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Kirsty Park

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Working on vetted researcher data access for under the DSA. Views are my own.

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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The Delegated Act on data access for vetted researchers has been adopted — a major step forward for independent research on systemic risks in the digital environment!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Interested in improving researcher's access to social media data? Kate Dommett and myself are hiring for a Research Fellow (1 year; based at Sheffield) for an exciting new project to be announced soon: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
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Research Fellow (UKRI Social Media Data Access for Researchers)
Research Fellow (UKRI Social Media Data Access for Researchers)
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I asked ChatGPT to find out if a quote I heard from someone was a pop culture reference. It told me it was from True Detective. A quick search confirmed that to be false. Then it told me it 'misspoke'. When I asked for an explanation of why it gave me a fake answer first it said this:
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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group. aoir.org/riskyresearc...
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Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety

AoIR Risky Research Working Group

Contributors: Alice Marwick, Dafna Kaufman, Jacob Smith, Patricia Aufderheide, Jessica
Beyer, Emma L. Briant, Coppélie Cocq, Laura Dilley, Sam DiBella, Radhika Gajjala, Kamile
Grusauskaite, Alex D. Ketchum, Zelly Martin, Janice Metzger, Erin McInerney, Rachel Moran,
John McNutt, Suay Melisa Oezkula, Victoria O’Meara, Riccardo Nanni, Carolina Parreiras,
Katy Pearce, Ryan Payne, Meredith Pruden, Christian Sandvig, Caighlan Smith, Sam Srauy,
Zeerak Talat, Leonie Tanczer, Robert Tynes, Antonia Vaughan, Shenja van der Graaf, Courtney
Vowles, Michele White.
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The European Commission is recruiting for 60 roles in their DSA enforcement team. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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Job opportunities within the Digital Services Act Enforcement Team as Contract Agent IV (FG IV) and Contract Agent III (FG III) - 2025
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European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 08/04/2025
In times of crisis, citizens look to the EU for decisive actions and solutions. According to a recent Eurobarometer survey, EU citizens wants the EU to focus on defence and security (36%) as well as competitiveness, economy and industry (32%). 🔗 Read more: europa.eu/!Hdtf79
An infographic on the topic of "What should the EU focus on to reinforce its position in the world?"
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It's really disappointing to see how the DSA=censorship narrative appears in reporting on the DSA with no factual information provided about what it is and how it functions. There seems to be a growing fundamental misunderstanding about it but I'm not hearing much of a countering explanation.
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The Irish DSC’s survey on vetted researcher data access under Article 40 of the DSA is open for one more week! Help shape how the procedures are designed and resourced to meet researcher needs. Key findings will be shared publicly. Please share with your networks. www.cnam.ie/industry-and...
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Vetted Researcher Data Access - Coimisiún na Meán
Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) makes provision for researchers to access data from Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) or Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) for the purposes of st...
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
As European leaders face pressure from the second Trump administration that is hostile to tech regulation, Jakob Ohme, LK Seiling, and Claes H. de Vreese write that Europe must protect the Digital Services Act (DSA) to ensure a democratic future, both online and offline:
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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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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/03/2025
NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
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Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This is precisely the problem @kesearles.bsky.social and I have been studying for the last few years. It’s why we created researchersupport.org. When experts are afraid to speak publicly, we all lose.
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Researcher Support Consortium
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This story makes a really powerful (and tragically depressing) point: that there is no evidence strong enough to counter a world view anchored in conspiracy theory and reinforced by a multitide of motivated "influencers" — even the death of one's own child.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Roses are red Violets are blue
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We know it… but seeing it is still mind blowing. Read this piece and search which of your works were used to train AI models. Without remuneration. Dozens of chapters, articles, books www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We have less awareness about what happens on social media platforms in 2025 than we did five years ago, writes markscott.bsky.social.
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The Next Step in Social Media Data Access: How to Turn Rules into Reality | TechPolicy.Press
We have less awareness about what happens on social media platforms in 2025 than we did five years ago, writes Mark Scott.
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
With usual sharpness and clarity @markscott.bsky.social writes here about the state of play in data access to social media platforms. Several points are urgent. Example: expansion of existing research networks so that data access best practices can be shared. www.techpolicy.press/the-next-ste...
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The Next Step in Social Media Data Access: How to Turn Rules into Reality | TechPolicy.Press
We have less awareness about what happens on social media platforms in 2025 than we did five years ago, writes Mark Scott.
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Institute for Strategic Dialogue @isdglobal.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Excited to share "Initial Analysis on the First Round of Risk Assessments under the EU Digital Services Act", in collaboration w/ the DSA Civil Society Coordination Group (of which ISD is a proud member)! Read about key trends, practices, gaps & reccs for better future risk assessment reports below.
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Civil Society Responds to DSA Risk Assessment Reports: An Initial Feedback Brief
The DSA Civil Society Coordination Group, in collaboration with the Recommender Systems Taskforce and People vs Big Tech, has released an initial analysis of the first Risk Assessment Reports submitte...
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 13/03/2025
Academic research centers that study the spread of conspiracy theories and misinformation are still under attack, paulthedogman.bsky.social warns. He explains why and how their rights should be defended. www.justsecurity.org/109030/acade...
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Academic Misinformation Researchers Are Still Under Attack
Researchers analyzing misinformation deserve to be defended — and the campaign to end their work threatens the right to free speech.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Fascinating anecdote about disinformation in the age of TikTok, and a reminder that a common tactic (to mislead) is to overlay subtitles onto short form video that don’t actually match the underlying audio. It can be even more effective when the original audio is ambiguous or in another language.
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Are you interested in accessing platform data as a vetted researcher under Article 40 of the DSA? Please take 5 minutes to complete this survey from the Irish DSC and share it with colleagues. www.cnam.ie/industry-and...
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Vetted Researcher Data Access - Coimisiún na Meán
Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) makes provision for researchers to access data from Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) or Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) for the purposes of st...
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
A reminder that scholars who are facing harassment can find resources at researchersupport.org and should feel free to reach out via the email address listed on the “About Us” page.
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Researcher Support Consortium
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Looks like we have a new VLOP under the DSA www.theverge.com/news/614445/...
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WhatsApp is now a Very Large platform in the EU, and will face tougher regulation
Facebook and Instagram already have the same designation.
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Some facts about Meta's factchecking programme from a factchecking org who participate in it. Very interesting perspective from @susandaly.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/readme/the-j...
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The truth about Meta’s broadside against fact-checkers
Journal Media Managing Editor Susan Daly says that platforms, not fact-checkers, are the ones with the power to control what you see.
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Do you have a word you always spell wrong? Mine is commitments. I get spell checked always, despite leading on a report that used the word 88 times.
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
On Meta ending its fact-checking programme: Meta signed up to fact-checking commitments under the EU's Code of Practice on Disinformation, which is set to become a code of conduct under the DSA. Will it withdraw from these commitments? Or the CoP? Or will it operate differently in EU vs US?
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michael veale @michae.lv · 13/12/2024
Ridiculous this article does not recommend applying a SIM PIN as a crucial phone protection — phone theieves swap SIMs to a new phone and use them to access poorly 2FA-by-text protected accounts. Turn off notification content if your phone is locked, and set a SIM PIN. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Train phone snatcher stole £21,000 from my bank apps'
Niall fell victim to theft while on a train and police data shows a rise in reports of these crimes.
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
"Shame needs to switch sides. I had no idea how much I needed that permission."
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
109 submissions to the public consultation on the draft del act on data access. Feels like Christmas to my nerdy self! Can't wait to go through them all in depth 🤓 So impressed with the level of detail and thought put into many submissions. These are valuable to everyone working on this topic.
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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GOD SUEDE YOU! BLACK EMPEROR @suede.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I've been too doomer-y lately, need to balance it out a bit. Did you know Brian Jacques was 47 when he wrote his first novel? 47. And he wrote 22 more beloved and acclaimed children's novels before he passed. There are admittedly some dreams you can age out of but creativity isn't one. Go for it
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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 09/12/2024
I'm not saying that AI-written books are becoming a problem on Amazon, but here is the first page of a new book on the 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege.
The forweord to a history book that begins "I understand you're looking for a 3000-word foreword for your book that ...", obviously written by ChatGPT The cover of a book called THE SEIGE THAT SHOCKED BRITAIN - London's Iranian Embassy, 1980, by Diane Fairweather. The image is black and white and shows a figures in combat gear looking out of a window.
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Emma Barrett @crimepsychblog.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Ofcom looking for NEDs to join new Advisory Committee on Disinformation & Misinformation. 7-10 days (paid) per year. Closes 13 Jan Good opportunity for researchers with expertise in "disinformation, misinformation, foreign interference or related areas" ofcom.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Ofcom_...
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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 30/11/2024
Ok folks, let’s get organised & use BSky’s best feature for #Election24 Some lovely soul has created a *CUSTOM FEED* for the election count - a tab on your homepage that will have all the #GE24 content - you need to *click here & then “pin feed”* bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
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klaudia jaźwińska @klaudia.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I have a new piece out with @aisvarya17.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social in which we test how OpenAI's new search feature surfaces and attributes news content. Our findings were not promising for news publishers (1/9) www.cjr.org/tow_center/h...
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How ChatGPT (Mis)represents Publisher Content
ChatGPT search — which is positioned as a competitor to search engines like Google and Bing — launched with a press release from OpenAI touting claims that the company had “collaborated extensively wi...
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Does anyone else get frustrated with the LinkedIn feed? I find a lot of useful info there and would prefer to use the most relevant posts feed but it insists on showing me weeks old content that I've seen multiple times already.
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Mark Scott @markscott.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Hooray! It's DSA risk assessment & audit week — said no one ever. Still, we're starting to get the first reports from some of the biggest tech companies in the world about how they are complying w/ the EU's #DigitalServicesAct. Companies must publish these reports by Nov 29. Let's get started:
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
This is such a fascinating analysis! Also when does he sleep 👀
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Paddy Leerssen @pjleerssen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Deadline has been EXTENDED for the European Commission's public consultation on data access. Old deadline was 26 November, now it's 10 December. Read more here: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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a man wearing glasses is sitting on a couch with a spotify logo in the background
ALT: a man wearing glasses is sitting on a couch with a spotify logo in the background
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
So this year's Digital News Report Ireland had Bluesky at 2% and X at 21% on social media use for any reason. Next year's survey will be in the field Jan/Feb with results in June. One to keep an eye out for! Source: www.cnam.ie/wp-content/u...
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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 20/11/2024
📑 📌 The Social Media Election Policy Tracker is a useful tool for keeping track of the ebb and flow of platform election policy since 2016
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Tracking Social Media Platforms’ Fluctuating Approaches to US Elections | TechPolicy.Press
Elise Silva and Beth Schwanke describe a tool they created to chronicle the timeline of evolving platform policies on elections.
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Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I've started building an eclectic starter pack of accounts that make the internet a happy, fun, inspiring place - but I need your help! Please reply with your favourite curated accounts - from farming to found photos, obscure etymology, music & LGBTQ history - I'm not fussy. go.bsky.app/NkKNkeL
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I'm making a playlist of great songs from Irish bands and artists for some American friends and I'd love some recommendations of lesser known songs that you think are amazing. Discovering some great music along the way. My favourite find so far is this one - open.spotify.com/track/3qWT8P...
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I Have a Love
For Those I Love · For Those I Love · Song · 2021
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Are you interested in becoming a vetted researcher and getting access to data from VLOP/VLOSEs under Article 40 of the DSA? The European Commission is running a webinar on the draft Delegated Act 🏫 Nov 26th is the deadline for the public consultation 📑 ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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DSA Art 40 Delegated Act – Info webinar for researchers
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 29/10/2024
The research community is key in safeguarding digital spaces. We are seeking views on the rules for researchers to access platform data under the Digital Services Act. For the first time, they'll study systemic risks and assess platforms’ risk mitigation measures in the EU. ℹ️ europa.eu/!8q9Y9T
A visual with eight yellow stars on a purple background and six icons representing notifications, security, search, and ads placed around the stars. At the centre is a magnifying glass with a chart inside. The text at the bottom reads 'DIGITAL SERVICES ACT' and ' Public consultation on the rules for researchers 
to access online platform data.' The European Commission logo is in the lower right corner.
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Kirsty Park @kirstypark.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Seems like a good time to make the jump from the bird site. Thanks @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the helpful starter pack!
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