NYU cyber4democracy

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We use research to expose online threats to our social fabric + recommend how to counter them. Part of Center for Cybersecurity at NYU.
NYU cyber4democracyFeb 8, 2023
Researchers, journalists, community scientists and many others rely on @TwitterAPI
access for public interest projects worldwide. We join
@transparenttech in calling on Twitter to reverse their decision to revoke access to their free API: https://independenttechresearch.org/letter-twitter-api-access-threatens-public-interest-research/
Letter: Imposing Fees to Access the Twitter API Threatens Public-Interest Research

Twitter's API restrictions threaten essential research, innovation, & knowledge. Stand together to protect the public goods from data access.

Coalition for Independent Technology Research
NYU cyber4democracyFeb 8, 2023
Lab notebook: we're working on better ways to automatically find topics in digital political ads. Austin Botelho explains how. #adobservatory #nlp #politicalads #machinelearning https://medium.com/cybersecurity-for-democracy/lab-notebook-improving-topic-modeling-for-digital-political-ads-15e5adf5d6a
Lab notebook: improving topic modeling for digital political ads

Topic modeling is an essential tool for surfacing themes and patterns in the flood of online political advertising reaching people across the globe every day. At NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy…

Cybersecurity for Democracy
NYU cyber4democracyFeb 8, 2023
Read @whiskeyocelot thread on why @Twitterapi
is essential for small community organizations, and why @cyber4democracy signed on to @transparenttech letter protesting decision. https://mastodon.social/@whiskeyocelot/109818921541807716
NYU cyber4democracyJan 6, 2023
Laura EdelsonJan 6, 2023
New research from @cyber4democracy:An analysis of content removed from @facebook during and after J6. Key takeaways:
Content removals usually happen too late to prevent much user engagement - usually < 10%
FB's policy banning `Stop the Steal' content took a week to implement
NYU cyber4democracyDec 9, 2022
Laura EdelsonDec 5, 2022
So glad to see my amazing team at @cyber4democracy in person for the first time since 2020 ❤️
NYU cyber4democracyDec 9, 2022
Laura EdelsonDec 6, 2022
The whole @cyber4democracy team together at last❤️