[🔊 Call for participants] Journalists & researchers covering the upcoming elections! Join this mastercourse to gain skills & tools to investigate how data-driven technologies are used to influence voters, elections & political processes. ➡️Apply now: influenceindustry.org/en/highlights/…

Ever wondered what parties spend money on in their campaigns? Didn’t have time to look at the 6,396 invoices parties submitted in 2019? We did! New article with @sampower @sliktor Andrew Barclay casts light on election campaign spending govandopp cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New work out in govandopp As we approach the next general election we'll be hearing more about how campaigns are becoming increasingly data-driven. But are they? We (Prof Kate Dommett , @sampower & Amber Macintyre ) analysed 22,720 cases of spending from the 2019 UKGE to find out. 🧵

#OpenAccess on #FirstView - Understanding the Modern Election Campaign: Analysing Campaign Eras through Financial Transparency Disclosures at the 2019 UK General Election - cup.org/4aa27IT Prof Kate Dommett @sampower Andrew Barclay Amber Macintyre

Data is big, but not that big, and we've got the data to prove it - read on to find out how digital - or not digital - UK election campaigns were in 2019

🚨Breaking🚨 We are absolutely ecstatic to announce that we won the Political Studies Association Specialist Group of the Year Award at this year's #PSA24 🏆 🎉!

This is shocking. Facebook gave Netflix all your private messages on Messenger in exchange for all your watch history, while Netflix paid them $100M+ for ads. Meta will sell your data at a heartbeat for profit.

🚨Last day to apply! Journalists & investigators, apply for our master course on the impact of digital & data-driven technology on elections!🗳️Learn about: 🤖Data-driven AI & misinformation 🎯Voter profiling practices 📊Data collection risks & more! Apply: influenceindustry.org/en/highlights/…

Check out this piece my colleagues and I worked on: Cambridge Analytica's cycle of scamming voters to getting scammed, their website got over-taken by ads - and for the techy-investigators, learn about how to discover what - and who - is behind a website

🗳️Get ready for #Elections2024! Introducing Inform: A Voter literacy resource center for voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education that explores how digital & data-driven technologies influence political campaigns & elections.🔍Discover:influenceindustry.org/en/inform/

I'm really excited to present some playful reflective, private, activities for voters and educators working on upcoming elections!

Voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education! @Info_activism launched Inform: A Voter literacy resource center including workshop curricula & activities to explore how digital & data-driven tech influences elections.#Elections2024 Info: influenceindustry.org/en/inform/

Get ready for #Elections2024! Introducing Inform: A Voter literacy resource center for voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education that explores how digital & data-driven technologies influence political campaigns & elections. Discover:influenceindustry.org/en/inform/

🗳️💡Voters, educators & organisations involved in voter education!️Discover Inform: A Voter literacy resource center featuring workshop curricula & engaging activities. Get ready for #Elections2024! Stay informed, take action & express your opinion: influenceindustry.org/en/inform/

This workshop presents the application of playfulness and gamification toward empowering political agency among voters and citizens taking political action. Organised by Inholland Den Haag & Tactical Tech with @MrSanduchez, Amber Macintyre #CPDPai2024 #CPDPconferences #CPDP2024

Relevant if you want some quick revision on campaign tactics before the now very upcoming elections!

🗳️🕵️Election manipulation via social media, opaque campaign financing & inadequate personal data regulations are the highlights of TEDIC's research, which uncovered private firms collaborating with political actors in Paraguayan elections. ℹ️EN & SP: influenceindustry.org/en/explorer/ca…

🌐[ONLINE EVENT] Discover how elections & democracy in Brazil are influenced by digital tactics employed by political groups, tech firms & social media platforms. Join this event ahead of the 2024 municipal elections. July 10, 10 BRT. In EN & PT. Register➡️lime.ttc.io/index.php/3445…

Really great to work as editor on this piece, learnt a lot from the techniques of investigating, and how TikTok style can work to the advantage of politicians

Very excited to launch and share this project on digital climate influence that I have been working on the last few months - if you're interested in taking part and joining us for a conference in Berlin in December, please apply! for Qs, get in touch :)