Programme on Democracy and Technology

To increase civic engagement globally and solve public problems through social, computer, & policy science. @UniofOxford

Team:

[Programme on Democracy and Technology @OxDemTech]

Our very own @a_yung_ is presenting with @srujka on the counter-cartographies of datafication at #rgsibg23 tomorrow, Thurs 31st Aug, in the session ‘Datab(i)ased Identities’ chaired by @jablonow & @samkinsley.

Congrats, @a_yung_ !

[Programme on Democracy and Technology @OxDemTech]

You can read Yung Au's paper "Data centres on the Moon and other tales: a volumetric and elemental analysis of the coloniality of digital infrastructures" here: https://t.co/KkhbSUBAQE

@oiioxford @icahdq #ICA

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Congratulations to DemTech researcher @a_yung_ for winning 2 (!!) awards at #ICA23: @icaptc's top student paper award & the new decolonial scholarship award! 🎉

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Insightful report by @Hannah_LSBailey analysing China's information operations and the impact of state-backed media outlets on social media. The report offers insights and recommendations to identify and mitigate the spread of inauthentic content.

[Hannah Bailey @Hannah_LSBailey]

How does China use information operations to shape global narratives? 🇨🇳🌍 My latest report on China’s global information operations is out now in @ConGeostrategy ! See below for the highlights👇 https://t.co/VWLXPYrMJY

[Kate Joynes-Burgess @katejb]

🚨 Today! Looking forward to joining @lah_casalatina & @Brent_Council from 10.30am & inviting local Latin American parents in Brent to take part in my research into attitudes to childhood vaccines as part of @OxDemTech & Oxford’s new Vaccines & Society Unit

[Dr Ales' Herasimenka @alesherasimenka]

It's a very important step, and it was great to be part of the inaugural event to talk about @OxDemTech 's research in health-linked manipulations online

[Dr Ales' Herasimenka @alesherasimenka]

It's impressive to see the growing interest in our recent paper on the political economy of online harms:
it is trending as one of the most-read articles in Journal of Communication for the second month

[Dr Ales' Herasimenka @alesherasimenka]

🚨🚨New Research🚨🚨
on Telegram and political opposition in Russia

Excited about the publication of my article in fav journal @SocialMedia_Soc about the famous Navalny movement and its use of then little-known platform Telegram

https://t.co/G62qwSYE8R
Key findings👇👇👇

[Dr Ales' Herasimenka @alesherasimenka]

🎉Learned that our paper "Misinformation and professional news on largely unmoderated platforms" was the most-read article published in Journal of Information Technology&Politics in the last year

Great feeling to see substantial interest in our research
https://t.co/23aUT7FxN5

[Alexa Pavliuc 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @APavliuc]

Thank you to @DataFestTbilisi and it’s incredible organizers for inviting me to Tbilisi to present my methods for analyzing communication strategies of 🇺🇦 politicians during war with @OxDemTech. I loved meeting so many budding data scientists and data viz experts in 🇬🇪! #datafest

[Alexa Pavliuc 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @APavliuc]

See all my data peeps in Tbilisi! Looking forward to sharing my PhD research on Ukrainian politicians’ political communication strategies with the group. All thx to @OxDemTech @oiioxford.

[Programme on Democracy and Technology @OxDemTech]

Job alert!
Dr Samantha Vanderslott (@SJVanders), who has collaborated with our DemTech Programme in multiple occasions, is looking for a Research Assistant at @ucl

Please consider applying or forwarding this to whoever might be interested!

https://t.co/o9EJvmE2Os

[Programme on Democracy and Technology @OxDemTech]

> @AlbertYZhang and Tilla Hoja's large scale study on on CCP tactics to project its preferred narratives of Xinjiang globally;
> More pressure on @tiktok_uk by both China and UK's governments.

+ a lot more

Read and subscribe here:
https://t.co/wHYpGBgmCk

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Newsletter alert!
Our China Information Operations #newsletter is out, edited by @Hannah_LSBailey.

Read and sign up to learn more about the repercussion, on Chinese social media, of the US House Speaker's visit to Taiwan; + other key research and news
https://t.co/wHYpGBgmCk

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The newsletter features

> details of the largest ever data breach in China;
> new attempts to expand censorship in social media platforms and how the public is reacting;
> an analysis from @EmmieHine and @Floridi on new deepfake regulations in China.

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[Programme on Democracy and Technology @OxDemTech]

The latest issue of the War in Ukraine and Disinformation #newsletter is out!

Edited by @alesherasimenka w/ Danielle Recanati
(@PeaceTechLab), featuring content from @nytimes,
@BrookingsInst, @propublica and more.

Read and subscribe here:
https://t.co/wgvs75RggN

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

Check out the latest article by @EgertonNeto @OxDemTech @oiioxford ‘Counting Queers’, highlighting the exclusion of queer people from official Brazilian census data, published by @ProSyn.

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In case you missed it, the latest edition of our China Information Operations Newsletter is out!

Read and subscribe here: https://t.co/RpC9EMwNl6

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1/ Our China Information Operations Newsletter, edited by @Hannah_LSBailey is out. This issue details interesting research, and articles that uncover the Scope and Scale of China’s Predictive Policing. Subscribe to the newsletter here:
https://t.co/1qW12U4k0N

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4/ Subscribe to our newsletter for more of our round up of the latest news, research, and investigations in China information operations.

[Programme on Democracy and Technology @OxDemTech]

1/ Our China Information Operations Newsletter, edited by @Hannah_LSBailey is out. This issue details interesting research, and articles that uncover the Scope and Scale of China’s Predictive Policing. Subscribe to the newsletter here:
https://t.co/1qW12U4k0N

[Programme on Democracy and Technology @OxDemTech]

3/ We also include this investigation by @BBCAfrica by @RunakoCelina exposed how Chinese filmmakers exploit local children in Malawi for personalised ‘greetings’ containing racist content.
https://t.co/sxHjiMg1w1