Hendrik Bruns
@hendirkb.bsky.social
Policy Analyst at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Behavioural insights for policy. Sustainability & misinformation
A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act
#US #EU #censorship #DSA
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2025/09...
#US #EU #censorship #DSA
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2025/09...
A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act
Some U.S. politicians have recently characterized European platform and social media regulation laws as “censorship” of speech in the U.S. If this claim were true, it would be a very big deal. As some...
cyberlaw.stanford.edu
September 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act
#US #EU #censorship #DSA
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2025/09...
#US #EU #censorship #DSA
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2025/09...
Great video and channel to further understand the #MAGAcult and it's #conspiracytheories
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4WC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4WC...
Hunter Biden Returns
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Great video and channel to further understand the #MAGAcult and it's #conspiracytheories
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4WC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4WC...
“Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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ALT: a cartoon character with the words ouch ouch ouch on the bottom
media.tenor.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Hendrik Bruns
July 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We live in a timeline where a US president talks like this: "I know better than anybody what’s good for the Market, and what’s good for the USA. If it weren’t for me, the Market wouldn’t be at Record Highs right now, it probably would have Crashed!... People don’t explain to me, I explain to them!"
July 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We live in a timeline where a US president talks like this: "I know better than anybody what’s good for the Market, and what’s good for the USA. If it weren’t for me, the Market wouldn’t be at Record Highs right now, it probably would have Crashed!... People don’t explain to me, I explain to them!"
Surpriiiiise...
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
on.wsj.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Surpriiiiise...
They are not even trying any more.
July 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
They are not even trying any more.
"It has become abundantly clear that Trump 2.0 is using a moral panic about “woke” and pro-Palestinian protests as pretexts to subjugate institutions posing multiple threats to aspiring autocrats"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Harvard shows resistance is possible. But universities must join forces | Jan-Werner Müller
Far too many academics are repeating propaganda about a ‘free speech crisis’. It’s time for a shared strategy
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"It has become abundantly clear that Trump 2.0 is using a moral panic about “woke” and pro-Palestinian protests as pretexts to subjugate institutions posing multiple threats to aspiring autocrats"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New EU study on food waste & date labels is out 🥫🗑️
We contributed to this @ec.europa.eu project on how different consumer types understand (or don’t…) waste food.
Tailored recs for info, tools & coaching now at
ec.europa.eu/food/safety/...
#FoodWaste #BehaviouralScience #EUResearch #DateMarking
We contributed to this @ec.europa.eu project on how different consumer types understand (or don’t…) waste food.
Tailored recs for info, tools & coaching now at
ec.europa.eu/food/safety/...
#FoodWaste #BehaviouralScience #EUResearch #DateMarking
European Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub - Detail of a Resource
ec.europa.eu
June 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New EU study on food waste & date labels is out 🥫🗑️
We contributed to this @ec.europa.eu project on how different consumer types understand (or don’t…) waste food.
Tailored recs for info, tools & coaching now at
ec.europa.eu/food/safety/...
#FoodWaste #BehaviouralScience #EUResearch #DateMarking
We contributed to this @ec.europa.eu project on how different consumer types understand (or don’t…) waste food.
Tailored recs for info, tools & coaching now at
ec.europa.eu/food/safety/...
#FoodWaste #BehaviouralScience #EUResearch #DateMarking
Can't make this up: An image presented by US President Donald Trump as evidence of alleged mass murders of whites in South Africa originates from a Reuters video from Congo. The news agency said its internal fact-checking team has verified the recording. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
"Genozid"-Behauptung: Trumps angebliches Beweisbild zu Südafrika laut Reuters aus dem Kongo
US-Präsident Donald Trump legte dem südafrikanischen Präsidenten ein Bild vor, das getötete Weiße in dessen Land zeigen soll. Die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters widerspricht.
www.zeit.de
May 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Can't make this up: An image presented by US President Donald Trump as evidence of alleged mass murders of whites in South Africa originates from a Reuters video from Congo. The news agency said its internal fact-checking team has verified the recording. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Reposted by Hendrik Bruns
New study finds that AI chatbots were nearly five times more likely to contain broad generalizations about scientific research compared to humans.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Generalization bias in large language model summarization of scientific research | Royal Society Open Science
Artificial intelligence chatbots driven by large language models (LLMs) have the potential to increase public science literacy and support scientific research, as they can quickly summarize complex scientific information in accessible terms. However, when ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New study finds that AI chatbots were nearly five times more likely to contain broad generalizations about scientific research compared to humans.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Want to work with us?
The Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights at the European Commission is looking for a behavioural scientist
👉 You can apply here: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1899
The Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights at the European Commission is looking for a behavioural scientist
👉 You can apply here: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1899
May 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Want to work with us?
The Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights at the European Commission is looking for a behavioural scientist
👉 You can apply here: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1899
The Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights at the European Commission is looking for a behavioural scientist
👉 You can apply here: recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1899
500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers.
As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget.
EU will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe
commission.europa.eu/topics/resea...
As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget.
EU will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe
commission.europa.eu/topics/resea...
Choose Europe: advance your research career in the EU
Move to the EU as a researcher or scientist. Discover how to relocate, find jobs and funding, and enjoy Europe's excellent quality of life.
commission.europa.eu
May 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers.
As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget.
EU will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe
commission.europa.eu/topics/resea...
As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget.
EU will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe
commission.europa.eu/topics/resea...
High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide
"Two-thirds (one-fifth) of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% (1%), meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 (20) times the average per capita contribution."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Two-thirds (one-fifth) of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% (1%), meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 (20) times the average per capita contribution."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change
While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disprop...
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide
"Two-thirds (one-fifth) of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% (1%), meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 (20) times the average per capita contribution."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Two-thirds (one-fifth) of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% (1%), meaning that individual contributions are 6.5 (20) times the average per capita contribution."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Hendrik Bruns
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
Reposted by Hendrik Bruns
Russia is a land of mystery, the wonders of Ermitage, the enigma of beautiful women, tantalising Westerners with its boundless puzzle of Russian soul.
But perhaps more importantly, Russia is this.
But perhaps more importantly, Russia is this.
The body of a Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention was returned with organs missing, a broken rib and possible traces of electric shock.
Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture | CNN
The body of a young Ukrainian woman who died in Russian captivity after being held incommunicado for many months was returned to Ukraine with several organs removed and showing signs of torture, Ukrai...
cnn.it
May 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Russia is a land of mystery, the wonders of Ermitage, the enigma of beautiful women, tantalising Westerners with its boundless puzzle of Russian soul.
But perhaps more importantly, Russia is this.
But perhaps more importantly, Russia is this.
Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. 89percent.org
The 89 Percent Project
Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Let’s tell their stories.
89percent.org
April 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. 89percent.org
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated
Conservative critics have long accused the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub of helping to censor the American right.
www.technologyreview.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...
I'm pretty sure the end of the world will be preceded by a 'someone' on social media asking: "Can anyone please solve this Captcha for me? I wanna try something..." #AI
April 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I'm pretty sure the end of the world will be preceded by a 'someone' on social media asking: "Can anyone please solve this Captcha for me? I wanna try something..." #AI
The Surprising Power of Disclosure | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...
The Surprising Power of Disclosure
Are defaults with disclosure a win-win for ethics and effectiveness?
www.psychologytoday.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The Surprising Power of Disclosure | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...
Reposted by Hendrik Bruns
Just heard from the VP research that my grant with @dgrand.bsky.social, "Promoting Accurate Information on Social Media" was terminated as well
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
April 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Just heard from the VP research that my grant with @dgrand.bsky.social, "Promoting Accurate Information on Social Media" was terminated as well
Reposted by Hendrik Bruns
Manosphere BS does real harm...
"A rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools as pupils ape the behaviour of figures such as Trump & Andrew Tate after exposure through social media..."
Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"A rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools as pupils ape the behaviour of figures such as Trump & Andrew Tate after exposure through social media..."
Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools
Survey finds social media main cause of poor behaviour, with pupils mimicking Donald Trump and Andrew Tate
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Manosphere BS does real harm...
"A rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools as pupils ape the behaviour of figures such as Trump & Andrew Tate after exposure through social media..."
Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"A rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools as pupils ape the behaviour of figures such as Trump & Andrew Tate after exposure through social media..."
Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools www.theguardian.com/education/20...