Leaving this all-time Internet gem here for my German audience, who's living through a bizarre media obsession with a dying/dead whale. 🐋 "the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds" youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...

The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon

YouTube video by KATU News

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🚨 Online manipulation campaigns are notoriously difficult to trace. A team of Weizenbaum researchers has developed a method to understand their dynamics and their origins. 🔗 Learn more about Coordinated Social Media Manipulation (CSMM) campaigns! 👉 Read the full article here: buff.ly/JJ48mhH

Are we being manipulated?

Online manipulation campaigns are notoriously difficult to trace. A team of Weizenbaum researchers has developed a method to understand their dynamics and their origins.

weizenbaum-institut.de

Important work, excellently presented by @gongbaobao.bsky.social (with Barbara Pfetsch) from the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social, on legacy media criticism by right-wing media in 🇩🇪. (Drawing on previous work by Heft et al. 😉👍) #IJPP2025

I had a great time presenting our project about Ephemerality and strategic message deletion of extremist messages on Telegram channels at #dgpuk2025, together with @gongbaobao.bsky.social. It was the first time & we got great feedback.