Dakoda Trithara

Where the political, historical, and nerdy converge. PhD candidate @UCalgaryPoliSci. Interested in global politics, platform governance, and norm contestation.

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

Now out in the @JITP_APSA! 📰🧐

I explore the emerging intersection of politics and esports through a case study of the Blizzard-blitzchung controversy.

Limited number of free eprints available via the link: https://t.co/AKQRz5WWY8

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

@tvaggali It would have been fantastic to see you in the audience! Maybe I need to do a guest lecture at Drury 🧐

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

Looking forward to an excellent @cpsa_acsp panel this morning!

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

An article by me about video games and political mobilization.
https://t.co/gzSmcPZ7DT

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

Check out this interview I did with the fantastic @Clariicerocha! We talk about video games, violent extremism, and other related issues. Thanks for having me on!

[Securityscape @securityscape]

This week Clarice Rocha interviews Dakoda Trithara about security issues and extremism surrounding videogames. They cover a variety of topics and talk about security issues raised by extremism in video game culture today. https://t.co/GKjl6K3zzW

Insta… https://t.co/8YpHr2vlab

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Resources from @ExtremismGaming
https://t.co/4OagcZhRpK

[Prairie Political Science Association @PrairieSci]

Grad students, join us in Banff, Alberta!

Below, past PPSA grad presenters & view from the conference's Kinnear Centre @banffcentre!

Prairie Political Science Assoc. 14th Annual Meeting, Sept 22–24, 2023!

Paper/Panel Proposals due April 14, 2023

Info: https://t.co/qo8YjhsfY2

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

@billyez2 Thanks! Recommendations are always appreciated

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

It's been an excellent semester so far! I'm lucky to have great students in this class, especially since this is the first time a course like this has been offered in my department. Link to syllabus below📜⬇️

[UCalgary Political Science @UCalgaryPoliSci]

What We’re Learning This Week! We’re exploring the governance challenges presented by online election content. For more on POLI 502 Advanced Topics Seminar in Politics: Platform Governance with Instructor Dakoda Trithara (@dtrithara) see: https://t.co/Fx4bCrtGUY

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

@LaddiePaige Considering you listen to my rants at home, you basically are taking the course! You should at least get a certificate for that

[Daphne Keller @daphnehk]

There are so many massive policy issues at stake in the Supreme Court’s pending Gonzalez/Taamneh cases. Here’s a thread on just one of them: Should the law compel platforms to deploy automated filters to remove “terrorist” content? 1/

[Joseph Cranney @joey_cranney]

U.S. local newspapers are dying at a rate of 2 per week. By 2025, a third of them will be gone. If you’re not convinced that’s a doomsday-level threat to democracy, read this state-by-state list of what local reporters uncovered in 2022. It’s a sample of what we stand to lose.

[Renee DiResta @noUpside]

I got this media inquiry yesterday from the Daily Caller Foundation. It’s both a) funny & b) a great look at how bad faith media works.

A vague email like this means a smear; it’s sent solely so that they can write “x did not respond to a request for comment”

So I responded…

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

What if this is simply a ploy by Colin Robinson to feed off our energy?

[Jordan Liles @jordanliles]

THREAD: This is not a real person. It's a computer-generated image.

A Facebook account is using it as a profile photo as one of three admins in a network of so-called "official" groups in support of FL Gov. Ron DeSantis. The user has never publicly posted a photo of themselves.

[UCalgary Political Science @UCalgaryPoliSci]

Congrats to our @UCalgaryPoliSci PhD student, Dakoda Trithara (@dtrithara) on winning the 2021–22 @UCalgary Silver Anniversary Graduate Fellowship & The Magna International Inc. Grad Scholarship in Political Science! More on Dakoda & his scholarships: https://t.co/t8YdzFseA3

[Liza Lin @lizalinwsj]

1/ THREAD: The @WSJ ran checks on China's most popular social media platforms in the weeks before the Party Congress, searching for the names of Chinese leader Xi, the standing committee members and its 31 provincial and region Party chiefs. Here's what we found:

[Carrie Goldberg @cagoldberglaw]

Last Friday, CBS cancelled a segment about our clients suing Amazon for selling suicide kits to their now deceased kids. CBS’ cowardice gave me renewed clarity about how urgent this litigation is. 🧵@naomi_leeds 1/

[Dakoda Trithara @dtrithara]

I’m teaching a class that is bigger than any of the undergrad courses I took at @DruryPolitics. While the format is a bit different, the experience and knowledge I gained at DU have been incredibly valuable!

[UCalgary Political Science @UCalgaryPoliSci]

What We’re Learning This Week! We’re exploring the liberal tradition in International Relations. For more on POLI 381 Intro to International Relations with Instructor Dakoda Trithara (@dtrithara) see: https://t.co/u1U62BuVz3

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The system approving ads contrary to official company policy isn't a new thing. Maybe it's time for an independent third party to have the ability to review such systems to make sure they work properly and help rebuild trust.
https://t.co/q3B8JCg63O

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Surprise! Several safeguards Meta put in place to prevent malicious use of Facebook advertising aren't working.
https://t.co/uVSzuPYO18