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Leticia Bode
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Professor at Georgetown, research director at KGI. Studying information, politics, health, etc. Also cats, Badgers, Astros, food, gardening.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 8d
We recently concluded a special article series, “Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data,” in collaboration with the Knight-Georgetown Institute, in which experts explored why access to public platform data is critical. Here’s a snapshot: (1/9)

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 14d
Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.
Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't | TechPolicy.Press
Brandon Silverman explains how researchers face barriers to social media data under the DSA, while corporations can buy full access.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16d
Think platform data from social media only matters for election or disinformation research? Think again. George Pearson, a researcher at the Truth Initiative, shows it’s vital for public health—revealing how tobacco companies can target youth, dodge regulations, and influence policy.
Why Platform Data is Essential to Public Health Efforts in Tobacco Control | TechPolicy.Press
Social media platforms are a key avenue for tobacco control research, but as George Pearson argues data access barriers hinder efforts to monitor impacts.
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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 18d
📣Announcing our new series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social "Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data". Should we be able to understand the risks kids face online? How businesses target consumers? How politicians communicate? These qs depend on access to public platform data. 👇

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18d
Another in our series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. This week’s elections show how central social media has become to campaigns with politicians on nearly every platform. But as Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explain, access to this data is shrinking.
There is More Online Election Discourse than Ever, But Researchers See Less | TechPolicy.Press
Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explore why public social media data is vital for transparent elections and accountability in the digital campaign era.
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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 19d
📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 19d
Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect & who gets heard. In partnership with KGI, we are launching a new series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. The series starts today, with an essay from Leticia Bode & Peter Chapman.
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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Oct 20
Come work with us! We are a fun and scrappy team. :)
knightgtown.bsky.social Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Oct 20
🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.

Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Oct 20
🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.

Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Oct 14
It must be weird to be a kid in DC ("free lemonade until the government shutdown is over!") . 😂

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Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · Oct 7
How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?

Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Sep 26
Come hang out with us and talk about data access! #tsrconf
knightgtown.bsky.social Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Sep 26
Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Sep 26
Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf

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The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social · Aug 19
From funding gaps to legal threats, the report shows what blocks public interest research - but also affirms our shared belief: that independent technology research is key to a just, transparent, and equitable digital future.

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The State of Independent Technology Research 2025
A report on the struggle to keep public-interest technology research alive—and the growing Coalition working to protect it.
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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 13
Chapter 8 of our book is all about science communicators, happy to share if you think it would be helpful!

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 13
Totally agree. We have some forthcoming work that looks at bot corrections but it's really just scratching the surface.

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 12
Great question! The answer is no not really. We talk some about LLMs in the conclusion but most of the research predates their proliferation.

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 12
And if Chapter One convinces you, use discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off the paperback here global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 12
Want to get a sense of my book with @ekvraga.bsky.social but not ready to commit? @oxfordacademic.bsky.social has released Chapter One free and downloadable for the next month. academic.oup.com/book/60489/c...
Introduction
Abstract. This chapter introduces the core concept of the book, observed correction, which occurs when direct public corrections of misinformation are witn
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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 5
50 free eprints at this link - www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQQB5...
How was the Texas SB8 abortion bill reported in the news? A content analysis of headlines across news organizations
In 2021, the Texas state legislature passed a bill (SB8) prohibiting abortion after six weeks and facilitating lawsuits against providers and aiders of abortions. In order to understand the nature ...
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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 5
There's nothing better than seeing a student project all the way through to publication! 🤩

Check out How was the Texas SB8 abortion bill reported in the news? A content analysis of headlines across news organizations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How was the Texas SB8 abortion bill reported in the news? A content analysis of headlines across news organizations
In 2021, the Texas state legislature passed a bill (SB8) prohibiting abortion after six weeks and facilitating lawsuits against providers and aiders of abortions. In order to understand the nature ...
www.tandfonline.com

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 4
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Writing Through My Policy Depression
It's been a bad week on top of a bad month on top of a bad year. What to do?
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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 4
Feel this in my bones (via @dandrezner.bsky.social ). "it’s been a shitty week on top of a shitty month on top of a shitty year."

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 31
h/t @cmfrumin.bsky.social 's newsletter.

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 31
Any DC friends thinking about adopting a pet? Fees are waived this Saturday!

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 29
Tennis player Emma Raducanu on DC heat: "Different level...I think the humidity here as well, it just makes it feel completely like you have just opened an oven and it just stayed open and your head is in there.”

Yep.

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Leylah Fernandez’s marathon of an upset sends her to the DC Open final
The young Canadian sweated out a rally past Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina to advance in three sets. She’ll face Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya in Sunday’s final.
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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 28
Anyone have a great system for incorporating more work-related books into your life? (I do fine making time for fiction...)

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 28
I really want to make progress on my towering stacks of books to be read this fall (partly just because at some point they will fall over and crush me and while that would be a totally appropriate way for me to die, I'd still prefer to avoid it).

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 28
Stupid questions for folks in information integrity spaces. Where did the 3 D's concept (downrank, deplatform, demonetize) originate? @mantzarlis.com @craigsilverman.bsky.social @bgoldberg.bsky.social @alexleavitt.bsky.social @commscholar.bsky.social @brendannyhan.bsky.social @jianingli.bsky.social

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Aug 14
Today, August 14, Meta has officially eliminated CrowdTangle, a tool used to parse data in media platforms such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram.

Read more: shorturl.at/TWhbn

Register for the CrowdTangle Funeral co-hosted by KGI on 9/30: shorturl.at/mQS9G
The Death of CrowdTangle - Knight–Georgetown Institute
Meta is killing a tool you’ve never heard of – why should you care? August 14, 2024By Leticia Bode Today, Meta quietly pulled the plug on CrowdTangle, a tool they had acquired back in 2016. Crowdtangl...
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