Studying #repression, the #internet, and contentious politics. Lots of data analysis. Sprinkles of #popculture and #cats. Professor @thehertieschool. Consultant @hrdag.
#fedi22 #politicalscience #humanrights #internationalrelations
| Website | https://www.anitagohdes.net/ |
| 🐥 | https://twitter.com/ARGohdes |
| pronouns | she/her |
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There is only one reason for the Iranian regime to block the internet: to violently suppress the current mass protests. For more than a week, 93 million people there have been offline.
In her #rp24 session, Anita Gohdes (@argohdes) spoke about how internet shutdowns fuel political violence. ➡️ https://youtu.be/cFySBusg2SY
Hi fediverse! I've written a book on #repression and cyber controls! Working on the proofs, so it should be out soonish!
I am continually disappointed (but not surprised) by the people who decide to run platforms for user-generated content who have not bothered to study the last fifteen years of academic, industry, and policy work on content moderation and free speech.
#Debirdify has been suspended by Twitter without warning or explanation. Apparently it violated ‘Twitter rules and policies’, but that is all they told us.
We contacted Twitter support about the situation, but we are not particularly optimistic.
We always knew this could happen; it happened to other services in the past, so we are neither particularly surprised nor sad about it.
In the mean time, Fedifinder still works: https://fedifinder.social
Use it while you still can!
re:publica
evacide
Debirdify
Claes de Vreese ☑️
Jeff Jarvis
Isik Mater 
HRDAG
Katharin Tai
Dr. Casey Fiesler