⚖️ Courts are emerging as central actors in technology governance. The new TRAL Tracker brings together tech-related lawsuits and regulatory actions across jurisdictions, helping users monitor how courts and regulators respond to emerging technology issues. 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

Not one but TWO awesome positions available with KGI - both for early career folks. We are so excited to fill these positions, come work with us!

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)@knightgtown.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re hiring! KGI is seeking a Policy Analyst and Research Analyst to join our team working at the intersection of tech policy, research, and the online information environment. Hybrid positions based in Washington, D.C. Apply by June 1, 2026. kgi.georgetown.edu/jobs/ 👇

Developed by KGI, @techjusticelaw.bsky.social & USC Neely Center, Designing Technology Remedies draws on lessons from FTC enforcement, public health litigation, civil rights settlements, and technology-related cases, and presents remedies to: ✅ Prevent harm ✅ Mitigate risks ✅ Strengthen governance

2025 was a huge year for us at KGI! Can't wait to see what 2026 holds. :)

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)@knightgtown.bsky.social · 4mo ago

2025 was a big year for KGI! Our first full year in operation, we helped inform policy on algorithmic feed design, data access & competition enforcement in the search market. 🎟️ 16 events 📖 25+ publications 🌎 Engaging our network across 40+ countries. Read more 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

Are social media feeds making us more polarized – or is the story more complicated? Join us this Thursday (10-11:30am ET) at Georgetown's Tech & Society Week 2026 as we unpack what the evidence actually says about algorithms & polarization. In person + livestream 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/events/desig...

We’re hiring! KGI is seeking an Operations Associate to provide operational support for budgeting, people processes, events, and internal + external comms. This position is hybrid and must be based in Washington, D.C. Apply by April 6, 2026: kgi.georgetown.edu/operations-a...

Join us next week Friday, March 20, for a presentation by @leticiabode.bsky.social and @pfchap.bsky.social on "Better Access: A Framework for Accessing High-Influence Public Platform Data". Registration required via events.gwdg.de/event/1260/

Better Access: A Framework for Accessing High-Influence Public Platform Data

Online platforms and services shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, but the ability to study these posts and content at scale has steadily diminished. Platforms restrict researcher a...

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How do social media algorithms shape social and political polarization? Join KGI at Georgetown's Tech & Society Week for “Designing for Democracy: Social Media Feeds in a Hyper-Polarized World.” 📆 Mar 26, 10-11:30AM ET 📍Georgetown Capitol Campus + livestream 🎟️ kgi.georgetown.edu/events/desig...

Designing for Democracy: Social Media Feeds in a Hyper-Polarized World – Knight-Georgetown Institute

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My latest collaboration with students! Studying how promoted posts frame the use of alternatives to hormonal birth control. Framing Fertility: The Use of Rhetorical Appeals in Natural Cycles’ Sponsored Content on Instagram. Free eprints: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Framing Fertility: The Use of Rhetorical Appeals in Natural Cycles’ Sponsored Content on Instagram

Fertility apps, which help users track their menstrual cycles, are growing in popularity. To better understand how these fertility apps communicate to consumers, we consider rhetorical appeals made...

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This new report from @knightgtown.bsky.social @pfchap.bsky.social @matt-steinberg.bsky.social shows the substantial gap between platform risk assessments and their actual approaches to mitigating risk. (1/13)

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)@knightgtown.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 New from KGI “Measuring Risk: What EU Risk Assessments and US Litigation Reveal About Meta and TikTok” Across the EU + US, new evidence is emerging about how large social media companies assess and respond to platform risks, particularly harms impacting minors 🧵 kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

Lots of people talking about age assurance these days, but little about how it actually works - what core tradeoffs are built into the technology, in terms of baseline accuracy, circumvention resistance, availability, and privacy. The new KGI report digs into these weedy issues, check it out!

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)@knightgtown.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 New from KGI: Age Assurance Online explores how age assurance systems work and their tradeoffs in accuracy, circumvention, availability, and privacy. A must-read for policymakers, service providers + users to understand the consequences of these systems: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

Registration for the Digital Competition Conference 2026 is now open to the public!📍Feb 5-6, 2026 | Washington, DC in person + livestream DCC is where cutting-edge research meets policy on antitrust & digital competition. 🎟️ Secure your free ticket here: kgi.georgetown.edu/events/digit...

🚨Why does access to public platform data matter? Join our webinar "Better Access: Data for the Common Good" (Jan 28, 2026, 11am-12pm ET) for a discussion on the Better Access framework, current regulatory shifts in the EU, UK + US, and what changes 2026 might hold. kgi.georgetown.edu/events/bette...

Love this practice ranked choice voting ballot from DC board of elections, ranking your favorite singers. (Even better would be if it validated at the end whether you did it right or not.) vr.dcboe.org/253434754272...

Please share with all the awesome applicants you know!

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)@knightgtown.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📣We’re hiring! KGI is seeking an Operations Manager to oversee and manage operations, budgets, people processes, events, and internal + external comms. This position is hybrid and must be based in Washington, D.C. Apply by Feb 28, 2026: kgi.georgetown.edu/operations-m...

We recently concluded a special article series, “Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data,” in collaboration with the Knight-Georgetown Institute, in which experts explored why access to public platform data is critical. Here’s a snapshot: (1/9)

Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.

Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't | TechPolicy.Press

Brandon Silverman explains how researchers face barriers to social media data under the DSA, while corporations can buy full access.

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Think platform data from social media only matters for election or disinformation research? Think again. George Pearson, a researcher at the Truth Initiative, shows it’s vital for public health—revealing how tobacco companies can target youth, dodge regulations, and influence policy.

Why Platform Data is Essential to Public Health Efforts in Tobacco Control | TechPolicy.Press

Social media platforms are a key avenue for tobacco control research, but as George Pearson argues data access barriers hinder efforts to monitor impacts.

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📣Announcing our new series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social "Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data". Should we be able to understand the risks kids face online? How businesses target consumers? How politicians communicate? These qs depend on access to public platform data. 👇

Another in our series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. This week’s elections show how central social media has become to campaigns with politicians on nearly every platform. But as Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explain, access to this data is shrinking.

There is More Online Election Discourse than Ever, But Researchers See Less | TechPolicy.Press

Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explore why public social media data is vital for transparent elections and accountability in the digital campaign era.

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📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect & who gets heard. In partnership with KGI, we are launching a new series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. The series starts today, with an essay from Leticia Bode & Peter Chapman. www.techpolicy.press/seeing-the-d...

Come work with us! We are a fun and scrappy team. :)

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)@knightgtown.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote. Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇 kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...

It must be weird to be a kid in DC ("free lemonade until the government shutdown is over!") . 😂

How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality? Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

Come hang out with us and talk about data access! #tsrconf

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)@knightgtown.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf

From funding gaps to legal threats, the report shows what blocks public interest research - but also affirms our shared belief: that independent technology research is key to a just, transparent, and equitable digital future. Read and share! (2/2) independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-...

Want to get a sense of my book with @ekvraga.bsky.social but not ready to commit? @oxfordacademic.bsky.social has released Chapter One free and downloadable for the next month. academic.oup.com/book/60489/c...

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Abstract. This chapter introduces the core concept of the book, observed correction, which occurs when direct public corrections of misinformation are witn

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There's nothing better than seeing a student project all the way through to publication! 🤩 Check out How was the Texas SB8 abortion bill reported in the news? A content analysis of headlines across news organizations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How was the Texas SB8 abortion bill reported in the news? A content analysis of headlines across news organizations

In 2021, the Texas state legislature passed a bill (SB8) prohibiting abortion after six weeks and facilitating lawsuits against providers and aiders of abortions. In order to understand the nature ...

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Feel this in my bones (via @dandrezner.bsky.social ). "it’s been a shitty week on top of a shitty month on top of a shitty year."