Looking for a social science MA programme on Digital Media, AI, and Platforms? Our MA Digital Media and Society @zemki.bsky.social features: 👩‍💻 Strong research focus 🌎 EN-language, High level of international students (80%) 🌇 Lively city 🤑 No tuition fees www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

M.A. Digital Media and Society – Have a Seat in the Front Row…

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💡 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/...

On the controversiality of AI: The controversy is not the situation - Noortje Marres, Christian Katzenbach, Anders Kristian Munk, Anna Jobin, 2025

Do public controversies about AI matter? Can they really make a difference to how AI is taken up or imposed on society? This introduction to the Special Issue o...

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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...

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We are getting ready for you! #AoIR2025Symposium 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. 🙃

Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)@pgmt.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉Next week, we will kick off our #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen with a fantastic program and lineup, and we have almost reached capacity! This is your last chance to secure one of the remaining seats: members.aoir.org/event-6113333 See you next week! 👉 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

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!

Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)@pgmt.bsky.social · last yr.

🔎 Today, we proudly introduce ‪@nicsuzor.bsky.social as the next speaker in our public Tuesday evening Panel, "Power and Politics in Tech Governance," at #AoIR2025Symposium in Bremen! 👉 Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎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!

Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)@pgmt.bsky.social · last yr.

⏰ REMINDER: Don't miss the next installment of our Online Talk Series "Behind the Scenes" with @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu and @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social tomorrow! 👉 Sign up here and join us tomorrow at 3pm: platform-governance.org/online-talk-...

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...

Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears

History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.

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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...

Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices

by Sophia Cope, Amul Kalia, Seth Schoen, and Adam SchwartzDownload the report as a PDF.EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe U.S. government reported a five-fold increase in the number of electronic media searches at ...

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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...

Border Search of Electronic Devices at Ports of Entry

Securing America's Borders

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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...