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Max van Drunen Jan 9, 2023

algosoc Jan 9, 2023

🚨 ONE WEEK LEFT 🚨

The January 16 deadline for the seventeen (17) #phd and #postdoc positions is one week away.

We are looking for candidates with different backgrounds and profiles to be part of an exciting, new national research program on public values in the algorithmic society.

PLEASE SHARE #BOOST🎺

#PhDposition #postdocposition @academicchatter @phdstudents

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Max van Drunen Jan 5, 2023

Theresa Josephine Seipp Jan 4, 2023

Publication🚨 @Nhelberger @claesdevreese @Jausl00s & I wrote an article for the special issue on Platformization of News for Digital Journalism on “Dealing with Opinion Power in the Platform World: Why We Really Have to Rethink Media Concentration Law”

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2022.2161924

Dealing with Opinion Power in the Platform World: Why We Really Have to Rethink Media Concentration Law

The platformised news environment affects audiences, challenges the news media’s role, and transforms the media ecosystem. Digital platform companies influence opinion formation and hence wield “op...

Taylor & Francis

Max van Drunen Dec 24, 2022

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Natali Helberger Dec 22, 2022

Hurray to my co-editors @maxvandrunen @sannevrijenhoek @saraheskens @judith_moeller, the Digital Journalism editorial team all authors and reviewers - the power of teamwork!

Max van Drunen Dec 9, 2022

FixTheDigitalLegislativeMess Dec 9, 2022

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🚨 New call for participants 🚨

RESEARCHER ACCESS in the DIGITAL SERVICES ACT

How can the DSA help empirical researchers? Join us at the @ivir_uva DSA Observatory for an interdisciplinary deep-dive.

15 March 2023

Apply here by 16 January 2023 👇
https://www.ivir.nl/nl/dsadata/

Call for participation: Researcher Access in the Digital Services Act (Deadline 16 January 2023) - IVIR

We invite abstract submissions and expressions of interest for an international workshop on Research Access in the Digital Services Act (DSA) hosted by the University of Amsterdam on 15 March 2023. BackgroundThe DSA promises to give researchers a powerful new tool for the study of large platforms and search engines: data access requests. These access […]

IVIR

Max van Drunen Dec 9, 2022

Naomi Appelman Dec 9, 2022

We won! 🔥🎉🔥 we successfully argued that online proctoring of students with facial detection software can be discriminatory! 🎉🔥 The burden of proof now shifted and the university has to prove that Proctorio's software *is not* discriminatory.

Although only a interim verdict it is a HUGE step: the first time algorithmic discrimination is recognized this way in NL - Direct consequence would be that orgs need to check their high risk systems on discrimination before impl.

https://t.co/4aqf0b00Hc

Eerste keer vermoeden van algoritmische discriminatie succesvol onderbouwd

Een student is erin geslaagd voldoende feiten aan te dragen voor een vermoeden van algoritmische discriminatie. De vrouw klaagt dat de Vrije Universiteit haar discrimineerde door antispieksoftware in te zetten. Deze software maakt gebruik van gezichtsdetectiealgoritmes. De software detecteerde haar niet als ze moest inloggen voor tentamens. De vrouw vermoedt dat dit komt door haar donkere huidskleur. De universiteit krijgt tien weken de tijd om aan te tonen dat de software niet heeft gediscrimineerd. Dat blijkt uit het tussenoordeel dat het College vandaag publiceerde.

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Max van Drunen Dec 8, 2022

Please also consider applying to our tandem event on 16 March: Critical Perspectives on Data Access for Research.

Here we'll dive into the key issues in data access for research across legal instruments.

See the call for papers and expressions of interest for that event here 👇
https://www.ivir.nl/radi/

Call for Participation: Critical Perspectives on Data Access for Research (Deadline 16 January 2023) - IVIR

We invite abstract submissions and expressions of interest for an international workshop on Research Access to Digital Infrastructures (RADI), hosted by the University of Amsterdamon 16 March 2023. The RADI workshop will bring together a diverse crowd of academics with different backgrounds and perspectives, and is aimed at critically exploring key issues relating to the […]

IVIR

Max van Drunen Dec 8, 2022

🚨 New Call for participants 🚨

Researcher Access in the Digital Services Act

How can the DSA help empirical researchers? Join us for an in-person interdisciplinary workshop at IViR, Amsterdam!

15 March 2023, deadline 16 January.

Apply here, some travel funding available 👇
https://www.ivir.nl/dsadata/

Call for participation: Researcher Access in the Digital Services Act (Deadline 16 January 2023) - IVIR

IVIR

Max van Drunen Dec 7, 2022

Joris van Hoboken Dec 7, 2022

I like boosting other posts, but I really miss not being able to give my (most often positive) perspective when doing it. And it seems such a solid option for distributed curation. I know this community is discussing whether to develop this option, with the initial assessment being that giving this functionality would be a cause of toxicity. I can see it creating issues too, but with some user controls for posters to not allow it, would love to enjoy the positive side of it again!

Max van Drunen Dec 7, 2022

AlgorithmWatch Dec 7, 2022

📊🔍 Are you a public interest researcher seeking to access and study internal #data held by #socialmedia #platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube?

Check out our illustrated #guide explaining how the #DSA’s #dataaccess rules will actually work! ➡️ https://algorithmwatch.org/en/dsa-data-access-explained/

A guide to the EU’s new rules for researcher access to platform data - AlgorithmWatch

Thanks to the Digital Services Act (DSA), public interest researchers in the EU have a new legal framework to access and study internal data held by major tech platforms. What does this framework look like, and how can it be put into practice?

AlgorithmWatch

Max van Drunen Dec 2, 2022