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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 22h

Think platform data from social media only matters for election or disinformation research? Think again. George Pearson, a researcher at the Truth Initiative, shows it’s vital for public health—revealing how tobacco companies can target youth, dodge regulations, and influence policy.

Why Platform Data is Essential to Public Health Efforts in Tobacco Control | TechPolicy.Press

Social media platforms are a key avenue for tobacco control research, but as George Pearson argues data access barriers hinder efforts to monitor impacts.

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 3d

📣Announcing our new series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social "Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data". Should we be able to understand the risks kids face online? How businesses target consumers? How politicians communicate? These qs depend on access to public platform data. 👇

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 3d

Another in our series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. This week’s elections show how central social media has become to campaigns with politicians on nearly every platform. But as Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explain, access to this data is shrinking.

There is More Online Election Discourse than Ever, But Researchers See Less | TechPolicy.Press

Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explore why public social media data is vital for transparent elections and accountability in the digital campaign era.

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 4d

📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 4d

Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect & who gets heard. In partnership with KGI, we are launching a new series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. The series starts today, with an essay from Leticia Bode & Peter Chapman.
www.techpolicy.press/seeing-the-d...

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · 21d

Come work with us! We are a fun and scrappy team. :)

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.

Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.

Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · 27d

It must be weird to be a kid in DC ("free lemonade until the government shutdown is over!") . 😂

Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · Oct 7

How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?

Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Sep 26

Come hang out with us and talk about data access! #tsrconf

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Sep 26

Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Sep 26

Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf

The Coalition for Independent Technology Research @thecoalition.bsky.social · Aug 19

From funding gaps to legal threats, the report shows what blocks public interest research - but also affirms our shared belief: that independent technology research is key to a just, transparent, and equitable digital future.

Read and share! (2/2)

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The State of Independent Technology Research 2025

A report on the struggle to keep public-interest technology research alive—and the growing Coalition working to protect it.

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 13

Chapter 8 of our book is all about science communicators, happy to share if you think it would be helpful!

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 13

Totally agree. We have some forthcoming work that looks at bot corrections but it's really just scratching the surface.

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 12

Great question! The answer is no not really. We talk some about LLMs in the conclusion but most of the research predates their proliferation.

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 12

And if Chapter One convinces you, use discount code AUFLY30 for 30% off the paperback here global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 12

Want to get a sense of my book with @ekvraga.bsky.social but not ready to commit? @oxfordacademic.bsky.social has released Chapter One free and downloadable for the next month. academic.oup.com/book/60489/c...

Introduction

Abstract. This chapter introduces the core concept of the book, observed correction, which occurs when direct public corrections of misinformation are witn

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 5

50 free eprints at this link - www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQQB5...

How was the Texas SB8 abortion bill reported in the news? A content analysis of headlines across news organizations

In 2021, the Texas state legislature passed a bill (SB8) prohibiting abortion after six weeks and facilitating lawsuits against providers and aiders of abortions. In order to understand the nature ...

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 5

There's nothing better than seeing a student project all the way through to publication! 🤩

Check out How was the Texas SB8 abortion bill reported in the news? A content analysis of headlines across news organizations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How was the Texas SB8 abortion bill reported in the news? A content analysis of headlines across news organizations

In 2021, the Texas state legislature passed a bill (SB8) prohibiting abortion after six weeks and facilitating lawsuits against providers and aiders of abortions. In order to understand the nature ...

www.tandfonline.com

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Writing Through My Policy Depression

It's been a bad week on top of a bad month on top of a bad year. What to do?

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Aug 4

Feel this in my bones (via @dandrezner.bsky.social ). "it’s been a shitty week on top of a shitty month on top of a shitty year."

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 31

h/t @cmfrumin.bsky.social 's newsletter.

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 31

Any DC friends thinking about adopting a pet? Fees are waived this Saturday!

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 29

Tennis player Emma Raducanu on DC heat: "Different level...I think the humidity here as well, it just makes it feel completely like you have just opened an oven and it just stayed open and your head is in there.”

Yep.

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Leylah Fernandez’s marathon of an upset sends her to the DC Open final

The young Canadian sweated out a rally past Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina to advance in three sets. She’ll face Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya in Sunday’s final.

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 28

Anyone have a great system for incorporating more work-related books into your life? (I do fine making time for fiction...)

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 28

I really want to make progress on my towering stacks of books to be read this fall (partly just because at some point they will fall over and crush me and while that would be a totally appropriate way for me to die, I'd still prefer to avoid it).

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jul 28

Stupid questions for folks in information integrity spaces. Where did the 3 D's concept (downrank, deplatform, demonetize) originate? @mantzarlis.com @craigsilverman.bsky.social @bgoldberg.bsky.social @alexleavitt.bsky.social @commscholar.bsky.social @brendannyhan.bsky.social @jianingli.bsky.social

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today, August 14, Meta has officially eliminated CrowdTangle, a tool used to parse data in media platforms such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram.

Read more: shorturl.at/TWhbn

Register for the CrowdTangle Funeral co-hosted by KGI on 9/30: shorturl.at/mQS9G

The Death of CrowdTangle - Knight–Georgetown Institute

Meta is killing a tool you’ve never heard of – why should you care? August 14, 2024By Leticia Bode Today, Meta quietly pulled the plug on CrowdTangle, a tool they had acquired back in 2016. Crowdtangl...

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Nov 18

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

We at @knightgtown.bsky.social are looking for our first Communications Director! This is an exciting opportunity to define how a growing tech policy hub communicates with the world.

Apply here: kgi.georgetown.edu/announcement...

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Dec 5

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

@knightgtown.bsky.social and Georgetown’s CCT Program are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow! This is an exciting opportunity to lead research to understand how evidence and research is being used in social media and platform litigation. Apply here: bit.ly/4fWh8kY

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