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The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multidisciplinary research and teaching dept at University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet.
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“Machine learning only works if the future looks like the past - however, people change over time. You can’t rob people from being the exception to the rule. You are more than the data you leave behind.”
@SandraWachter5
#OIILondon
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We are thrilled to announce that Dr Safiya Noble will be joining the OII as a Senior Research Fellow in 2019! Dr Noble's work on the impacts of digital media, and its intersection with gender, race, and culture, is world-leading. Read on:
@safiyanoble
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Today we launch the Oxford Commission on AI & Good Governance, to advise world leaders on effective ways to use Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in public administration and governance
#OXCAIGG
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Social media manipulation campaigns operate in 81 countries, up from 70 countries in 2019, with global
#disinformation
being produced on an industrial scale by major governments, PR firms, and political parties.
NEW REPORT:
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Congratulations to
@Floridi
@oiioxford
@oxsocsci
@UniofOxford
named as the most cited philosopher in the world, according to the most recent SCOPUS survey (2020)
@DailyNousEditor
#Philosophy
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@C___CS
@oiioxford
who passed her viva yesterday! Her thesis is titled ‘Changing Minds and Machines: A Case Study of Human Rights Advocacy in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)’ Supervisors
@VickiNashOII
@ginasue
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Congratulations to OII's Professor Luciano Floridi, who has been nominated as Chair of the Advisory Board of the UK government's new Parliamentary Commission on Technology Ethics! For more information:
#DataEthics
#TechNews
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‘Meta can do better’ Open letter facilitated by
@ShuhBillSkee
@oiioxford
@oxsocsci
@UniofOxford
calls for Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg to act now on adolescent wellbeing
#MetaCanDoBetter
1/7
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New
@polbots
report: computational propaganda in US, China, Russia, Poland, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ukraine, Taiwan
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@benzevenbergen
Research Scientist
@GoogleAI
, formerly
@oiioxford
DPhil student, with his thesis on “Internet Users as Vulnerable and at-Risk Human Subjects: Reviewing Research Ethics Law for Technical Internet Research” passing earlier this week.
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👏👏👏 Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image
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Everyone loves maps -- and here's the Web as you may not recognise it: Happy
#InternautDay
!
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Congratulations to the OII's Professor Helen Margetts, who was awarded an OBE last week by HRH the Prince of Wales for services to political and social sciences!🏅
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Alexa, does AI have gender? OII's Professor Gina Neff talks about bias and balance of power in AI decision-making. Read now: …
@UniofOxford
@ginasue
#AI
#artificial_intelligence
#OxfordAI
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'Grief, Technology and Revolution: A women, and youth led revolution in Iran.' Read
@maasalan
's blog on the power of the internet as an agent for societal change:
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Congratulations to
@ginasue
on being one of 30 outstanding academics to receive a
@BritishAcademy_
Mid-Career Fellowship for her project 'Data Work: Collaboration, Sense Making and the Possible Futures for Work'
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Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil researcher
@0sophietaylor
on the publication of her first peer-reviewed paper ‘Infrastructuring AI: The stabilization of 'artificial intelligence' in and beyond national AI strategies’ in the journal First Monday:
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil
@katejsim
passing her viva yesterday! Her thesis is titled ‘Sociotechnical imaginaries of safety and reporting technologies in US higher education’. Examiners
@KiraAllmann
&
@RentschlerC
and supervisors
@ginasue
&
@VickiNashOII
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New research from
@ShuhBillSkee
@oiioxford
@uniofoxford
finds no evidence to suggest abstaining from
#socialmedia
has a positive effect on an individuals’ wellbeing, contrary to popular opinion about the benefits of ‘digital detoxing’.
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If you're worried about echo chamber, you shouldn't be. New blog by OII's Grant Blank and alumni Elizabeth Dubois on how research shows echo chambers don't exist:
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Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil
@margchee
for passing her viva today!
Her thesis is titled ‘Infrastructure Justice and Humanitarianism: Blockchain’s Promises in Practice’.
#viva
#universityofoxford
#dphil
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“Yes, AI is gendered. Because our society is, because the field of computer science is...What are we missing by not integrated different perspectives into the tools we’re building today?”
@ginasue
#OIILondon
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Major new study finds little evidence for causal connection between well-being and video game playing, published today in journal Royal Society Open Science. Authors
@NiklasJohannes
@vuorre
@krstoffr
@ShuhBillSkee
@oiioxford
@RSocPublishing
#Wellbeing
1/5
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We have a new postgraduate (MSc/DPhil) programme in Social Data Science! Apply Sept-17 for Start Oct-18
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New paper alert: "No evidence screen time is negative for children’s cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study". Find out more and read the paper in full here:
@ShuhBillSkee
@vuorre
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Congratulations to the OII's Professor Vili Lehdonvirta, who has been appointed to the EU Commission's Expert Group on the Online Platform Economy and High-Level Expert Group on Digital Transformation and EU Labour Markets! 🌏
@ViliLe
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Social media manipulation by political actors now an industrial scale problem prevalent in over 80 countries, says new
#misinformation
report from
@sbradshaww
@Hannah_LSBailey
@pnhoward
@oiioxford
@polbots
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil
@pgildersleve
passing his viva yesterday. His thesis is titled ‘The Wikipedia News Network: Understanding Collective Response to Current Events Through the Internet's Encyclopaedia’. Examiners
@jonmbright
and
@bkeegan
.
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News alert! We’re delighted to announce the appointment of
@janasrin
as Associate Professor in Digital South Asian Studies. This is a joint post with
@OSGAOxford
. She will also join the governing body of
@StAntsCollege
. Find out more:
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We're delighted to welcome
@KatyaH_kenkyuu
, who will take up the role of Associate Professor of AI & Society
@oiioxford
@EthicsInAI
@PhilFacOx
@wadhamoxford
from 1 March 2022.
@VickiNashOII
@JTasioulas
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We're hiring! The OII is recruiting two Senior Research Fellows, offering the opportunity to pursue advanced research and teaching focusing on understanding all aspects of digital life. Closing date is 3 May. Apply now!
#academia
#research
#academicwork
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Organised social media manipulation campaigns are now prevalent in 70 countries around world, (more than doubling from 28 in 2017) finds latest
@oiioxford
@polbots
report
#cypbertroops2019
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Weren't able to attend Prof Gina Neff's talk on 'Does AI Have Gender'? The video of the lecture is live on the OII website! Watch now:
#AI
#ArtificialInteligence
@ginasue
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New Paper Alert! "Auditing of AI: Legal, Ethical and Technical Approaches" authored by OII alumnus Jakob Mökander provides an overview of legal, ethical, and technical approaches to AI auditing. Read the paper in full here:
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil student
@jayslups
who passed her viva yesterday! Her thesis is titled ‘Safer (Cyber) Spaces: Reconfiguring Digital Security Towards Solidarity'. Supervisors:
@ginasue
@josswright
& Helena Webb. Examiners
@VickiNashOII
&
@gleemie
.
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An official warm welcome to
@safiyanoble
&
@ubiquity75
of
@C2i2_UCLA
who joined us as Research Associates over the summer.
Dr Noble and Dr Roberts will collaborate with
@ginasue
as part of the AI & Data Diversity project.
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Meet our new Visiting Fellow and former guide dog, Harley, here for our students and staff this afternoon on
#worldmentalhealthday
#WMHD2019
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NEW TODAY: new report from the OII reveals that social media manipulation is a growing problem around the world, with rising numbers of countries using these tactics to sway public opinion. Find out more:
@polbots
@UniofOxford
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil student
@julia_lefkowitz
who passed her viva yesterday! Her thesis is titled ‘Tabloidization and the Internet Age’. Supervisors
@jonmbright
and Dr Grant Blank.
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil student
@monaelswah
who passed her viva yesterday! Her these is titled ‘Digital Media and Online Tactical Stagnation: Insights from Syria and Tunisia’. Supervisor
@pnhoward
. Examiners
@ralphschroeder
@ahmedkhalid75
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New doctor! Congratulations to OII DPhil student
@ds_whats0n
who passed his viva yesterday! His thesis titled ‘Explaining Black Box Algorithms: Epistemological Challenges &Machine Learning Solutions’. Supervisors
@floridi
@oiioxford
& Matthew Kusner
@ucl
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Congratulations to
@oiioxford
academics
@jonmbright
@computermacgyve
@RosariaTaddeo
@oxfordethicslab
@balazsvedres
awarded the title of Associate Professor by the
@UniofOxford
#Professor
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New doctor! Congratulations Mary Sanford (
@Mp__bS
) on passing her viva today 🎉
Her thesis title is Applications of social data science to environmental communication on social media.
Supervisors Prof. Greg Taylor and
@RenaudLambiotte
, examiners
@evoluchico
and
@silviamajo
.
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New Doctoral Research Opportunity in Gender and AI at
@oiioxford
in partnership with
@Womens_Forum
. Research will draw upon social science methods to study the gender impact of AI systems in work contexts, supervised by
@ginasue
. Apply now!
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Congratulations to
@VickiNashOII
on the conferment of the title of Associate Professor
@oiioxford
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Congratulations to OII's Dr Sandra Wachter, recognised by
@Onalytica
as the top global influencer on AI! Incredible impact from a fantastic researcher. Find out more:
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We are pleased to announce the publication of
@geoplace
&
@dekstop
’s new book “Geographies of Digital Exclusion: Data and Inequality” with
@PlutoPress
. The book is a culmination of 10 years of research into data inequalities from around the world.
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New doctor! Congratulations to Allison Mishkin, who has just passed her viva! 🍾👩🎓
#phdlife
@AFineMishkin
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New book!
@geoplace
and
@fabianferrari
announce the publication of “Digital Work in the Planetary Market”, analysing the geographies of digital work. Available now open access and for pre-orders from
@mitpress
#DigitalWork
Find out more: 1/7
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Congratulations to OII's Professor Helen Margetts, who has been awarded the inaugural Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Politics & Technology! 🍾Find out more:
@HelenMargetts
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How do algorithms and bots affect election outcomes? New paper on automated political communication in the 2016 US election out now in the Journal of Information Technology and Politics! Read on:
@pnhoward
@samuelwoolley
#TechNews
#politics
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New doctor! Congrats to OII DPhil
@nahema_marchal
passing her viva today! Her thesis is titled ‘Feeling all the (Partisan) Feels: Exploring the Drivers of Affective Polarization at the Individual Level. Examiners
@VickiNashOII
&
@claesdevreese
Supervisors
@jonmbright
&
@pnhoward
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NEW DOCTOR!
@SianJMBrooke
passed her viva
@oiioxford
this morning. Congratulations Dr. Brooke 👏
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26 countries with authoritarian regimes using computational propaganda as a tool of information control to help suppress public opinion finds new
@oiioxford
report
#cybertroops2019
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The OII is excited to announce that today is the first meeting of the Oxford Technology & Elections Commission
#oxtec
which will bring together world experts to find ways to safeguard democracy from be potentially disruptive influences of modern technology
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Delighted to welcome Dr
@ana_valdi
, joining as Departmental Research Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy. Ana joins us from
@KingsCollegeLon
(6/7)
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We're thrilled to have Prof.
@safiyanoble
, Associate Professor
@UCLA
@C2i2_UCLA
, joining the Oxford Commission on AI & Good Governance
#OxCAIGG
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The largest scientific study ever conducted, investigating the spread of Facebook across the globe, found no evidence that the social media platform’s worldwide penetration is linked to widespread psychological harm.
@MentalHealthOII
@vuorre
@UniofOxford
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A new paper by Jakob Mokander &
@ralphschroeder
in Social Science Computer Review argues the use of AI & big data for policymaking is best understood as an acceleration and intensification of long-standing rationalization and bureaucratization processes.
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NEW RESEARCH! Researchers at the OII have found no relationship between aggressive behaviour in teenagers and the amount of time spent playing violent video games. Published today by
@RSocPublishing
, find out more:
@ShuhBillSkee
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Facebook remains the platform of choice for social media manipulation, with evidence of formally organised campaigns taking place in 56 countries says new
@oiioxford
report.
#cybertroops2019
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Researchers at
@NorthwesternU
and
@oiioxford
@uniofoxford
proud to announce the release of
@NetworkCanvas
suite of tools for collecting social network data
@michellebirkett
@epiglpii
@blurky
@Janulis
@noshir
, Michael Bass, Joshua Melville 2/2
#Software
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@sbradshaww
, formerly
@oiioxford
@polbots
, now Postdoctoral Fellow
@Stanfordio
@StandfordCISAC
with her thesis on “The Social Media Challenge for Democracy: Propaganda and Disinformation in a Platform Society” passing earlier this month.
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Fantastic news that an AI modelling tool developed by
@SandraWachter
@b_mittelstadt
and
@c_russl
@oiioxford
has been incorporated into
@amazon
@q_amazonwebserv
anti-bias software to help better detect discrimination in
#AI
and machine learning systems
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New data memo from the Computational Propaganda project! An examination of junk news on social media in the lead up to Trump's State of the Union Address:
@polbots
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We’re hiring! Applications now open for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on a new project aimed at analysing trends in
#misinformation
, elections and the public understanding of science and politics. Closing date 6 January 2020.
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Congratulations to our MSc students who submitted their Theses yesterday! We are so proud of all of you and can't wait to see what's next!!
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The Internet, Policy and Politics 2018 conference has begun! Looking forward to an incredible two days with all our attendees and speakers
#IPP2018
@policyinternet
Democracy needs a cybersecurity strategy - great keynote to start
#ipp2018
from
@pnhoward
@oiioxford
@policyinternet
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"I am delighted to be starting what for me is a dream job"
@oiioxford
director
@VickiNashOII
shares her thoughts on taking on her new role.
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New doctor! Congratulations to OII DPhil James Williams who passed his viva today! His Thesis is titled 'Freedom and Persuasion in the Attention Economy'.
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A great big welcome to our new cohort of MSc and DPhil students starting this week at the OII! We can't wait to see all the contributions you'll make to the OII and
@UniofOxford
community this year 💻📚
#WelcometoOxford
#BacktoSchool
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New doctor! Congratulations to OII DPhil Paige Mustain who passed her viva today!
Her Thesis is titled ‘The P-Tech Model: An Embedded Case Study of Digital Inequalities and Private Sector Involvement in U.S. public Education'.
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Applications for the SDP 2018 (2 July-13 July) are now open! Bringing together outstanding doctoral students from around the world for daily seminars and tutorials with leading academics in the field of Internet Studies. Applications deadline: 19 Feb 2018
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What happens to our online presence after our death? A new paper in
@NatureHumBehav
by OII's Carl Öhman and Prof Luciano Floridi analyses the digital afterlife industry and the ethical implications:
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Fascinating read from
@WiredUK
with commentary from
@oiioxford
experts
@SandraWachter5
@TahaYasseri
on the importance of understanding the choices made by
#MachineLearning
and
#AI
For the good of humanity, AI needs to know when it's incompetent
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It's our 20th birthday today! 🎂🎉
Find out more about our story so far:
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OII's Prof Andrew Przybylski talks to Nature about the advantages of open science in researching the effects of technology. Read on:
@ShuhBillSkee
@nature
#technology
#research
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Out today! Read the special issue of Royal Society journal on 'Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal, and technical opportunities and challenges', edited by our amazing OII members
@C__Cath
@SandraWachter5
@b_mittelstadt
@Floridi
. Read now:
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We're delighted to share a project co-launched by
@oiioxford
DPhil Student
@lujainmibrahim
. It's an exciting educational game on rec systems. Take a look at the game here:
#MozillaAwardee
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Congratulations to
@SandraWachter5
on the conferment of the title of Associate Professor
@oiioxford
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Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil student Jakob Mökander on passing his viva! His thesis is titled ‘Ethics-based auditing of automated decision-making systems’. Supervisor:
@Floridi
. Examiners:
@VickiNashOII
and Prof. Ugo Pagallo,
@unito
.
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The online world is now an ecosystem of bots -- but our knowledge of how they interact is poor
@Floridi
@TahaYasseri
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We're hiring! The OII is looking for a Research Assistant in Algorithmic Intelligence to work on a new project in collaboration with Engineering Science. Deadline is 30 August, apply now:
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ANNOUNCING: Our next four OII Wednesday webinars, to help take you through
#lockdown2uk
We'll be talking digital racism, tech governance, internet advertising, and much more.
Find out more and book via:
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Twitter data not suitable for research where representativeness is important, says Grant Blank
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ICYMI: Congratulations to OII's Prof Helen Margetts, announced as one of the world's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government! 🍾 Find out more:
@HelenMargetts
@apoliticalco
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Congratulations to
@RosariaTaddeo
who has been awarded the title of Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies.
1
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Demise of Big Tech platforms like Facebook would pose serious risks to data privacy with damaging social and economic consequences, new study from
@oiioxford
@CJ_Ohman
and
@nikitaggarwal
@oxfordethicslab
@UniofOxford
@PolicyR
finds
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@oiioxford
doctoral student Godofredo Ramizo Jr who passed his viva last week! His thesis is titled ‘Ubering While Poor: The Socio-Political Implications of Digital Platforms in Underdeveloped Contexts.’ Supervisors
@ViliLe
@etmeyer
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Join us for our next
#OIIwebinar
on Thursday 24 February 'Fake AI, Pseudoscience, Snake Oil and Hype' with
@F_Kaltheuner
,
@favourboroks
,
@AidanPeppin
,
@gemmamilne
,
@tulsiparida
&
@aparnaashok_
, moderated by
@c_jakobson
.
Register:
3
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New doctor! Congratulations to
@oiioxford
DPhil student
@JaimieLFreeman
who passed her viva yesterday! Her thesis is titled ‘Not on my watch: Understanding the social and psychological wellbeing implications of adolescents’ digital self-tracking practices.’
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Happy birthday to the World Wide Web! It's been 30 years of digital transformation, and the OII is committed to making sense of these changes for the public good 💻
#Web30
Celebrating 30 years since
@timberners_lee
wrote the proposal for what became the WWW. Happy birthday to a technology that showed us the best (and perhaps the worst!) of what the Internet could deliver to the 4.2 billion people now connected.
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OII's Corinne Cath in the New
@NewStatesman
: Who is driving the AI agenda and what do they stand to gain? Read on:
@C__Cath
@Technology_NS
#TechnologyNews
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