✨With the EU Commission & the HUMANads ERC, in the past 6 months Sophie Bishop (Leeds) & I have been developing the 1st European legal training for influencers/content creators & EU consumer law. We're launching the Influencer Legal Hub on 16 October. Join us! https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AL8oHoy9SjCudgar0343Qw#/registration

The story of why Elon Musk fired most of the election integrity team after saying he would expand it is stupider than I even imagined. The team's manager liked a tweet calling Elon a dipshit.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/28/elon-fires-half-of-extwitters-election-integrity-team-because-a-manager-liked-a-tweet-calling-him-a-fucking-dipshit/

Great times at @hiig_berlin with @cka, discussing platform documentation

Our ERC StG #HUMANads project website is up and fully updated with all our publications, event organization and participation. Can't wait to share even more resources shortly! Have a look if you want to see what kept us busy this past year 👇

https://humanads.eu/

I have a new article explaining everything you need to know about how advertisers influence social media governance - a key factor shaping today's online media that imo hasn't been analysed enough:

▶️ what is 'brand safety'? how does it shape moderation, platform design etc & why does this matter?
▶️ how is the brand safety landscape currently evolving?
▶️ how is this all regulated in the DSA? (if you know me you'll be shocked to hear: not very well)

https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/safety-to-suitability-advertisers-in-platform-governance

📢 Today 3pm CEST: We are hosting @goanta as part of our online talk series on empirical platform #governance research @pgmt @zemki. Catalina will talk about her research on how #EU consumer regulation changes platforms and their terms of service. @cka, @Palomaviejo and JC Magalhães will be your hosts
👉 Info and Registration: https://platform-governance.org/online-talk-series/session-3-catalina-goanta-how-european-consumer-regulation-changed-social-media-platform-geographies/ #platgov #platformgovernance #methods #event @Palomaviejo

There are two types of cats: murder and doofus.

#caturday #cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #murdercat #humor #humour #funny

Thanks to Lindsay Dodgson from Insider for revealing this UGC TikTok scam hurting creators & consumers. UGC contracted via Upwork uses ‘authentic’ stories to scam consumers into buying overpriced jewelry: https://www.insider.com/trugala-tiktok-jewelry-scam-fools-customers-with-revenge-videos-2023-6

Our two day conference "Governance by technology" just started in Amsterdam! A fantastic program on what comes after the realization that the #revolution #will #not #be #decentralized #gbt2023

https://easychair.org/smart-program/GbT-2023/

Bird site link gets you the cat art but here is text :

Save the date! Fans of law & tech, scifi, fantasy and cats, behold the @gikii 2023 CfP! In addition to the OGs @lilianedwards & @technollama, Miranda Mowbray, @annagerbrandy @Nadya_Purtova & I will be welcoming you to lovely Utrecht in September @UURechten @UU_GDS 🫶 http://www.gikii.org/gikii-2023-call-for-papers/ pls boost! @mikarv @Frederik_Borgesius @LornaWoods @goanta @billt @pluralistic

@lilianedwards @gulovsen and yet for some reason there’s always a hype and then a dip in popularity with this topic

Our monthly newsletter is out! Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eRZ7paxp

In this edition:
🎙 New podcast episode on #sharenting with Stacey Steinberg, @goanta & Christina Winters
📣 Calls for papers for two upcoming conferences (submission deadline: 27 & 28 Feb)
📚 Join our next Privacy Book Club
🏆 @Nhelberger nominated for Women in AI Award

@tanepiper we’ll have a Verfassungsblog e-book (open access) with the contributions - in early May for those interested who can’t join! Feel free to share this with anyone who can attend!

Coming out of Mastohibernation to spread the word - if you’re in NL next week and interested in private governance and social media, join our Radical Reforms symposium. We’ll focus on some much needed contract law core theory and practice and connect that to discussions on freedom of expression and platform governance. Registrations here: https://www.uu.nl/en/events/symposium-radical-reforms-bringing-fairness-to-social-media-contracts

this is what happens when you don’t recycle your pizza boxes

@malwaretech he had made a previous video showing he was in Romania, moat likely that’s the one that gave him away. But still a beautiful story for such a moronic character

I am happy to share the call for the Conference ”Conversing with artificial intelligence”

6-7 March 2023, Berlin

* Abstracts for poster session can be submitted until 1 Feb 2023
* Registration is until 10 Feb 2023

Participation is free of charge and possible in person or online via zoom. Poster presentations on topics related to interaction with artificial intelligence are invited.

Find more information and a form to register at www.impact-projekt.de/#conference.

Catching up with the Star Wars shows, as one does during holidays, and what do I see in The Book of Boba Fett: Boston Dynamics robots! Is this not the first time ever when SW features actual robotic technology?

@lilianedwards i wonder if this has to do with some inherent digital fitness of the kpop industry as a whole. Beat Saber with kpop is absolutely amazing: https://youtu.be/SkNqLnNg89o

@lilianedwards i am not familiar with the popularity of these bands, but the virtual influencers were basically a marketing tool for AI companies. They were hipey for a while but othing beyod that for now. There are some interesting products like virtual clothes etc, which if successful would be a revolution for sustainability. Who would have thought that withdrawal rights would end up being abused like this 🫠