📣 Final program of the "4th CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society" June 25–26, in Rome Hosted by EIEF and co-organized with Tor Vergata University of Rome​ & Bocconi Looking forward to two days of insightful contributions and engaging discussions! www.eief.it/eief/images/...

Happy to share that my paper (with Fabrizio Germano & @vicengomez.bsky.social) "Ranking for Engagement: How Social Media Algorithms Fuel Misinformation & Polarization" has found a great home @jpube.bsky.social ! 🎉 A thread on what we do and why it matters 🧵👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ranking for engagement: How social media algorithms fuel misinformation and polarization

Social media are at the center of countless debates on polarization, misinformation, and even the state of democracy in various parts of the world. An…

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⌛2 weeks left to submit a paper! #CallForPapers 4th CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society Deadline: 31 January 2026 cepr.org/events/4th-c... @rafaeljjd.bsky.social @alexeymakarin.bsky.social @andreaprat.bsky.social @fsobbrio.bsky.social #EconSky

ROBO is back! The 2025/2026 Rome-Bologna Applied and Political Economy Seminars start next week hosting @vinpons.bsky.social (HBS) and continue in the Spring with @erikadeserranno.bsky.social (Bocconi), @cangelucci.bsky.social (MIT Sloan) and Brian Knight (Brown) sites.google.com/view/robo-se...

📢 #CallForPapers - 4th CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society In-person at EIEF in Rome on 25-26 June. Deadline: 31 January 2026 cepr.org/events/4th-c... @rafaeljjd.bsky.social @alexeymakarin.bsky.social @andreaprat.bsky.social @fsobbrio.bsky.social #EconSky

🚨 Call for Papers! 4th CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society at @EIEF in Rome on 25–26 June. Looking forward to insightful contributions and engaging discussions! 📅 Deadline: 31/01/2026 👉 us10.campaign-archive.com?e=%5bUNIQID%...

📢 We’re hiring! The Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Rome Tor Vergata is inviting applications for Senior Assistant Professor (Tenure Track Researcher – RTT) positions. 1/n (please share!)

🚨 1/n New Science for Policy report. Together with Andrea Blasco, we explore the state of fact-checking in the age of AI, platform exits, and rising misinformation. 👇 A thread on the key points: 🔗 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

Fact-Checking at a Crossroads: Challenges, Alternatives, and Policy Interventions

Independent fact-checking organisations play a crucial role in combating misinformation. Nevertheless, Meta and X have scaled back their collaboration with fact-checking organisations, leading to fina...

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🧵 1/ 🚨 How does broadband internet affect the mental health of young people? Answer: forthcoming article in the Journal of Health Economics (joint with my great co-authors @Dante Donati @Ruben Durante and @dijanazet.bsky.social ) doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

Call for Papers: The 4th Annual Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics to be held Dec 5-6, 2025, hosted by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. Info: eash.cc/AI-econ Submit (by Aug 15th): eash.cc/AI-econ-sub-2025

Looking forward to the 1st ROBO (Rome-Bologna) Applied Economics Workshop taking place tomorrow!

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Una piazza per l’Europa

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"The freedom to say why something is not true is also free speech." www.poynter.org/ifcn/2025/an...

An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers, nine years later - Poynter

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their car...

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Last chance to submit a paper (Deadline Jan 31). 3rd CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society cepr.org/events/3rd-b...

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We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan

The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but the Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about China and its government

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A summary of my thinking on shared prosperity, work and AI in ten bullet points.

A concerning decision with potentially far-reaching consequences beyond Meta's platform, as Meta has been a crucial source of revenue for many fact-checking organizations www.ft.com/content/7693...

Meta ends third-party fact-checking scheme as it prepares for Trump return

Facebook owner to copy community notes scheme pioneered by Elon Musk’s X

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📢 I am looking for a 1-Year Pre-Doc 🔹 Application Deadline: Nov 26 🔹 Start Date: Jan 2025 🔗 Apply here: pica.cineca.it/uniroma2/f1-... Please RT and reach out with any questions! #EconTwitter #PreDoc #ResearchOpportunity @DEF_TorVergata

🚨🚨🚨 Our department @DEF_TorVergata is looking for a Full/Associate Professor (joining us by the end of this year)! Please retweet and feel free to email me for any question. economia.uniroma2.it/en/def/prese...

🚨🚨🚨2 Postdocs📣📣📣 1) pica.cineca.it/uniroma2/f3-...  (@DEF_TorVergata under my supervision) Deadline March 21st 2) bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/asse... (@Unibo under Andrea Mattozzi’s supervision) Deadline February 29⚠️ Please retweet! Feel free to email or DM if you have any questions.

⚠️CALL FOR PAPERS⚠️ NICEP Conference What: Interdisciplinary research in Econ & Politics When: May 13-14 Submit before March 25 Where: Nottingham UK Confirmed: Oriana Bandiera, Ernesto Dal Bò, Garance Génicot & Mathias Thoenig sway.cloud.microsoft/jISSEa24z948... #EconSky