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Anne Helmond

@silvertje.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society @UniUtrecht. Co-director @UU_GDS. Research: Platformization, platform studies, @appstudies, @digitalmethods, web history.

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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thank you! See you there? Please invite all your students, friends, and bring anyone you meet on the streets 😄
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Join us on 29 Oct in Amsterdam for a joint book launch of Platforms: A Critical Introduction and Maps as Media. We'll discuss platform power, digital infrastructures, mapping technologies, and AI. 📍 VOX-POP, UvA | 15:00–17:30 Free and open to all. Register here: voxpop.uva.nl/shared/subsi...
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The Power of Platforms and Maps - VOX-POP
At a moment when digital infrastructures are increasingly entangled with geopolitical tensions, economic concentration, and the rapid expansion of AI, it is urgent to reconsider how power operates thr...
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uumediaculture.bsky.social @uumediaculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got plans this Friday? How about joining the book presentation of "Platforms: A Critical Introduction"? See the link to join! . Al plannen deze vrijdag? Wat dacht je van de boek presentatie van "Platforms: A Critical Introduction"? Zie de link om je in te schrijven! www.uu.nl/en/events/pl...
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Platforms: A Critical Introduction
From Instagram and Uber to Alibaba and ChatGPT, platforms shape our lives. But what exactly are they? How do they operate and how did they become so powerful?
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ja mijn mok was ook uitgebreid in beeld :)
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shapingdigitalsocs.bsky.social @shapingdigitalsocs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
You are warmly invited to our book launch! Platforms: A Critical Introduction Anne Helmond and Fernando van der Vlist Polity, 2026 When: Friday, 2 October 2026, 15:00–18:00 CET Where: Kanunnikenzaal, Academiegebouw, Utrecht University Sign up here: www.uu.nl/en/events/pl...
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Zelfs dat heeft de uitgever ons niet gegund :/
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh nee, Paul, dat vind ik echt heel vervelend om te lezen! Ik had ook geen idee dat je dan geen .epub ofzo krijgt!! (Ik ga klagen, maar dat heeft denk ik weinig zin). Wel super leuk dat je het boek gaat lezen, dank je wel!! :)
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our book, Platforms: A Critical Introduction, co-authored by Anne Helmond and @fvandervlist.bsky.social, is now officially out worldwide with Polity! Use code HVD30 for 30% off: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... We wrote a blog post about the book here: www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...
Platforms: A Critical Introduction, co-authored by Anne Helmond and Fernando van der Vlist
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Sabbaticals don't exist in the Netherlands, so I better take some summer holidays.
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
😂
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hup hup barba truc!
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“Our world runs on platforms.” 'Platforms: A Critical Introduction' shows how platforms structure modern life, from communication to commerce and labour. A new book from @silvertje.bsky.social and @fvandervlist.bsky.social is out today in the UK. See more: politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🎉 We just received our author copies of Platforms: A Critical Introduction! Out 5 June in Europe (August in the US) with @politybooks.bsky.social, but already available to order with 30% off using code HVD30: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... w/@fvandervlist.bsky.social
New book – Platforms: A Critical Introduction
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Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
✨📗 Our 3rd @appstudies.bsky.social ASI Sprint Report (w/ @esthrr.bsky.social) is out now! Building directly on previous work in this series, it explores what we call ‘Appification of AI’, focusing on the embeddedness, visibility, and dependency of artificial intelligence. #AppStudies #AI
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Volgens mij zit dat voor haar binnen haar zwijgplicht.
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Niks van dat. Intimidatie. Doodsbedreigingen. Dat lijkt me eerder.
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My university does not run Canvas (we use Brightspace) so we're not affected by the hack. Instead, a data centre is on fire and now we can't enter our university buildings or access most of our online environments. All teaching etc cancelled. 🤷
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
They also do paving stones! It's mind-blowing first time I saw it!
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Thank *you* for the great work!
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Over ten years ago I coined ‘𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ (2015) to examine how platforms expand beyond their boundaries in 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 + 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. Invited by editor Papacharissi, I reflect on a decade of platformization 🎉 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Internet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu · 18/02/2026
How do researchers, journalists & artists work with the Wayback Machine? At a recent gathering in Amsterdam, we explored how web archives support digital investigations, platform research & media art — and how we can build better tools & collaborations. 👉 www.internetarchive.eu/2026/02/18/w...
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Ways of working with the Wayback Machine - Internet Archive Europe
Guest post by Jonathan W. Y. Gray. How do researchers, journalists, and artists work with archived pages from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine? What kinds of tools, methods, and approaches do th...
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
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About the Conference
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
@fvandervlist.bsky.social and I are pleased to share that our book 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 will be published with Polity in June/Aug 2026! We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy: forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
New book chapter! We just published 'App Ecosystem Analysis' (w/ @fvandervlist @esthr) introducing methods for analysing app ecosystems, emphasizing that apps are not stand-alone entities but exist within larger ecosystems: doi.org/10.4324/9781... (author pdf: www.annehelmond.nl/wordpress/wp...)
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App Ecosystem Analysis | 38 | v2 | The Routledge Companion to Mobile M
This chapter introduces methods for analysing app ecosystems, emphasizing that apps are not stand-alone entities but exist within larger ecosystems. It outlines
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
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4CAT @4cat.nl · 18/07/2025
🐈‍⬛ 4CAT 1.50 is here! 🐈‍⬛ This release brings under-the-hood improvements, a faster web interface, new processors, better LLM analyses, improved annotations, and lots of bugfixes. 🔗 Full changelog: github.com/digitalmetho... 🔗 How to upgrade: github.com/digitalmetho...
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Releases · digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat
The 4CAT Capture and Analysis Toolkit provides modular data capture & analysis for a variety of social media platforms. - digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat
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Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
☀️ I’m very excited to share that I’ve been awarded a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO Talent Programme) for my project ‘AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis’ (2025–2029)! 🔗 www.nwo.nl/en/news/200-...
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Paolo Bory @paolobory.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
After months of pain and crazy writing, this OA book, written by Chris Hesselbein and me, is finally out. Behind the bleeding cover, you'll find our analysis of the metaverse (no, it’s not dead!), or rather of the current metaverses as "infrastructures of reality". link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Infrastructures of Reality: Metaverse Stories, Spaces, Bodies
This open access book focuses on two dimensions of the development of the metaverse that are crucial to ‘reality’, namely spatiality and embodiment.
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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
📢 Vacancy alert: @ivir-uva.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc in the Human(e) AI Research Priority Area. Take a look at the details: bit.ly/3ItbqLu. Make sure you apply before 20 August! cc @natalihelberger.bsky.social #Vacancies #Jobs
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Vacancy — Postdoctoral Research Position in Human(e) AI
The Research Priority Area in Human(e) AI at the University of Amsterdam currently has a vacant legal Postdoctoral Researcher position.  
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Ik kan je helaas niet helpen, maar heb het helaas ook regelmatig nodig voor onderzoek. Zo jammer dat Crunchbase niet meer is wat het is, gebruikte ik vaak voor onderzoek naar Big Tech. Mocht je iets tegenkomen, hoor ik het graag!
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Fantastic research from Anne Helmond and Fernando van der Vlist visualising the network/ecology of Facebook partners.
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🎉 Check out our pre-print on app store governance and moderation! Forthcoming in the "Content Moderation across Social Media Platforms" book, edited by Richard Rogers with Amsterdam University Press. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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AdTech Project @adtechproject.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Please join us on Saturday, 21st June for our one-day hybrid academic/knowledge exchange meeting exploring issues of platform power, material politics, and advertising as a 'lens' for opening up platforms for empirical research. Note the date has been moved from Friday, 20th: tinyurl.com/jn39r22j
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Platforms, Advertising and Power (In Person)
A one-day hybrid academic/knowledge exchange meeting exploring issues of platform power, material politics, and advertising.
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
A History of Researching the Datafied Web An opening statement prepared for the #RESAW25 conference, 5-6 June, University of Siegen, Germany. Collaborative Research Center (SFB 1187) "Media of Cooperation." www.annehelmond.nl/2025/06/07/a...
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A History of Researching the Datafied Web – Anne Helmond
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Sebastian Gießmann @sebgiessmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🕸️ I am really looking forward to THE DATAFIED WEB conference now (while the buzz of #rp25 is slowly fading). The preconference is starting tomorrow! The full RESAW 2025 program can be viewed on our conference website 👉 datafiedweb.net. Hashtag is #RESAW25 on Mastodon & elsewhere. See you in a bit!
Conference Design RESAW25, Siegen, June 4-6, 2025
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Uğur Aytaç @uguraytac.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance. More info: edu.nl/9admd Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)
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ReDICo @redico.eu · 28/04/2025
📣Registrations are open for our free online conference: Digital Pasts & Futures: Internet Histories, Digital Interculturality & Reimagining Digitality 📆 23-24 June 2025 Keynotes: Valérie Schafer, @sesamescholar.bsky.social @ethanz.bsky.social, Ramesh Srinivasan 🔗 www.uni-jena.de/en/313137/re...
Conference poster: Online Conference "Digital Pasts and Futures: Internet Histories, Digital Interculturality and Reimagining Digitality". 23 - 24 June 2025. Keynotes: Valérie Schafer, Helle Strandgaard Jensen, Ethan Zuckerman, Ramesh Srinivasan.
Program and registration: Scan QR-Code
ReDICo is a project of the University of Jena sponsored by BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research).
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App Studies @appstudies.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
✨📗 ‘Appification in the Age of AI: Exploring AI App Cultures and Economies’ (ASI Sprint Report No. 2), edited by @fvandervlist & @esthr. 🔗Download/read more: appstudies.org/research-out... #AppStudies #AI
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ASI Sprint Report Series – App Studies Initiative
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Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We’re hiring: Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI and Archival & Information Studies (Media Studies, @uvahumanities.bsky.social)! Join @tpoell.bsky.social, @riederb.bsky.social, myself, & other wonderful colleagues in the Critical Data & AI team. Applications due 28 May. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — Lecturer in Cultural Data & AI and Archival & Information Studies
Would you like to teach on cutting-edge theories, methods, and questions in Cultural Data & AI and Archival & Information? Then we have the perfect challenge for you!
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🎙️ @fvandervlist.bsky.social en ik waren te gast in de Verrekijkers-podcast van Rathenau Instituut. We spraken over "De verborgen wereld achter AI". AI is een complex digitaal en fysiek ecosysteem –een AI stack– waarvan we via tools als ChatGPT slechts het topje zien: www.rathenau.nl/nl/digitalis...
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De verborgen wereld achter AI - Verrekijkers (7) | Rathenau Instituut
Steeds meer mensen maken gebruik van kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) om teksten en afbeeldingen te maken. Deze lijken bijna op magische wijze tot stand te komen, maar achter elke zoekopdracht gaat een ...
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Fernando van der Vlist @fvandervlist.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
📢✨ New OA book out now with Amsterdam University Press: Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values, edited by José van Dijck, @kfvanes.bsky.social, @silvertje.bsky.social, & @fvandervlist.bsky.social. Access: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Governing the Digital Society
Digital technologies have rapidly become integral to communities and societies, bringing both significant benefits and serious concerns. Issues such as misinformation, disinformation, online polarizat...
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
We're hiring a postdoc (4 years) for the AI STORIES project and are looking for someone who is interested in using computational and qualitative methods to explore generative AI and literature. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Literature and Generative AI at the Center for Digital Narrative (280778) | University of Bergen
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow on Literature and Generative AI at the Center for Digital Narrative (280778), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, June 15, 2025
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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
New OA book. Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values, edited by José van Dijck, @kfvanes.bsky.social, @silvertje.bsky.social & @fvandervlist.bsky.social www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Governing the Digital Society
Digital technologies have rapidly become integral to communities and societies, bringing both significant benefits and serious concerns. Issues such as misinformation, disinformation, online polarizat...
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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
What if platforms decided what you should search for, without telling you how or why? In this position paper co-authored with @taylorannabell.bsky.social, @gorwa.ca, Jacob van de Kerkhof & @thalesbertaglia.bsky.social, we explore the TikTok Search feature and the governance challenges it creates.
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
REMINDER. We have a call for papers for a special issue on "Greening the Digital Society: Platforms, Sustainability & the Climate Crisis" for Platforms & Society. Abstract deadline: May 23, 2025. We are looking forward to receiving your contributions! Info: journals.sagepub.com/page/pns/cal...
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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
1) ✨ Deeply honoured to be delivering a keynote at RESAW 2025 – The Datafied Web at Universität Siegen! My talk "Vanishing Points: Technographies of Data Loss" will explore politics & temporalities of disappearing data in our age of platformization.
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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨Call for papers🚨 @jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep) all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa please distribute widely!
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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🚨Call for Papers🚨 "Ten years of critical security studies: Taking stock" - annual conference of the critical security studies section at the @dvpw.bsky.social Dresden, 6-7 Nov 2025 all info in the picture
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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Platforms, silos, interoperability - what's the deal with these database buzzwords? Check out this🔥new paper by @matthewarcher.bsky.social @louravn.bsky.social and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The political economy of platformed silos: Theorizing data storage reconfigurations in the age of interoperability capitalism - Matthew Archer, Louis Ravn, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, 2025
Interoperability has become a prominent topic in contemporary discourses around digital infrastructures in fields as diverse as security, finance, health, and c...
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The Platforms and Society journal and AdTech Research Project present an Online Symposium How to Approach and Regulate Google? A New Perspective 12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) Join via Zoom: newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw: 690528)
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