Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 20/09/2026State election results made me think of this 1967 Adorno lecture that was published in 2019. I’ll leave this here. 000
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 31/08/2026October 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. 130
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachLab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT) @pgmt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026We 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/...journals.sagepub.comFinding the value of values - Rebecca Scharlach, 2026In this commentary on The dark side of public values in algorithmic systems written by David Moats, Minna Ruckenstein, Dorthe Brogård Kristensen, Maria Eidensko... 011
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachJean Peters @jea.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Exklusiv: 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...correctiv.orgDie Propaganda-KI der AfDEine Firma des AfD-Bundesvorstands hat eine KI gebaut, die auf Knopfdruck Propaganda erzeugt. CORRECTIV testete die AfD-KI-Propaganda undercover. 314075
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Briefly coming out of my vacay mode to say: wtf 010
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Channeling my Germanness this bank holiday weekend with a Spaghetti Eis cone 😌 000
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 14/05/2026German train system DB be like: hold my Signalstörung 🛑 000
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachAssociation of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 06/05/2026What 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 ! ✨ 041
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachAxel 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... 23324
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Happening on Monday! With a stellar line up @annettemarkham.bsky.social @riederb.bsky.social & @snurb.info 🔥 Still time so sign up 👇 002
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 05/04/2026little timeline cleanse for everyone (yes of course I fed it some green fresh grass after taking this pic) 050
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachAssociation of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Join 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 092
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I will be listening to Enya until further notice 010
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The 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) 😊 010
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachSuhrkamp Verlag @suhrkamp.de · 14/03/2026Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben. 501002491
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachAdrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 13/03/2026So, anyway, I guess my book is still relevant. *beats head on desk repeatedly*mitpress.mit.eduGaming DemocracyFrom #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... 093
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachAvishai Green @avishaigreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Social 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....tandfonline.comHow to do things with a keyword: a cross-cultural analysis of the meanings and functions of ‘values’ on TwitterWhile 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... 173
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachTimothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Academics in 2026 283
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachBen Whitelaw @benwhitelaw.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Come 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...podcast.ctrlaltspeech.comPanic! At The Discord - Ctrl-Alt-SpeechIn 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... 151
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachJill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The 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. 093
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Governing 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! 072
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Wonderful @com-ai.bsky.social talk by @madianou.bsky.social sharing insights on her work on techno colonialism. Inspired to practice some mundane resistance :) 020
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 000
Reposted by Rebecca Scharlachdr courtney tabor @academiuhhh.bsky.social · 27/01/2026rip aaron swartz you wouldve loved journal editors getting together and deciding submission fees is how we combat AI in academia 121
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 21/01/2026New 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 183
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Late 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...futurism.comWoman Hacks "Tinder for Nazis," Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI ChatbotsA hacker targeted a white supremacist dating website, lured users with an AI chatbot, and deleted the platform entirely live on stage. 021
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The #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. 🌮aoir.orgAoIR 2026 | 066
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/01/2026THREAD: 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. 10060143465
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 04/12/2025After 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...huji.primo.exlibrisgroup.com 120
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. 100
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachRoland 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.infoauthoritarian-stack.infoThe Authoritarian StackHow Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next 10179109
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachMichael Zimmer @michaelzimmer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Michelle 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...listserv.aoir.org [Air-L] AoIR is searching for a new Association Coordinator! 074
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 131
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Very 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 032
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Also very much enjoyed the presentation by @hheuer.bsky.social on co-creating social media with some peak visuals #ZeMKI20 131
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Throughly enjoyed this talk by Marilia Gehrke and @eedanamitdanhi.bsky.social on gendered disinformation as violence (as always, slides were 🔥) #ZeMKI20 031
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 000
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Last 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 0133
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Hey #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! 021
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Olá #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! ☕️ 191
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachGil Durán @gilduran.com · 24/09/20251/ 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 8773103371
Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I'm really trying to follow US news but what the actual f is even happening at this point?! 000
Reposted by Rebecca ScharlachDavid 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...eff.orgEFF Statement on TikTok Ownership DealOne 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... 21911