Great research presented by @cka, thanks to semantic analysis of Community Guidelines over time: yes, platforms do react to pressure.
See how the politicisation of #misinformation in politics (#FakeNews), then in health (Covid), now of #FreeSpeech, is directly visible in the number of rules that relate to the topics!
Very proud of our ongoing years-long @opentermsarchive partnership with @zemki that enables such findings 💞
#AoIR #PlatformGovernance
#PlatformGovernance
Very proud to see so visibly on this graph how the switch to @opentermsarchive enables researchers to gather significantly more data to understand and analyse #PlatformGovernance (see the increase in data points in 2022) ☺️
#AoIR
Fascinating: we know very little of the ownership structure of Bytedance (#TikTok ), #BlueSky, or… #xAI.
#PlatformGovernance #AoIR
🗓️ 9 participants from 4 countries joined last week’s #CommunityCall to talk about #PlatformGovernance w/ @cka , Kim Ermler, Zenobio Almeida & Gleb Tomashevski from @zemki's @pgmt, @unibremen.
They use @opentermsarchive to track how #SocialMedia platforms evolve within shifting regulatory environments and shared how they’re building a sustainable, professional research team, onboarding challenges and all (Zenobio's graph was a hit!)
📣 Today is this month's #CommunityCall ! Call in from 09:00 to 10:00 UTC at: https://meet.jit.si/OpenTermsArchiveCommunityCall to:
1️⃣ Get updates about the latest features
2️⃣ Learn about the PGA Collection with @@cka, Kim Ermler, and Zenobio Almeida!
3️⃣ Get real-time tech support from the core team to track and maintain your existing collections
#PlatformGovernance #Transparency #DigitalCommons #TechForGood
>> 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
“Meta’s recent changes are part of a larger shift by US tech companies to align with conservative leaders, which will have implications for global efforts towards information integrity.”
New #wjds paper by Ned Watt, Silvia Montaña-Niño, and Michelle Riedlinger:
➡️ https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.2.1
#FactChecking #Disinformation #DigitalMedia #PlatformGovernance #ContentModeration #DigitalPolitics #DigitalDemocracy #research #socialscience
⚠️ Microsoft just made a bold move — and developers are feeling it.
Cursor and Windsurf, both VSCode forks, have been blocked from accessing the official extension marketplace.
🧱 Proprietary walls are going up
🛠️ Developer workflows disrupted
🚫 Marketplace access revoked
🔓 Spotlight now on open alternatives like OpenVSX
This raises real questions about ecosystem control vs innovation — and who gets to decide the rules.
#VSCode #OpenSource #DevTools #PlatformGovernance #DeveloperExperience
https://ainativedev.io/news/microsofts-going-to-war
ZeMKI members Dr. Paloma Viejo Otero and Dr. Rebecca Scharlach published their new paper “‘We do not marshal your feed’: How Alt Tech platforms (re) conceptualise safety” in the Platforms & Society Journal. #censorship #PlatformGovernance #saftey #values
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/new-publication-by-paloma-viejo-otero-and-rebecca-scharlach/
Have you heard of "consensus-building" moderation mechanisms?
⏰ Join us tomorrow at 3pm to find out!
When Emillie de Keulenaar presents consensus-building content moderation techniques as an alternative to suspension, demotion, and flagging in the next installment of our wonderful online talk series "Behind the Scenes".
🚀 Tarleton Gillespie is speaking at @AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!
Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for this year’s theme, "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance” where scholars will discuss critical issues in the field.
📢 Call for Papers – Submit by February 15!
🔗 Full Call for Papers & Submission Link: https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
#AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #TechGovernance #PlatformGovernance
🚀 @ubiquity75 is speaking at @AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!
Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for this year’s theme, "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance” where scholars will discuss critical issues in the field.
📢 Call for Papers – Submit by February 15!
🔗 Full Call for Papers & Submission Link: https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
#AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #TechGovernance #PlatformGovernance
🎤 Exciting Guest Lectures at UCD!
We are delighted to announce that our lab member @Palomaviejo will be delivering two guest lectures at University College Dublin (UCD), in the School of Information and Communication Studies (ICS), alongside Associate Professor Ariadna Matamoros and Professor Eugenia Siapera on February 18 and 20.
These sessions will be a fantastic opportunity to discuss #PlatformGovernance and #SocialJustice, as well as Paloma’s latest book, with UCD’s students and faculty.
🚀@Nhelberger is speaking at @AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!
Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for this year’s theme, "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance” where scholars will discuss critical issues in the field.
📢 Call for Papers – Submit by February 15!
🔗 Full Call for Papers & Submission Link: https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
#AoIR2025Symposium #CfP #GenAI #TechGovernance #PlatformGovernance
🚀 @tpoell (Thomas Poell) is speaking at @AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 in Bremen!
Join us, June 3-4, 2025, for this year’s theme, "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance," that will bring together leading scholars to explore critical issues in digital research.
📢 Call for Papers – Submit by February 15!
🔗 Full Call for Papers & Submission Link:
https://platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
The Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT), at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, is hosting the next AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on 3-4 june 2025. #AoIR #GenerativeAI #PlatformGovernance
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki-hosts-aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025/
Das Lab Plattform-Governance, Medien und Technologie (PGMT), am Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung (ZeMKI) der Universität Bremen, wird am 3. und 4. Juni 2025 das nächste AoIR Flashpoint Symposium ausrichten. #AoIR #GenerativeKI #PlatformGovernance
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/zemki-richtet-aoir-flashpoint-symposium-2025-aus/
“Perspectives on Platform Governance”
On 2 and 3 December, our lab hosted a workshop between four YUFE partner universities, researchers and educators to jointly design an @EUErasmusPlus Blended Intensive Program (BIP) related to the governance of digital technologies.
Stay tuned for the new YUFE BIP on "Platform and AI Governance", which may launch as early as the 2025/2026 academic year!
Diyi Liu - The Legitimacy of Platformized Speech Governance: A Mixed-Methods Case Study Approach
Zeit und Datum: 17. Dezember, 2024, 15-16 Uhr (CET)
Diyi Liu vom Oxford Internet Institute wird in der nächsten Sitzung der PGMT-Lab Online-Talkreihe „Behind the Scenes – Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research“ sprechen. #BehindtheScenes #PlatformGovernance #TikTok
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/sitzung-14-der-online-gespraechsreihe-behind-the-scenes-mit-diyi-liu/
We are hiring a part time business developer! Help us grow usage and funding sources to reach better regulations on #BigTech, support #privacy research, investigate how #GenAI impacts society, equip consumer protection…
Apply by November 10 if you are interested in influencing #PlatformGovernance, speak good French and English and know how to work full remote: https://cloud.opentermsarchive.org/index.php/s/cZpyaWcPL7CHSte
Client Info
Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.04
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst