IMPORTANT: researchers, pay attention ⚠️
NOW is the time to figure out the conditions under which there will be access for vetted researchers to data from #VLOPs (very large online platforms) under the #DSA (Digital Services Act).
1 month to respond ... 🧵 [1/3]
Twitter rolled out the "Views" metric -- and no one knows what it is!
Before we start asking theoretical / causal research questions, can we PLEASE prioritize quantitative description?
Seriously we'd love to publish a paper on this...
📢 New article in @apsrjournal on the partisan costs of political violence in the US.
We show that the January 6 insurrection caused a decrease in expressed partisan identification with the GOP (and Trump).
Paper (by @fghjorth, @ThistedPeter, me):
https://t.co/GTXzPPbQve
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As of last week - I have officially begun my Ph.D. at @EUI_EU@eui_sps in Florence. During the next four years, I will study content removal by social media platforms.
Sadly this also means a goodbye to all the wonderful, inspiring, and good people at @CPH_SODAS.
The pro-Russian tv stations Russia Today and Sputnik are banned in the EU. How do citizens feel about this and other bans on mass communication? @KjCathrine and I have collected fresh data on this question. Read on for key findings 🧵 👇 1/n
New study with @KjCathrine, @verratrix, @RebekahBaglini & @RebAdlerNissen in the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review on how citizens respond to Covid-19 misinformation.
Read our paper here https://t.co/r9TLgYxun0 and check this 🧵on our main findings (1/7)
Take a listen to this interesting podcast! @idathyboe and I are covering this issue in our thesis, where we outline the democratic challenges of content removal on social media. https://t.co/PXkSWhMKK5