Julia Kling
@jkling288.bsky.social
Researcher at U of Passau (DE); Private account
political communication; social media; dis- and misinformation; russia’s propaganda
political communication; social media; dis- and misinformation; russia’s propaganda
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Julia Kling
@jkling288.bsky.social
· Sep 12
Facebook, the EU and Russia’s war: Challenges of moderating authoritarian news
Despite several measures to curb their visibility, this study shows how Facebook mediates predominantly Russian state-aligned news during Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine
policyreview.info
The study highlights the complexities of platform governance, Facebook's limited efforts to demote Russian state-aligned news and calls for greater attention of regional language contexts in content moderation. Here is the link: policyreview.info/articles/ana...
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📝 New article out in Communication Theory. In it, I define practices, a term studies often use without operationalising, as things we do for a reason with specific others, driven by certain knowledge, values, and supported and constrained by language and material environments doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
Elements of practices in digital publics: a model for identifying collective doings on social media platforms
Abstract. Studies of public communication in digitally networked spaces have increasingly adopted the notion of practice to make sense of patterned doings
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
📝 New article out in Communication Theory. In it, I define practices, a term studies often use without operationalising, as things we do for a reason with specific others, driven by certain knowledge, values, and supported and constrained by language and material environments doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
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Who's driving Russia's online info control?
👉ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
🎙Join @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam) for a deep dive into how it represents a new model of state-controlled disinformation
📅20 Nov, 14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
🎙Join @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam) for a deep dive into how it represents a new model of state-controlled disinformation
📅20 Nov, 14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Who's driving Russia's online info control?
👉ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
🎙Join @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam) for a deep dive into how it represents a new model of state-controlled disinformation
📅20 Nov, 14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
🎙Join @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam) for a deep dive into how it represents a new model of state-controlled disinformation
📅20 Nov, 14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Congratulations to research fellow Kateryna Kasianenko (@kkasianenko.bsky.social) on her recent publication in Communication Theory!
"Elements of practices in digital publics: a model for identifying collective doings on social media platforms" can be read here now! academic.oup.com/ct/...
"Elements of practices in digital publics: a model for identifying collective doings on social media platforms" can be read here now! academic.oup.com/ct/...
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Congratulations to research fellow Kateryna Kasianenko (@kkasianenko.bsky.social) on her recent publication in Communication Theory!
"Elements of practices in digital publics: a model for identifying collective doings on social media platforms" can be read here now! academic.oup.com/ct/...
"Elements of practices in digital publics: a model for identifying collective doings on social media platforms" can be read here now! academic.oup.com/ct/...
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Please share: 🧪#PolComm
To learn more about the group's research on Russia's informational influence abroad, visit their website: www.rusinform.uni-passau.de/en/ #RUSINFORM
To learn more about the group's research on Russia's informational influence abroad, visit their website: www.rusinform.uni-passau.de/en/ #RUSINFORM
A new paper of ours on one of the successor organizations of Russsia's infamous Internet Research Agency (IRA) has been published: Congratulations to my (former) doctoral students and co-authors @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social and @jkling288.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
www.tandfonline.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Please share: 🧪#PolComm
To learn more about the group's research on Russia's informational influence abroad, visit their website: www.rusinform.uni-passau.de/en/ #RUSINFORM
To learn more about the group's research on Russia's informational influence abroad, visit their website: www.rusinform.uni-passau.de/en/ #RUSINFORM
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A highly recommended read: policyreview.info/articles/ana...
Facebook, the EU and Russia’s war: Challenges of moderating authoritarian news
Despite several measures to curb their visibility, this study shows how Facebook mediates predominantly Russian state-aligned news during Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine
policyreview.info
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A highly recommended read: policyreview.info/articles/ana...
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[New paper] Facebook, the EU and Russia’s war: Challenges of moderating authoritarian news, By @jkling288.bsky.social, University of Passau, and @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, University of Amsterdam.
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
September 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
[New paper] Facebook, the EU and Russia’s war: Challenges of moderating authoritarian news, By @jkling288.bsky.social, University of Passau, and @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, University of Amsterdam.
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
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A new paper of ours on one of the successor organizations of Russsia's infamous Internet Research Agency (IRA) has been published: Congratulations to my (former) doctoral students and co-authors @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social and @jkling288.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
www.tandfonline.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A new paper of ours on one of the successor organizations of Russsia's infamous Internet Research Agency (IRA) has been published: Congratulations to my (former) doctoral students and co-authors @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social and @jkling288.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Two papers being published the same day, what a coincidence! This study was published at Internet Policy Review. Together with @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, we investigated the consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Russia’s Russian-language news ecosystem on Facebook.
September 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Two papers being published the same day, what a coincidence! This study was published at Internet Policy Review. Together with @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, we investigated the consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Russia’s Russian-language news ecosystem on Facebook.
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We demonstrate how russia has transitioned from outsourcing troll farms to setting up a publicly funded, centrally managed disinformation/propaganda ecosystem overseen by the presidential administration. 3/3
September 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We demonstrate how russia has transitioned from outsourcing troll farms to setting up a publicly funded, centrally managed disinformation/propaganda ecosystem overseen by the presidential administration. 3/3
Publication Alert 🚨 About ANO Dialog and practices of Russia’s digital control. It is open access!
My new article, “ANO Dialog: Innovation in Controlling Russia’s Digital Information”, is out in Post-Soviet Affairs in Open Access. With @florian-toepfl.bsky.social & @jkling288.bsky.social, we extend our OSINT CV analysis method of Prigozhin’s troll factory to a new case doi.org/10.1080/1060...
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ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Publication Alert 🚨 About ANO Dialog and practices of Russia’s digital control. It is open access!
Reposted by Julia Kling
My new article, “ANO Dialog: Innovation in Controlling Russia’s Digital Information”, is out in Post-Soviet Affairs in Open Access. With @florian-toepfl.bsky.social & @jkling288.bsky.social, we extend our OSINT CV analysis method of Prigozhin’s troll factory to a new case doi.org/10.1080/1060...
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ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My new article, “ANO Dialog: Innovation in Controlling Russia’s Digital Information”, is out in Post-Soviet Affairs in Open Access. With @florian-toepfl.bsky.social & @jkling288.bsky.social, we extend our OSINT CV analysis method of Prigozhin’s troll factory to a new case doi.org/10.1080/1060...
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I am officially a Doctor of Social Science!
3.5 years and 5 articles, from Prigozhin's troll factory to ANO Dialog. All written under the careful supervision of @florian-toepfl.bsky.social . Special thanks also go to @jkling288.bsky.social and @kevinlimonier.bsky.social
Stay tuned for new articles!
3.5 years and 5 articles, from Prigozhin's troll factory to ANO Dialog. All written under the careful supervision of @florian-toepfl.bsky.social . Special thanks also go to @jkling288.bsky.social and @kevinlimonier.bsky.social
Stay tuned for new articles!
September 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am officially a Doctor of Social Science!
3.5 years and 5 articles, from Prigozhin's troll factory to ANO Dialog. All written under the careful supervision of @florian-toepfl.bsky.social . Special thanks also go to @jkling288.bsky.social and @kevinlimonier.bsky.social
Stay tuned for new articles!
3.5 years and 5 articles, from Prigozhin's troll factory to ANO Dialog. All written under the careful supervision of @florian-toepfl.bsky.social . Special thanks also go to @jkling288.bsky.social and @kevinlimonier.bsky.social
Stay tuned for new articles!
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Fascinating new research reveals what became of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group following its leadership’s failed mutiny against Putin.
People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Nach dem Aufstand: der Untergang von Jewgenij Prigoschins digitalem Imperium | Länder-Analysen
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Fascinating new research reveals what became of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group following its leadership’s failed mutiny against Putin.
What happened to the PMG after Prigozhin’s mutiny?
People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Nach dem Aufstand: der Untergang von Jewgenij Prigoschins digitalem Imperium | Länder-Analysen
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What happened to the PMG after Prigozhin’s mutiny?
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People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Nach dem Aufstand: der Untergang von Jewgenij Prigoschins digitalem Imperium | Länder-Analysen
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Seriously?!
The Romanian School of Government (SNSPA) has just nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize! How does @civica.bsky.social, and its members, feel about this (SNSPA is a member of CIVICA, which includes LSE, @sciencespo.bsky.social, Bocconi, @eui-eu.bsky.social etc)?
snspa.ro/en/snspa-the...
snspa.ro/en/snspa-the...
SNSPA, the Romanian School of Government, Nominates Donald Trump, President of the United States, for the Nobel Peace Prize
On Thursday, March 13, 2025, the Senate of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration – SNSPA, the Romanian School of Government, decided to initiate the procedures for nom...
snspa.ro
March 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Seriously?!
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In Georgia, students are being expelled from university for protesting for the country’s freedom and European future.
March 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In Georgia, students are being expelled from university for protesting for the country’s freedom and European future.
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A Russia-based disinformation network published 3.6 million online articles last year for the primary purpose of influencing AI chatbots' output — and succeeded, according to a new report.
Russia flooding training data to influence chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude
A Russian disinformation network called Pravda (“Truth”) has influenced leading AI chatbots’ output by publishing numerous articles that made their way into the bots’ training data, a new report from…
buff.ly
March 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A Russia-based disinformation network published 3.6 million online articles last year for the primary purpose of influencing AI chatbots' output — and succeeded, according to a new report.
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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[New Research] Here are the leading sources of pro-Kremlin narratives on Telegram. Our analysis shows that only a handful of Russian-based Telegram acc. (10) dominate this news ecosystem, influencing the framing around the Russian-Ukraine war on Telegram & beyond. conflictmisinfo.org/leading-spre...
February 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
[New Research] Here are the leading sources of pro-Kremlin narratives on Telegram. Our analysis shows that only a handful of Russian-based Telegram acc. (10) dominate this news ecosystem, influencing the framing around the Russian-Ukraine war on Telegram & beyond. conflictmisinfo.org/leading-spre...
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The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.
February 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The fact that this communication is now necessary ... for conferences happening in the *US* ... shocking.
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I'm in the process of putting together a review article on how historians have analyzed Russia's War against Ukraine. In the process, I've read A LOT of what has been out there. Allow me to highlight some of my suggestions to help people understand Russia's War in Ukraine:
February 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I'm in the process of putting together a review article on how historians have analyzed Russia's War against Ukraine. In the process, I've read A LOT of what has been out there. Allow me to highlight some of my suggestions to help people understand Russia's War in Ukraine:
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There are more than $6 million active National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health research grants in the Twin Ports and Fond du Lac Reservation.
Federal grant freeze, likely cuts chill local scientists, universities
There are more than $6 million active National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health research grants in the Twin Ports and Fond du Lac Reservation.
www.duluthnewstribune.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
There are more than $6 million active National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health research grants in the Twin Ports and Fond du Lac Reservation.
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Bellingcat is currently working with universities to develop open source investigation courses in various fields and creating student-led investigative hubs at those universities, which seems well timed.
January 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Bellingcat is currently working with universities to develop open source investigation courses in various fields and creating student-led investigative hubs at those universities, which seems well timed.