@claraigk.bsky.social
Researcher. Reader. Mom. 🇧🇷🇩🇪 Legal scholar into many things democracy, media and digital technologies. Leading the research group "Technology, Power and Domination" at the Weizenbaum Institute | WZB . claraigk.com @digipolicy.bsky.social
“Strengthening electoral integrity in the digital age requires moving beyond reactive, crisis-driven responses and investing in sustained governance frameworks.” @claraigk.bsky.social spoke with us about the study “Current Challenges in Digital Elections:” www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
📢 WJDS Special Issue Out Now: Well-Being in the Digital World. 5 interdisciplinary papers explore digital tech’s impact on well-being, covering dark patterns, online mental health support, technostress, virtues, and digital disconnection. More: doi.org/10.34669/wi....
@claraigk.bsky.social @martinkrz.bsky.social @mjemmer.bsky.social @lena-ulbricht.bsky.social @digipolicy.bsky.social @sonjas0815.bsky.social
Wie kann Deutschland den Spielraum nutzen, den der europäische #AI Act bei der nationalen Aufsicht lässt? Ein neues Policy Paper analysiert den Entwurf des deutschen Umsetzungsgesetzes und zeigt, wie Grundrechte, Transparenz und Beteiligung gestärkt werden können. ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI....
Keynote Invitation 💬💡
We are happy to be joined by @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social who will hold a public Keynote on "The Power of AI: From Tech Ideologies to New Authoritarianisms" as part of our workshop
📅 Nov. 20th, 18:30pm, Berlin
Please register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
@lkspence.bsky.social
Out now: Our latest Policy Paper dives into the key provisions of the Digital Services Act #DSA on data access, highlighting its goals, procedures, limits, & external factors impacting implementation: 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/WI....
Congratulations, darling! 💛✨
👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25
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We are very pleased that our young Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society has been included in #Scopus and will receive its first CiteScore next year: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/deta...
The abstract submission for our special issue "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies" @cogitatiomac.bsky.social is now open! Submit your work on #data #archives and #tools! www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
🚨Deadline approaching for this years' PlatGov: abstracts welcome till Sept 2nd!
Great chance to pitch your research and connect with wonderful people. @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @digipolicy.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
Looking forward to your abstract submissions for our workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power" on 20-21 Novemeber!
Further details: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/events-1/...
🌐 Zum heutigen #AIAppreciationDay rücken wir Datenarbeiter*innen ins Licht: Sie halten #KI am Laufen, oft unter prekären Bedingungen. Das Projekt @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social lässt sie selbst sprechen, zB in Videos & Comics. Ohne Ausbeutung & auf Augenhöhe.
Interview mit @milamiceli.bsky.social 👇
🎺🎺 New draft paper 🎺🎺
From Murdoch to Musk: Social media ownership and the political economy of platform content governance
The question is simple: who owns the major social media companies, and how do these owners influence content governance outcomes?
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Is China building a new kind of capitalism? Pun Ngai traces the rise of 'infrastructural capitalism' – a system blending state-led development, digital platforms, and labor exploitation. Not a break from neoliberalism, but its next phase.
Read the full paper: ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi....
The EU Digital Services Act asks large platforms to manage “systemic risks” to rights, discourse, & public health. @rachelgriffin.bsky.social shows how translating broad legal rules into action is a political process – raising the key question: who holds power here? ➡️ 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/wi....
Thank you @robyncaplan.bsky.social for visiting us in Berlin and giving a wonderful presentation on your recent research!
Last week we hosted Duke University's Robyn Caplan for her talk on why big (social) media companies have changed their self-descriptive narrative, and why that matters.
Im April diesen Jahres hat der deutsch-amerikanische Politikwissenschaftler Yascha Mounk einen Beitrag veröffentlicht, der die Zensur in Deutschland und Großbritannien anprangert: lnkd.in/eKYZibfS. Auf Einladung des @libmod.de habe ich eine Replik darauf verfasst: lnkd.in/gPP49dXw
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
The PlatGov Conference is back! What a joy! I have learned so much from this research community. Join us this year 👇 @robyncaplan.bsky.social @gorwa.ca @ameliehldt.bsky.social @naomiappelman.bsky.social @deeliu97.bsky.social
3 year postdoc in Tübingen in Law and Tech with the excellent Michele Finck! www.ailaw-tuebingen.eu/vacancy-for-...
How can we ensure democratic oversight of intelligence agencies – especially when it comes to hacking operations?
Read the new #wjds paper by @andreramiro.bsky.social:
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#CyberSecurity #Democracy #Surveillance #Hacking #Transparency #PublicPolicy #ComparativeLaw
"Die Pandemie war kein Neuanfang, sondern ein Ausnahmezustand, der bestehende Schwächen und Machtverhältnisse offenlegte."
@claraigk.bsky.social, Florian Butollo & @heimstaedt.bsky.social blicken zurück auf die #Corona #Pandemie, die vor fünf Jahren den Alltag bestimmte:
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Why media companies now insist they are media companies, and why that matters 🌐🏢
Duke University assistant professor Robyn Caplan (@robyncaplan.bsky.social) will present her research on this exact topic 💬
24 June 2025, 11:00-12:30, WI
Please sign up here: survey.lamapoll.de/Why-media-co...
🚨 New videos online: Rethinking Digital Public Spaces for #Democracy
🎥 Featuring Catalina Goanta (@cgoanta.bsky.social), Gérman Oscar Johannsen, Clara Iglesias Keller (@claraigk.bsky.social)
▶️ Watch now: tinyurl.com/5canhzsn
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More episodes coming soon! #humanet3
Insightful closing panel at #WIConf2025 with Maria Exner (Publix), @altreflexion.bsky.social (@bnetza.bsky.social) and @beasaab.bsky.social @isdglobal.org discussing perspectives from administration, activism and journalism about what we need for democratic resilience in a shrinking civic space.
How or why does #political content spread on #TikTok? Is there a large supply by political actors, is there a high demand by users for political content or is that content preferred by the platform algorithms? Weizenbaum researcher Felix Gaisbauer takes the issue apart at #WIConf2025