Paddy Leerssen was cited by newspaper NRC
ICDS researcher Paddy Leerssen was cited by the Dutch newspaper NRC, in an article about the future of ‘safe harbor’ laws for online platforms. Internet services are not responsible for …
ICDS Team Wins Dutch Public Broadcaster’s Hackathon on Diverse Recommenders
On 9 and 10 October, a UvA-VU team consisting of Myrthe Reuver, Felicia Loecherbach, Nicolas Mattis, Sanne Vrijenhoek, and Marijn Sax took part in a 24-hour hackathon organized by the …
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New article by ICDS researchers on perceptions towards GDPR
Team members Joanna Strycharz, Jef Ausloos and Natali Helberger recently published a new paper titled: Data Protection or Data Frustration? Individual perceptions and attitudes towards the GDPR. The paper examines …
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New Covid-19 report from ICDS
Digital technologies can be part of solutions to societal crises. In fact, technological solutions are important in strategies to manage the current pandemic. These technologies range from medical data mining, …
Marijn presents his PhD project at Felix Meritis
On Wednesday 6 October, Marijn delivered a lecture on his PhD dissertation titled ‘Between Empowerment and Manipulation’ at the recently reopened Felix Meritis. During the dinner + lecture evening, Marijn …
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We are HIRING! Four vacancies at ICDS
JOIN US!! At ICDS, we currently have 4 open vacancies in interdisciplinary teams. All vacancies involve collaborations with Natali Helberger and Claes de Vreese. More precisely: Postdoctoral researcher in media …
New report on dis- and misinformation
Judith Moeller (tegether with Michael Hameleers) wrote a report for the German media authorities on types of disinformation and misinformation from a communication scientific and legal perspective . In this …
ICDS deepfake study featured in Dutch national media
Tom Dobber presented his research experimental study on a deepfake of a Dutch politician in several national Dutch media. Together with Nadia Metoui, Damian Trilling, Natali Helberger, and Claes de …
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Natali Helberger on News Recommenders for Media Apocalypse
Natali Helberger was invited by the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School to contribute in a series of discussions with experts about the current crisis roiling journalism in …
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Blog post Natali on diversity in news recommendation systems
Natali Helberger wrote a blog post on the topic of diversity in news recommendation systems. In particlar, the blog provides an in-depth assessment of how algorithmic recommendation systems for news …
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