It’s out! 🎉 My new paper is published.

I examine how Instagram users practice digital vigilantism to fight botting & porn bots — taking authenticity governance into their own hands. The study highlights user-driven surveillance and platform power asymmetries.

Part of the special issue “Digital Platforms and Agency” in Lateral (CSA), edited by Reed van Schenck & Elaine Venter.

Read it here:
https://csalateral.org/section/digital-platforms-agency/call-the-bot-police-user-led-platform-governance-of-inauthenticity-on-instagram/

#PlatformGovernance #DigitalCulture #InternetStudies #culturalstudies

It’s out! 🎉 My new paper is published.

I examine how Instagram users practice digital vigilantism to fight botting & porn bots — taking authenticity governance into their own hands. The study highlights user-driven surveillance and platform power asymmetries.

Part of the special issue “Digital Platforms and Agency” in Lateral (CSA), edited by Reed van Schenck & Elaine Venter.

Read it here:
https://csalateral.org/section/digital-platforms-agency/call-the-bot-police-user-led-platform-governance-of-inauthenticity-on-instagram/

#PlatformGovernance #DigitalCulture #InternetStudies #culturalstudies

>> Call for applications: School on Platform Governance to be held in Bangkok, Thailand (28-31 July, 2025).

---> Participants will engage with experts and practitioners currently working on platform and tech accountability at the regional and international level.

https://www.apc.org/en/news/call-applications-school-platform-governance

#platformgovernance #thailand #callforapplications