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Just published. Algorithmic probing: Prompting offensive Google results and their moderation. In collaboration with a group of student researchers, we made queries that previously resulted in offensive results, thereby studying patching & ultimately Google's hierarchy of concerns

Just published: New research on how language technologies that perpetuate stereotypes actively cement social hierarchies. 'Which Stereotypes Are Moderated and Under-Moderated in Search Engine Autocompletion?' together with Alina Leidinger, dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/35… vera.ai

Job adverts! At the University of Amsterdam, we have two jobs on offer for 1) data engineer and 2) developer for data visualisation. Positions are in the newly created Humanities Labs that incl. the Digital Methods Initiative. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Data-E… and vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Front-…

Join us for a discussion on how to study alternative spaces on the internet! Includes mapping techniques & metrics Labfluens vera.ai Digital Methods registration: forms.gle/SLbicQFd5WWmeE…

For those joining today, the talk on 'alternative space mapping' takes place at 15.30 CET. Zoom info via: forms.gle/SLbicQFd5WWmeE… vera.ai Labfluens Digital Methods

Join us for a discussion of 'post-truth spaces: studying authenticity and influence on the internet', which includes a network mapping technique, osint/digital investigation practices and an influence metric. Part of vera.ai project on AI, synthetic media & verification.

We're hiring in New Media & Digital Culture, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam! There are three Assistant Professor jobs on offer in 'Digital Aesthetics and Platform Vernaculars', 'New Media Histories' and 'Digital Research Methods for AI Platforms'. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/search/

This year's Digital Methods Summer School (Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 1-12 July) is dedicated to 'Visual Methods'. Call for participation out at digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerScho…. Digital Methods vera.ai We're celebrating the new book by Sabine Niederer and Gabriele Colombo

New research uncovering 🇷🇺content laundering in the 🇪🇺. A collaboration between Alliance for Securing Democracy and Digital Methods researchers from UvA Amsterdam and UMK Torun. vera.ai

Univ Amsterdam researchers discover how Polish news sites 'launder' Russian propaganda. A write up of an interview with UvA researcher Kamila Koronska. vera.ai Digital Methods uva.nl/en/shared-cont…

How well do fact checks perform compared to the problematic content they address? New study on the competition between fact checks and problematic content in Google results by Kamila Koronska and me. Includes SEO effects and moderation critique dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.114… vera.ai

Deadline fast approaching for the Digital Methods Summer School, 1-12 July 2024, Amsterdam, on Visual Methods for Digital Research, launching the book published by Polity by Sabine Niederer and Gabriele Colombo. Keynote by Lev Manovich. Registration info: digitalmethods.net

How is Russian state content circumventing the EU ban? We found mirror sites, content aggregators, local news and blogs on spirituality and men’s lifestyle with RT content. UvA Geesteswetenschappen vera.ai nytimes.com/2024/05/30/bus… Our study covered in NY Times: securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/the-russian-pr…

We're hiring! 😎Two lectureships on offer in New Media & Digital Culture, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. Deadline for applications is 1 August. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Lectur…

Chatbots for internet research? The call is out for this year's Digital Methods Winter School, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 6-10 January 2025, digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterScho… Digital Methods

We're hiring! 😎 We have a position open at the University of Amsterdam for a postdoc in OSINT and information disorder. Deadline is quite soon: 26 February. You'd be a part of the Digital Methods Initiative. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/p…