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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · 11d

Lots of people talking about age assurance these days, but little about how it actually works - what core tradeoffs are built into the technology, in terms of baseline accuracy, circumvention resistance, availability, and privacy. The new KGI report digs into these weedy issues, check it out!

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 11d

📣 New from KGI: Age Assurance Online explores how age assurance systems work and their tradeoffs in accuracy, circumvention, availability, and privacy. A must-read for policymakers, service providers + users to understand the consequences of these systems: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

Age Assurance Online: A Technical Assessment of Current Systems and their Limitations – Knight-Georgetown Institute

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 11d

📣 New from KGI: Age Assurance Online explores how age assurance systems work and their tradeoffs in accuracy, circumvention, availability, and privacy. A must-read for policymakers, service providers + users to understand the consequences of these systems: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...

Age Assurance Online: A Technical Assessment of Current Systems and their Limitations – Knight-Georgetown Institute

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 25d

Registration for the Digital Competition Conference 2026 is now open to the public!📍Feb 5-6, 2026 | Washington, DC in person + livestream

DCC is where cutting-edge research meets policy on antitrust & digital competition. 🎟️ Secure your free ticket here: kgi.georgetown.edu/events/digit...

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 27d

🚨Why does access to public platform data matter? Join our webinar "Better Access: Data for the Common Good" (Jan 28, 2026, 11am-12pm ET) for a discussion on the Better Access framework, current regulatory shifts in the EU, UK + US, and what changes 2026 might hold. kgi.georgetown.edu/events/bette...

Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · 27d

Love this practice ranked choice voting ballot from DC board of elections, ranking your favorite singers. (Even better would be if it validated at the end whether you did it right or not.)

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Ranked Choice Voting Singers

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Jan 8

Please share with all the awesome applicants you know!

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Jan 8

📣We’re hiring! KGI is seeking an Operations Manager to oversee and manage operations, budgets, people processes, events, and internal + external comms. This position is hybrid and must be based in Washington, D.C. Apply by Feb 28, 2026: kgi.georgetown.edu/operations-m...

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Jan 8

📣We’re hiring! KGI is seeking an Operations Manager to oversee and manage operations, budgets, people processes, events, and internal + external comms. This position is hybrid and must be based in Washington, D.C. Apply by Feb 28, 2026: kgi.georgetown.edu/operations-m...

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Nov 17

We recently concluded a special article series, “Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data,” in collaboration with the Knight-Georgetown Institute, in which experts explored why access to public platform data is critical. Here’s a snapshot: (1/9)

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Nov 11

Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.

Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't | TechPolicy.Press

Brandon Silverman explains how researchers face barriers to social media data under the DSA, while corporations can buy full access.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Nov 10

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 · Nov 7

📣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 · Nov 7

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 · Nov 6

📣 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 · Nov 6

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.
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Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social · Oct 20

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

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Oct 20

🚨 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 · Oct 20

🚨 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 · Oct 14

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