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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📣 Our final team announcement is for our Research Assistant, Giulia Coden, and our Director, Andreu Casas! 🤝 Let's meet them!

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Friederike Quint @friederikeq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Off to new adventures! 🥳 I couldn't be more excited to join the @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social!

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📣 Our third team announcement is for our postdoctoral researchers, Friederike Quint and Michael Heseltine. 🤝 Let's meet them!

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📣 Our second team announcement is for our Media and Policy Officer, Hazel Stutz, and Research Data Scientist, Adrián Bermudez Villalva. 🤝 Let's meet them!

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📣 Our first team announcement is for our doctoral researchers, Georgia Dagher and Sophia Knight! 🤝 Let's meet them!

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🏡 The Observatory has a new home! 🔭 In early Sep 2026, we moved to @politicsoxford.bsky.social + @oii.ox.ac.uk 🛤️ With this in mind, we've changed our name to the Oxford Social Media Observatory (OSMO)

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

💡 Yesterday, the Social Platforms Data Access Taskforce, part of @ukri.org funded @sdruk.bsky.social released their final report for improving access to social media data to research online harms ☺️ We're really happy to have contributed our insights to this report!

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🗓️ What a year! 🌞 As we get into summer, we'd like to take the time to look at some of the highlights since our launch in December 2025! 🙌 A huge thank you to all of our collaborators, we're looking forward to what's next ☺️ 🧵[1/2]

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🗓️ This week, we will be presenting several papers with our collaborators at the #EPSSBelfast conference. 💬 Come along to see the presentations and discuss, we’re eager to hear people’s feedback! ⬇️ Here's what's coming up! 🧵[1/7]

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🔬📚 We are recruiting 2x full-time 2-year postdoctoral researchers! 🚨 Deadline: June 23rd 🚨 🔗 ⬇️ For more details, see the linked posts

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🥳 We are excited to announce Seyi Akiwowo as our inaugural Policy Fellow! 🔬 A digital governance leader & founder of Glitch, of which she led until 2025, Seyi will work with us on social media governance & democracy, as governments consider measures like social media bans for young people. 🧵[1/2]

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🌐 📲 With international collaborators, the Observatory’s director @andreucasas.bsky.social revisited recent “TikTok censorship” claims after the TikTok USDS takeover ➡️ Detailed information about the analysis available: goodauthority.org/news/was-the... 🧵[1/5]

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Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?

A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies – there’s no evidence of larger platform changes so far.

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

📣🚨 New Briefing Paper Alert ! 📃 We are excited to announce the launch of our briefing paper on TikTok, Politics and Elections, co-produced with @wfd.org ➡️ www.wfd.org/tiktok-polit... 🧵[1/4]

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TikTok, politics and power: Implications for democracy

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

💡It was great to engage with fellow researchers & present our work on content moderation 📃Our research uses state-of-the-art VLMs to examine the moderation of content from 11k+ YouTube channels & their 6mil+ videos on US politics during the 2024 Pres Election 🙌Thank you @oii.ox.ac.uk for hosting!

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🔭🚨 One more week to apply to the fully funded (3.5 years) PhD position at the Observatory! 💻 Deadline: 2nd November ℹ️ For more information, see the link below! ➡️ www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🔭 Want to hear more about the Observatory's trip to Berlin? 💻 Read our article detailing our time at @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social's Data Access Days, which furthered our commitment to seek better access to platform data for academic research! ➡️ london-social-media-observatory.org/dsa40_berlin/

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🎉 We're really excited to be collaborating with our excellent partners on this, as part of WP3 of the What-If Horizon project, hosted at the Observatory. 🎯 Understanding what interventions affect citizen misinformation effects is crucial to build evidence based policy in the area! More insights 🔜

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🔬📚 Come do your PhD with us at the Observatory! 🔗 For more details, see the quoted thread!

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

🇩🇪 Hello from Berlin! 📍This week, LSMO is at the #DSA40 Workshop, thanks @dsa40collaboratory.bsky.social for the invitation! 🤝 We’re here to connect with other academics to learn more about how to access platform data for research via DSA & to advocate for better data access more generally 🧵[1/3]

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

💪 Did you know about @royalholloway.bsky.social's history of supporting social justice, especially women's suffrage? We did! 🖌️ When it came to designing our logo, we chose colours that honoured these alumnae, while also maintaining a close connection to the current identity of the college 🧵 [1/2]

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

While we’re on the subject of press releases, here is the official announcement from @ukri.org 🎉 Congratulations to all the new fellows! 👏

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

👋 Hello again! 🗞️ We are happy to share an official press release announcing our launch on the @royalholloway.bsky.social website! ➡️ www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/new... 📩 If you have any questions or are interested in collaborating, send us a message! 🔭 We’re excited to get started soon! ☺️

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Dr Andreu Casas awarded UKRI fellowship to launch London Social Media Observatory

Royal Holloway is proud to announce that Dr Andreu Casas, from the Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.

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Oxford Social Media Observatory @oxsocmedobs.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

📣 We’re launching the London Social Media Observatory! 🎉 ➡️ We are a new multidisciplinary research centre, directed by @andreucasas.bsky.social & funded by the @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship 🧵 [1/4]

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