"If it is interesting, boost it. You are not on Twitter" Political Communication Prof and University Professor of AI & Society w special emphasis on media and democracy U Amsterdam Co-Director @algosoc and AI, Media & Democracy Lab Director of Digital Democracy Centre U Southern Denmark @DDC_SDU #commodon #polcomm #journalism #media #tech #disinformation #AI #democracy 🇩🇰 🇳🇱🇪🇺
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✋ AI: Mastodon update ToS
“We explicitly prohibit the scraping of user data for unauthorized purposes, e.g. archival or large language model (LLM) training. We want to make it clear that training LLMs on the data of Mastodon users on our instances is not permitted”
Macron visits Greenland.
France will open consulate in Greenland.
“Vive la Greenland”. His words.
Alliances matter
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How I miss the intensity and the wit of the microblogging blitz that flooded our timelines during each ICA annual conference back in the golden age of Twitter. I'm very disappointed that our community, of all academic communities, didn't find a new home to save and cultivate all that jaunty energy. We're now scattered between Mastodon, BlueSky, and despair.
#ica25 #socialmedia
For those #ica25 folks on this platforms: yes the #runningwithpresidents is on. Departing Friday morning 630 ⏰ from Hyatt Regency 🏃🏼
@askekammer We miss you here Aske but the bridge run is going to be spectacular. Thr fomo is reciprocated!!!
NEW PAPER
What makes online political ads unacceptable?
Interrogating public attitudes to inform regulatory
responses
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05114-1
#UKpol #Facebook #PoliticalScience
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Action speaks louder than words.
Danish Minister of Digitalisation Caroline Stage wants to phase out Microsoft from the ministry to reduce the dependency on US tech.
This will be a long process. But actual action, not just talking points, is noteworthy!
H/t @pernillet for pointing to this.
Returning from second visit as @Weizenbaum_Institut Fellow.
What a privilege to spend time with Jakob Ohme’s group and the inspiring and friendly WI community (including the Berlin ‘staffel run’) 🏃🏼♀️ 🇩🇪
Honoured to deliver the Weizenbaum conference #WIConf2025 keynote 🎙️
My liveblogging from the @Weizenbaum_Institut Conference 2025 has started – great opening keynote on AI and democracy from @claesdevreese… #WI2025
Is #AI messing with our #democracy? In his #WIConf25 keynote @claesdevreese looks at the evidence from elections in 2024. It‘s part of the campaign toolkit rather than a magic wand.
@claesdevreese in his keynote about #AI and #democracy at the @Weizenbaum_Institut conference
Important piece on the deceptive ‘science gold standard’ executive order:
“The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/29/trump-american-science
@askekammer Congrats Aske. Well done !!!
Revoking the ability to enrol international students is vindictive, damaging, unlawful, and unbelievable.
International students are part of the DNA of Harvard and higher education in the US.
Another conscious blow to higher education.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html
📣 Reminder of tomorrow's seminar!
📚 In tribute to Loet Leydesdorff’s legacy, nine speakers will reflect on their collaborations with him and explore future directions in scientometrics and information science.
🎧 Make sure to join!
📅 Friday, 23.5.2025 | 3:00-5:00 PM (CEST)
📌 At CWTS & online
More information and the meeting link can be found on our website 👉 https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2025/05/foundations-and-futures-of-scientometrics
Powerful action plea to not stop research by Lisa Fazio in @Nature:
“Scientists can’t solve the politicization of science on our own”
In lieu of ‘systemic solutions’ “social scientists still have some options to continue research on targeted topics”
Canceling research on misinformation is not only an attack on science and academic freedom.
It is also a democracy, safety, and security threat.
Academic freedom in the Netherlands under pressure.
New report from Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences KNAW
What is needed:
🚩 stronger freedom of research
🚩 less substantive government influence
🚩 support against intimidation and attacks
#academicfreedom #science #research
https://www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-academische-vrijheid-nederland-onder-druk
