Oh, BTW, NCSC UK claim that the server doesn't see the IP address of the client because the load balancer hides it. This is a flat out lie. Cloudflare pass on the IP address in a header - see support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/artic….

Hiding privacy settings behind a "learn more" link is blatantly deceptive. The wording suggests a link to a privacy policy instead of controls, and is designed to minimize people clicking on it. The fact that it's so common says a lot about the sorry state of consumer protection.

A certain prestigious research group is getting some airtime for a claim that a sizable percentage of #BlackLivesMatter tweets are from bots. As a computational social scientist who has studied BLM tweets from #OscarGrant to #PhilandoCastile and in between, here's my take:

I'm less concerned with a US Senator's views being unfit for the New York Times than I am with those views being completely unfit for a US Senator.

Our newest #BigQuestion - Does gender matter? - is now live! 🎉 oxplore.org/question-detai…

"This is an authentic recreation of the beer style created for, and enjoyed throughout, the Empire." ...with an elephant on the branding, no less. It's crazy that this has to be said, but @MarstonsBrewery, stop glorifying colonialism to sell beer!

I spoke to Sophia Ignatidou for STOA Panel about the ComProp Research team Covid-19 data memo series, including Hubert Au and I’s content analysis of YouTube video results w/ some shout-outs to Becca Lewis & alice e. marwick pathbreaking work on this.

New #misinformation briefing from ComProp Research Oxford Internet Institute finds top fifteen mainstream news outlets achieve greater distribution on social media than state-backed and junk news sources. 1/3 bit.ly/2G49xEP

Please consider donating to this fundraiser from two Indian gig worker unions (Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union & Indian Federation Of App Based Transport Workers). I've been working with them to set up this fundraiser over the past couple of months -- they're doing amazing work to support ridehail drivers who caught COVID...(1/)

I have been struggling for years to accept myself in the way I am as I don’t have a large breast. To me, it feels weird that FIDE picked #Breast Implants as a Sponsor for Women's #Chess. I wonder when International Chess Federation will have a sponsor for penis enlargement 🤔

Our latest #Oxplore Live recording is now available to watch on YouTube! We debated whether #aliens really exist with Dr Tom Crawford, Dr Becky Smethurst, Hubert Au and Simona Bartolotta 👽🛸 Take a peek here: youtu.be/K-5ggoygoOM?t=…

So fun recording our latest episode of skeptechs with Hubert Au (with @JoshCowls online) and getting to talk about our favourite new TV show, #Severance 📺

#ICA22 fantastic poster from Dr. Mona Elswah منى السواح on Russian-affiliated TikTok media as ‘soft power entrepreneurs’

Why do people do podcasts instead of just talking in private?

Dear conference organisers: I promise I will choose a better birth place next time, but in the meantime can we please 1) host conferences at more visa-friendly locations or 2) leave more time between paper decision time and conference so we have enough time to apply for visas?

Call for papers is live for the Inclusive Gaming Conference! Submit your proposals and/or prototypes and participate in a day full of conversations around inclusivity, play, and the future of gaming. The CfP deadline is 4th March 2024! oxford.games Jesus College Oxford