Clara Iglesias Keller
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Clara Iglesias Keller
@claraigk.bsky.social
Researcher. Reader. Mom. 🇧🇷🇩🇪

Legal scholar into many things democracy, media and digital technologies. Leading the research group "Technology, Power and Domination" at the Weizenbaum Institute | WZB .

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@digipolicy.bsky.social
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Wie kann Deutschland den Spielraum nutzen, den der europäische #AI Act bei der nationalen Aufsicht lässt? Ein neues Policy Paper analysiert den Entwurf des deutschen Umsetzungsgesetzes und zeigt, wie Grundrechte, Transparenz und Beteiligung gestärkt werden können. ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI....
October 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Keynote Invitation 💬💡

We are happy to be joined by @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social who will hold a public Keynote on "The Power of AI: From Tech Ideologies to New Authoritarianisms" as part of our workshop

📅 Nov. 20th, 18:30pm, Berlin

Please register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Out now: Our latest Policy Paper dives into the key provisions of the Digital Services Act #DSA on data access, highlighting its goals, procedures, limits, & external factors impacting implementation: 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/WI....
September 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25

➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗
September 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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We are very pleased that our young Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society has been included in #Scopus and will receive its first CiteScore next year: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/news/deta...
Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society Accepted into Scopus
The Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (WJDS), launched in 2021, has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus and will receive its first CiteScore in 2026. This marks an important step in the jour...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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The abstract submission for our special issue "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies" @cogitatiomac.bsky.social is now open! Submit your work on #data #archives and #tools! www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
August 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🚨Deadline approaching for this years' PlatGov: abstracts welcome till Sept 2nd!

Great chance to pitch your research and connect with wonderful people. @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @digipolicy.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social
Working on platform governance?

Join for PlatGovNet 2025
Free online conference Dec 1-2
Extended abstracts (800-1000 words) due Sep 2

Amazing community, opportunity to share work, get feedback, meet others working in this area.

Glad to be part of organizing it
Details: platgov.net/conferences/...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Looking forward to your abstract submissions for our workshop "Generative AI & The Faces of Power" on 20-21 Novemeber!

Further details: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/events-1/...
July 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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🌐 Zum heutigen #AIAppreciationDay rücken wir Datenarbeiter*innen ins Licht: Sie halten #KI am Laufen, oft unter prekären Bedingungen. Das Projekt @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social lässt sie selbst sprechen, zB in Videos & Comics. Ohne Ausbeutung & auf Augenhöhe.
Interview mit @milamiceli.bsky.social 👇
Ohne uns keine KI
In dem einzigartigen Projekt „Data Workers’ Inquiry“ erzählen Datenarbeiter*innen von ihrem Kampf um Würde und Rechte. Projektleiterin Dr. Milagros Miceli erklärt im Interview, warum ihre Arbeit syste...
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July 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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🎺🎺 New draft paper 🎺🎺

From Murdoch to Musk: Social media ownership and the political economy of platform content governance

The question is simple: who owns the major social media companies, and how do these owners influence content governance outcomes?

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July 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Is China building a new kind of capitalism? Pun Ngai traces the rise of 'infrastructural capitalism' – a system blending state-led development, digital platforms, and labor exploitation. Not a break from neoliberalism, but its next phase.

Read the full paper: ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi....
June 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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The EU Digital Services Act asks large platforms to manage “systemic risks” to rights, discourse, & public health. @rachelgriffin.bsky.social shows how translating broad legal rules into action is a political process – raising the key question: who holds power here? ➡️ 🔗 doi.org/10.34669/wi....
July 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Thank you @robyncaplan.bsky.social for visiting us in Berlin and giving a wonderful presentation on your recent research!

Last week we hosted Duke University's Robyn Caplan for her talk on why big (social) media companies have changed their self-descriptive narrative, and why that matters.
June 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Im April diesen Jahres hat der deutsch-amerikanische Politikwissenschaftler Yascha Mounk einen Beitrag veröffentlicht, der die Zensur in Deutschland und Großbritannien anprangert: lnkd.in/eKYZibfS. Auf Einladung des @libmod.de‬ habe ich eine Replik darauf verfasst: lnkd.in/gPP49dXw
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June 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The PlatGov Conference is back! What a joy! I have learned so much from this research community. Join us this year 👇 @robyncaplan.bsky.social @gorwa.ca @ameliehldt.bsky.social @naomiappelman.bsky.social @deeliu97.bsky.social
Working on platform governance?

Join for PlatGovNet 2025
Free online conference Dec 1-2
Extended abstracts (800-1000 words) due Sep 2

Amazing community, opportunity to share work, get feedback, meet others working in this area.

Glad to be part of organizing it
Details: platgov.net/conferences/...
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June 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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3 year postdoc in Tübingen in Law and Tech with the excellent Michele Finck! www.ailaw-tuebingen.eu/vacancy-for-...
Vacancy for a Research Associate — Chair for Law and Artificial Intelligence
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June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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How can we ensure democratic oversight of intelligence agencies – especially when it comes to hacking operations?
Read the new #wjds paper by @andreramiro.bsky.social:

➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi....

#CyberSecurity #Democracy #Surveillance #Hacking #Transparency #PublicPolicy #ComparativeLaw
June 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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"Die Pandemie war kein Neuanfang, sondern ein Ausnahmezustand, der bestehende Schwächen und Machtverhältnisse offenlegte."

@claraigk.bsky.social, Florian Butollo & @heimstaedt.bsky.social blicken zurück auf die #Corona #Pandemie, die vor fünf Jahren den Alltag bestimmte:

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Fünf Jahre nach Corona – Rückblick auf eine Krise, die vieles sichtbar machte
Im Frühjahr 2020 erfasste die Corona-Pandemie die Welt – mit massiven Auswirkungen auf Arbeit, Gesundheit, Öffentlichkeit und politische Entscheidungsprozesse. Die Krise warf drängende wissenschaftlic...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Why media companies now insist they are media companies, and why that matters 🌐🏢

Duke University assistant professor Robyn Caplan (@robyncaplan.bsky.social) will present her research on this exact topic 💬

24 June 2025, 11:00-12:30, WI

Please sign up here: survey.lamapoll.de/Why-media-co...
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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🚨 New videos online: Rethinking Digital Public Spaces for #Democracy

🎥 Featuring Catalina Goanta (‪@cgoanta.bsky.social), Gérman Oscar Johannsen, Clara Iglesias Keller (@claraigk.bsky.social)

▶️ Watch now: tinyurl.com/5canhzsn
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More episodes coming soon! #humanet3
June 6, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Insightful closing panel at #WIConf2025 with Maria Exner (Publix), @altreflexion.bsky.social‬ (@bnetza.bsky.social) and @beasaab.bsky.social @isdglobal.org ‬discussing perspectives from administration, activism and journalism about what we need for democratic resilience in a shrinking civic space.
June 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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How or why does #political content spread on #TikTok? Is there a large supply by political actors, is there a high demand by users for political content or is that content preferred by the platform algorithms? Weizenbaum researcher Felix Gaisbauer takes the issue apart at #WIConf2025
June 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM