Interesting new paper from Philipp Dietrich on the development of Russia's VK social media platform into a 'super app' to increase state surveillance and the dissemination of propaganda.
I had the pleasure of learning about this research when visiting DGAP earlier this year, glad to now see it published.
Get some more insights into Day 1 of the #regroup#minipublic in Florence! 🇮🇹
The invited resource persons from the European University Institute share their insights. How was it for them to participate and to discuss the #covidcrisis with the citizens?
GUEST BLOG | 🖊️ What are the reasons for citizens to comply or not to comply with #covidmeasures? 🇪🇺
Rossella Vulcano, PhD student at the University of Groningen, studies citizens' responses to governmental restrictions, aiming for a more efficient #pandemicgovernance.
Do gender differences in political ambition occur to the same extent across local, national and European levels? 🤔
💡 We find that women have lower levels of political ambition across all levels, but that the gender gap is significantly smaller at the local level compared with the European (but not the national) level
"exposure to sexually conservative ethnic out-groups can provoke an instrumental increase in LGBT+ inclusion, particularly among those hostile toward immigration."
Please stop referring to the Chinese and Russian 'models' of internet control.
How Russia censors today is the complete opposite of what the 'Russian model' referred to when the idea of 'models' was first proposed (and China hasn't exactly been static either...)
I'm writing about Internet bills proposed by the Russian State Duma that either did not go anywhere (e.g. Milonov's 2017 social-media-by-passport proposal) or only much later or in heavily redacted form (such as the 2020 social media law). Which other bills should I include?
I'm trying to get a sense of the overall dynamics of proposals being floated at various times since 2012. Vague leads or hunches welcome!
The iPhone of Meduza's Galina Timchenko was infected with Pegasus spyware in February 2023. The ability of Russian independent journalists to continue their work in exile is under tremendous pressure (Meduza has been operating from Riga since 2014). Yet more evidence how working from within the EU does not necessarily shield them from risk