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A bit late to the Twitter game! Our paper "Sign of the Times: Evaluating the use of Large Language Models for Idiomaticity Detection" was awarded Best Paper Award MWE Workshop-UD Thanks to my amazing colleagues and supervisor! Aline Villavicencio Dylan Edward Gow-Smith Tom Pickard

I’m going to be on The Phone In show on BBC Radio Wales at just gone midday. I’ll be talking about how people can take simple measures to try and spot disinformation, and what needs to be done at the wider level to prevent scenes like those in Southport.

One of the longest interviews I've ever done! I'm happy with it how it went and if you're interested in listening, you can find it on my blog here: fakebelieve.blog/media-engageme…

I’ve just had this amazing email from someone at Lancaster University following my BBC Radio Wales interview. I’ve had almost a decade of speech therapy in my past, which coupled with dyslexia can make live interviews very daunting. I’m glad to hear I come across as calm and measured.

Violent riots by groups associated with far-right networks have erupted in the UK. Social media videos of groups setting fire to hotels, police vans and breaking into shops are everywhere. It’s important to archive this material so it doesn’t disappear. Here's how to do that… 🧵

I was just on BBC Lancashire talking about disinformation, social media, and the UK riots. I spoke about needing a stronger deterrent for online hate and disinformation, freedom of expression, and how social media algorithms make things worse. Listen at: fakebelieve.blog/media-engageme…

NEW: Ofcom has issued a strong warning to social media companies to take immediate action against the spread of hate and violence on their platforms. The regulator says they should act now before regulations from Online Safety Act take effect. ofcom.org.uk/topic-and-subt…

The Telegraph is aware of an image circulating on X which purports to be a Telegraph article about 'emergency detainment camps'. No such article has ever been published by the Telegraph.

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION Brown, O., Smith, L. G. E., Davidson, B. I., Racek, D., & Joinson, A. (2024). Online Signals of Extremist Mobilization. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/onli…