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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is a really important report about the challenges faced by people doing #independent #tech #research: funding, personal security and data access feature high up on the list; by @thecoalition.bsky.social Great illustrations and it's full of examples 🎉 independenttechresearch.org/citr-report-...

female independent tech researchers sitting under a tree doing tech research with laptops (illustration)

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Digital Constitutionalism Network @digiconstnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 6

3/ Edoardo’s works include books like Digital Constitutionalism: The Role of Internet Bills of Rights (2022) & The Content Governance Dilemma (2023), co-authored by @nicolapalladino.bsky.social , @redeker.bsky.social and @kinfe.bsky.social.

Watch his breakdown of them here:
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Dr. Edoardo Celeste on digital constitutionalism and Internet bills of rights

YouTube video by Diggit Magazine

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Digital Constitutionalism Network @digiconstnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 20

📚 #DCNReads | (1/2)

How can #ContentModeration be both rights-respecting and effective in transnational digital spaces?

A new article by @nicolapalladino.bsky.social, @redeker.bsky.social & Celeste looks at the role of #CivilSociety in shaping platform governance.

Internet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social · Apr 17

[New paper] @nicolapalladino.bsky.social, @redeker.bsky.social and Edoardo Celeste I @dublincityuni.bsky.social highlight how civil society actors influence the implementation of clear governance frameworks for social media content.

Read full article here: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.1830

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Digital Constitutionalism Network @digiconstnetwork.bsky.social · May 30

At #GIGARTS2025, the panel "Decolonial and Indigenous Perspectives on Digital Sovereignty" brought together members of the #DCN to examine how #DigitalSovereignty is shaped by – and responds to – colonial histories, geopolitical asymmetries & epistemic struggles.

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Digital Constitutionalism Network @digiconstnetwork.bsky.social · May 26

Today #GIGARTS2025 kicked off with a panel on ‘Conceptualising #DigitalSovereignty chaired by @redeker.bsky.social.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Apr 16

Do you want all your Facebook and Instagram photos, posts and data to be used by Meta to train AI?

If not, then *now* is the time to object.

This article explains how.

datenschutz-hamburg.de/news/meta-st...

Meta starts AI training with personal data - those who want to object must act quickly (english version)

Meta AI will be trained from May with posts, photos and comments from Facebook and Instagram users

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Apr 17

Great! cyber.harvard.edu/story/2025-0...

ASML Fellow Launches CLR:SKY

I am grateful to have been part of the first cohort of fellows at the Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Over the past six months, my fellowship has f...

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Internet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social · Apr 17

[New paper] @nicolapalladino.bsky.social, @redeker.bsky.social and Edoardo Celeste I @dublincityuni.bsky.social highlight how civil society actors influence the implementation of clear governance frameworks for social media content.

Read full article here: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.1830

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Internet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social · Apr 3

[New special issue] #Contentmoderation on digital platforms: beyond states and firms! As content regulation becomes increasingly politicised, this issue edited by Anne Bellon & Romain Badouard explores the growing role of #civilsociety in #platformgovernance. ⅕

Read: doi.org/10.14763/2025.1.2005

Cover image for a special issue on content moderation on digital platforms, featuring a coastal landscape and the title: ‘Content moderation on digital platforms: beyond states and firms’

Quote from A. Bellon & R. Badouard in a special issue on content moderation: ‘Content moderation encompasses a great diversity of actors. Users, NGOs, activists, journalists, advertisers, experts, designers and researchers are becoming more and more involved in moderation-related activities, apart from, in partnership with, or against public authorities and firms.’ The image features a coastal landscape background

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Internet & Communication Policy Center @icpc-unisa.bsky.social · Mar 12

#swing2025: DAY 2 RECAP🌐
@jupohle.bsky.social, #Multistakeholder Governance
@yves-raymond.bsky.social, #DigitalDiplomacy
@redeker.bsky.social, Digital #Cooperation and the #UN GDC
Edoardo Celeste & Chiara Spinello, #DigitalConstitutionalism
Marianne Franklin, #IG and #HumanRights

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Feb 25

Excited to talk at #SWING in #Salerno today. Thank you @nicolapalladino.bsky.social and @msantaniello.bsky.social and everyone else involved! #digitalgovernance #UN #GlobalDigitalCompact

Nicola Palladino @nicolapalladino.bsky.social · Feb 24

So excited for the start of the #Salerno Winter School on #InternetGovernace!!!

Gathered a such exceptional group of students, scholars and pratictioners!!!

#Internet #networks #AI #Chips #DNS #BigTech #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalConstitutionalism #Multistakeholderism

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Feb 12

#Brussels welcoming #REMIT researchers with barbed wire, around ~50 #police horses being brought in and a #military helicopter hovering over Grand Place…

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Feb 4

Just published (with Sebastian Kuhnke and Giorgi Davidian): blog post showing major decline in #trust in #Georgia's public institutions 🏛️ (courts, parliament, government), the Georgian church and academics, already right before the controversial October #elections. #research
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Polls Show Major Shifts in Trust in Public Institutions Ahead of the October 2024 Elections

The Georgian parliamentary elections of 26 October 2024 brought about a political and constitutional crisis. The incumbent government led by the Georgian Dream party under billionaire Bidzina Ivanishv...

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Jan 31

This is great!

Library Innovation Lab @harvardlil.bsky.social · Jan 31

Last year we started a project to download and preserve public data. lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/01... Since saving public data is in the news today — but is always needed — let’s talk about what you can do to help.

Preserving Public U.S. Federal Data | Library Innovation Lab

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Jan 27

Have you submitted your #ISAVirtual2025 proposal yet? You can do so through https://buff.ly/4hbhyo6 until March 15th!

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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Jan 15

✨call for papers✨ @aoir.bsky.social symposium "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance" with @pgmt.bsky.social @zemki.bsky.social @ckatzenbach.bsky.social Daria Dergacheva @redeker.bsky.social: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...

AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 – Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT)

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jan 7

In a video posted on Facebook and text posted to Threads, today Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced sweeping changes to the company's approach to content moderation.

Transcript: Mark Zuckerberg Announces Major Changes to Meta's Content Moderation Policies and Operations | TechPolicy.Press

The Meta founder and CEO says "it's time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram."

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Jan 4

Great analysis by @pkrugman.bsky.social and what a sensible discussion in the comments.

Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Jan 4

No, America's postwar boom wasn't because we'd bombed our competitors into ruin paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trade-in-t...

Trade in the Ruins (Wonkish)

On misunderstanding the postwar boom

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Dec 31

Happy New Year 2025, BlueSky!

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ZeMKI @zemki.bsky.social · Dec 20

"Eine erste Analyse der Daten von mehr als 15.000 Befragten in 33 Ländern zeigt erstaunliche regionale Unterschiede beim durchschnittlichen Vertrauen in Staaten, Plattformen und andere bei der Regulierung von Online-Inhalten”, erklärt @redeker.bsky.social.

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Dec 20

This made my day! Do we need a right *not* to be forgotten? @zittrain.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Tracks

Why won’t the bot say my name?

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Dec 19

Ganz frisch: Die Future Skills Charta zeigt Wege auf, Bildung zukunftsfähig und digitale Kompetenzen zugänglich zu machen. zukunftsmission-bildung.de/future-skill... #future_skills #stifterverband_wissenschaft

Future-Skills-Charta

Mit der Allianz für Future Skills bringt der Stifterverband Hochschulen, Bildungseinrichtungen, Unternehmen, zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure und die Politik zusammen. Gemeinsam wollen wir ein übergreif...

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Dennis Redeker @redeker.bsky.social · Dec 18

Very happy to present the #IGF2024 session organized by the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition. Fantastic speakers and moderator. intgovforum.org/en/content/i... You can also follow along on the YouTube channel of the IGF: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn_O...

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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT) @pgmt.bsky.social · Dec 16

“Perspectives on Platform Governance”

On 2 and 3 December, our lab hosted a workshop between four YUFE partner universities, researchers and educators to jointly design an Erasmus+ BIP related to the governance of digital technologies.

Read more: zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/workshop-...

Workshop at ZeMKI to develop a YUFE BIP on platform and AI governance

On 2 and 3 December 2024, the “Perspectives on Platform Governance” workshop took place between researchers from four YUFE (Young Universities for the Futur

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ZeMKI @zemki.bsky.social · Dec 16

“Platform Governance Survey: A Global Study of Public Attitudes Towards Content Moderation” erforscht unter der Leitung von @redeker.bsky.social die Nutzermeinungen zur Moderation von Online-Inhalten und zu den Verantwortlichkeiten der Akteure.

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