Anita Gohdes

Happy to share this paper with @zacharyst.bsky.social that was just published in the AJPS. We study how civilian behavior on social media shifts during war, focusing on one of the most horrific episodes of the Syrian conflict - the siege of Aleppo: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Google, Meta and Microsoft are seeking backup internet routes around the Red Sea as ongoing conflict near Yemen threatens the submarine cables linking Europe and Asia. https://restofworld.org/2026/google-meta-red-sea-subsea-cables-houthi-yemen/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky

NEW @citizenlab.ca report We uncovered an Israeli firm using online ads to run vast spy operation This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads. 45 devices at @aljazeera.com confirmed infected citizenlab.ca/research/how...

reading the news about the strikes on Russian data centers this week I remembered Clive Humby's speech from 2006: "Data is the new oil."

Lots of people asked me about this over the past days - this is a helpful analysis.

This image says more than a 1000 words. Abysmal to see countries bowing to US pressure to withdraw from sponsoring a conference on disinformation. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A former student working at @sovereign.tech, here in Berlin tells me they are looking for a Director of Technology. Looks like a *great* job.

Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Heike Klüver stellt fest: Es ist völlig egal, was rechtsextremistische Parteien in der Regierung tun – sie legen bei der folgenden Wahl fünf bis sechs Prozentpunkte zu.  Ganze Folge von BOSETTI LATE NIGHT: https://f.mtr.cool/0tjrg6z8pg #BosettiLateNight #SarahBosetti

For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November

Synthetic Propaganda and the Postdigital Condition Nov 12, 2 pm CET, online fu-berlin.webex.com/webappng/sit... Thx for having me @argohdes.bsky.social

This is a great thread

AI #slopaganda is not so much about fakes or disinformation. It's about aligning the world with your preformulated descriptions of it, making reality disappear behind its formulaic image, rendering visible all your fears at once in order to enjoy them more. It's a technology of fascist daydreaming

The call for proposals for the @epssnet.bsky.social Pre-Conference Workshops 2027 is now open: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... If you're interested in hosting a pre-conference workshop please take a look!

More exciting @epssnet.bsky.social announcements: See below our call for pre-conference workshops at EPSS 2027 in Copenhagen, taking place on 23 June 2027. This will be a fantastic opportunity for groups of scholars to come together.

Call for Proposals: EPSS Copenhagen 2027 Pre-Conference Workshops! We're seeking proposals for workshops on 23 June 2027, at the University of Copenhagen. Whether you are a senior scholar or an ECR, we want your expertise! ⏳Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 🔗Apply here: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... #EPSS2027

The call for proposals for the @epssnet.bsky.social Pre-Conference Workshops 2027 is now open: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... If you're interested in hosting a pre-conference workshop please take a look!

Müll ist eine Systemfrage der Demokratie – und die Wahl in Berlin ist ein guter Anlass, das Thema zu verhandeln. Hier zeigen sich Konturen einer neuen Form der zivilgesellschaftlichen Selbstregierung. Ich habe meine Gedanken für die Berlin Review aufgeschrieben: blnreview.de/ausgaben/202...

I know I am preaching to the choir here but this is the platform many of our celebrated institutions are still using.

📢 Want to guest edit JPR’s 2028 Special Issue? One month left to submit your proposal!

A few things (international) commentatoes should remember. Only 2 million people live in Sachsen-Anhalt. Half of Berlin, a tenth of NRW. Around 400k will vote AfD. Even with this strong result, 80% of people living in S-A will not have voted for the AfD. In a state that is a far-right stronghold.

This is well worth reading. Disinformation blooms when information is scarce. "The informational vulnerability is a product of a legal architecture that offers almost no authoritative, usable answer to the question of who may enter and how."

🔍 Foreign disinformation campaigns don't just target societies from the outside – they rely on people inside those societies to do much of the work. New article by our faculty member @argohdes.bsky.social published in @internationalepolitik.de. @hertieschool.bsky.social

The Acemoglu Wars are all about AI www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-acemog...

Ich freue mich am 21. September mit Katja Weber im Humboldt Forum über KI, Krieg und digitale Konflikträume zu diskutieren. Anmelden kann man sich hier: www.scripts-berlin.eu/de/general-e... @hertieschool.bsky.social @scripts-berlin.eu @hertiesecurity.bsky.social

Glad to finally be able to post about this long-in-the-works paper, led by the amazing @crobertson500.bsky.social and @small-schulz.bsky.social! "Everyone knows" that social media gives a distorted view of public opinion (...right?). 1/8

🏆 One more week to nominate your favorite EPSS 2026 conference paper! 📆 Deadline: 31 August 2026

Sounds like straight out of an evil sci-fi novel: Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process.

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...

Wayne Rooney speaking for the entire world on the half time show. "I thought it was crap."

Ich habe schon lange keine Online Petition mehr unterschrieben, aber diese hier schon: weact.campact.de/petitions/sp...

Very happy to see this out! Our new paper, "Boosting Media Literacy Using Lateral Reading and Online Search Interventions," is now published in Psychological Science.

Out and open access! Congratulations @danaelkurd.bsky.social

Stop! 🛑 Scroll no further - this is the coolest thing you'll see today. Presenting The Data Dispatch: data journalism made by my students at the Hertie School 👇 data-journalism-26.github.io

Join us today at 2:15pm (Berlin time) for our last @scripts-berlin.eu AI & the global order summer lecture series! Molly Roberts will be talking about „How Partisanship Affects Preferences for Large Language Model Output“ www.scripts-berlin.eu/general-even...

And now, on to @epssnet.bsky.social Copenhagen 24-26 June 2027! #EPSS2027 is going to be amazing Many thanks to the University of Copenhagen, and to @sarahagemann.bsky.social @fghjorth.bsky.social & Kasper Møller Hansen for making next year’s conference happen I hope to see you all there!

What a wonderful few days in Belfast for #EPSS2026 and what a fantastic community! Thank you to everyone who joined the conference with such enthusiasm A special thanks to @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & the rest of the EPSS Council for making it all possible

EPSS 2026: That's a wrap! 🎊 Thanks to all presenters, discussants, chairs, section chairs, volunteers, & participants for making this conference such a success. Safe travels, and see you at EPSS 2027 in Copenhagen!

Main indicator for me that this has been an excellent conference: seeing both the panels and receptions FULL of attendees 📊 😎🍷 #EPSS2026

We invite you all to EPSS Mingle With Drinks at the Ulster Museum today at 17-19.30. No registration of tickets needed. It's a great way to celebrate the successful first EPSS conference together! 1/2

Looking for an absolutely riveting read to better understand security organizations? Check this out 👇🏻by Christian Gläßel & @ascharpf.bsky.social , just awarded first ever @epssnet.bsky.social book award 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Huge congratulations to Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social for winning the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social best book award for “Making a Career in Dictatorship“ 🥳 #EPSS2026 @hertiesecurity.bsky.social

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing outgoing #EPSS president @sarahobolt.bsky.social, who was not only instrumental to creating EPSS, but also sheparded it so successfully through its first year. And equally huge thanks to incoming EPSS president @simonhix.bsky.social for his fabulous leadership!