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blake hallinan

@blakeplease.bsky.social

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senior lecturer in communication at hebrew university | researching platforms + cultural production + participatory governance | they/them

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Jul 21

How does the professionalization of Trust & Safety shape global content moderation practices? We compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from TSPA to identify policy priorities and exclusions, available #openaccess in New Media & Society: doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards - Blake Hallinan, CJ Reynolds, Rebecca Scharlach, Dana Theiler, Noa Niv, Omer Rothenstein, Isabell Knief, Yehonatan Kuperberg, 2025

Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · 2d

Week 41 is Zubat. Perfect for Spooky Season.

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · 9d

Week 40 is Wigglytuff

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · 15d

Decided this should be one thread so reposting 😅

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · 18d

Many many congratulations!!

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · 26d

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · 28d

Where are you in a “paralocal” relationship with? Looking at First Amendment auditors (aka people that film the police and post it to social media), @reynoldscj.bsky.social looks at how media practices can foster these relationships and transform civic engagement.

CJ Reynolds @reynoldscj.bsky.social · 28d

🚨New publication from my dissertation work! Examining the clash between First Amendment auditors and the police of Leon Valley, Texas, I theorize the development of paralocal relationships as a new form of civic engagement for the social media age. #openaccess

Screenshot of the title and abstract for the paper "Paralocal relationships: Re-placing civic engagement for the social media age" by CJ Reynolds in the journal New Media & Society.

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you 😊

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you 😊 looking for to bringing the future research to CLP

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’ll be hiring three PhDs and a postdoctoral researcher as part of the project so stayed tuned for more details.

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Sep 4

BIG NEWS (!!) I’ve received an ERC starting grant for my project PAY4PLAY: Entrepreneurial Organizing in the Platform Society. Please prepare to hear me talking about how platforms, creators, 💸, organizing, and power for the next five years. Read more here: www.blakehallinan.com/pay4play

PAY4PLAY — blake hallinan

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Sep 3

ugh the title is so good

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Aug 25

In my attempt to learn the “weeks” of the year and keep my drawing skills from getting too rusty, I’ve decided to match week numbers with Pokédex numbers and decorate my office white board. Please enjoy #35

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations! I am only just getting the hang of Denmark myself but if there’s anything I can be of help with on the international migration front, please feel free to reach out.

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Aug 21

Congratulations, Dan!

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rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · Aug 18

Two weeks left to submit to PlatGovNet 2025!

We've got a good number of submissions already, make sure to share your extended abstract (800-1000 words) by September if you'd like to join us for this free online conference on platform governance December 1-2.

rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · Jun 24

Working on platform governance?

Join for PlatGovNet 2025
Free online conference Dec 1-2
Extended abstracts (800-1000 words) due Sep 2

Amazing community, opportunity to share work, get feedback, meet others working in this area.

Glad to be part of organizing it
Details: platgov.net/conferences/...

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2025 Conference Call for Submissions

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Aug 18

Setting up a new cloud file storage system has me getting intimate with my neglected files. I’ve discovered I have over 100 iterations of my CV saved. Do I need these? Should I purge them? What do other people’s records look like 🤔

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Dima Epstein @thinkmacro.bsky.social · Aug 7

New special issue, "Comparative Approaches to Studying Privacy," edited by #CPRN is now published in Social Media + Society!

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w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Aug 8

Do you feel called to a new research trajectory now?

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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT) @pgmt.bsky.social · Jul 28

📘 New Publication: “Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards” - lead by @blakeplease.bsky.social, and in collaboration with our lab member @rscarlets.bsky.social.

👉 Read the full article #openaccess in New Media & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · Jul 21

💥new paper out in New Media & Society💥
In this collaborative paper, led by @blakeplease.bsky.social, we compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from the Trust and Safety Professional Association to identify policy priorities and exclusions. Check out Blake’s thread for the deets👇

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Jul 21

Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...

doi.org

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blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ooo looking forward to reading this. Congrats!

blake hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thanks ☺️ I look forward to seeing what you’re working on