Two of our PhD students, @yansan.bsky.social and @paulschal.bsky.social, were invited to participate in last week’s Milton Wolf Seminar 2025 in Vienna. A great opportunity for both of them to pitch their research on uncertainty in disinformation and LLM-driven interventions!
Hier geht es darum, dass ein User den Beitrag eines anderen Users über eine in der Plattform verbaute Funktion geteilt hat. Sollte das tatsächlich eine Urheberrechtsverletzung darstellen, stellt das in Konsequenz das gesamte System "Social Media" in Frage.
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
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Very fascinating talk by @lewan.bsky.social can we make people more resilient towards microtargeting by pop-up warnings? Unfortunately not! We need to think further on how to foster ppls competencies for navigating social media
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (#FTC) finalised its #Click-to-Cancel rule. It restricts deceptive business practices, including recurring fees and misleading cancellation policies for unwanted, hard-to-cancel products. www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-25534 (1/3)
New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
In promising a political ad free space, they need to define what ads are *not* political, to ensure they don't carry them. Hard.
Other platforms have not been successful in doing so in the past.
Moreover, this decision leaves the online political ad space as a de facto Meta monopoly.
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NEW RESEARCH 🙉 Spreading of misinformation: People don’t pretend, they *sincerely believe in fake news*
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The misinformation policy challenge is less about inducing good behavior but one of correcting false beliefs
Hey, I am Paul, a communication PhD student at Radboud University in NL! My background is in social psychology, political communication & advertising. As part of @dig-radboud.bsky.social, I am researching manipulation & persuasion and the role of artificial agents. #CommSky #PsychSky #HCISky #PhDSky
Thank you, I will drop you a mail!
Are you - by any chance - also looking for volunteers?
