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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I do very well remember how I freaked out about this question when I was submitting my PhD 🤣

Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also always amazing discussions - amongst others about how we actually define deepfakes (perceived truthful), how we account for different ppls. perceptions and different times - but also whether the problem is actually AI or intent... so many open questions with this rapidly evolving technology/use

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Really like the argument that not all deepfakes are equal before the law - different creations can lead to different risk estimates.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

She highlights that the DSA distinguishes between illegal content (Art.3) and harmful content (Art 34) - but that does not necessarily cover deepfakes, as illegal = national crime law, so the DSA looks at risk management rather than bans

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Very excited to listen to @ddc-sdu.bsky.social fellow @Dominika Kuznicka-Blaszkowska talking about regulating deep fakes under the digital service acts- systemic risks, platform power, and freedom of expression in the Brownback lunch @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A four-wave study in Sweden found that conspiracy thinking, use of right-wing alternative media, and social media reinforce each other over time. In contrast, mainstream news use was associated with lower levels of conspiracy thinking. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Breeding conspiracy thinking? Investigating the longitudinal relationship between media use and conspiracy mindset

Over the last decade, conspiracy theories and beliefs in them have become a more pressing social and political problem. Despite different media being the main channels through which conspiracy theo...

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Also fun fact of academic lifes and postdoc careers- I started working on this proposal @ IFK Münster, moved it with me 700 km south to @ifkw.bsky.social (where @dianarieger.bsky.social is the PI of onw subproject) and then 1300 km north to the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social were it found the perfect home

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am over the moon excited and honored to work with this fantastic group of people on shifting our understanding of conspiracy theories, why people share and consume them- beyond calling those who do merely "crazy", but with a curious mind aimed at contributing to understanding 🤓🥰

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Critically- checking whether sth is legal and could be done is not enough, you also have to check if you should do it (against ethics, values, reputation risks, second-order effects) before you actually carry out sth

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Critically - that requires different actors to cooperate while acknowledging that the target groups of resilience measures, the governance structures (and as we heard before today - political logics) differ

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

They conclude that it is central to identify both vulnerabilities and threats and then tailor (communication)activities to these insights to strengthen resilience

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A central point their part makes is the role of attribution - specifically as false accusations can erode trust in warnings, institutions, and subsequent responses. But signals are often ambiguous, unattributable or might be not directly detectable as adversary action.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Central point is that short-term actions affect resilience in the longterm- both trough attacks and the reinforcement of vulnerabilities, and through a whol-of society approach that reduces vulnerabilities, thus making exploitation more difficult

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In the 4th talk Mikael Weissmann & James Pammet from the Swedish defense university/ Lund university provide insights into concrete measures for governing the information space to contribute to cognitive security

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Based on his research, he recommends to understand fundamental rights as security architecture, and security as the protection of these rights. Make privacy and security a design principle. Introduce evaluating capabilities in the ministries. Foster media literacy and strengthen democratic control

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Asking the very important question of how to deal with securitization risks, namely that issues are constructed as existential dangers to justify extreme means, thereby often creating threats and dangers themselves

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In the 3rd talk Philip Schäfer from H-S University in Hamburg examined the balance between protection and preservation of civic rights and liberty

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ALEXANDRA Duca (copied a mistake, but read her full report anyways, very interesting)

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Central human rights that might be violated by cognitive warfare in this context are freedom of expression, mental integrity, privacy and Data protection, and (political/ societal) participation.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From the perspective of international humanitarian law, deception of the adversary is legal- but terrorizing civilians and encouraging violence against protected persons is not (very interesting to think about dangerous and hate speech from this perspective)

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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The @magdalenoxford.bsky.social junior research fellowships are now open, including for politics. Due 15 Oct. 3 years of 100% research time to those who submit their PhD between July 2025-Oct 2027. Comes with good ECR pay, relatively generous support funds. www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A very central question is also the "who did it" - and we all know how difficult that is online! Another possibility is to see whether a state knew about such operations on its territory (which leads us back to the question of what is the territory in times of digital influence operations for sale)

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

To evaluate this - the question of sovereignty is central: sovereignty is violated in case of physical damage, loss of functionality of critical infrastructure or an inherently governmental function is interfered with.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Very interesting: for the evaluation its also central whether the communication happened in times if peace or armed conflict- peace --> sovereignty, non-intervention, due diligence and 🚫 force, human rights, conflict--> international law

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In the 2nd talk, we get a legal perspective on cognitive warfare by Rebecca Duca. An umbrella term for disinformation, psych ops, cyber-enabled influence and AI enabled targeting - so its central to ask who did what and with which effects (sounds very communication sciency if u aks me;-))

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

the cognitive turn is, however found across systems: For the EU protection of deliberation is central, for NATO the generation of effects, for the USA the influence of perceptions and behaviors, for Russia internal influence and external destabilisation, for China securing cognition

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NATO emphasizes effects and aims at preserving strategic freedom. For the US, cognitive competition and strategic influence and decision-making advantage are central. Russia pronounces sovereignty and competition of ideological narratives. China puts cognitive and social stability at the center.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Postl argues that information space concepts also represent different political logics around sovereignty, power, and influence: The EU strives for resilience of the democratic public space.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From the security perspective technological, information and cognitive perspectives become elements of strategic planning and reflections of state interests and ideological differences (super interesting when u think about how to regulate digital tech and the global digital space)

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

He also distinguishes cyberspace (the infrastructure component) from the information space (the social, cognitive and technical aspects). very important also for discussions about cyber security vs digital and information literacy discussions!

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Based on a systematic review, he argues that EU wants to protect it, Nato sees it as a sphere of influence, USA one to shape, Russia as a space to secure and contest, China as an order to control and stabilize. The same global digital space is seen very differently.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In the first talk, Matthias Postl talks about the concept of "the information space" - comparing how the EU, Nato, the USA, Russia and China define the information space, and which ideas about influence, information and sovereignty shape their political and security approaches.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today, @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social and I are in beautiful Vienna to present our study about supporting digital democratic resilience at the Austrian Defense Ministry. You can read the report as well as all other contributions to the larger project here: verteidigungspolitik.at/publikatione...

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Publikationen / Grundlagen - Verteidigungspolitik - inside.bundesheer.at

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My first Danish interview (luckily without a video 😅) - I talked with TV2 Fyn about the policing of mothers on TikTok and Instagram- and how concern for kids can result in adults behaving ironically pretty toxic www.tv2fyn.dk/odense/gravi...

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Gravide Laura får hadefulde kommentarer for at spise sushi

26-årige Laura Nyby Terp fra Odense viser ofte sine 34.000 følgere på TikTok, hvad hun får at spise til aftensmad. Efter at have...

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Are you currently writing your thesis at SDU? Is it related to digital democracy? Then consider applying!

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🚨New Science Advances🚨 Untrustworthy sources on Facebook and Instagram in 2020: Concentrated exposure but no attitudinal effects www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... -Exposure very low but highly concentrated -Reducing exposure by ~70% for months had no measurable effects *even among frequent consumers*

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Depending on how long and thick the lether is, you can also go *very* traditional and use nails and a hammer to go through the leather and then manually sew using the prepared holes.

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Complexity Science Hub @csh.ac.at · 27/07/2026

Curious about #Complexity? Then the @csh.ac.at starter pack is for you. Follow our resident scientists, associate faculty, and people from our wider network to stay in the loop. 🧪 go.bsky.app/LvjrjC1 Kudos to @spintheory.bsky.social for contributing to the list!

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Eddie Lee @spintheory.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Hell yeah!

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thanks for presenting our work ❤️ super cool to see this in out in the world!

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We are very happy to have you on board!

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Amadeu Antonio Stiftung @amadeuantonio.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Eine AfD-Regierung wäre ein Sicherheitsrisiko. Expert*innen warnen: Ein AfD-Innenminister hätte Zugriff auf sensible Informationen des Verfassungsschutzes, wie verdeckte Ermittler*innen und geheime Quellen, könnte Ermittlungen gegen Rechtsextreme ausbremsen und so die nationale Sicherheit gefährden.

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Verfassungsschutz: Folgen einer möglichen AfD-Landesregierung

Angenommen, die AfD kommt in Sachsen-Anhalt an die Macht: Welche Auswirkungen hätte das auf den Verfassungsschutz und für andere Länder? Schließlich ist der Informationsaustausch intensiv. Von Claudia...

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Creating a study program is an exciting, partially frightening and absolutely intense exercise- super happy to see that all the hard work paid out, and very much looking forwards to implemente this over the next year!

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I think you will need to reach out to Anja directly - but I also found it a very interesting work!

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Finally @Xiao Wei examines why redesigned terms of service alone are not enough, by centering on the user perspective and offering insights from 48 interviews

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

In the 3rd talk, @steliyanadoseva.bsky.social and Danilo Harles examine which factors are associated with reporting offensive content and uncivil attacks, specially illegal content. They use the protection motivation theory, as framework

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Afterwards Anne presents her study, in which we used a scoping review to examine what we know about the spreading of hate speech against sexual and gender minorities across platforms.

The speaker, a young women stands behind a big speaker table on a large stage.

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Lena Frischlich @lenafrescamente.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The panel starts with Zhang Hao Goh from NTU examines how online harms affect uses and gratifications obtained by using online media through a cross sectional survey.

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