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Harith Alani

@halani.bsky.social

Professor and Director at @kmiou, @openuniversity, working on by social data science, #socialmedia, #AI, #misinformation. All views are my own. https://people.kmi.open.ac.uk/harith/

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What do the erosion of politics, division of societies, rise of hate speech, and obstruction of climate action have in common?
Itโ€™s #misinformation. At #Disinfo2025 conf last week, discussions emphasised how misinformation is being weaponised, amplified by algorithms, and normalised in some media.

20.10.2025 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We had a great first day of #Disinfo2025! Thanks to all of the speakers and participants for their insights!

Get ready for ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† 2๏ธโƒฃ ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿค

15.10.2025 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#Disinfo2025 is officially here! ๐ŸŽ‰ We're kicking things off with an incredible lineup of panels and presentations you won't want to miss. ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’•'๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’! ๐Ÿ™Œโœจ

15.10.2025 05:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is a truly novel project and a valuable addition to KMiโ€™s growing digital health research and innovation.

10.02.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A collaboration between KMi-OU, EURECOM, Prague University of Economics, and Kaunas University of Technologies in Lithuania

22.01.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK universities can support Gazaโ€™s immediate education needs Young Palestinians are struggling to study during the conflict. Zahid Pranjol suggests that UK universities are well placed to help them

Lets see which UK uni is truly Open wonkhe.com/blogs/uk-uni...

17.01.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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