Dennis Redeker

female independent tech researchers sitting under a tree doing tech research with laptops (illustration)

This is a really important report about the challenges faced by people doing #independent #tech #research: funding, personal security and data access feature high up on the list; by @thecoalition.bsky.social Great illustrations and it's full of examples 🎉 independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-...

YouTube video by Diggit Magazine Dr. Edoardo Celeste on digital constitutionalism and Internet bills of rights

3/ Edoardo’s works include books like Digital Constitutionalism: The Role of Internet Bills of Rights (2022) & The Content Governance Dilemma (2023), co-authored by @nicolapalladino.bsky.social , @redeker.bsky.social and @kinfe.bsky.social.

Watch his breakdown of them here:
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📚 #DCNReads | (1/2)

How can #ContentModeration be both rights-respecting and effective in transnational digital spaces?

A new article by @nicolapalladino.bsky.social, @redeker.bsky.social & Celeste looks at the role of #CivilSociety in shaping platform governance.

At #GIGARTS2025, the panel "Decolonial and Indigenous Perspectives on Digital Sovereignty" brought together members of the #DCN to examine how #DigitalSovereignty is shaped by – and responds to – colonial histories, geopolitical asymmetries & epistemic struggles.

#DigitalConstitutionalism

Today #GIGARTS2025 kicked off with a panel on ‘Conceptualising #DigitalSovereignty chaired by @redeker.bsky.social.

Meta starts AI training with personal data - those who want to object must act quickly (english version) Meta AI will be trained from May with posts, photos and comments from Facebook and Instagram users

Do you want all your Facebook and Instagram photos, posts and data to be used by Meta to train AI?

If not, then *now* is the time to object.

This article explains how.

datenschutz-hamburg.de/news/meta-st...

ASML Fellow Launches CLR:SKY I am grateful to have been part of the first cohort of fellows at the Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Over the past six months, my fellowship has f...

Great! cyber.harvard.edu/story/2025-0...

[New paper] @nicolapalladino.bsky.social, @redeker.bsky.social and Edoardo Celeste I @dublincityuni.bsky.social highlight how civil society actors influence the implementation of clear governance frameworks for social media content.

Read full article here: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.1830

Cover image for a special issue on content moderation on digital platforms, featuring a coastal landscape and the title: ‘Content moderation on digital platforms: beyond states and firms’

Quote from A. Bellon & R. Badouard in a special issue on content moderation: ‘Content moderation encompasses a great diversity of actors. Users, NGOs, activists, journalists, advertisers, experts, designers and researchers are becoming more and more involved in moderation-related activities, apart from, in partnership with, or against public authorities and firms.’ The image features a coastal landscape background

[New special issue] #Contentmoderation on digital platforms: beyond states and firms! As content regulation becomes increasingly politicised, this issue edited by Anne Bellon & Romain Badouard explores the growing role of #civilsociety in #platformgovernance. ⅕

Read: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.2005

#swing2025: DAY 2 RECAP🌐
@jupohle.bsky.social, #Multistakeholder Governance
@yves-raymond.bsky.social, #DigitalDiplomacy
@redeker.bsky.social, Digital #Cooperation and the #UN GDC
Edoardo Celeste & Chiara Spinello, #DigitalConstitutionalism
Marianne Franklin, #IG and #HumanRights

Excited to talk at #SWING in #Salerno today. Thank you @nicolapalladino.bsky.social and @msantaniello.bsky.social and everyone else involved! #digitalgovernance #UN #GlobalDigitalCompact

#Brussels welcoming #REMIT researchers with barbed wire, around ~50 #police horses being brought in and a #military helicopter hovering over Grand Place…

Polls Show Major Shifts in Trust in Public Institutions Ahead of the October 2024 Elections The Georgian parliamentary elections of 26 October 2024 brought about a political and constitutional crisis. The incumbent government led by the Georgian Dream party under billionaire Bidzina Ivanishv...

Just published (with Sebastian Kuhnke and Giorgi Davidian): blog post showing major decline in #trust in #Georgia's public institutions 🏛️ (courts, parliament, government), the Georgian church and academics, already right before the controversial October #elections. #research
gip.ge/polls-show-m...

This is great!

Text: ISA's 2025 Annual Virtual Conference July 29th - August 1st, 2025 Have you submitted your proposal? Image: blue/purple digital background with the globe on right side, ISA logo

Have you submitted your #ISAVirtual2025 proposal yet? You can do so through https://buff.ly/4hbhyo6 until March 15th!

✨call for papers✨ @aoir.bsky.social symposium "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance" with @pgmt.bsky.social @zemki.bsky.social @ckatzenbach.bsky.social Daria Dergacheva @redeker.bsky.social: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

Transcript: Mark Zuckerberg Announces Major Changes to Meta's Content Moderation Policies and Operations | TechPolicy.Press The Meta founder and CEO says "it's time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram."

In a video posted on Facebook and text posted to Threads, today Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to the company's approach to content moderation.

Great analysis by @pkrugman.bsky.social and what a sensible discussion in the comments.

Happy New Year 2025, BlueSky!

"Eine erste Analyse der Daten von mehr als 15.000 Befragten in 33 Ländern zeigt erstaunliche regionale Unterschiede beim durchschnittlichen Vertrauen in Staaten, Plattformen und andere bei der Regulierung von Online-Inhalten”, erklärt @redeker.bsky.social.

zemki.uni-bremen.de/...

The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Tracks Why won’t the bot say my name?

This made my day! Do we need a right *not* to be forgotten? @zittrain.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Ganz frisch: Die Future Skills Charta zeigt Wege auf, Bildung zukunftsfähig und digitale Kompetenzen zugänglich zu machen. zukunftsmission-bildung.de/future-skill... #future_skills #stifterverband_wissenschaft

Very happy to present the #IGF2024 session organized by the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition. Fantastic speakers and moderator. intgovforum.org/en/content/i... You can also follow along on the YouTube channel of the IGF: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn_O...

Workshop at ZeMKI to develop a YUFE BIP on platform and AI governance On 2 and 3 December 2024, the “Perspectives on Platform Governance” workshop took place between researchers from four YUFE (Young Universities for the Futur

“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 Erasmus+ BIP related to the governance of digital technologies.

Read more: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/workshop-...

“Platform Governance Survey: A Global Study of Public Attitudes Towards Content Moderation” erforscht unter der Leitung von @redeker.bsky.social die Nutzermeinungen zur Moderation von Online-Inhalten und zu den Verantwortlichkeiten der Akteure.

zemki.uni-bremen.de/forschungspr...

🚨New WP🚨
We examine news sharing on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)But low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE, even BlueSky!
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This will be a great talk by @deeliu97.bsky.social!

Glad and excited that our conference on #Israel-#Palestine, the #Gaza War, and #Germany is happening tomorrow here at Uni Bremen. A big thank you to everybody involved!
Link to program: nc.uni-bremen.de/index.php/s/...
Please note: the event will be in person, and no more registrations are possible.

One of the most despair-inducing moments is talking to "non-scholars/activists" about AI. Their delight and amazement make me feel like Cassandra, warning of the labor exploitation and copyright theft propping up this shiny facade, only to be met with blank stares and or indifference

Having a modern morning — ie both on phones. Me: "Martial law in Korea!" Robin: "I don't see that anywhere" Me: "It's on Bluesky"

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