Christian Katzenbach

On the controversiality of AI: The controversy is not the situation - Noortje Marres, Christian Katzenbach, Anders Kristian Munk, Anna Jobin, 2025 Do public controversies about AI matter? Can they really make a difference to how AI is taken up or imposed on society? This introduction to the Special Issue o...

💡 New publication alert!
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This looks like a smooth crosspost solution, esp with the original post linked and marked as original post. How do you do this?

The good thing about Twitter's demise and the lack of replacement: #AoIR2025 #FoMo is not so much of a thing; in fact, I had even forgot that I am missing something this week. 🤔

Opening slide for "The devil is in the details: specificaitons of governing principles in private & public goernance of AI"

@rscarlets.bsky.social will present the paper on policy specifications in AI governance on behalf of a team with @reynoldscj.bsky.social Vasilisa Kuznetsova @ckatzenbach.bsky.social + me in an excellent panel on platform governance from @ica-clp.bsky.social

Our incredible #AoIR2025Symposium is almost over…

We are grateful for the opportunity to host so many brilliant scholars who share our passion for researching platform governance, content moderation, and generative AI.

Already looking forward to what comes next. Let’s keep the momentum going!

Full house at the #AoIR2025Symposium 🥹 so wonderful to see it all coming together and that so many tech governance scholars made it to Bremen!

First panel at #AoIR2025Symposium, w/ Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, presenting new work w/ @deeliu97.bsky.social, Emilie de Keulenaar on the politics of "big tech". Prelim results for EU policy/political discourse: How is the term BIG TECH used, and by whom? (Focus on EU and US in the policy domain)

🥳 We're kicking off the #AoIR2025Symposium tonight in Bremen!

Thank you to everyone joining us for the next two days to critically explore the evolving landscape of platform and AI governance.

We look forward to lively discussions!

👉 platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

On my way to the #AoIR2025Symposium while listening to Empire of AI by Karen Hao.

So great to see everything fallen into place now, and know colleagues from around the world are coming to Bremen today. 🙌 @pgmt.bsky.social is proud to have you! platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

So excited so many amazing people will join us and present their work. Trust me, by now I know this program inside & out. 🙃

Superblocksrunde mit Dr. Janna Ringena , Expertin für Straßenverkehrsrecht. "Neue StVO und Superblocks. ein Dream Team? Am 12. Juni um 19 Uhr, online

Die Straßenverkehrsordnung wurde überarbeitet – was bedeutet das für Superblocks?
Darüber sprechen wir bei unserem nächsten Superblock-Treffen mit Expert *innen für Straßenverkehrsrecht Dr. Janna Ringena & Dr. Hubertus Baumeister.
Wann: 12. Juni, um 19 Uhr
Wo: online, Anmeldung: buff.ly/1P0IYAa

Posters are here, stickers are in print, things are getting real :O
One week to go until #AoIRSymposium2025 in Bremen

@ckatzenbach.bsky.social @pgmt.bsky.social
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Great to have @nicsuzor.bsky.social in Bremen at @pgmt.bsky.social for #AoIR2025Bremen in two weeks!

@nicsuzor.bsky.social

🔎Next in line of our plenary speakers at #AoIR2025Symposium is @elinorcarmi.bsky.social! She will participate in our Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?"

Welcome Elinor Carmi!

👉Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

🔎We are excited to announce that @arnikazinke.bsky.social will also be a part of our #AoIR2025Symposium Concluding Plenary Panel, "Where Do We Go From Here?,”on Wednesday.

Welcome Arnika Zinke!

👉Full conference program and registration (few seats remaining): platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

📢 @ckatzenbach.bsky.social will give a lecture on “Responsibility and irresponsibility of digital platforms” at “Wissen um 11”, the science matinee in Bremen.
📅 June 14, 2025 🕚 11 a.m. 📍Haus der Wissenschaft

👉 More Info: www.hausderwissenschaft.de/Verantwortun...

Hosts: @pgmt.bsky.social, @unibremen.bsky.social, @zemki.bsky.social, @aoir.bsky.social.

Plenary speakers include: @elinorcarmi.bsky.social, Tarleton Gillespie, Natali Helberger, @ameliehldt.bsky.social, @tpoell.bsky.social, @ubiquity75.xyz, @nicsuzor.bsky.social, @jillian.bsky.social, @arnikazinke.bsky.social.

I am getting excited! 3 weeks to go until our AoIR Symposium 2025 in Bremen will kick-off! The line-up of plenary speakers is wonderful, and the program so promising. If you are able to join in early June, don't miss to register for the few remaining seats. platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

Looking forward to have @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu and @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social today 3-4pm CEST speaking at our online talk series @pgmt.bsky.social!

Q: Do you know studies on content-level changes at Facebook and Instagram since the JAN 07 Zuckerberg announcement, eg. more hate speech or misinformation? Asking for a press briefing today @pjleerssen.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @gorwa.ca @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu

The (prelim) program of #AoIR2025Symposium is now live. 2 packed days "From Platform Governance to Generative AI", with Tarleton Gillespie, Natali Helberger, @tpoell.bsky.social, Sarah T. Roberts, @jillian.bsky.social and many more.
👉 More info/registration: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.

Exodus of critical voices.

75% of academics in the US are considering relocating according to @nature.com

yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/03...

Devastating number. 3 in 4 scientists consider leaving the US because of the Trump administration @nature.com

How to dismantle an entire sector!

Source www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Congratulations, this is wonderful news now! Good for Aarhus, good for you! And good for us since Bremen-Aarhus is quite a nice train ride! And yes, Aarhus is lovely! 🚄🌊

Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices by Sophia Cope, Amul Kalia, Seth Schoen, and Adam SchwartzDownload the report as a PDF.EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe U.S. government reported a five-fold increase in the number of electronic media searches at ...

If you do need to go or return to the US, the EFF has a digital privacy guide for this situation that may be useful. www.eff.org/wp/digital-p...

Border Search of Electronic Devices at Ports of Entry Securing America's Borders

PSA: When entering the US, Custom & Border Protection officers may "search a traveler’s mobile phone, computer, camera, or other electronic devices during the inspection process" in a way that "allows for the examination of the device and its contents"

Details in link ⬇️

www.cbp.gov/travel/cbp-s...