 and 3, this feels kind of like coming back home. Up first: my fellow @ddc-sdu.bsky.social visitor @claesdevreese.bsky.social, giving a keynote on AI!

#WIConf2025 @Rainer_Rehak#wiconf2025on #ai #narratives 💡Keep in mind: Models are only pragmatic reductions 🪛Fairness is a political issue not a technical one 📍Optimization is also a political matter: Optimal for who and for which goal?

We knew it! Turnout at the first #WIConf2025 session on “Gen AI and Algorithmic Dispute" is high - @rainerrehak.bsky.social opening this session.

Opening by the conference chairs @claraigk.bsky.social and @dscheykopp.bsky.social

What is the role of digital infrastructures in the current challenges for liberal democracies?
What do they mean for vulnerable people, for activists and for democracy as a whole? The #WIConf25 offers insights into the latest Research with speakers from over 25 countries and multiple diciplines.

🤩 Only one week until #WIConf25 Empowering People in Online Spaces ✊🏼 📱 Look forward with us to a great program! Here are the sessions focussing on #Governance, #Power, and #Regulation 👉 Find out more and register (for free): www.weizenbaum-conference.de

Only two weeks until #WIConf25 Empowering People in Online Spaces ✊🏼 📱 We're very excited about the program 🤩 Here are the sessions focussing on digital wellbeing and structural conditions Find out more and register (for free) 👉 www.weizenbaum-conference.de

Empowering People in Online Spaces ✊🏼 📱 We're very excited about this amazing Weizenbaum Conference program 🤩 Here's the first batch of sessions focussing on Participation and Political Communication. #WIConf25 Find out more and register (for free) 👉 www.weizenbaum-conference.de

Can AI really help save the planet—or is it just another resource-hungry illusion? 📅 22 May 2025, 16:00-18:00 📍 Weizenbaum Institute Sign up to explore the promises, pitfalls, and real-world impacts of "sustainable AI" in two talks and a panel discussion: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun...

Can #AI really help save the planet 🌍—or is it just another resource-hungry illusion? 💥 👉 Together with Paris Marx and Paul Schütze, we’ll question the dominant narratives. 👉 Be part of the critical conversation and register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun...

How are platforms changing their content moderation under the new #Trump administration? Join us on May 14, for a keynote & discussion with Paolo Carozza, Co-Chair of Meta's Oversight Board, @claraigk.bsky.social & Moritz Schramm (NYU Law) Register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

How has Trump changed platform content moderation policies? 💬 On May 14th, our research lead @claraigk.bsky.social will take part in a panel discussion on content moderation and freedom of expression at @humboldtuni.bsky.social Sign up using the link below ✍️ www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/de/lf/oe/rhp...

The English version of the 2025 report from our Weizenbaum Panel research unit @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social on political participation in Germany has just been released! 🧵 www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/884

🌐 Are we, as citizens, ready for an AI democracy? As we begin sharing highlights from the upcoming #WIConf25, we're thrilled to announce that @claesdevreese.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam) will be this year’s keynote speaker.

🔗 Join this year’s Weizenbaum Conference, and register now: www.weizenbaum-conference.de @dscheykopp.bsky.social @claraigk.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @udkberlin.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social

📣 Call for Papers: Workshop Critical Theory of the Computational. 📌 Submit your abstract by 30 April 2025. ➡️ Learn more: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

Am Dienstag, 15.4., 18 Uhr veröffentlichen wir den neuen Weizenbaum Report mit Ergebnissen unserer jüngsten Repräsentativbefragung zur politischen Partizipation in Deutschland. Es gibt einen Vortrag von mir und eine Podiumsdiskussion zu digitalen Bezahldiensten und neuen Risiken der Überschuldung.

Policy responses to misinformation & disinformation in the Global South suffer from a biased evidence base – from research largely carried out in the Global North. @robinmansell.bsky.social takes stock of the problem & considers what can be done: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...