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Rebecca Scharlach

@rscarlets.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher PGMT Lab @Uni Bremen | prev. DigitalValues project | Critical Platform Studies | European/German/feminist | first gen | she/her

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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
State election results made me think of this 1967 Adorno lecture that was published in 2019. I’ll leave this here.
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
October 26, 2022: Elon Musk carried a bathroom sink into Twitter's headquarters. A few days later, in Dublin, Ireland, many of us at AoIR were finally letting it sink in: Twitter, one of the most important channels AoIR members had used to communicate, was now owned by a technofascist.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT) @pgmt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We are happy to share that our lab member, @rscarlets.bsky.social, was invited to write a commentary on "The dark side of public values in algorithmic systems." 📢 Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Finding the value of values - Rebecca Scharlach, 2026
In this commentary on The dark side of public values in algorithmic systems written by David Moats, Minna Ruckenstein, Dorthe Brogård Kristensen, Maria Eidensko...
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Jean Peters @jea.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Exklusiv: Wir haben die KI Maschine der AfD gefunden, Weidel nutzt sie. Und dann haben wir von der AfD Testzugänge bekommen. Das Ding verstößt gegen alle US-Tech-Firmen die es nutzt. Deren Reaktion und wem der AfD Mann sonst seine Dienste anbietet, lest ihr im Text: correctiv.org/aktuelles/ge...
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Die Propaganda-KI der AfD
Eine Firma des AfD-Bundesvorstands hat eine KI gebaut, die auf Knopfdruck Propaganda erzeugt. CORRECTIV testete die AfD-KI-Propaganda undercover.
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Briefly coming out of my vacay mode to say: wtf
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Channeling my Germanness this bank holiday weekend with a Spaghetti Eis cone 😌
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
German train system DB be like: hold my Signalstörung 🛑
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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
What can decades of internet research teach us about where we’re headed next? Dr Nancy Baym will share her journey, insights, and the evolution of digital scholarship in this AoIR Legacy Talk. 🗓 26 May, 2026 | 8:30AM EDT |Zoom 🔗 Register here : members.aoir.org/event-6628000 Don’t miss it ! ✨
Poster for the AoIR Legacy Talk Series featuring Dr. Nancy Baym. Includes her headshot, event details (26 May 2026, 8:30 AM EDT, on Zoom), and notes it is open to AoIR members only. Mentions moderation by Dr. Sarah T. Roberts and includes a QR code with a registration link https://members.aoir.org/event-6628000.
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 24/04/2026
🆕 I am exceptionally pleased to announce the release of the 'twitter' issue of M/C Journal, which I co-edited with @hermida.bsky.social. This celebrates / commiserates / memorialises / laments the 20th anniversary of what used to be #Twitter. #mcjournal journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...
M/C Journal 'twitter' issue cover image, created by Alfred Hermida using Google Nano-banana.
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Happening on Monday! With a stellar line up @annettemarkham.bsky.social @riederb.bsky.social & @snurb.info 🔥 Still time so sign up 👇
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
little timeline cleanse for everyone (yes of course I fed it some green fresh grass after taking this pic)
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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Join us for the first AoIR Roundtable Series on Methods 🔓📊 🤖 featuring long-standing AoIR members Dr. Annette Markham, Dr. Bernhard Rieder, and Dr. Axel Bruns - moderated by Dr. Meg Jing Zeng 🎉 🗓 13 April, 2026 🕒 18.00-19.30 CEST (Berlin) 🔗 Register: www.members.aoir.org/event-6612843
Poster for the “AoIR Roundtable Series on Methods” by the Association of Internet Researchers. The design features a yellow and orange theme with photos of speakers: Dr. Bernhard Rieder (University of Amsterdam), Dr. Annette Markham (Utrecht University), and Dr. Axel Bruns (Queensland University of Technology). The moderator is Dr. Meg Jing Zeng (University of Zurich). Event details: 13 April 2026, 18:00–19:30 CEST (Berlin). It is open to AoIR members only. A QR code and link  is included for registration.
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Shocker
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I will be listening to Enya until further notice
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The first installment of the #AoIR legacy talks with Steve Jones - co founder of AoIR - is happening tomorrow! Are you joining? Still time to sign up (members only) 😊
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Suhrkamp Verlag @suhrkamp.de · 14/03/2026
Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben.
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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So, anyway, I guess my book is still relevant. *beats head on desk repeatedly*
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Gaming Democracy
From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gone mainstream. In Gaming Democracy, Adrienne Massanari tracks the flames of toxicity found in the...
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
just another day in hell
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Avishai Green @avishaigreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Social media is full of talk of values... but what do we 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 when we talk about 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠, and what do we use the term to 𝑑𝑜? A new @icsjournal.bsky.social #OpenAccess paper from DigitalValues team+co-authors analyzes the meanings and functions of 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 on Twitter www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How to do things with a keyword: a cross-cultural analysis of the meanings and functions of ‘values’ on Twitter
While people regularly employ the term values in mundane interactions and political debates on social media, little is known about its function in public communication. Approaching values as a keyw...
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Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Academics in 2026
Mugatu meme:

LinkedIn

So hot right now
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Ben Whitelaw @benwhitelaw.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Come for the 2000s pop rock episode title, stay for @blakeplease.bsky.social’s razor sharp insights and American eagle impression. This week’s Ctrl-Alt-Speech is live! podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...
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Panic! At The Discord - Ctrl-Alt-Speech
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by Dr Blake Hallinan, Professor of Platform Studies in the Department of Media &am...
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The 2026 @aoir.bsky.social Flashpoint is in Malmö on 11-12 August, with wonderful keynotes by @annettemarkham.bsky.social, Susana Tosca, @katjungnickel.bsky.social and @ubiquity75.xyz Submit abstracts by 30 March.
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Governing TikTok - A US Power Play 🎭 Check out our new analysis published in Tech Policy Press wrapping up the last year of US tech policy shenanigans leading up to the #TikTokdeal that closed last week. Shout out to @alexturvy.bsky.social for leading this endeavor!
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Wonderful @com-ai.bsky.social talk by @madianou.bsky.social sharing insights on her work on techno colonialism. Inspired to practice some mundane resistance :)
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“there are windmills all over euprope. there are windmills are all over the place.“ yes, indeed, Donald
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dr courtney tabor @academiuhhh.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
rip aaron swartz you wouldve loved journal editors getting together and deciding submission fees is how we combat AI in academia
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
New Preprint: Value-driven AI Governance Excited to share a preprint of a collaborative article on value-driven AI governance: osf.io/preprints/so... #AIAct #AIGovernance #Values
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Late to the party, but this is hands down best internet news in a bazillion years. Martha Root also created a website with leaked data from those right wing dating profiles (88% men) okstupid.lol chapeau #CCC futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Woman Hacks "Tinder for Nazis," Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI Chatbots
A hacker targeted a white supremacist dating website, lured users with an AI chatbot, and deleted the platform entirely live on stage.
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The #AoIR2026 Call for Papers is officially up on the www: aoir.org/aoir2026/ This year marks AoIRs' first time in Mexico and it will be the second bilingual AoIR. Please share with your networks. 🌮
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AoIR 2026 |
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
After more than a year since completing my doctorate, my PhD thesis, “The Construction of Values by Social Media Platforms,” has finally made its way into the library (open access)🥳 huji.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fu...
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Good morning #Brussels!
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
"[...] In the broadest spectrum of awareness about these matters we need to ask: Are the practices, relationships and institutions affected by people's involvement with networked computing ones we wish foster? Or are they ones we must try to modify or even oppose?" Winner, 1997.
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
«Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore. It’s building empires.» The Authoritarian Stack: A mapping of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms, by @francescabria.bsky.social et. al. for @fesonline.bsky.social www.authoritarian-stack.info
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The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
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Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Michelle has been invaluable in that role for nearly a decade now, but the time has come for @aoir.bsky.social to find a new coordinator to take on these vital duties. 2/2 Job posting is on our listserv. Please share & apply! listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/ai...
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[Air-L] AoIR is searching for a new Association Coordinator!
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
@elinorcarmi.bsky.social tackling my pessimism with inspiring work on “the human data good practice” - very curious to see how this project will develop 🙂 #ZeMKI20
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Very much enjoyed this presentation on the role of social norms & demarcation in platform regulation by @nathalievanraemdonck.com - long story short “democracy is hard” @ckatzenbach.bsky.social #ZeMKI20
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Also very much enjoyed the presentation by @hheuer.bsky.social on co-creating social media with some peak visuals #ZeMKI20
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Throughly enjoyed this talk by Marilia Gehrke and @eedanamitdanhi.bsky.social on gendered disinformation as violence (as always, slides were 🔥) #ZeMKI20
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#ZeMKI20 started off with a fantastic —and optimistic—keynote by José van Dijck on how to achieve digital autonomy in Europe
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Last session on a Friday afternoon is always a hard one, but we made the most of our small round table discussing lessons of the @aoir.bsky.social flashpoint on platform & AI governance. thx to @tomdivon.bsky.social @taylorannabell.bsky.social @deeliu97.bsky.social & Thales Lelo!! #aoir2025
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Hey #AoIR2025 catch me today at 4 pm with a wonderful group of scholars - Taylor Annabell, Diyi Liu, Thales Lelo and Tom Divon - for a roundtable on the future of tech governance research. This is going to be an open discussion, so please join and share your thoughts!
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Olá #AoIR2025, I’m in Rio and have already been very much enjoying my time in this beautiful, beautiful city! Feel free to reach out if you wanna chat! ☕️
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/2025
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I'm really trying to follow US news but what the actual f is even happening at this point?!
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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"As for the algorithm, if the concern had been that TikTok could be a conduit for Chinese government propaganda—a concern the Supreme Court declined to even consider —people can now be concerned that TikTok could be a conduit for U.S. government propaganda." www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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EFF Statement on TikTok Ownership Deal
One of the reasons we opposed the TikTok "ban" is that the First Amendment is supposed to protect us against government using its power to manipulate speech. But as predicted, the TikTok "ban" has onl...
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
insert “this is fine” meme
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