How long does it take for a nation to recover from a Trumpian 4 year episode? Asking for a friend… #verkiezingen

Gejat van onbekend maar erg goed

Three out of the four biggest winners barely spent any money on (targeted) Meta and Google ads. The 4th one (GL-PvdA) spent the most by far. This should caution us to overestimate the effects of online political #microtargeting. You can't just spend your way to victory. #TK2023

Cold shower, eh?

buckle up: the regulation, governance, and platforms rollercoaster ride has begun!🎢 with a magic team: Catalina Goanta Taylor Annabell Jacob van de Kerkhof

we've kicked our second DSA rollercoaster ride (🎢) with the #TaylorSwift vibes, exploring *terms of service* as the ambiguous platform-users contract; we're exploring TikTok's expected regulatory-driven infrastructure renovation🤸🏿🛼Catalina Goanta Taylor Annabell Jacob van de Kerkhof

Amsterdam traffic lights posing the existential threat to 11 years of my undergrad, grad and PhD work.

our third session is coming (14 Dec) with an exciting DSA ride 🎢 our experts (Catalina Goanta Jacob van de Kerkhof) untie 2 major act's undertakings: *trusted flaggers* & *data access*; pls register (👇🏿) & stay tuned for our upcoming *monetization* session🤸🏿🛼docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

While you cannot argue with a democratic election result, it feels dystopian that the first coalition talks are about whether we should respect our constitution.

🚨Registrations are NOW OPEN for the "The #DSA and Platform Regulation Conference 2024" jointly organised by The DSA Observatory IViR DTDM_UvA and Digital Legal Lab - happening at the Amsterdam Law School on 15-16 February 2024! Full programme and registration: dsa-observatory.eu/the-dsa-and-pl…

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"Van de Kerkhof doet binnen de universiteit onderzoek naar de vrijheid van meningsuiting op social media, maar richt zijn blik de komende maanden vooral op sportief succes. Hij is ingedeeld in de Holland Acht." Trots op Jacob van de Kerkhof 👏

On my way to The DSA Observatory for the phenomenal DSA conference celebrating the full entry into force of the DSA this week. Anda Iamnitchi will present our paper (w Jacob van de Kerkhof Jerry Spanakis & R Kaushal) on the DSA Transparency Database! dsa-observatory.eu/wp-content/upl…

Anda Iamnitchi Anda Iamnitchi presented our paper on the DSA Transparency Database, where we looked at 131m statements of reasons to understand how platforms engage with transparency. Most important point: 👏🏼content👏🏼 moderation👏🏼is👏🏼not👏🏼just👏🏼a👏🏼social👏🏼media👏🏼problem 👏🏼

#DSAconference2024 The DSA Observatory IViR Digital Legal Lab DTDM_UvA Amsterdam Law School Plenary session at De Brug with Wolfgang Schulz Rachel Griffin Niklas Eder Christoph Busch Adriana Iamnitchi Catalina Goanta Jacob van de Kerkhof Rishabh Kaushal Gerasimos Spanakis

🎢🛼missed out on our rollercoastering webinar? catch up with the recordings of the series where Taylor Annabell & I, with the legal wizards Catalina Goanta & Jacob van de Kerkhof, demystify the legislation of the DSA, breaking it down for media scholars humanads.eu/multimedia-con…; see🧵

🚨 New Paper on the DSA transparency database (or "we went over 131 millions of statements of reasons so that you don't have to") 😊 Our work w/ Rishabh Kaushal Jacob van de Kerkhof Catalina Goanta Anda Iamnitchi has been accepted to #FAccT2024 📝Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2404.02894 >>

Although this allegation sounds pretty bonkers, it would be curious if it resulted in a court case - this is a compelling opportunity to elaborate a European take on ‘jawboning’ following the recent SCOTUS’ decision in Murthy v. Missouri

News from the German Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) Via a government response to opposition questions, summarized here: mastodon.social/@jjaursch/1130… And a radio feature (in German) by Felix Wessel: deutschlandfunk.de/digital-servic…

Who needs the Digital Services Act if you can just arrest tech CEOs on the runway?