Fabio Votta📊🐧

Fabio Votta📊🐧

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Computational Communication Scientist #rstats | Postdoc Researcher | University of Amsterdam | ‪@ascor.bsky.social‬ | @algosoc.org | Blog: favstats.eu | Running on plant-based fuel 🌱 | he/him

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Schwabenschau
@schwabenschau.bsky.social

Sogar Drumbs Anhängr bgreifa nun, dess der US-Bräsidend älles andere als oi gnialr Dealmakr isch. Des iranische Regim schdehd solid da. Geklaud vo:

taz@taz.de

Sogar Trumps Anhänger begreifen nun, dass der US-Präsident alles andere als ein genialer Dealmaker ist. Das iranische Regime steht solide da.

taz.deTrump im Irankrieg: In die Sackgasse gelogenSogar Trumps Anhänger begreifen nun, dass der US-Präsident alles andere als ein genialer Dealmaker ist. Das iranische Regime steht solide da.
Fabio Votta📊🐧
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I recently read my first fiction book in.. too long a time. And I thought it was very beautiful. I had heard about booktok and thought I'll check it out to continue thinking about the book. I discovered that everyone there hates on it with a passion So is booktok just ragebait? Or what's going on?

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Petter Törnberg
@pettertornberg.com

Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers

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Eliot Higgins
@eliothiggins.bsky.social

🧵 Democracy feels like it's in a rough state at the moment across the globe, and we hear various explanations, like polarisation, extremism, disinformation, and loss of trust. But what if those explanations are mainly symptoms and we've been trying to treat them rather than the underlying causes?

Fabio Votta📊🐧
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I was happy to be a part of this massive effort. 7 years, 865 researchers, and 3 Nature papers later show what's possible when the scientific community comes together to honestly examine its own foundations. Huge thanks to @briannosek.bsky.social, the SCORE team, and all collaborators.

Nature@nature.com

A massive seven-year project exploring 3,900 social-science papers has ended with a disturbing finding go.nature.com/4bZ9k0W

go.nature.comHalf of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long projectResults from massive, ‘eagerly awaited’ initiative reinforce concerns about the credibility of science — but raise hope for solutions.
Fabio Votta📊🐧
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Wer im Wahlkampf auf Meta Werbung trotz ihres Verbots schaltet verschafft sich einen unfairen Vorteil. @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & ich sprachen mit der @szde.bsky.social über unsere Untersuchung in der wir dutzende Anzeigen im Landtagswahlkampf fanden. www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/m...

sueddeutsche.deMeta verstößt gegen eigenes Verbot bei politischer WerbungMeta hat politische Werbung eigentlich verboten. Eine Untersuchung zeigt, dass viele politische Anzeigen trotzdem online bleiben.
Fabio Votta📊🐧
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The municipal elections in the Netherlands were held yesterday in a free and fair manner. And yet, I believe they happened on an unequal playing field when it comes to voter outreach opportunities, for which I squarely lay the blame on Meta and its non-enforcement of its own political ad ban policy.

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Fabio Votta📊🐧
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As long as these issues remain unresolved and platforms show no willingness to enforce their own rules, let alone EU regulation, unlabeled paid political influence remains a threat to the integrity of elections across the entire EU.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
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This could also be addressed within the systemic risk framework of the DSA, as it has the potential to tilt the scales in favor of those who do not care to abide by the rules and have the money to do so.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
@favstats.eu

The municipal elections in the Netherlands were held yesterday in a free and fair manner. And yet, I believe they happened on an unequal playing field when it comes to voter outreach opportunities, for which I squarely lay the blame on Meta and its non-enforcement of its own political ad ban policy.

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Fabio Votta📊🐧
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I do believe this lack of enforcement is particularly relevant in local and regional elections, where voter attention is already low and even a small boost in name recognition through advertising could result in larger differences than what we traditionally see in our research.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
@favstats.eu

The municipal elections in the Netherlands were held yesterday in a free and fair manner. And yet, I believe they happened on an unequal playing field when it comes to voter outreach opportunities, for which I squarely lay the blame on Meta and its non-enforcement of its own political ad ban policy.

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Fabio Votta📊🐧
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I am not suggesting that advertising on Facebook and Instagram is solely or even largely responsible for the election results we have seen. Obviously voters also get information from other sources and the academic literature on political advertising suggests such large effects to be implausible.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
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At the same time, it remains deeply troubling that parties which may or may have not already been bound to win are conferred additional advantages by skirting the rules, while their competitors, adhering to them, were not able to spread their message to voters via targeted advertising on Meta.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
@favstats.eu

The municipal elections in the Netherlands were held yesterday in a free and fair manner. And yet, I believe they happened on an unequal playing field when it comes to voter outreach opportunities, for which I squarely lay the blame on Meta and its non-enforcement of its own political ad ban policy.

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Fabio Votta📊🐧
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In Katwijk, a small beach town in South Holland with 70k inhabitants, the largest party DURF ran dozens of ads that garnered over 300k impressions in total over months.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
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Same goes for the largest local party in Emmen, Wakker Emmen, who subsidized their campaign with Meta advertising that reached 225k+ impressions. I could go on, as there are many more examples.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
@favstats.eu

The municipal elections in the Netherlands were held yesterday in a free and fair manner. And yet, I believe they happened on an unequal playing field when it comes to voter outreach opportunities, for which I squarely lay the blame on Meta and its non-enforcement of its own political ad ban policy.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
@favstats.eu

In The Hague, Hart voor Den Haag won the municipal elections, almost doubling their previous vote share. On Meta, they reached almost 100k people with unlabeled political advertising that ran for a month and a half.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
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🚀 Launching our CampAIgn Tracker for the Dutch municipal elections! We monitor AI-generated content across 4 platforms in 30 municipalities. PVV leads AI use again. And 90% of posts without any label. Can you spot the AI? Try our "AI of Niet?" game! gr26.campaigntracker.nl

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Jan Steurs
@jansteurs.bsky.social

Replying to @jansteurs.bsky.social

Misschien, zo heel misschien... Is dat "verbod" op politieke advertenties van de tech giganten toch niet zo'n verbod.

Fabio Votta📊🐧@favstats.eu

It's not just Meta. Google also banned political ads in the EU, yet Dutch political parties are running them ahead of municipal elections. Some are visible in Google's Transparency Center, others leaving no public trace and you can only run into them incidentally. www.favstats.eu/post/google_...

favstats.euIt's Not Just Meta: Political Parties in the Netherlands Are Advertising with Google Ads Despite Ban | favstats - personal blog
Fabio Votta📊🐧
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Political ads on Meta also running in upcoming Danish election despite their supposed ban

Benjamin Rud Elberth@elberth.dk

Det her er virkelig ikke godt. Der er jo en rigtig god grund til at politisk annoncering skal overholde en række krav: Gennemsigtighed om afsender og betaling og at vælger ved budskabet er politisk mv. Utroligt dumt. #dkpol #fv26 ing.dk/artikel/sf-d...

ing.dkSF-darling snød Facebook med forbudt reklame i sin valgkreds | IngeniørenJakob Mark (SF) indrømmer, at han godt vidste, man ikke måtte reklamere på den måde - Facebook vil nu undersøge sagen nærmere. Reklamerne kan være i strid med EU’s regler, vurderer ekspert.
Fabio Votta📊🐧
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My best friend Noon Abdulqadir is defending her PhD on April 9th and I couldn't be more excited and proud! 🎓 Her dissertation "Hiring in the Digital Society" digs into how gender and age stereotypes show up in job advertisements🧵 www.noon-abdulqadir.com/defense/

Noon Abdulqadir (MFA Noon)@noonabdulqadir.bsky.social

So, my defense ceremony is coming up (Apr 9th, 10AM), and my brilliant paranymphs have created a website for the occasion! Couldn’t have asked for a better team! Thank you, @favstats.eu, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social, Roeland Dubèl, @cvargiu.bsky.social, @ernesto-deleon.com RSVP at: lnkd.in/eAjhYvZV

lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
Fabio Votta📊🐧
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If you've ever thought "hey, that Fabio guy does interesting work on political ads but I am more concerned about the labor market" then you should 100% check out Noon's research. She's tackling many of the same questions I do (e.g. algorithmic ad delivery), but in the domain of hiring and job ads.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
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Meta's politcal ad ban exists on paper only. Quoted at length in this @ad.nl piece on Meta's failure to enforce its rules in the Dutch municipal elections. Since this was written, I've found over 1000 clearly political ads on Meta from parties and politicians. www.ad.nl/politiek/hon...

ad.nlHonderden verboden politieke advertenties overspoelen sociale media: ‘Gevaarlijk dat dit kan’Meer dan 270 socialemediaposts die gaan over de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen voldoen niet aan Europese regelgeving en zijn niet toegestaan volgens het beleid van techplatforms als Meta. Maar ze zijn er t...
Fabio Votta📊🐧
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Interesting to see: the self-reported political campaign spending in the Netherlands during the upcoming 18th March local elections surpasses even how much money was spent in the national election.

Fabio Votta📊🐧
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The "political ad ban" on Meta does not exist. It's just a number of people volunteering not to run political ads on the one hand and those who just do it anyway on the other.

Fabio Votta📊🐧@favstats.eu

There is no "political ad ban" on Meta. A ban that isn't enforced isn't a ban. Former AfD leader Frauke Petry and now leader of a splinter party is running several political ads on Meta. One has been active since Oct 23 and reached 171k people across Germany.