Eyal Hanfling
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Eyal Hanfling
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democracy / technology research
eyalhanfling.com | 📍brooklyn, ny
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🎓 update: I defended my PhD at MIT and joined Rutgers as Director of the new Technology and Democracy Research Hub!

I’m excited to work closely with students at the Rutgers Democracy Lab to study how social media, AI, and emerging tech shape civic life.

📰: democracylab.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers...
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I'm attending a workshop hosted by @techpolicypress.bsky.social tomorrow. They invited me to write a "provocation" about the state of technology and democracy right now.

I think I wrote something appropriately dark and foreboding.

www.techpolicy.press/the-dance-wi...
The Dance with Big Tech is Different under Trump 2.0 | TechPolicy.Press
If we are going to repair democratic institutions, we are going to have to do it ourselves, writes Dave Karpf.
www.techpolicy.press
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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This story in the Boston Globe that quotes @ethanz.bsky.social reminds me of the fascinating story over the last decade of how to moderate dopers who cheat their way onto the leaderboards of online sports platforms like Strava (1/n)

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/b...
Why Strava, Letterboxd, Beli, and other niche social media apps are having a moment - The Boston Globe
The apps serve as both a personal diary and a tight-knit social network that some users prefer over larger sites networks that they believe have grown toxic.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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THIS WEDNESDAY: Join the Eagleton Institute of Politics for a post-election panel discussion with political experts, featuring CAWP’s Associate Director Jean Sinzdak!
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🎓 update: I defended my PhD at MIT and joined Rutgers as Director of the new Technology and Democracy Research Hub!

I’m excited to work closely with students at the Rutgers Democracy Lab to study how social media, AI, and emerging tech shape civic life.

📰: democracylab.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers...
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Inspired by events in the world's largest democracy, 10 headlines we could see in the U.S. now that democratic guardrails are off:
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM