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It’s a pleasure to have a full room of great colleagues on Saturday at the conference organised by Russia Institute. Presenting my research on authoritarian resilience and organisational transformation of Russian propaganda: from crowdsourcing and outsourcing to insourcing.

I returned to my undergrad paper from 2006 to reexamine some of the ideas and consider whether we are moving from the Anthropocene to the Era of Artifintcene, where AI can be considered a new geological planetary force. linkedin.com/pulse/era-arti…

We spoke to Gregory Asmolov on #Telegram #PavelDurov €5m bail and travel restrictions in cyber crimes case in #Paris f24.my/AZ2V #F24 FRANCE 24 English

My interview with France24: There are many concerns related to Telegram. However, there is a spectrum of measures available to exert pressure on platforms. Detaining Durov sets a dangerous precedent regarding the power states can use against platforms authorities.f24.my/AZ2V

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!

Presented “The Unfriending Performance: The Logic of Disconnective Action in Crises” at #AOIR2024 w Olga Logunova. We used old class photos to illustrate how social networks foster political heterogeneity—keeping us connected over decades but amplifying divides in times of crisis

🥁Happy to launch the lecture series "The Many Faces of Digital Authoritarianism" ➡️The first lecture "The #Digital Transformation of #Authoritarianism" will be by Professor Oliver Schlumberger of Polwiss Tuebingen 📆February 4, 3-4pm CET 🎫DM us for the Zoom link. European Consortium for Political Research

Looking forward to presenting my research next week at #ISA2025 #ICOMM panel in Chicago and meeting amazing people!

#DAY3 of #ISA2025 At 13:45, another #ICOMM panel will talk on #Digital Technology, #GlobalInfluence and International #Governance with Fernando Severino D. ,Jami Fullerton,Maurice P. Schumann,Gregory Asmolov,Milton Mueller,Cynthia ‎Mehboob and James J. Fitzgerald.

As a scholar, it is always important to seek opportunities to ensure that research has the potential to impact policy. I was delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to a research project on the role of terrestrial TV in social resilience, driven by the Digital Poverty Alliance 🧑🏻‍💻👩🏿‍💻👨🏼‍💻.