My mum’s book group read Michael Mosley’s Just One Thing recently and one of them produced this summary of his brilliant, sensible, achievable advice (that we could all benefit from following!) #MichaelMosley #RIPMichaelMosley

1/8 Gabriela Borz and Fabrizio De Francesco argue for a #risk governance approach to digital campaigning and its regulation doi.org/10.1080/014428…

Out now! A special issue on Digital Political Campaigning, guest eds: Gabriela Borz and Fabrizio de Francesco, University of Strathclyde tandfonline.com/toc/cpos20/45/5

Digital political campaigning: regulatory gaps in the UK 📜Check out our new DIGIEFFECT blog #4 by Thomas Montgomerie digieffect.eu/blog-4-from-pr… #risk #regulation #cybersecurity #elections #AI @digitalEU Truth on the Market Defending Digital Campaigns European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 Office for Artificial Intelligence

#COSTactions networking on digital technologies works; 31 academics still smiling after the morning session for RELINK2 23114 COST

ecpr.eu/Events/Event/S… European Consortium for Political Research ECPR European Union 🇪🇺 ECPR SG Parties Political Communication SGInternetandPolitics RC10 E-Democracy CES

66 000 fake accounts and 10 million fake followers were removed, just on TikTok and just for Romania’s election. The scale is SHOCKING: we’re not talking hundreds or thousands of posts, but MILLIONS - every single day!

🇷🇴 The #RomaniaElections reveal the dangers of unregulated digital electoral campaigning, argues Gabriela Borz of DIGIEFFECT. 📲⚠️ To combat the risks and harvest the benefits of technology, democracies should take urgent regulatory measures. bit.ly/4agaCUb

EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos told MEPs that Montenegro and Albania could possibly join the EU as soon as 2028. buff.ly/40yzWS4

Disinformation narratives: 2024 elections in Georgia Check out the new DIGIEFFECT guest blog by Elita Khmelidze, University of Padova: digieffect.eu/disinformation… Digital EU 🇪🇺 EUvsDisinfo EU Research Results

Followers of digital politics and political parties, check out our results from the DIGIEFFECT party survey (2024) across Europe: Report: 📜 digieffect.eu/wp-content/upl… EUvsDisinfo EU Research Results Digital EU 🇪🇺

Today is International Fact-Checking Day ✔️ Independent fact-checking is more important than ever. Before you share: ✅ Is it from a reliable source? 🔍 Can it be verified elsewhere? 📢 Is it informing or manipulating?

COST Relink2 23114 brainstorming on future digital research endeavours. COST Dr. Giulia Sandri, @giuliasandri.bsky.social @oscar_barbera @JasFitzpatrick@ma📯

'Petfluencers' are becoming more popular than humans on social media according to a new University of Strathclyde study. tinyurl.com/mvct5373

Ahead of May 2025 elections, here is a recap of 2024 (Digital) Election Forensics Romania. Check out DIGIEFFECT research report no. 2: digieffect.eu/wp-content/upl… Highlights: - disinformation narratives - tone of campaigning - party expenditure. #Disinformation #Elections2025

Freedoms of expression versus online safety? Just before the 2025 electoral campaign, Albania has banned TikTok for a year. Ersida Teliti and Olta Stasa (University of Tirana) discuss this decision in Digieffect blog#7: digieffect.eu/tiktok-human-r… #Elections2025 #humanrights

Political parties about digital campaigns: Top 3 +: catch-all voters/promote candidates/specific audiences Top 3 -: disinformation/misinformation/misperception of party programme. doi.org/10.56367/oag-0… #elections2025 EU Research Results Digital Skills EU Lords Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee Digital EU 🇪🇺

#academic #practitioner #regulator workshops can work very well! DIGIEFFECT COST #RELINK2 #COSTACTION #CA23114 #DEMOCRACY European Policies Research Centre Strathclyde - Government and Public Policy EU Research Results fspc #democracy #AI