Mastodawn

I’m hiring a PhD researcher to join me at LMU Munich to study media audience measurement—how audiences are counted, valued, and turned into data.

Starts 1 Oct 2026; salary €44,493–€63,239.

Apply by 15 July:

https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/bc6a8769c81b40692c353e8eeab443df8680d1fe0?ref=homepage

Initially a 3-year contract, you'll join one of the largest & highest-ranked communication science departments in Europe.

#phd #academicJob

Francois Heinderyckx Jun 15

Open Rights Group Jun 15

The UK social media ban for under-16s does nothing to sort out the harms caused by platforms.

Harmful content is a product of a business model that uses data to drive engagement and target users with ads.

Digital ID checks feed more data into this system, while leaving the engine for harms unchecked.

Read our response ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/starmers-social-media-ban-fails-to-address-root-causes-of-online-harms/

#socialmediaban #socialmedia #stopkillinginternet #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #ageverification #StopKillingInternet #StopKillingTheInternet

Starmer’s social media ban fails to address root causes of online harms

Open Rights Group has responded to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement that the Government will ban social media, including gaming sites, for under 16s in the UK.

Open Rights Group

Francois Heinderyckx Jun 12

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@adfichter/116738333166484144

Palantir meets Streisand. Streisand wins.

Francois Heinderyckx Jun 8

After bending the knee to the new regime, now #Apple goes all in with the ambient AI madness. Resisting both with style and composure would have made them a model and a legend for the ages, and a rallying brand.

They lost me forever, and I'm common enough that they surely lost of lot of loyal customers in the process. What a shame; what a waste.

Francois Heinderyckx Jun 8

sknob Jun 8

Apple, the last holdout, falls into line and goes full GenAI. They insist that their version is super private, but apparently not private enough to be released in the EU \o/

Francois Heinderyckx Jun 8

Show thread

Molly White Jun 8

Crypto and AI companies have also poured $7 billion+ into Trump directly. Afterwards, 21+ SEC cases/investigations against crypto companies were dropped, regulators did a U-turn on crypto policy, and the industry was invited to write their own rules.

https://influence.citationneeded.news/analysis/quidproquo

#crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpol #USpolitics #CitationNeededNewsletter

Francois Heinderyckx Jun 4

John Scalzi Jun 4

It's the last 24 hours for this project, which features a long introduction from me as well as lots of illustrations and other excellent stuff. If you're a Douglas Adams fan, this is gonna be something you want to check out.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wraithmarked/hitchhikers

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus

42 Full-Color Illustrations. 5 Books. 1 Insane Omnibus.

Kickstarter

Francois Heinderyckx May 31

Leave X - Protect Democracy May 31

This is why the Fediverse matters: it's a platform designed for human conversation, not algorithmic engagement.

https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6nue7_v1

#Facebook #Instagram #TikTok #BigTech #SocialMedia #Fediverse

Francois Heinderyckx May 29

To anyone who happens to film themselves for any reason:

Please note that lapel microphones were carefully, lovingly, and specifically engineered NOT to be held IN FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH!!!, but to be clipped to your lapel. (Hence the name.)

PS: This is also valid for that white plastic microphone hanging from your iPhone earphones: meant to be hanging… 🤷‍♂️

Francois Heinderyckx May 29

Wiki Workers United May 28

Hello, world!

We're Wiki Workers United, a global solidarity union for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation.

This account will share updates on our organizing effort, relevant news/info, and maybe the occasional meme. We promise to keep posting volume reasonably chill.

More info here:

https://wikiworkersunited.org

And we welcome the community to express support here:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United

#Introduction

Wiki Workers United

We are Wiki Workers United, a global union for the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation. We are the people who do the work to provide a platform, services, and funds to support the Wikimedia movement.

Wiki Workers United

Université libre de Bruxelles	https://fheinderyckx.ulb.be
ORCID	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-6098
Academia Europaea	https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Heinderyckx_Francois