No access ⛔

New report documents the difficulty for researchers to get access to social media data.

The access challenge has multiple effects:
1️⃣ Partial access is partial knowledge.
2️⃣ Some platforms are over-studied, some under-studied.
3️⃣ Access limitations lead to redesigned studies.
4️⃣ Barriers lead to fears of violating terms of service.

Better research access is needed. For science and society.

#dataaccess #research#DSA #platforms

https://www.digmin.dk/Media/638923153870518987/9724_DIGMIN_Faktaark_Adgang-ngtet_UK_3_WEB.pdf

No access ⛔

New report documents the difficulty for researchers to get access to social media data.

The access challenge has multiple effects:
1️⃣ Partial access is partial knowledge.
2️⃣ Some platforms are over-studied, some under-studied.
3️⃣ Access limitations lead to redesigned studies.
4️⃣ Barriers lead to fears of violating terms of service.

Better research access is needed. For science and society.

#dataaccess #research#DSA #platforms

https://www.digmin.dk/Media/638923153870518987/9724_DIGMIN_Faktaark_Adgang-ngtet_UK_3_WEB.pdf

So, in a group I'm in, someone shared a campaign call calling on #Google to stop supporting the #Israel government and end its complicity in war crimes in #Gaza

The platform they're using to share these messages? #GoogleGroups of course. The email account the initial person sent the notice from? #Gmail of course.

Should I call them out and say - shouldn't we stop using a genocide-supporting #platforms?

The EU is a market with 450 million people.

There is vast public support for regulation of big tech and for companies to meet their responsibilities.

Giving in after a decade of efforts in this space is undesirable and unnecessary.

#regulation #bigtech #platforms #eu

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/business/trump-technology-european-union-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The EU is a market with 450 million people.

There is vast public support for regulation of big tech and for companies to meet their responsibilities.

Giving in after a decade of efforts in this space is undesirable and unnecessary.

#regulation #bigtech #platforms #eu

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/business/trump-technology-european-union-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

We are hiring!

A fully paid legal PhD position.

Topic: The Digital Services Act (DSA), hate speech, takedown requests, trusted flaggers.

It’s an interdisciplinary project, with Delft University among the partners.

PhD supervisors: Pieter Wolters, Raphael gellert & me.

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/353155/phd-position-effective-governance-for-cybersecurity-and-online-safety/

#law #academia #jobs #phd#tech #ai #dsa #platforms

I would appreciate it a lot if you could spread this info among your network. Thank you!

We are hiring!

A fully paid legal PhD position.

Topic: The Digital Services Act (DSA), hate speech, takedown requests, trusted flaggers.

It’s an interdisciplinary project, with Delft University among the partners.

PhD supervisors: Pieter Wolters, Raphael gellert & me.

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/353155/phd-position-effective-governance-for-cybersecurity-and-online-safety/

#law #academia #jobs #phd#tech #ai #dsa #platforms

I would appreciate it a lot if you could spread this info among your network. Thank you!

What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech?

New blog post by Pieter Wolters and me.

Our most controversial claim is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA.

Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.

https://dsa-observatory.eu/2025/08/01/what-does-the-dsa-mean-for-online-advertising-and-adtech/

#law #politics #economy#tech #ai #platforms #advertising #marketing #dsa#privacy #gdpr

What does the Digital Services Act (DSA) mean for online advertising and adtech?

New blog post by Pieter Wolters and me.

Our most controversial claim is that ad networks and some other adtech companies must be considered ‘platforms’ in the sense of the DSA.

Hence, they must comply with the DSA’s general rules for platforms.

https://dsa-observatory.eu/2025/08/01/what-does-the-dsa-mean-for-online-advertising-and-adtech/

#law #politics #economy#tech #ai #platforms #advertising #marketing #dsa#privacy #gdpr

"In a recent series of experiments, we paid people a few dollars to #unfollow the most divisive political accounts on X. After a month, they reported feeling 23% less animosity towards other political groups. In fact, their experience was so positive that nearly half the people declined to refollow those hostile accounts … #Platforms could easily redesign their #algorithms to stop promoting the most outrageous voices and prioritise more representative or nuanced content." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/13/are-a-few-people-ruining-the-internet-for-the-rest-of-us

"As we become aware as a public we're putting pressure on our democratic institutions. We need new law, we need new regulatory regimes that interrupt and outlaw the key mechanisms of surveillance capitalism. Including the very principles of taking human experience unilaterally and turning it into data ... do we want a dominant capitalism that trades in behavioural futures?"

#ShoshanaZuboff, 2019

https://www.vox.com/2019/2/20/18232469/shoshana-zuboff-age-surveillance-capitalism-book-google-facebook-privacy-data-kara-swisher

#podcasts#Vox#RecodeDecode#SurveillanceCapitalism#DataFarms #platforms

France considers requiring Musk’s X to verify users’ age https://www.politico.eu/article/france-considers-requiring-musks-x-to-verify-users-age/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication#SocialMedia#Technology#Platforms

France considers requiring Musk’s X to verify users’ age https://www.politico.eu/article/france-considers-requiring-musks-x-to-verify-users-age/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication#SocialMedia#Technology#Platforms

Hostile Takeover? How tech #billionaires are undermining our #democracy and what the #EU can do

We will take a close look at tech billionaires, their #platforms, #algorithms and #strategies. We also want to talk about #freedom of expression and #censorship and what the EU can and should do in concrete terms now.

Simultaneously interpreted in German and English.

Full details here: https://europe-calling.de/en/webinar/tech-billionaires/