claesdevreese

claesdevreese, 7 days ago to Trains

Still one of the best travel inventions. 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪#trains #travel #photography #london 🚄

claesdevreese, 15 days ago to ai

Long read including interview with 🙋‍♂️ in 🇳🇱 newspaper de Volkskrant on AI and elections.

On disinformation, targeting, electoral integrity, fostering conflict and confusion, the role of voters and responsibility of political actors.

It is very good that media pay attention to and cover these developments, creating awareness without contributing to fear-mongering.

#ai #elections #generativeAI #campaigns #politics #literacy #disinformation

claesdevreese, 16 days ago to ai

Joined Dutch public broadcasting newshour show tonight to discuss AI and elections. And how chatbots and generative AI can be leveraged for political campaigns. And why the super election year 2024 is virtually unregulated.
#AI #democracy #campaigns #politics #generativeAI

claesdevreese, 22 days ago to random

The demise of Twitter: how a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’.

Interesting piece on the losses of the X downfall. With insights from @snurb and others.

And the resonating question: can and will anyone fill the gap?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/28/the-demise-of-twitter-how-a-utopian-vision-for-social-media-became-a-toxic-mess

claesdevreese, 25 days ago to random

About those #EP24 elections...

1️⃣Let candidates for the EP lead: not national politicians who are not on the ballot 🗳
2️⃣Move the news coverage beyond clichés and unfold different conflict lines on important topics 📰
3️⃣Demand both parties and social media platforms to be transparent about political advertising online 📱
4️⃣Disclose the use of any (generative) artificial intelligence tools in the campaign 💡
5️⃣Vote and take responsibility in the information ecosystem ☑

New blog:
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2024/04/25/how-to-hold-a-successful-european-parliament-election/

claesdevreese, 1 month ago to mastodon

Well at least many academics are gone. #AcademicTwitter is now scattered across #Mastodon #bluesky #LinkedIn and a bit of job/publication sharing on 🐦

#fragmentation #X

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/26/twitter-usage-in-us-fallen-by-a-fifth-since-elon-musks-takeover

claesdevreese, 2 months ago to photography

Grey, rainy, dark. But Zurich still 💕
#photography #winter 🌧️

claesdevreese, 2 months ago to random

“X is an entirely new company”
👀 😂 🐦

#dsa #transparency #platformregulation

claesdevreese, 3 months ago to photography

Good morning

#sunrise #photography 🌅 🌉

claesdevreese, 3 months ago to ai

We should not be alarmist about AI and elections. But we should also not be naive and pretend the techniques are not there and bad actors would not deploy them. Exhibit #...

#deepfakes #AI #elections #misinformation #democracy

https://www.ft.com/content/bd75b678-044f-409e-b987-8704d6a704ea?sharetype=blocked

claesdevreese, 3 months ago to ai

New EU #AI office 🇪🇺

https://www.euractiv.com/section/artificial-intelligence/news/eu-commission-readies-establishment-of-ai-office/

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

It’s the message. But maybe more so the messenger.

“People tend to be highly sensitive to the identity of the messenger, as much as if not more than the content of the message.”

New report summaries research and offers 8 pieces of advice.

#misinformation #disinformation

https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/eight-ways-prevent-and-fight-health-misinformation-backed-psychological-science

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

Algorithm Watch says goodbye to X 👋🏼 🐦

“The decision follows the continuous and rapid disintegration of the social network since its new owner took over a year ago”

https://algorithmwatch.org/en/algorithmwatch-ceases-activities-on-x-twitter/

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

A Queen resigns, a King is announced.
Frederik X is King of Denmark 🇩🇰 👑

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to ai

World Economic Forum study identifies mis/disinformation as the most severe global risk in the next 2 years.

#AI #misinformation #journalism

https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Global_Risks_Report_2024.pdf

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

Major part of Dutch radio-television broadcaster leaves X 🐦 👋🏼

Too much anonymous hate and racism cited as the reasons.

Statement (in 🇳🇱):
https://kro-ncrv.nl/kro-ncrv-stopt-per-direct-met-x

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to journalism

It’s January 6. Democracy is under threat, from within.

Sadly the need, timing, and relevance of this volume on ‘The Media and January 6’ 🇺🇸 by excellent folks Khadijah Costley White, @kreissdaniel , @shannimcg & @rebekahtromble is huge.

#polcomm #democracy #journalism

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533?lang=en&cc=us

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to Health

Not new. Still relevant.
2024: take holidays 🌈 😎 🏝️ ⛷️

“The frequency of annual vacations by middle-aged men at high risk for CHD is associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality and, more specifically, mortality attributed to CHD. Vacationing may be good for your health.”

#academicchatter #lifehack #vacation #health

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11020089/

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

“This year must be remembered not only for the scale of its elections but also for the speed and scale of democracy’s defense”

Analysis of super 2024 🗳️ year + actionable points in Foreign Affairs. By Kat Duffy and Katie Harbarth.

#democracy #elections #polcomm #polisci

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/defending-year-democracy

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

Elections and democracy will be center stage across the globe in 2024 🗳️

Standing up for free and fair elections, free and independent media, and defending key democratic institutions and principles are good intentions for 2024.

#HappyNewYear

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

Queen Margrethe 🇩🇰 abdicates.
January 14, 2024.

Queen of Denmark my entire life. 52 years of outstanding service 🙏🏽

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

The discombobulated academic.

How Twitter’s downfall fragmented academics online. The 🐦-stayers, LinkedIn, Mastodon, BlueSky, TikTok, Threads. What to do?

#academicchatter

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2023/12/07/x-linkedin-bluesky-mastodon-threads-tiktok-how-to-chose-in-a-fractured-academic-social-media-landscape/

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to ai

In de krant 🗞️ Mooi serie van 23 ‘wetenschapsbeelden’ van 2023. Met oa #AI beeld van “Trump die gearresteerd wordt”. Voorbeeld van AI Fake. En misschien voorproefje van 2024 waar een groot deel van de wereld gaat stemmen bij verkiezingen met AI technologie volop aanwezig 🗳️

@UvA_ASCoR

claesdevreese, 4 months ago to random

Since it’s ‘highlight-of-the-year-time’: here’s mine. The interview in Playboy about the societal impact of (generative) AI 🐰 📖 The interviews really ARE the highlights 💫 😆