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Hi fediverse! I've written a book on #repression and cyber controls! Working on the proofs, so it should be out soonish!...

Hi fediverse! I've written a book on #repression and cyber controls! Working on the proofs, so it should be out soonish!

@politicalscience #cyber #repression #InternetShutdown

This piece by @zephoria provides useful historical context for the rise and death of social media sites, and where Twitter might fit in all...

This piece by @zephoria provides useful historical context for the rise and death of social media sites, and where Twitter might fit in all of this:

https://zephoria.medium.com/what-if-failure-is-the-plan-2f219ea1cd62

@communicationscholars #socialmedia #twittermigration

This investigation by @reuters into pro-Putin operatives working on spreading pro-Russian narratives in Germany is worth reading:...

This investigation by @reuters into pro-Putin operatives working on spreading pro-Russian narratives in Germany is worth reading: "Reuters found that some of the loudest agitators for a change in German policy have two faces. Some use aliases, and have undisclosed ties to Russia and Russian entities under international sanctions, or to far-right organisations."

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-germany-influencers

#Russia #Ukraine #Ukrainekrieg

With the Monkey Cage taking a break I want to shout out my other favourite #polisci blog - Political Violence at a Glance! It has been going...

With the Monkey Cage taking a break I want to shout out my other favourite #polisci blog - Political Violence at a Glance! It has been going strong for 10 years now 🎈

Go read their posts 📚! Go write for them 📝!

https://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2022/12/16/ten-years-of-political-violence-at-a-glance/

@politicalscience @dvpw

It's great to see more collaboration between civil society and industry on tracking internet...

It's great to see more collaboration between civil society and industry on tracking internet shutdowns:

https://blog.cloudflare.com/partnering-with-civil-society-to-track-shutdowns/

#InternetShutdown

Been a while, happy #caturday everyone 🐈

Been a while, happy #caturday everyone 🐈

Looking forward to reading this: The #Autocrat in you #iPhone, by @rondeibert...

Looking forward to reading this:

The #Autocrat in you #iPhone, by @rondeibert

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/autocrat-in-your-iphone-mercenary-spyware-ronald-deibert

#technology #democracy

More Tech/Politics Jobs! Tenure-Track Associate or Full Professor of Technology and Public Policy @ Cornell:...

More Tech/Politics Jobs! Tenure-Track Associate or Full Professor of Technology and Public Policy @ Cornell: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23587

@politicalscience

More awesome #Berlin -based @politicalscience jobs! 2 Post-Docs and 1 Pre-Doc at the WZB w/ @macartan, Alex Scacco et al:...

More awesome #Berlin -based @politicalscience jobs!

2 Post-Docs and 1 Pre-Doc at the WZB w/ @macartan, Alex Scacco et al:

https://wzb.eu/en/jobs/two-postdoctoral-research-fellows-fmx-177-146

https://wzb.eu/en/jobs/predoctoral-research-fellow-fmx-175-144

Also reposting @evacide's excellent harm reduction guide for #Telegram users in Russia and Ukraine:...

Also reposting @evacide's excellent harm reduction guide for #Telegram users in Russia and Ukraine:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/telegram-harm-reduction-users-russia-and-ukraine

This is long and interesting discussion of all the ways in which #Telegram is insecure and may be used by Russian forces in occupied regions...

This is long and interesting discussion of all the ways in which #Telegram is insecure and may be used by Russian forces in occupied regions of #Ukraine:

https://www.pwnallthethings.com/p/russia-is-spying-on-telegram-chats

Christopher Barrie crunched the numbers and found that the period following the Musk acquisition sawa substantive increase in post...

Christopher Barrie crunched the numbers and found that the period following the Musk acquisition saw
a substantive increase in post engagement of politically conentious accounts 👇

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cjbarrie/muskboost/main/muskboost.pdf

#Twitter @politicalscience @communicationscholars

How to Fight Digital #Colonialism https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/how-to-fight-digital-colonialism/#DigitalColonialism

How to Fight Digital #Colonialism

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/how-to-fight-digital-colonialism/

#DigitalColonialism

In honor of #christinemcvie I'm listening to #fleetwoodmac all day today. May she rest in peace ✨...

In honor of #christinemcvie I'm listening to #fleetwoodmac all day today.

May she rest in peace ✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqjXn2NflqU

Cyber cyber cyber - Applications are open for the 23/24 European Cybersecurity Fellowship! If you're working on cyber-related stuff...

Cyber cyber cyber - Applications are open for the 23/24 European Cybersecurity Fellowship!

If you're working on cyber-related stuff (research, journalism, govt, civil society, private sector), do consider applying:

https://eccri.eu/fellowship-2/applications-open-european-cybersecurity-fellowship-2023-2024/

#cyber #cybersecurity #fellowship @politicalscience

Very good to see this multistakeholder report published on continued internet shutdowns in #Iran #InternetShutdown @ooni...

Very good to see this multistakeholder report published on continued internet shutdowns in #Iran

#InternetShutdown @ooni
https://ooni.org/post/2022-iran-technical-multistakeholder-report/

Content warning:anti-LGBT+ rhetoric and violenceWe suggest that tech can: (1) speed up the transnational diffusion of anti-LGBT+ rhetoric(2)...

Content warning:anti-LGBT+ rhetoric and violence

We suggest that tech can:

(1) speed up the transnational diffusion of anti-LGBT+ rhetoric

(2) strengthen cross-sectoral coalition building

(3) intensify the coordination of online attacks against visible LGBT+ claim-making in online spaces.

@SamRitholtz @allisonwkoh

@politicalscience @communicationscholars @violence

Content warning:anti-LGBT+ rhetoric and violence.@SamRitholtz @allisonwkoh and I have written a short piece about the ways in which online...

Content warning:anti-LGBT+ rhetoric and violence

.@SamRitholtz @allisonwkoh and I have written a short piece about the ways in which online tools are accelerating the spread of anti-LGBT+ rhetoric 👉

https://gnet-research.org/2022/11/29/fanning-the-flames-of-hate-the-transnational-diffusion-of-online-anti-lgbt-rhetoric-and-offline-mobilisation-2/

@politicalscience @communicationscholars @violence #LGBT

More reporting on social media flooding tactics to drown out #China #ChinaProtests content. This is a pretty old tactic, we just haven't...

More reporting on social media flooding tactics to drown out #China #ChinaProtests content. This is a pretty old tactic, we just haven't seen it so publicly on Twitter in a while

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/great-wall-of-porn-obscures-china-protest-news-on-twitter/

I wonder what effect #Apple's decision to restrict #AirDrop in #China is having on spread/coordination of #ChinaProtests...

I wonder what effect #Apple's decision to restrict #AirDrop in #China is having on spread/coordination of #ChinaProtests

https://qz.com/apple-airdrop-china-protest-tool-1849824435