📢Great news! We have a few slots left in the TPRC Graduate Student Workshop! This *FREE* event for grad students in the area of #techpolicy will take place on Thursday, Sep. 19 in Washington, D.C. prior to the TPRC52 conference. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

I am glad to share one more article that is an outcome of my long-term project. That's an open-access book chapter, "Governance through a crisis: media regulation in nondemocratic systems", published in the Handbook of Media and Communication Governance. elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/…

👑 New Publication on My Birthday! 👑 I couldn’t have asked for a better gift! Our study on user-initiated platform governance, investigating Twitter users' responses to Elon Musk's takeover, is now published in Social Media+Society Open Access! 🎉journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… (1/7)

I’ve signed an open letter condemning Big Tech moguls for pressuring democratic nations like Brazil. Thank you, Brazil, for showing leadership. It’s time for all defenders of democracy to unite in the pursuit of digital independence.

My colleagues and I are organizing a workshop in Prague on new forms of digital authoritarianism and related topics. Please consider submitting your paper by November 21st!

#internetgovernance CITI Webinar - Disinformation, Information Integrity, and International Cooperation. Tuesday 19 November 2024, 11:00-12:30 EST / UTC - 5 With Guy Berger LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/p0RUy, Maria Paz Canales, and Jeanette Hofmann Register: ticketleap.events/tickets/columb…

#internetgovernance CITI Webinar: Governing Artificial Intelligence - The Council of Europe's Convention Thursday, December 12, 2024 11:00-12:30 EDT / UTC - 5. With Omar Bitar, Christabel Randolph and @ThSchneiderCH. Register at ticketleap.events/tickets/columb…

Not usually here any more but some still are - please join our report launch on ‘Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy15 Jan linkedin.com/posts/forum-in… LSE Media & Communications

I’m nearly off this platform but some we want to reach are still here, I use it this time to encourage you to look at our report on Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy - it pushes hard against X type platforms and their power to harm. LSE Media & Communications

🎉Announcing the TPRC53 Call for Proposals! Get your paper, poster, panel and tutorial proposals ready for another great year of #techpolicy research. All the details can be found at tprcweb.com/tprc53-call Be sure to share this call far and wide!

⬇️ Save the date for the upcoming launch event 🌐 Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy: The state of knowledge on news media, AI & data governance Forum on Information & Democracy 📅 Thursday 20 March 2025, 6.30-8pm, LSE 🎫 Register to attend in-person or online: forms.office.com/e/9gEvCFn5yF

The WEF singled out mis- and disinformation as its #1 global risk in its 2025 report – ranked above extreme weather events or armed conflicts. But how is this risk dealt with outside the Global North? Robin Mansell @[email protected] investigates #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/hewLQa0

Policy responses to #misinformation & disinformation that spreads through #SocialMedia in the #GlobalSouth suffer from a biased evidence base – from research largely carried out in the Global North. Robin Mansell @[email protected] LSE Media & Communications LSE Inequalities Read more👉 ow.ly/f25v50Vgvfr

🔜 Last few days to register 🎟️ Attend in person: forms.office.com/e/9gEvCFn5yF 💻 Attend online: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regist… x.com/MediaLSE/statu…

Our new book "Digital Surveillance in Africa" is now available open access and free to download from the publisher here. bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?doci…

📺 Missed our 'Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy' event last week? ⬇️ You can now watch the recording online: youtube.com/watch?v=nHLa8F… #AI #onlineharms #disinformation #onlinethreats #OID #governance #data #datagovernance

Es ist mir eine Ehre, zu den Erstunterzeichnern des „Potsdam Call on Autonomous Weapon Systems“ zu gehören - einem Appell, die Entwicklung und den Einsatz von „Autonomen Waffensystemen“ (LAWS) zu verbieten oder zu regulieren. Die Initiative hat 34 Unterzeichner aus 20 Ländern