NEW: The biggest strike in America right now is happening at Columbia University, where 3,000 student workers are fighting for a livable wage, health benefits, and more. Columbia says it can't afford workers' demands — after its most lucrative year in 15 years.

A quick thread compiling some internet and tech policy developments following Russia's invasion of Ukraine:

@TristanHarris, Shamil Idriss & Lisa Schirch, who formed the Council on Tech and Social Cohesion, write about how social media companies can build platforms that are better for humanity and still profitable ➡️ bit.ly/3Sal9aA

Explore new ideas with them and other leaders in tech, bridgebuilding, and peace building at Designing Tech for Social Cohesion. Reserve your spot by Feb. 19! bit.ly/3lG53cz

Excited to be joining Tristan Harris Lisa Schirch Search for Common Ground Ciaran O'Connor and others on the Council on Tech and Social Cohesion for the launch conference this week. Look forward to seeing many of you in-person in San Francisco and virtually here: facebook.com/profile.php?id…

Happening tomorrow (Wednesday)! Get access to new teaching materials, and hear from Trust and Safety Teaching Consortium members Mariana Olaizola, Inbal Goldberger, Ina Kamenova, Alex Leavitt, PhD (they/them), Devika Malik, Michael R. Swenson, Amar Ashar, Tabea Wilke | @[email protected], and more!

Happening Today: Join me and other members of the Trust & Safety Teaching Consortium at Stanford Internet Observatory as we launch open access teaching materials on online safety. stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The more things change...

The 1st edition of the "EU Platform Regulation" @IViR The DSA Observatory summer course was a great success!✨Special thanks to this group of 35 brilliant participants, and to our organisers Joris van Hoboken Paddy Leerssen Ilaria Buri ..already working on the 2024 edition!! Stay tuned!

..and a big applause 👏 to our wonderful faculty for making this possible: Daphne Keller, Folkert Wilman, @rachel_grfn, Naomi Appelman, Alexandre de Streel, @O_BennettEU, Catalina Goanta, Benoit Loutrel, @1Br0wn, Rebekah Tromble, Joris van Hoboken, Paddy Leerssen, Menno Cox, Remy Chavannes 👏✨

If you're at the Stanford Internet Observatory Trust & Safety Research Conference next week, join us as we share the T&S Curriculum developed by the Trust & Safety Teaching Consortium Session details: conferences.law.stanford.edu/tsrc/sessions/…

You may or may not know that #BuildPeace2023 is the 10th Build Peace conference... & it's happening this week! To celebrate it we have put together a compilation of video snapshots from the past decade of conferences. Take a look, see who you recognise 😉buff.ly/3SUG0B5

In Nairobi this week with Council on Tech & Social Cohesion for Build Peace 2023. Excited for our session on Advocating for Responsible Tech and Design Governance with Christian Cirhigiri , Michele Giovanardi and @LenaSlachmuijlder on Day 2!

An additional conundrum in resurrecting a deceased politician is: Who owns the rights to the dead person’s voice and likeness? Devika Malik commented that it remains in a grey area

Leveraging sentimental appeals from specific stalwarts or families — especially when it is personalised & sent on WhatsApp — can be an effective communication strategy and could sway voter opinion, Devika Malik said But perspectives of policy advocates & practitioners sharply

उत्तर प्रदेश में राजनैतिक भूचाल आ सकता है।मेरठ से बनारस तक 15 संसदीय क्षेत्रों में सैकड़ों ग्रामीण वोटर से बात कर यह साफ है कि सभी जगह सभी जातियों में बीजेपी का वोट खिसक रहा है। 70 तो छोड़िए, बीजेपी के लिये 60 सीट बचाना भी नामुमकिन है, मुझे तो 50 भी नहीं दिख रहीं। ग्राउण्ड

Pages that are some of the top ad spenders use Islamophobic content to target the opposition. Meta had earlier said some of the posts flagged to them don't violate their standards. As the Indian elections come to a close, how effective were its policies? Prateek Waghre Devika Malik

💡 Last week, experts gathered at the Florence STG for a workshop on “Prosocial Tech Design Governance” to explore how tech design governance can foster more cohesive societies and shape the future of prosocial #techgovernance in Europe, North America, and the Global Majority. ⏬

This new report by Devika Malik examines the diverse set of incentives Global South countries which influence the integration of upstream product and design considerations in digital regulation. Toda Peace Institute tinyurl.com/45jk28sj

This new report by Devika Malik asks what can and should regulation do as a way of tackling the most consequential harms of social media platforms. Toda Peace Institute tinyurl.com/45jk28sj