Tanya Lokot
@tanyalokot.bsky.social
Ukrainian academic living in Ireland. I study digital media, civic mobilisation, & networked authoritarianism. Nature & cats keep me sane. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
At least five killed in separate attacks as Russia hits Kyiv’s National Academy of Sciences
At least five killed in separate attacks as Russia hits Kyiv’s National Academy of Sciences
‘Russia is deliberately expanding the boundaries of what it believes the world will tolerate,’ said foreign minister Andrii Sybiha
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Medical center, science academy struck in downtown Kyiv as all-day Russian drone attacks continue; Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi liberates 3 more settlements, inflicts 2,000 Russian losses, 3rd Army Corps announces; and more.
Ukraine war latest: Russia strikes downtown Kyiv, kills one, injures 21, damages National Academy of Sciences
Key developments on Sept. 28: * Medical center, science academy struck in downtown Kyiv as all-day Russian drone attacks continue * Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi liberates 3 more settlements, inflict...
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Russian drones struck central Kyiv in the middle of the day on Sept. 28, killing one woman and injuring at least 19 others. Video: AP.
⚡️Update: Multiple fires across Kyiv, city center struck as all-day Russian drone attacks continue. Around 4:00 pm. local time, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reported that the Russian attacked on the city center killed a woman and injured 19 other people, including three children.
Breaking: Multiple fires across Kyiv, city center struck as all-day Russian drone attacks continue
In the city center, local media and Telegram channels reported a strike next to the main campus of Kyiv's Taras Shevchenko National University.
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If you're curious what exactly we were celebrating, the link to the Companion is here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics | Axel Bruns, Gun
This updated and expanded second edition brings together cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of
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Last night, @snurb.info and I were lucky to catch up with 10 out of 72 (!) authors of chapters in the Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics (2nd. ed) on the sidelines of #ECREA2026. It was really special to see all these wonderful and talented folks, some for the first time in person.
Excited to see Miglė Bareikytė and Kateryna Maikovska present our co-authored research on sabotage as resistance in Russia’s war on Ukraine #ecc2026 @ecreaeu.bsky.social
Organized with YECREA, poster session provides a platform for students & early career researchers. Each presenter has been paired with a mentor who has provided feedback on their poster and, if desired, can also offer valuable career advice during (and after) the conference. 🧵
We are kicking off with a roundtable on this year's ECREA theme, "Shifting Grounds: Paths, Connections, and Futures." Chaired by the wonderful Monika Metykova, the session brings together Sandra Banjac, Emilija Gagrcin, and Michael Bossetta to reflect on communication as a discipline.
The #ECC2026 has officially begun! We are delighted to welcome you to Masaryk University in Brno and look forward to several inspiring days of discussion, discovery, and connection. @masarykuniversity.bsky.social @medjourmuni.bsky.social
I provided some comments for The Kyiv Independent, looking back at the development of Russian internet censorship and surveillance over the past ten years. #Commsky #Russia #DigitalRights
Few thought Russia could build a surveillance state. Here’s how it did it
In the summer of 2016, Russia's security services gained unprecedented access to citizens' private calls, messages, and photos. The so-called Yarovaya laws demanded that telecoms companies store user...
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The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit spent months piecing together how Olenivka actually functioned — tracing its guards and supervisors from Russia, and identifying the people behind the systematic abuse of Ukrainian POWs. Watch the investigation here: youtu.be/U_rWDBS9TTo
Inside a prison where Russia tortured Ukrainian POWs. Investigation by the Kyiv Independent
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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Four years ago, an explosion ripped through the Olenivka prison camp in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, killing 57 Ukrainian POWs — many of them Mariupol defenders held there after the siege.
Very excited that our chapter on Telegram is out and open-access! In our contribution to the 2nd edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media & Politics, we refine our platform actorness framework & argue platforms’ claims, performances & practices are key to understanding their politics. 👇
Mariëlle Wijermars@mariellew.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur OA chapter "Telegram as a Developing Political Actor: Conceptualising Platform Actorness" with @tanyalokot.bsky.social has just been published as part of the second edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. #Commsky #Polisky #IRsky #PlatformGovernance #Academicsky
Our chapter is open-access and can be read and downloaded here:
Telegram as a Developing Political Actor | 32 | v2 | Conceptualising P
The chapter examines how the popular messaging service Telegram functions as a platform for politics. Platforms' role in, and effect on, politics can only be
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Very happy to be part of this second edition of the The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. Its an excellent collection of chapters and a great and timely teaching resource. Many thanks to the editors!
...and demonstrate the broader importance of extending analysis beyond the affordances of platforms and associated user practices and content to also include the claims, performances, and practices of platforms in the context of civic and political activity.
In the chapter, we develop our platform actorness framework and use it to examine the emergence of Telegram as both a platform for political communication and action and a political actor in its own right. We contribute to the debate on platform politics...
Our OA chapter "Telegram as a Developing Political Actor: Conceptualising Platform Actorness" with @tanyalokot.bsky.social has just been published as part of the second edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. #Commsky #Polisky #IRsky #PlatformGovernance #Academicsky
Telegram as a Developing Political Actor | 32 | v2 | Conceptualising P
The chapter examines how the popular messaging service Telegram functions as a platform for politics. Platforms' role in, and effect on, politics can only be
taylorfrancis.com
⚡️ Apple removes Russia's biggest social network from App Store. Russia's largest social media platform, VK, is a major channel for information distribution and state-backed narratives.
Apple removes Russia's biggest social network from App Store
Russia's largest social media platform, VK, is a major channel for information distribution and state-backed narratives.
kyivindependent.com
A total of 160 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were released in the latest major exchange with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 26.
Ukraine war latest: Ukraine brings home 160 POWs in new exchange with Russia
* Ukraine brings home 160 POWs in new exchange with Russia; * EU to restrict protections for Ukrainian men, says it's at Kyiv's request; * Russian-installed authorities in occupied Crimea announce s...
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Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
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⚡️Update: Russian drones, missiles strike residential buildings in multiple Ukrainian regions, injuring at least 20.
Russian drones, missiles strike residential buildings in multiple Ukrainian regions, injuring at least 20
Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile attack on Ukraine's central and southern regions overnight on May 18, injuring at least 12 people, including two children, officials reported.
kyivindependent.com
Excited to kick off the 10th GIG-ARTS Conference “Digital Futures, Sustainable Freedoms: Rights, Responsibilities & Governance” taking place at @dublincityuni.bsky.social 14-15 May! gig-arts.eu/dublin-2026/ @dculawandtech.bsky.social #gigarts @icpc-unisa.bsky.social @digiconstnetwork.bsky.social
What China and Zambia did to RightsCon, and to all the human rights advocates scheduled to convene there, is outrageous. www.rightscon.org/rc26-stateme...
A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
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BREAKING: The Chinese government pressured Zambia to screen + exclude Taiwanese speakers attending @rightscon.org, leading to the largest international convention on digital rights being canceled a week before it takes place, the host org @accessnow.org tells WIRED. By @telliotter.bsky.social + me
The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled
Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned.
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The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled www.wired.com/story/the-ch...
The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled
Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned.
wired.com
Following our April 29 announcement, we believe it's important to be transparent about the context that led to the decision. We want to explain, where we can, why this was made on such short notice, only days before we were set to host RightsCon. Read: www.rightscon.org/rc26-stateme...
A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
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We are pleased to announce that the programme for the 10th GIG-ARTS Conference is now available! You can find it here: lnkd.in/dFhQ9PYT @dculawandtech.bsky.social @emildai-eu.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @hiigberlin.bsky.social @tanyalokot.bsky.social @msantaniello.bsky.social
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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