Samuel Olaniran

The Internet is not in the world, but is from this world, in a more accelerated, complex, amplified and extreme fashion.

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

Counting down to February 25, we captured some interesting perspectives on who is saying what on Twitter in this piece with @sdiep https://t.co/MilGiOABjI

[Chris Bail @chris_bail]

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and identify new research partners across academic fields? Apply to one of the 2026 Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (described in yellow in the attached map) here: https://t.co/trE4O9OhCc

[Wits Centre for Journalism @Journ_SA]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Media outlets, journalists and fact-checkers can submit proposals for the 2025 Global Summit on Disinformation, which seeks to include experiences and insights that help rethink information in complex contexts.

🗓 Apply by 31 July: https://t.co/dsqDrBtqPJ

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@admire2mare Congratulations Prof. Admire!

[Kiran Garimella @gvrkiran]

Please consider submitting to this initiative.

We plan to fund at least a 4-5 students from the Global South to travel to Copenhagen and attend ICWSM

If you know anyone who might be interested please forward.

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@MishaTeplitskiy @JhengShao Eagerly waiting.

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@JhengShao @MishaTeplitskiy Can you please share link to the tools?

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@vukosi @DSFSI_Research @LelapaAI @UPTuks @DeepIndaba @MasakhaneNLP Great news. Congratulations Prof. Well deserved 👌

[Gema Garcia-Albacete @ggalbacete]

CFA for a 3-year postdoc position in Madrid @UC3M and @IC3JM. Great people, great job, great city! Come and join us!

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@hwasser @ciia_africa Fabulous project, Prof! Congrats.

[Helsinki Institute of Social Sciences & Humanities @HelsinkiHSSH]

In our #BrownBagSeminar next week Matti Pohjonen @objetpetitm will talk about the promises and perils of understanding the “context” of digital politics globally. Join us on Wednesday 30.10. at 12.15 to listen & discuss! Read more here: https://t.co/8a8Q9MH7jT

['Kúnlé 🧩 @KunleAdebajo]

In June, I started looking into weekly fundraising meetings organised by Simon Ekpa’s IPOB faction (BRGIE), which are live-streamed on multiple social media platforms. In the end, I watched six of those meetings and extracted 20-hours worth of data.

/Here’s what I found. 👀🧵

[David Ifeoluwa Adelani 🇳🇬 @davlanade]

Join my lab! I’m currently recruiting new students (MSc & PhD) for admission in the fall of 2025 at
@Mila_Quebec
https://t.co/kOGpVOSTGB

Are you interested in multilingual NLP? I would encourage you to apply.

Deadline: December 1

['Kúnlé 🧩 @KunleAdebajo]

Transmitting child porn is prohibited under Nigeria's cybercrime laws too. You could spend 10 years in prison and/or be fined N20 million. But you don't even need laws to know it's terribly wrong.

[kalim @akhmxt]

Opinion piece w/ @Psalmuel35 (who also did some heavy lifting and made editorial choices on our behalf)
We looked into the hunger protest in Nigeria that took place at the beginning of the month.

"Observing #EndBadGovernance protests from the sidelines"

https://t.co/vt94z8BL25

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@ZARA_Care Sent the information requested

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@ZARA_Care I have made multiple complaints about my order. No one has contacted me or responded to my DM with any explanation.

[Wits Centre for Journalism @Journ_SA]

ICYMI: Registration for the 20th @AIJC_Conference is officially open! Be sure to take advantage of the early bird special of 20% off, which runs until Aug 30. Keep an eye out for speaker announcements, coming soon.

🎟 https://t.co/JbFOfGTA5p
🗓 Oct 30 to Nov 1
📍 @WitsUniversity

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@ZARA_Care DM sent. I haven’t received any update or contact from any one. Please do the needful.

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

Dear @ZARA_Care @ZaraSouthAfrica I have a delivery due since July 30. No update on the strange delay and your team is not providing any tangible assistance. Can you please attend to my complaint?

[Samuel Olaniran @Psalmuel35]

@_Christine_MD__ DM sent. I haven’t received any update or contact from any one. Please do the needful.