Lena Frischlich
@lenafrescamente.bsky.social
Communication scholar and media psychologist. Exploring the abyss of digital communications and how to foster democratic resilience. || Associate Professor Digital Democracy Centre University of Southern Denmark
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"The political dimension of the SLAPP threat is growing, with cases initiated or supported by state-aligned entities or powerful foundations common in countries experiencing rule of law backsliding."
🔴 New data from @casecoalition.bsky.social shows abusive lawsuits (SLAPPs) are still silencing environmental defenders, journalists & citizens across Europe, despite the new EU anti-SLAPP law.
⏰ With 99 days left to implement the EU law, governments must act.
🔗 www.the-case.eu/resources/20...
⏰ With 99 days left to implement the EU law, governments must act.
🔗 www.the-case.eu/resources/20...
January 28, 2026 at 8:59 AM
"The political dimension of the SLAPP threat is growing, with cases initiated or supported by state-aligned entities or powerful foundations common in countries experiencing rule of law backsliding."
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#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy #KnowledgeGraph
Pursue your scientific career at GESIS!
youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg
Apply now for a job as a Research Associate Knowledge Graphs (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time up to 100 %, limited to end of 2027)
gesis.jobs.personio....
Pursue your scientific career at GESIS!
youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg
Apply now for a job as a Research Associate Knowledge Graphs (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time up to 100 %, limited to end of 2027)
gesis.jobs.personio....
Scientific career at GESIS
At GESIS, researchers work in various phases of their scientific careers: as student assistants, doctoral candidates, postdocs, senior researchers, team leaders, and department heads. The institute's goal is to provide its scientific staff with the best possible support in their various career phase
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January 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy #KnowledgeGraph
Pursue your scientific career at GESIS!
youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg
Apply now for a job as a Research Associate Knowledge Graphs (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time up to 100 %, limited to end of 2027)
gesis.jobs.personio....
Pursue your scientific career at GESIS!
youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg
Apply now for a job as a Research Associate Knowledge Graphs (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time up to 100 %, limited to end of 2027)
gesis.jobs.personio....
Great news before my winter holidays. I am honored and excited to join the @csh.ac.at as an external faculty member. Besides continuing to work at the wonderful @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (we hire, just say'in :-)) I will also be in Vienna from time to time and work with the amazing folks at both places.
snoopy is standing in front of a fireworks display and says `` congratulations ! ''
ALT: snoopy is standing in front of a fireworks display and says `` congratulations ! ''
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January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Great news before my winter holidays. I am honored and excited to join the @csh.ac.at as an external faculty member. Besides continuing to work at the wonderful @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (we hire, just say'in :-)) I will also be in Vienna from time to time and work with the amazing folks at both places.
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We have a new paper in Science today on how malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy.
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
January 22, 2026 at 7:09 PM
We have a new paper in Science today on how malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy.
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
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Wir veröffentlichen die Akten zur Fördergeldaffäre der Berliner CDU 📁
Die Dokumente erhärten nicht nur die Vorwürfe, sie zeigen auch wie sich die Verwaltung dem Druck der CDU zur widersetzt & Widerstand leisten. Ein Beispiel dafür, wie mächtig die Verwaltung sein kann.
Die Dokumente erhärten nicht nur die Vorwürfe, sie zeigen auch wie sich die Verwaltung dem Druck der CDU zur widersetzt & Widerstand leisten. Ein Beispiel dafür, wie mächtig die Verwaltung sein kann.
Parteiinteressen getarnt als Antisemitismusbekämpfung?
Wir haben tausende Seiten zur Fördermittelaffäre der Berliner CDU befreit, die zeigen: Die Partei vergab Millionen ohne Qualitätskriterien, ignorierte Bedenken der Verwaltung und setzte eigene Interessen durch.
fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...
Wir haben tausende Seiten zur Fördermittelaffäre der Berliner CDU befreit, die zeigen: Die Partei vergab Millionen ohne Qualitätskriterien, ignorierte Bedenken der Verwaltung und setzte eigene Interessen durch.
fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...
CDU-Fraktion: Die Akten zur Berliner Fördergeldaffäre
Berlin stellt Millionen Euro für Projekte gegen Antisemitismus bereit. Doch die Berliner CDU setzte scheinbar die Kulturverwaltung unter Druck, nach ihren parteipolitischen Wünschen zu entscheiden. Wi...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Wir veröffentlichen die Akten zur Fördergeldaffäre der Berliner CDU 📁
Die Dokumente erhärten nicht nur die Vorwürfe, sie zeigen auch wie sich die Verwaltung dem Druck der CDU zur widersetzt & Widerstand leisten. Ein Beispiel dafür, wie mächtig die Verwaltung sein kann.
Die Dokumente erhärten nicht nur die Vorwürfe, sie zeigen auch wie sich die Verwaltung dem Druck der CDU zur widersetzt & Widerstand leisten. Ein Beispiel dafür, wie mächtig die Verwaltung sein kann.
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4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.
Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.
Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
Postdoc position(s) at The Digital Democracy Centre
Application deadline: February 15th, 2026, 23:59 CET/CEST.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.
Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society.
Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles!
The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇
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"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”.
ht: Dagmar Monett
ht: Dagmar Monett
The silicon gaze: A typology of biases and inequality in LLMs through the lens of place - Francisco W. Kerche, Matthew Zook, Mark Graham, 2026
This paper introduces the concept of the silicon gaze to explain how large language models (LLMs) reproduce and amplify long-standing spatial inequalities. Draw...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”.
ht: Dagmar Monett
ht: Dagmar Monett
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New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Trust in others and institutions predicts subjective well-being and vice versa. This makes me even more attuned to the costs of people and systems that undermine trust. The decay of trust as a public health issue. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Trust in others and institutions predicts subjective well-being and vice versa. This makes me even more attuned to the costs of people and systems that undermine trust. The decay of trust as a public health issue. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.1037/bul0...
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Either Causal Inference in R www.r-causal.org or The Effect! www.theeffectbook.net/index.html
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Either Causal Inference in R www.r-causal.org or The Effect! www.theeffectbook.net/index.html
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A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧵 Thread—>
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧵 Thread—>
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧵 Thread—>
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
🧵 Thread—>
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Please consider a donation sustain this critical service for research and education about implicit social cognition. The website has generated very useful data and discussion to understand the strengths, weaknesses, and processes of implicit measurement.
Project Implicit is a research nonprofit behind tools millions use to understand bias. Like many public science orgs, sustaining this work has become increasingly difficult. We are at risk of closing without additional support.
Help protect this impt work by donating here: 4agc.com/donate/impli...
Help protect this impt work by donating here: 4agc.com/donate/impli...
January 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Please consider a donation sustain this critical service for research and education about implicit social cognition. The website has generated very useful data and discussion to understand the strengths, weaknesses, and processes of implicit measurement.
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#AcademicSky
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social does a nice job highlighting the ridiculous nature, and highly politicized and lobby-driven nature, of food labels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(no one fusses that there's no butter in peanut butter, or milk in coconut milk, after all)
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social does a nice job highlighting the ridiculous nature, and highly politicized and lobby-driven nature, of food labels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(no one fusses that there's no butter in peanut butter, or milk in coconut milk, after all)
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#AcademicSky
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social does a nice job highlighting the ridiculous nature, and highly politicized and lobby-driven nature, of food labels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(no one fusses that there's no butter in peanut butter, or milk in coconut milk, after all)
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social does a nice job highlighting the ridiculous nature, and highly politicized and lobby-driven nature, of food labels.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(no one fusses that there's no butter in peanut butter, or milk in coconut milk, after all)
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Die Bundesregierung will Internet-Zugangs-Anbieter verpflichten, IP-Adressen aller Nutzer für drei Monate zu speichern. Das geht aus dem Gesetzentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung hervor. Das Gesetz betrifft auch Internet-Dienste wie E-Mails und Messenger. netzpolitik.org/2025/anlassl...
Anlasslose Speicherung: Justizministerium veröffentlicht Gesetzentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung
Die Bundesregierung will Internet-Zugangs-Anbieter verpflichten, IP-Adressen aller Nutzer für drei Monate zu speichern. Das geht aus dem Gesetzentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung hervor, den das Justi...
netzpolitik.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Die Bundesregierung will Internet-Zugangs-Anbieter verpflichten, IP-Adressen aller Nutzer für drei Monate zu speichern. Das geht aus dem Gesetzentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung hervor. Das Gesetz betrifft auch Internet-Dienste wie E-Mails und Messenger. netzpolitik.org/2025/anlassl...
Come work with us - we have a very cool environment, amazing colleagues, and you're never far away from the sea (or a cinnamon bun). Also: 🇩🇰 actually beliefs in work-life balance, fair recruiting and being child friendly 😀
FULL PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰
...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI.
More info:
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰
...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI.
More info:
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Come work with us - we have a very cool environment, amazing colleagues, and you're never far away from the sea (or a cinnamon bun). Also: 🇩🇰 actually beliefs in work-life balance, fair recruiting and being child friendly 😀
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Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Here's a peek at our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of more than 50 social media research tools. This toolkit is unique in that it only features tried and tested tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. (ETA Jan 5, 2026) #academicsky #comsky
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Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com:
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Representation in science and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
Druckman et al. document gaps in trust in scientists in the USA. People from groups less represented among scientists (for example, women and those with lower economic status) are less trusting. Incre...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com:
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.
2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"Die Analyse enthält auch einen 20-seitigen internen Evaluationsbericht der Armee (...) Die Militärexperten kommen zu dem Schluss, dass ein Abfluss von Daten aus den #Palantir Systemen technisch nicht verhindert werden könne." #Schweiz 🇨🇭
Schweiz: Palantir-Software hat verheerende Risiken
Nach Risikoprüfung des Einsatzes von Palantir-Software in der Schweiz bekam der US-Konzern eine Absage, trotz jahrelanger Hofierung von Behörden und Armee. Den Eidgenossen sind die Risiken zu groß. Da...
netzpolitik.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Class excursion day: @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is visiting Copenhagen University today to listen to @dscheykopp.bsky.social talking about data access under DSA - thanks @manuelmenke.bsky.social for the organisation!
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Class excursion day: @ddc-sdu.bsky.social is visiting Copenhagen University today to listen to @dscheykopp.bsky.social talking about data access under DSA - thanks @manuelmenke.bsky.social for the organisation!
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IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
IC2S2 2026 registration is open!
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
Explore the 2026 conference here ➡️ ic2s2-2026.org
✔️ Submissions open December 15th
✔️ Keynotes will be announced between now and February
✔️ Full program of selected talks and tutorials will be available in late April
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Learn more about the fellows and their projects here:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
& watch this space for updates. 👀
Huge thanks to TrygFonden for enabling this programme! 💚
@claesdevreese.bsky.social; @lenafrescamente.bsky.social; @curdknupfer.bsky.social
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
& watch this space for updates. 👀
Huge thanks to TrygFonden for enabling this programme! 💚
@claesdevreese.bsky.social; @lenafrescamente.bsky.social; @curdknupfer.bsky.social
DDCxTrygFonden fellowship cohort 2026
DDCxTrygFonden fellowship cohort 2026
www.sdu.dk
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Learn more about the fellows and their projects here:
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
& watch this space for updates. 👀
Huge thanks to TrygFonden for enabling this programme! 💚
@claesdevreese.bsky.social; @lenafrescamente.bsky.social; @curdknupfer.bsky.social
www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
& watch this space for updates. 👀
Huge thanks to TrygFonden for enabling this programme! 💚
@claesdevreese.bsky.social; @lenafrescamente.bsky.social; @curdknupfer.bsky.social
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Should you ask an AI chatbot what to vote for? No.
I spoke to @videnskab.dk about this ahead of the local elections in Denmark and why the technology is not fit for purpose and completely non-transparent.
videnskab.dk/teknologi/bo...
I spoke to @videnskab.dk about this ahead of the local elections in Denmark and why the technology is not fit for purpose and completely non-transparent.
videnskab.dk/teknologi/bo...
Bør jeg spørge ChatGPT til råds om, hvad jeg skal stemme?
Måske er du stadig i tvivl om, hvor du skal sætte dit kryds til kommunalvalget.
videnskab.dk
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Should you ask an AI chatbot what to vote for? No.
I spoke to @videnskab.dk about this ahead of the local elections in Denmark and why the technology is not fit for purpose and completely non-transparent.
videnskab.dk/teknologi/bo...
I spoke to @videnskab.dk about this ahead of the local elections in Denmark and why the technology is not fit for purpose and completely non-transparent.
videnskab.dk/teknologi/bo...
A long (very) long time ago, I started my academic journey as a student assistant in the lab of Gary Bente - back then, an environment where people studied intercultural communication, nonverbal communication, and basic virtual agents such as "Karl Klammer" -
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A long (very) long time ago, I started my academic journey as a student assistant in the lab of Gary Bente - back then, an environment where people studied intercultural communication, nonverbal communication, and basic virtual agents such as "Karl Klammer" -