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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 6d

"Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)" techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/i...

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · 14d

das Policy Paper:
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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 16d

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....

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.

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · 14d

Für alle, die keine Zeit für ~36 Seiten und über 100 Fußnoten im Policy Paper haben, habe ich im Interview mit dem @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social kurz erklärt worum es im #DSA geht, welche Rolle Forschungsdatenzugang (#DSA40) spielt und was schulterzuckende US-Plattformen damit zu tun haben ⬇️

Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 14d

Mit dem Digital Services Act versucht die EU ihre Bürger*innen vor den Risiken digitaler Plattformen zu schützen. Wir sprachen mit LK Seiling, Co-Autor unseres neusten Policy Papers, wie das inmitten geopolitischer Spannungen mit den USA funktionieren kann. #DSA40
Zum Interview 👉 buff.ly/5zISV6z

Was, wenn die Plattformen einfach mit den Schultern zucken?

Mit dem Digital Services Act versucht die EU ihre Bürger*innen vor den Risiken digitaler Plattformen, großteils US-amerikanischer, zu schützen. Wir sprachen mit LK Seiling, Co-Autor eines neuen…

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 28d

👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25

➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · Aug 27

Haven't read this paper yet, but something has been on my mind: because diffusion and LLMs were more "discovered" than "invented," the explanations given for how they work, even by folks in the industry building them, are assumptions. Those stories drive AI narratives, and they're usually wrong.

Yoav Goldberg @yoavgo.bsky.social · Aug 27

When reading AI reasoning text (aka CoT), we (humans) form a narrative about the underlying computation process, which we take as a transparent explanation of model behavior. But what if our narratives are wrong? We measure that and find it usually is.

Now on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2508.16599

Humans Perceive Wrong Narratives from AI Reasoning Texts

A new generation of AI models generates step-by-step reasoning text before producing an answer. This text appears to offer a human-readable window into their computation process, and is increasingly r...

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The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social · Aug 19

Today, we’re proud to share the Coalition’s new report: The State of Independent Technology Research: Power in Numbers

It's an offering to our community and all researchers doing public interest work–a reflection of collective strength, solidarity and persistence in the face of adversity. (1/2)

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DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social · Aug 6

We already have over 100 sign-ups but a few spots are still available for Day 1 of the Data Access Days on research access to platform data under the Digital Services Act (DSA) — happening on 25 September 2025.

Join us in Berlin! 👉 dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...
#DSA40 #DigitalServicesAct

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Aug 1

This newsletter does not focus on the ongoing sabre-rattling from across the Atlantic. Instead, we recap all the work we've been doing since the last issue and examples and opportunities for constructive collective engagement around the DSA.
Read here: dsa40collaboratory.eu/newsletters/...

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DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social · Jul 30

Register to the #DSA40 Data Access days today before we reach maximum capacity!
Join us in Berlin, September 25 & 26 - to connect and collaborate around DSA-based data access!
More info here: dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...

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Thorsten Mense @mense.bsky.social · Jul 26

Was passiert eigentlich, wenn wir uns alle einig werden, dass das, was gerade weltweit grassiert und demokratische Errungenschaften sowie große Teile der Menschheit bedroht, Faschismus ist? Geht dann der antifaschistische Kampf los? Oder ist er dann schon gewonnen?

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · Jul 25

War crimes as a form of marketing

euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · Jul 25

Israeli arms firm Rafael could lose EU grant money after posting a PR clip on X in which its drone, the Spike Firefly, killed a man in Gaza.

Israeli arms firm could lose EU funds over Gaza drone-kill video

Israeli arms firm Rafael could lose EU grant money after posting a PR clip on X in which its drone, the Spike Firefly, killed a man in Gaza.

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Jul 25

for more insights see:
www.techpolicy.press/unpacking-tr...
and
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble

Hey! Before we go any further — if you want to support my work, please sign up for the premium version of Where’s Your Ed At, it’s a $7-a-month (or $70-a-year) paid product where every week you get a ...

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Jul 25

The U.S. administration is going all in on its AI death cult. It's side-lining the environment and it's own citizens to scale the build out of an over-leveraged technology, while aggressively pushing their technology onto other countries trying to distribute collapse-risk.

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Trump administration's action plan on artificial intelligence calls for slashing regulations across government and easing adoption of the technology broadly, deepening its split with the Biden administration’s focus on AI safety, Cristiano Lima-Strong reports.

Unpacking Trump’s AI Action Plan: Gutting Rules and Speeding Roll-Out | TechPolicy.Press

Trump's action plan on artificial intelligence calls for slashing regulations and easing rollout of the technology, Cristiano Lima-Strong reports.

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Jul 23

Or as I put it in a talk last year:
This is not tech adoption, it is penetration - decidedly masculine, neither consensual nor reflected and it leaves us and our planet injured, if not violated.

f we don't resist, we're - most literally - fucked.

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Jul 23

Big tech promotes the story that since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, AI has been so popular it's rushed to meet the demand. The reality is different. A study by design scholars shows tech co's have had to push AI on its users with a variety of intrusive tactics.

How big tech is force-feeding us AI:

How big tech is force-feeding us AI

Plus, OpenAI's absurd listening tour, top AI scientists say AI is evolving beyond our control, Facebook is putting data centers in tents, and the AI bubble question — answered?

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Jul 21

Newsletter: This is the Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble: genAI is nothing like Uber or Amazon Web Services, there are no profitable genAI companies, agents do not and cannot exist, there is no AI SaaS story, and everything rides - and dies - on selling GPUs.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble

Hey! Before we go any further — if you want to support my work, please sign up for the premium version of Where’s Your Ed At, it’s a $7-a-month (or $70-a-year) paid product where every week you get a ...

www.wheresyoured.at

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · Jul 21

„Wer beim Forschungsdatenzugang jetzt liefern muss” –
@lkseiling.bsky.social, @dscheykopp.bsky.social,
@claesdevreese.bsky.social & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social heute im @tspbackground.bsky.social:

🔗 t1p.de/zf6pa ⬅️

#dsa @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social

Wer beim Forschungsdatenzugang jetzt liefern muss

Das letzte Puzzlestück für den Forschungszugang für nicht öffentlich verfügbare Plattformdaten ist da. Die Aufgaben für DSCs, Forschende und Plattformen sind nun klar verteilt. Die Wissenschaftler:inn...

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Jul 18

Meta just blew a hole in a EU plan to tame artificial intelligence models.

Today, the technology giant was the first Big Tech company to come out saying it will not sign the EU's code of practice for general-purpose AI.

Meta rebuffs EU over AI rules

The code of practice has faced months of fierce lobbying from the tech industry.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jul 14

The discussions about big platforms are intense. The systemic risks are real.

Now the #DSA Delegated Act is finally here to ensure data access for researchers. Time to put this system to work.

W @lkseiling.bsky.social, we show how @techpolicypress.bsky.social

www.techpolicy.press/time-to-deli...

Time To Deliver: Stakeholder Roles In The EU’s Delegated Act On Data Access | TechPolicy.Press

The Delegated Act on data access under the DSA provides much-needed clarity about both the access process and expectations towards the actors involved in it.

www.techpolicy.press

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Jul 11

Alternative wäre natürlich, jetzt in Masse über das SBGG die Streichung des Geschlechtseintrags vorzunehmen. So ließen sich vulnerable Gruppen schützen und zugleich Binaritätsnormen unterwandern. Nur leider scheinbar undenkbar.

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queer.de @queerde.bsky.social · Jul 11

Das Bundesinnenministerium von Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) plant ein Sonderregister für alle Menschen, die das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz in Anspruch genommen haben. Das ist nicht nur geschichtslos, sondern brandgefährlich

Die Rückkehr der "Transvestiten-Karteien" muss verhindert werden

Das Bundesinnenministerium von Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) plant ein Sonderregister für alle Menschen, die das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz in Anspruch genommen haben. Das ist nicht nur geschichtslos, sondern...

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Jul 10

In this piece for Tech Policy Press, @dscheykopp.bsky.social , @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social and I argue that it's time for regulators, researchers, and platforms to fulfil their roles and standards set by the delegated act on data access.

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jul 10

LK Seiling, Jakob Ohme, Ulrike Klinger, and Claes H. de Vreese outline what’s needed from researchers, platforms, and regulators to make data access under the EU’s Digital Services Act work.

Time To Deliver: Stakeholder Roles In The EU’s Delegated Act On Data Access | TechPolicy.Press

The Delegated Act on data access under the DSA provides much-needed clarity about both the access process and expectations towards the actors involved in it.

www.techpolicy.press

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jul 9

Last week, the EU adopted rules on data access under the DSA. The Delegated Act clarifies key procedures, but questions remain around what data will be available, how it will be protected, and how requests will be prioritized, writes Jacob van de Kerkhof.

Unpacking the EU’s Digital Services Act Delegated Regulation on Data Access | TechPolicy.Press

Over two years after the DSA’s adoption, the delegated act on data access brings hope for researchers, though concerns persist, writes Jacob van de Kerkhof.

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Jul 9

I've complied a legible overview of the differences between the draft and the adopted delegated act on data access.
The rendered html is on our website, the source code and data on github.
Hope it's helpful 🙏🏻

Let me know if you find any errors so I can correct the underlying data table!

DSA40 Data Access Collaboratory @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wanna know what changed between the Draft of the Delegated Act on Research Data Access in the #DSA?
We've aligned the relevant passages and just published the comparison on our website: dsa40collaboratory.eu/dda-da-compa...

Data & code used are available on our github: github.com/access-colla...

A visual comparision between Recital 12 of the draft delegated act (DDA) and Recital 13 of the adopted version (DA), which cover the same content. Multiple highlights show text removed from the DDA in red, text added in the DA in green, and changes in references (e.g. article numbers and/or paragraph labels) in yellow.

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Democracy Reporting International @democracyreporting.bsky.social · Jul 3

Can X block data access for researchers? We went to court to find out👇🏽

Join DRI, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, and top experts on Thursday, July 10 at 15:00 CEST to unpack the first national court ruling on data access under Art. 40 (12) DSA.

Save your spot 👉🏽 bit.ly/3Gitk34

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LK Seiling @lkseiling.bsky.social · Jul 3

I also almost forgot to mention the DSA40 Data Access Days @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social and @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social are hosting in Berlin, Sept 25–26. Join us there to dive deeper and collaborate on data access!
More info & registration here: dsa40collaboratory.eu/data-access-...

Data Access Days – DSA 40 Collaboratory

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