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'Public Values in the Algorithmic Society' (AlgoSoc) is an interdisciplinary research program dedicated to a societal perspective on automated decision making AlgoSoc.org

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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 18/09/2026
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens - AP) is organizing the 4th edition of AP meets Academia, an occasion for universities and officials to come together and tackle the latest issues in data privacy. 📅24/09 👉Interested academic? More info: algosoc.org/events/ap-me...
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 11/09/2026
Insightful conference by the Digital Pathways to Sustainability community at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social coming up: "Governing Sustainability in the Age of AI and Digital Innovation" 📅23 October | 13:00 - 17:00 📍 Utrecht University Science Park ➡️Programme & registration: tinyurl.com/2usvzzw7
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Conference: Governing Sustainability in the Age of AI and Digital Innovation – 23 October
Join us and explore the opportunities, dilemmas, and emerging governance models at the intersection of digital transformation, AI and sustainability transitions.
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 04/09/2026
🚨Vacancy alert! We're looking for an Assistant Professor in Law, Security and Artificial Intelligence to join @tilt-tilburgu.bsky.social, where you will be part of the AlgoSoc consortium. 📅Deadline: 13 September See details & apply here: career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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Assistant Professor in Law, Security and Artificial Intelligence (24364)
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 04/09/2026
The AI Hype, Hope and Humanity Festival, co-organized by partner organizations, is the first event of its kind, tackling the responsible use of AI in our society from diverse and accessible perspectives. 📍 Rotterdam 📅30 September - 2 October ⬇️There's still time to sign up below!
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 20/11/2025
Join the AlgoSoc seminar series 📣 Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections 🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET Registration ⬇️ algosoc.org/events/algos... with Prof. Daniel Angus, Dr. Eunji Kim, Dr. Simon Chauchard, Dr. Fabio Votta and Dr. Ernesto de León
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AlgoSoc Seminar Series: Algorithmic Effects on Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections | AlgoSoc
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Call for papers: IJPOR has a call for a special issue on AI, public opinion and democratic resilience. 1000 word initial abstract submission 🗓️: deadline February 15, 2026 @ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @algosoc.org @polcomm.bsky.social #commsky academic.oup.com/ijpor/pages/...
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Call for Papers: AI, Public Opinion, and Democratic Resilience
Special Issue of the International Journal of Public Opinion Research Guest Editors: Homero Gil de Zuñiga and Hugo Marcos-Marne Editor-In-Chief: Porismita Bora
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 20/11/2025
AI won’t “fix” healthcare. It shifts work and adds invisible data labour behind every algorithm. Tech doesn’t replace care; it reshapes it. We need to recognise the people who keep the system running. Read the full article here: algosoc.org/results/labo... #AI #Healthcare #DataWork #FutureOfWork
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Labour politics and why AI hasn't 'fixed' healthcare | AlgoSoc
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Ernesto de León 🟥 @ernesto-deleon.com · 11/04/2025
The Future of News Consumption panel at the @algosoc.org Conference featuring @claesdevreese.bsky.social @dvshah.bsky.social @taliastroud.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social. Some key takeaways 👇🧵
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Is the systemic risk approach to (generative) AI fit for purpose and implementation? Exciting panel with @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social Tarleton Gillespie and Maria Donde, led by @natalihelberger.bsky.social #AlgoSoc2025
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Ernesto de León 🟥 @ernesto-deleon.com · 10/04/2025
Fascinating reflections on "Europe's digital agenda in a polarised world" in @algosoc.org closing panel with @natalihelberger.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @dvshah.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social Peter-Paul Verbeek and Tamar Sharon
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Almost happening #AlgoSoc2025 Packed conference program on most timely topic: The Future of Public Values @algosoc.org
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Honor to open the @algosoc.org int'l conference on the Future of Public Values. Foregrounding public values in society, with the changing tech, politics, and power relationships is key. As the AI Act is open for negotiations again, let's remember that AI is a *societal* challenge #AlgoSoc2025
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rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Looking forward to AlgoSoc conference the next two days. Today, I'll be part of a panel discussions on "Europe’s digital agenda in a polarised world", tomorrow I'll talk about the future of news consumption. Interesting conversations ahead! Program here: conference.algosoc.org/programme-da...
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natalihelberger.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Kicked-off our #AlgoSoc2025 panel with Jose van Dijk, Julian Thomas, Avi Bernstein and @claesdevreese.bsky.social To understand public values in the algorithmic society we need to get out and understand what AI means for real people, including vulnerable groups, and work together across disciplines
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Centering society and it’s needs in AI is critical in current challenges. Keynote by @natalihelberger.bsky.social #AlgoSoc2025
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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
And we’re off! So much looking forward getting immersed in socio-technical debates about public values in an algorithmic society at #algosoc2025 With @natalihelberger.bsky.social setting the scene on timeliness and relevance conference.algosoc.org/home #responsibledigitalisation #publicvalues #AI
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
2️⃣ days until our @algosoc.org conference The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society starts. The program is 🔥 Read more here and follow #AlgoSoc2025 for updates. algosoc.org/uploads/Algo...
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The FULL program of our @algosoc.org conference The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society is online ⬇️ Great moment for a shout out to the young scholars in the organising committee @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu Yefim Shulman, Marilu Miotto, Tynke Schepers 👏 algosoc.org/uploads/Algo...
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 03/04/2025
The AlgoSoc Conference program is now LIVE! 🚨 Don’t miss out engaging with global experts on platform governance, privacy, AI, and more. Only 10 tickets left! Register here: conference.algosoc.org/registration Program: algosoc.org/events/algos... #AlgorithmicSociety #PublicValues #Conference
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Sneak preview of the program for our exciting @algosoc.org conference The Future of Public Values next week in Amsterdam. Featuring @marietjeschaake.bsky.social Tamar Sharon, @natalihelberger.bsky.social @ppverbeek.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social @dvshah.bsky.social and MANY MANY more 👏🏼
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 02/04/2025
Congratulations to Prof. Julia van Weert, AlgoSoc Sector Leader of Health, on receiving the NWO funding for the exciting new research initiative on AI in healthcare! 🎉 www.uva.nl/content/nieu...
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NWO-subsidie voor UvA ELSA Lab AI voor rechtvaardige zorg
De Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) heeft 2,3 miljoen toegekend aan een nieuw onderzoeksinitiatief over kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) in de gezondheidszorg. Het ELSA Lab,...
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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Dutch singers’ voices can be recognized in the #AI-generated music of popular AI apps, even though they did not give permission for this. Associate professor @jpquintais.bsky.social talks about his research with @foliacivitatis.bsky.social. bit.ly/427A9ew @ivir-uva.bsky.social @algosoc.org
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
As EU-US relations change Europe must stand firm for the DSA The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy. @dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️ www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...
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Will Europe Sacrifice the Digital Services Act in Negotiations with Trump? | TechPolicy.Press
Jakob Ohme, LK Seiling, and Claes H. de Vreese write that European leaders must protect the DSA to ensure a democratic future.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Save the date! 🚨 Really important and timely Spui25 event @uva.nl on the rising power of big tech with the excellent @theresajseipp.bsky.social and @pjleerssen.bsky.social 🗓️ March 25, 17.00 @ivir-uva.bsky.social @uvalawschool.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social @algosoc.org spui25.nl/programma/th...
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The Rising Power of Big Tech
In a moment of rapid change for global politics, Big Tech platforms and their owners are shaping up to be international power brokers. Trump’s White house cozies up to Silicon Valley oligarchs as Elon...
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 07/03/2025
With less US oversight under Trump, the impact of tech companies on AI, social media & science is growing. What does this mean for Europe’s news & media? 🎙️ BNR Digitaal with Claes de Vreese explores the effects. 🔊 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/32l2... #AI #BigTech #Media
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'Meer cyberaanvallen op Europa omdat VS teugels laat vieren'
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 07/03/2025
From platform governance to trust in AI, the #AlgoSoc2025 Conference brings global scholars together to tackle key challenges of AI in society. ⏳ Tickets nearly sold out! 📅 10–11 April 📍 Amsterdam Register now: conference.algosoc.org/registration More: algosoc.org #AI #Algorithms #PublicValues
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 07/03/2025
In her latest article “The Rise of Technology Courts”, prof. @natalihelberger.bsky.social explores the evolving role of courts in the digital world, where technological advancements and AI are transforming traditional adjudication processes. 📖 Read here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The rise of technology courts, or: How technology companies re-invent adjudication for a digital world
The article “The Rise of Technology Courts” explores the evolving role of courts in the digital world, where technological advancements and artificial…
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 05/03/2025
🚨 Don't miss out on the International AlgoSoc Conference in Amsterdam on April 10-11! With 50 paper presentations, 3 keynotes, 10 panels, and more, explore the future of public values in the algorithmic society. Tickets almost sold out – register now! 👉 conference.algosoc.org/registration
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 25/02/2025
Dutch universities rely on #BigTech for core processes, but at what cost? As the US shifts towards an anti-science climate, the risks of dependence on #Microsoft, #Google & #Amazon grow. It's time to build alternatives and reclaim digital sovereignty. algosoc.org/results/univ...
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Universiteit, maak je los van Big Tech | AlgoSoc
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 14/02/2025
🎉AlgoSoc scientific director @claesdevreese.bsky.social is joining the Board of @thetrustproject.bsky.social, a consortium of news organizations collaborating to use transparency to build a more trustworthy & trusted press. The project helps audiences navigate in a complicated information ecology.
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 13/02/2025
Wat gebeurt er als een van de politiek machtigste mannen ter wereld de controle krijgt over een van de meest invloedrijke technologieën op aarde, vraagt AlgoSoc scientific director @natalihelberger.bsky.social zich af in de brief, die op 13 februari verscheen in het NRC. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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De concentratie van macht over AI is ondemocratisch
Wat gebeurt er als een van de politiek machtigste mannen ter wereld de controle krijgt over een van de meest invloedrijke technologieën op aarde? Terwijl politici, academici en het maatschappelijk mid...
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 13/02/2025
Veel universiteiten zijn afhankelijk van grote Amerikaanse ict-bedrijven. AlgoSoc start in februari een proef met NextCloud op 5 NL-universiteiten om meer controle over data en #autonomie terug te krijgen. algosoc.org/results/hoe-... #opencloud #digitalisering #privacy #alternatievecloud
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(Hoe) blijven universiteiten baas over hun bestanden in de cloud? | AlgoSoc
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 12/02/2025
Amerikaanse #socialmediaplatforms schaften #moderatie en #factchecken af onder het mom van vrijheid van #meningsuiting. Maar meningen worden juist steeds meer gemanipuleerd. De invloed van #bigtech reikt naar Europa, waar we afhankelijk zijn van hun #cloudinfrastructuren. algosoc.org/results/grot...
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Grote techbedrijven manipuleren onze meningen | AlgoSoc
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 10/02/2025
Studying AI and its societal impact? Contribute to AI Governance at EGOV2025 in Austria (Sep 2-4, 2025). Topics include #AIGovernance, #DigitalGovernment, #e-Participation, and more. Submit your work! More info: dgsociety.org/egov-2025/
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 05/02/2025
In de nieuwste #podcast van de Stem van de Dokter deelt prof. José van Dijck haar visie over misinformatie, Meta's besluit om factchecking te verminderen en de rol van artsen op sociale media. Luister nu! 👉 #AlgoSoc #Misinformatie #Gezondheidszorg #DigitaleSamenleving #Podcast
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Stem van de Dokter - Misinformatie: ‘Sociale media zijn een meningenmachine’
Op sociale media gaan berichten rond dat zonnebrand kankerverwekkend is, dat vaccinaties onveilig zijn of dat natuurlijke anticonceptie juist veilig is. De verspreiding van misinformatie is een groeie
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 05/02/2025
In the Dutch childcare benefit scandal, innocent people were wrongly accused and unable to defend themselves. AlgoSoc researcher Iris van Domselaar responds. Would the scandal have happened without AI? Did the rule of law fail victims? And has the problem been solved? www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
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The childcare benefit scandal and the Post office scandal are nowhere near solved
Broken marriages, bankruptcy, jail-time and even suicide: the repercussions of the Dutch childcare benefit scandal and the British Post Office scandal have been massive. ‘We’re still a long way from a...
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 05/02/2025
Tilburg Law School is organising the TLS symposium: The regulation and practice of AI in (mental) healthcare: exploring the boundaries of responsibilities in the digitalised world on April 3, 2025 from 10:00 - 15:30 at MindLabs, Tilburg. algosoc.org/events/tls-s...
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TLS symposium: The regulation and practice of AI in (mental) healthcare: exploring the boundaries of responsibilities in the digitalised world | AlgoSoc
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Something positive: I am thrilled to have been awarded a 2025 @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Distinguished Fellowship. The Fellowship comes by invitation of the Board of Directors, and it will provide an opportunity to visit the institute and further develop exciting and create new collaborations.
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 30/01/2025
Data for Policy CIC, Leiden University and Cambridge University Press, are delighted to invite submissions of extended abstracts, full papers, and panel proposals for the Data for Policy 2025 (DfP’25).The conference will take place in The Hague on 12–13 June. dataforpolicy.org/data-for-pol...
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 30/01/2025
The 7th edition of PrivaCI Symposium will take place from 19-20 May 2025, with deadline of submission intention/abstract on 7 February. Hosted by imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Brussels Privacy Hub, with the support of School of Social Sciences Universiteit Hasselt, CPDP.ai and SOLID Lab
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CPDP Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference
CPDP is an annual three-day conference devoted to privacy and data protection. The 17th edition of CPDP will be held on 22-24 May 2024 in Brussels.
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João Pedro Quintais @jpquintais.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
📢 Vacancy: PhD Candidate Law - Generative AI in the Media werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... This position is part of the @algosoc.org project. It will be hosted at IViR, w/ the collaboration with the Uni Utrecht & TILT Deadline: 17-2-2025 Please share widely!
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Our @algosoc.org postdoc @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu wrote a @techpolicypress.bsky.social op-ed on Meta’s recent ‘transformation’. And it’s worth a read!! www.techpolicy.press/free-speech-...
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Free Speech Was Never the Goal of Tech Billionaires. Power Was. | TechPolicy.Press
Charis Papaevangelou says Meta’s recent changes lay bare the deep entanglement of tech corporations with reactionary political agendas.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Ik sprak met @nrc.nl over de 🇺🇸 plannen rondom AI: kansen en bedreigingen, en vooral een 🇪🇺 wake up call😴 [Spoke to Dutch newspaper about the US plans for AI and it being a wakeup call for 🇪🇺] @algosoc.org @aimediademlab.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Amerika zet vol in op superintelligentie
Kunstmatige intelligentie: Met investeringen tot 500 miljard dollar in rekenkracht en energie wil de VS als eerste artificial general intelligence bereiken. Wat als dat lukt? Wat kan Europa doen?
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João Pedro Quintais @jpquintais.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
📢 "Generative AI, copyright and the AI Act", the final version of my paper has just been published open access in Computer Law & Security Review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Cc: @ivir-uva.bsky.social @algosoc.org
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Generative AI, copyright and the AI Act
This paper provides a critical analysis of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act's implications for the European Union (EU) copyright acquis, aiming to…
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 27/01/2025
Meta’s decision to end its US factchecking partnerships marks a turning point in platform governance, free speech, and health of our information ecosystem. Check out AlgoSoc researcher Charis Papaevangelou's article: 'Free speech was never the goal of tech billionaires' algosoc.org/results/free...
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Free speech was never the goal of tech billionaires. Power was. | AlgoSoc
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 13/01/2025
🚨 Social media needs change. With #Musk and #Zuckerberg scaling back moderation, alternatives show it can be done differently: decentralised, meaningful and less data-driven. Read the article with AlgoSoc PI José van Dijck in NRC: algosoc.org/results/kan-...
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Kan het ook anders op sociale media? | AlgoSoc
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 08/01/2025
🚨65% sold out!🚨 Join us in Amsterdam for our International Conference The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society on April 10-11, to re-center the debate on public values in AI, algorithms, and their infrastructures from a technological to a societal challenge. conference.algosoc.org/home
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 08/01/2025
AlgoSoc is taking a big step by choosing #NextCloud, an open-source alternative to big tech clouds. Starting in February, a pilot with 5 universities will explore more control over data & privacy. More here: algosoc.org/results/algo... #OpenSource #Privacy #AI #DataControl #Innovation
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AlgoSoc kiest voor alternatieve cloud | AlgoSoc
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
⏰ FINAL CALL ⏰ Special issue CfP on disinformation and (generative) AI Editing special issue of Intl Journal of Communication with Aqsa Farooq as part of @edmo-eu.bsky.social 🗓️ Deadline: December 31, 2024 #disinformation #academicsky #commsky #polcom #csssky edmo.eu/edmo-news/ca...
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Call for Papers: (Generative) AI and Disinformation | IJOC Special Section – EDMO
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AlgoSoc @algosoc.org · 19/12/2024
On December 12, AlgoSoc, the University of Amsterdam Law Faculty, and SPUI25 hosted a discussion with Marietje Schaake on "The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley." Check out AlgoSoc PhD researcher Donovan van der Haak’s commentary on the event here: algosoc.org/results/the-...
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