Clara Iglesias Keller

Electoral Oversight and the Realities of Digital Campaigning Digital elections are forcing regulators to rethink governance, from platform accountability to AI-generated political content. A new Discussion Paper examines these challenges through Brazil’s 2024 l...

“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/...

Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society. Special Issue "Well-Being in the Digital World"

📢 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

Cover der Publikation: "Stellungnahme zum Referentenentwurf eines Gesetzes zur Durchführung der Verordnung (EU) 2024/1689", Weizenbaum Policy Paper 16

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....

b/w portrait of Rainer Mühlhoff

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

Cover: LK Seiling, Clara Iglesias Keller, Jakob Ohme, Ulrike Klinger, Claes de Vreese. Data Access for Researchers under the Digital Services Act: From Policy to Practice. Weizenbaum Policy Paper 15, September 2025.

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! 💛✨

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👉 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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Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society Accepted into Scopus The Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (WJDS), launched in 2021, has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus and will receive its first CiteScore in 2026. This marks an important step in the jour...

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

Poster for the Call for Abstracts for the workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power". The workshop aims to explore and critically reflect on the multifaceted power dynamics associated with generative AI across social, political, and cultural domains. We invite conceptual, theory-building, or comparative contributions that engage with power in the context of GenAI and related themes such as economic concentration, algorithmic governance, epistemic authority, and digital subjectivation. Proposal length: approx. 500 words Include: a brief biography (max. 150 words) Deadline: 15 August 2025 Send to: workshop-generative-ai@wzb.eu Languages: Abstracts and presentations in English or German, discussions in English Organisers: Sebastian Berg, Jana Heim, Clara Iglesias Keller, Florian Irgmaier, Ann-Kathrin Koster

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/...

Ohne uns keine KI In dem einzigartigen Projekt „Data Workers’ Inquiry“ erzählen Datenarbeiter*innen von ihrem Kampf um Würde und Rechte. Projektleiterin Dr. Milagros Miceli erklärt im Interview, warum ihre Arbeit syste...

🌐 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....

Griffin, Rachel (2025). The Politics of Risk in the Digital Services Act: A Stakeholder Mapping and Research Agenda. Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 5(2)

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-...

Ramiro, André (2025). Democratic Oversight of Government Hacking by Intelligence Agencies: A Critical Analysis of Brazil and Germany . Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/5.2.3

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

Fünf Jahre nach Corona – Rückblick auf eine Krise, die vieles sichtbar machte Im Frühjahr 2020 erfasste die Corona-Pandemie die Welt – mit massiven Auswirkungen auf Arbeit, Gesundheit, Öffentlichkeit und politische Entscheidungsprozesse. Die Krise warf drängende wissenschaftlic...

"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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Portrait of Robyn Caplan

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