One of the biggest developments in the media landscape in recent years is the use of data. Consumer data is widely traded between media and advertisers. But due to the abolition of third-party cookies, this is changing. The media industry is looking for new ways to collect data without violating consumer privacy. In the Cross …
The annual Summer Institute in Computational Social Science is taking place from 14-25 June at the University of Maastricht. The purpose of the Summer Institute is to bring together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and beginning faculty interested in computational social science, focusing on legal data, both from the perspective of collection as well as analysis. …
The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Conference will take place from 9-11 June. ICDS team member Jef Ausloos will give several presentations on his research. On June 9, he will talk about how data rights and transparency rules can play an important role in enabling research into online platforms. The following …
Natali Helberger was one of the panelists of the panel ‘Platform Liability Rules as Technology Policy Levers’, together with Pam Samuelson, Eric Goldman, Tejas Narechania and Olivier Sylvain, during the 25th annual BTLJ-BCLT Symposium, from the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. The recording of this panel is now available here. Other event recordings are …
The PriTech Workshop ‘Pricing Technologies and their Economic and Social Consequences’ took place from 25-26 March, 2021. Panelist Natali Helberger explored the use of software agents to price discriminate and target consumers with personalised communications – social perceptions of such practices, their impact on markets and society and the applicable legal frameworks. Helberger’s presentation ‘Profiling, …
The PERITIA Conference ‘Trust in Expertise in a Changing Media Landscape’ took place on 18 & 19 March, 2021. This multidisciplinary conference brought together outstanding researchers from all over the world to discuss how best to assess, establish and maintain the credibility and trustworthiness of expertise in a rapidly changing media environment. Scholars presented their latest findings on questions …
Tom gave a lunch lecture at the Kiesraad, the Dutch electoral council. He spoke about political microtargeting, disinformation, and presented ICDS’s online ad dashboard. During the presentation Tom showed how Forum voor Democratie is by far the most active advertiser, that the more leftist parties (except for SP) target more women while the more rightist …
Tom Dobber presented the political dashboard at the Kiesraad Read More »
This February, Judith Möller was invited to give lectures on Filter Bubbles and Fringe Bubbles at both Kent State University and Michigan State University. In her lectures, she talked about the effects of algorithmic news curation on polarization and radicalization, and the idea of a spiral of noise leading to the emergence of fringe bubbles. …
Last week, Jef Ausloos gave an invited tutorial at the ACM FAT* Conference in Barcelona. This conference brings together researchers and practitioners interested in fairness, accountability, and transparency in socio-technical systems. Jointly with Damian Clifford (ANU) and Laurens Naudts (KU Leuven), Jef presented his work on the concept of “fairness” in EU data protection law. …
This May, the 70th annual ICA Conference will be held in Gold Coast, Australia. With topics ranging from chatbots to deepfakes, our ICDS team will inform you about their latest research. What specific paper presentations to expect at ICA? See the complete list below: Constructing a deepfake to measure its effects on political attitudes. Metoui, …