💡 New publication alert! “On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now. 📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The good thing about Twitter's demise and the lack of replacement: #AoIR2025 #FoMo is not so much of a thing; in fact, I had even forgot that I am missing something this week. 🤔

@rscarlets.bsky.social will present the paper on policy specifications in AI governance on behalf of a team with @reynoldscj.bsky.social Vasilisa Kuznetsova @ckatzenbach.bsky.social + me in an excellent panel on platform governance from @ica-clp.bsky.social

Our incredible #AoIR2025Symposium is almost over… We are grateful for the opportunity to host so many brilliant scholars who share our passion for researching platform governance, content moderation, and generative AI. Already looking forward to what comes next. Let’s keep the momentum going!

Full house at the #AoIR2025Symposium 🥹 so wonderful to see it all coming together and that so many tech governance scholars made it to Bremen!

First panel at #AoIR2025Symposium, w/ Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, presenting new work w/ @deeliu97.bsky.social, Emilie de Keulenaar on the politics of "big tech". Prelim results for EU policy/political discourse: How is the term BIG TECH used, and by whom? (Focus on EU and US in the policy domain)

🥳 We're kicking off the #AoIR2025Symposium tonight in Bremen! Thank you to everyone joining us for the next two days to critically explore the evolving landscape of platform and AI governance. We look forward to lively discussions! 👉 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

On my way to the #AoIR2025Symposium while listening to Empire of AI by Karen Hao.

So great to see everything fallen into place now, and know colleagues from around the world are coming to Bremen today. 🙌 @pgmt.bsky.social is proud to have you! platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

So excited so many amazing people will join us and present their work. Trust me, by now I know this program inside & out. 🙃

Die Straßenverkehrsordnung wurde überarbeitet – was bedeutet das für Superblocks? Darüber sprechen wir bei unserem nächsten Superblock-Treffen mit Expert *innen für Straßenverkehrsrecht Dr. Janna Ringena & Dr. Hubertus Baumeister. Wann: 12. Juni, um 19 Uhr Wo: online, Anmeldung: buff.ly/1P0IYAa

Posters are here, stickers are in print, things are getting real :O One week to go until #AoIRSymposium2025 in Bremen @ckatzenbach.bsky.social @pgmt.bsky.social 💖🫏🐕🐈🐓

The history of school street Rue Charles Baudelaire from 2020, 2021, 2022, to 2025. From car & concrete kid dangerous to a safe, lush greenscape & people friendly. #paris #schoolstreets #15minutecity #urbanism #schoolsafety #france #school #bikes #pedestrians #children #greenspace #climatechange

Great to have @nicsuzor.bsky.social in Bremen at @pgmt.bsky.social for #AoIR2025Bremen in two weeks!

🔎Next in line of our plenary speakers at #AoIR2025Symposium is @elinorcarmi.bsky.social! She will participate in our Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?" Welcome Elinor Carmi! 👉Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎We are excited to announce that @arnikazinke.bsky.social will also be a part of our #AoIR2025Symposium Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?,”on Wednesday. Welcome Arnika Zinke! 👉Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

📢 @ckatzenbach.bsky.social will give a lecture on “Responsibility and irresponsibility of digital platforms” at “Wissen um 11”, the science matinee in Bremen. 📅 June 14, 2025 🕚 11 a.m. 📍Haus der Wissenschaft 👉 More Info: www.hausderwissenschaft.de/Verantwortun...

I am getting excited! 3 weeks to go until our AoIR Symposium 2025 in Bremen will kick-off! The line-up of plenary speakers is wonderful, and the program so promising. If you are able to join in early June, don't miss to register for the few remaining seats. platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

Looking forward to have @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu and @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social today 3-4pm CEST speaking at our online talk series @pgmt.bsky.social!

Q: Do you know studies on content-level changes at Facebook and Instagram since the JAN 07 Zuckerberg announcement, eg. more hate speech or misinformation? Asking for a press briefing today @pjleerssen.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @gorwa.ca @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu

The (prelim) program of #AoIR2025Symposium is now live. 2 packed days "From Platform Governance to Generative AI", with Tarleton Gillespie, Natali Helberger, @tpoell.bsky.social, Sarah T. Roberts, @jillian.bsky.social and many more. 👉 More info/registration: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

Exodus of critical voices. 75% of academics in the US are considering relocating according to @nature.com yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...

Devastating number. 3 in 4 scientists consider leaving the US because of the Trump administration @nature.com How to dismantle an entire sector! Source www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you do need to go or return to the US, the EFF has a digital privacy guide for this situation that may be useful. www.eff.org/wp/digital-p...

PSA: When entering the US, Custom & Border Protection officers may "search a traveler’s mobile phone, computer, camera, or other electronic devices during the inspection process" in a way that "allows for the examination of the device and its contents" Details in link ⬇️ www.cbp.gov/travel/cbp-s...

Hoi Utrecht! 🌷 ☀️ For the next month, I’ll be a Visiting Researcher with the GDS group at Utrecht University, hosted by Prof. José van Dijck. I'll also be at the @algosoc.org conference so if you are around Utrecht and Amsterdam and want to discuss ideas, please reach out to me!

Wir wären dann bereit 🩵 #dgpuk2025

In einer Woche geht es los mit der #DGPuK2025. Viele fleißige Hände haben gestern Taschen gepackt, damit sie kommende Woche beim Get-Together verteilt werden können.

Ich freue mich auf die #DGPuK2025 @ifpuk-berlin.bsky.social diese Woche. Meine Panels: 📆 DO, 10:30 Public Imaginaries of AI. The negotiation of AI and its Role in Society www.conftool.net/dgpuk2025/in... 📆 FR, 10:30 Diskussion: Mehr Gemeinwohl im digitalen Raum? www.conftool.net/dgpuk2025/in...

This is our plan for today: Attending "Platform Gaslighting" by @tomdivon.bsky.social @bloggeronpole.bsky.social (3pm CET) as part of our online talk series on platform governance @pgmt.bsky.social. 👇Find last minute registration and info below.

⏰ Deadline for applications to our MA Digital Media and Society @zemki.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social is tomorrow! See all info below and make sure to watch our wonderful new clip 🎬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDth... #study #master #digitalmedia

Good morning!

False Misleading Lacking evidence Out of context Factchecking rarely reaches everyone who saw/ heard/ read the original falsehoods. But it is so important! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Das Ende meiner Zeit in der Wissenschaft ist absehbar: Ich bin nach wie vor befristet, ohne Entfristungs-Perspektive. Was das mit mir macht? Trauer & Frust sind inzwischen was anderem gewichen: Erleichterung. Denn ich hab es satt, dieses Leben unter Vorbehalt. Heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss! #IchBinHanna

Klar ist aber auch: Hätte eine Linkskoalition die Wahl gewonnen, würde die CDU sich nicht so in die Pflicht nehmen lassen wie die Grünen. Weil die Grünen das Land über die Partei stellen, die CDU nicht.

Natürlich ist es mir lieber, die CDU macht mit AfD-Forderungen Wahlkampf und regiert mit dem Programm der Grünen als andersrum, aber ebenso natürlich wäre mir ein Regierungspersonal lieber, dem Integrität nicht egal wäre

Zur Erinnerung: die Ampel ist letztlich gescheitert, weil die Union vorm BVerfG geklagt hat wegen 60 Mrd. Schulden. Jetzt beschließen sie knapp eine Woche nach der Wahl ein 500 Mrd. Sondervermögen und eine Lockerung der Schuldenbremse.

Deadline for 2025 applications to our MA Digital Media and Society is March 15. See all info below, take 3mins to watch our video, and join our info session on March 10, 12pm: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDth...

Info Session Today 6pm CET: MA Digital Media and Society @unibremen.bsky.social 👩‍💻 Strong research focus 🌎 High level of international students (80%), fully taught in EN-language 🌇 Lively city 🤑 No tuition fees Deadline for Start OCT 2025 is March 15. zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/studies/m... #study

The map is not the territory. Interesting discussions today on mapping and modelling at the Villa Vigoni. Great sidenote by Avi Bernstein on why light shines contra-factually from the North in Swiss Maps. 👉 The Swiss "illumination" controversy in the 1920s: blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2024/01/c...

Have a Seat in our M.A. Digital Media and Society @zemki.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social led by @ckatzenbach.bsky.social You need inspiration? Just enjoy our newly released video on the program and about the lovely city of Bremen, directed by Oskar Knebel and Tim-Ole Popp🎞️ youtu.be/xDthOZEMI58

So happy to have this new clip for the MA Digital Media and Society that I am directing! That's the vibe @unibremen.bsky.social @zemki.bsky.social. 📆 Applications until 15 March 2025 🖥️ Online Info-Sessions and Q&A 10 March 2025 Info: zemki.uni-bremen.de/studium/ma-d... Video: youtu.be/xDthOZEMI58

Looking forward to presenting findings and behind-the-scenes considerations from the paper @tomdivon.bsky.social, @pamogranite.bsky.social & I have recently published on gaslighting as a platform comms strategy at the @pgmt.bsky.social. Join us virtually on March 18, at 2pm GMT.

Info Session Today 6pm CET: MA Digital Media and Society @unibremen.bsky.social 👩‍💻 Strong research focus 🌎 High level of international students (80%), fully taught in EN-language 🌇 Lively city 🤑 No tuition fees Deadline for Start OCT 2025 is March 15. zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/studies/m... #study

The power of values for understanding social media is also their curse: they are everywhere. In an #openaccess article in New Media & Society, the Digital Values team presents an analytic framework for systematically making sense of values in digital spheres: doi.org/10.1177/1461...

This is happening tomorrow 3pm CET👇 If you are into Platform governance and Contest Moderation, LLMs and their politics, then make sure not to miss this. Emilie’s work is definitely cutting-edge in this area 💯

⚠️ Deadline for submissions is tomorrow FEB 15! @aoir.bsky.social @zemki.bsky.social

🚀 Tarleton Gillespie is speaking at AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen! Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for "From Platform Governance to Generative AI." 📢 Call for Papers – Submit by Feb 15! Details: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo... #AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #PlatformGovernance

How do you cover a country in a constitutional crisis? Learn from actual crisis communication. No two-sideism, no euphemisms but strong words, focus on consequences, and point to help. @froomkin.bsky.social 💡 #journalism

Sarah T. Roberts will be a plenary speaker for our 2025 AoIR Flashpoint Symposium in Bremen. 🎯 From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance 📆 3-4 June 2025, Bremen 🗒️ Deadline for Abstracts: 15 Feb 2025 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...