When a language model retires, it starts writing a blog (and becomes an virtual influencer?)

Securing Democracies https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/282A97BCA18B5923C634F979F415DDD5/9781009574136AR.pdf/Securing_Democracies.pdf?event-type=FTLA

New bookchapter out: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
Read about how three offline communities fight disinformation on their own terms. We applied Elionor Ostrom's IAD framework for analysis and present a roadmap for developing learning communities to investigate disinformation.

Imagine being banned from the US for trying to help victims of online hate.

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Stolen photos of European influencers used to push Trump propaganda on X | CNN A phony campaign on X backing Trump ahead of the US election is using stolen or manipulated photos of real women in Europe to push its agenda.

In 2024 I investigated many similar accounts that posted very similar types of content, claiming to be ‘Trump supporting women’ from the US, but they were fake accounts using images stolen from European influencers.

The findings were reported here 👇 edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/e...

The European Influencers Academy at NHL Stenden, Professorship Organisations and Social Media. About our offline event, the Seipe up week, to engage influencers, researchers, students, local experts and policymakers maker to dicuss responsible approaches in the influencer economy.

Really happy with this in-depth piece in the Dutch National newspaper @nrc.nl. In 2022 we started the European Influencers Academy, to engage with influencers, our students and lecturers, local experts and policymakers to discuss and learn offline from each other about responsible influencing.

Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

This will not come as a surprise to any social media or internet researchers.

"Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok & Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (#DSA)." ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

In Leeuwarden leren influencen met het hart op de goeie plaats Influencers willen en hebben vaak een grote invloed op hun duizenden volgers, omdat de influencer als boegbeeld wordt gezien. Neem Andrew Tate die verspreiding van vrouwenhaat als verdienmodel heeft....

- 500+ students and 60+ influencers (from 24 countries )participated.
Together we learn, research and discuss topics such as responsible leadership, polarisation, ethics, authenticity and cultural differences. www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...

Last week I was interviewed by the Dutch Radio1 about our project The European Influencers Academy. We adres responsible influencership at NHL Stenden Hogeschool, since 2022:

Getting a Grip on Disinformation: From distrust to trust within learning communities by Deike Schulz, Joyce Kerstens, and Dustin Sajoe, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Disinformation has become part of our daily life, therefore empowering citizens to…

Getting a Grip on Disinformation: From distrust to trust within learning communities - Media and Learning Association many thanks for sharing our insights via this pre-publication: media-and-learning.eu/subject/medi...
@edmo-eu.bsky.social #fightingdisinformation #community #research

See Supervisor Connie Chan surprise Brewster Kahle with a Certificate of Honor from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for the #InternetArchive. “Please continue to celebrate them today and every day,” she said.

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Blij om met Hidde Bruinsma over desinformatie in gesprek te gaan. Belangrijk onderwerp-ook is het (nog) lastig kant en klare oplossingen te vinden. - maar soms helpt "gewoon even tot 10 tellen". Veel luisterplezier! #podcast #desinformatie #MeaningfulCommunication
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There's something on the list for everybody. You are bound to find something that speaks to you. #DemocracyMatters

A vibrant and retro-style illustration celebrating the theme "Singin' in the Public Domain." The image features a red umbrella, music notes, a film clapperboard, and scattered books. The Lockette, a yellow dancing padlock with an open lock, symbolizes unlocking creativity, surrounded by colorful streamers and confetti. The title text is bold and playful, with "Singin' in the" above "Public Domain," set on a background of musical staff lines.

Celebrate the public domain with the Internet Archive on Wednesday, January 22nd ⤵️

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Safe, friendly and vibrant online (and offline) communities are still possible to build and govern. Elinor Ostroms research provides a lot of inspiration & design principles. Tip to dive into this topic: @eriknordman.bsky.social book "The uncommon knowledge of Elinor Ostrom". Happy reading!

Deike Schulz, PhD on LinkedIn: #freeourfeeds #bluesky Repost from 2 years ago - joint lock-in, still the biggest problem we're facing. What happened in the past weeks motivates me to work even harder to counter…

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