Max Zehring
@maxzehring.bsky.social
PhD Student @ TU Ilmenau 🌲
Computational Communication Science 🦑
Researching far-right and conspiracy networks 🕸️
Computational Communication Science 🦑
Researching far-right and conspiracy networks 🕸️
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Max Zehring
@maxzehring.bsky.social
· Aug 15
The language similarity between corona protest mobilizers on Telegram and German politicians on Twitter
Protest movements against COVID-19 containment measures, like Germany’s Querdenken, aim to put their position on the political agenda. The German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) acted...
doi.org
✨ New open-access paper ✨
We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.
Full paper:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.
Full paper:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Multilateralismus: tot.
Völkerrecht? Kulisse.
Was zählt: Macht und Gewalt.
Venezuela? der jüngste Beweis.
Völkerrecht? Kulisse.
Was zählt: Macht und Gewalt.
Venezuela? der jüngste Beweis.
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Multilateralismus: tot.
Völkerrecht? Kulisse.
Was zählt: Macht und Gewalt.
Venezuela? der jüngste Beweis.
Völkerrecht? Kulisse.
Was zählt: Macht und Gewalt.
Venezuela? der jüngste Beweis.
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It’s funny how for Germans when white people occupy another country it’s a “complex” situation
Multilateralismus: tot.
Völkerrecht? Kulisse.
Was zählt: Macht und Gewalt.
Venezuela? der jüngste Beweis.
Völkerrecht? Kulisse.
Was zählt: Macht und Gewalt.
Venezuela? der jüngste Beweis.
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
It’s funny how for Germans when white people occupy another country it’s a “complex” situation
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„Es ist kompliziert“
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
„Es ist kompliziert“
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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Das israelische Außenministerium stand offenbar hinter der Mobilisierung von Gegenaktionen, an denen auch Volker Beck und Jutta Ditfurth teilnahmen. Die Strategie – wie ein Mitarbeiter des Ministeriums erklärt – bestand darin, die Konferenz als BDS-Veranstaltung bewusst fälschlicherweise zu framen.
January 2, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Das israelische Außenministerium stand offenbar hinter der Mobilisierung von Gegenaktionen, an denen auch Volker Beck und Jutta Ditfurth teilnahmen. Die Strategie – wie ein Mitarbeiter des Ministeriums erklärt – bestand darin, die Konferenz als BDS-Veranstaltung bewusst fälschlicherweise zu framen.
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POV: Du bist die drittgrößte Volkswirtschaft der Welt.
December 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
POV: Du bist die drittgrößte Volkswirtschaft der Welt.
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Nach dem #Debanking von DKP und Anarchist Black Cross haben die Sparkasse und GLS-Bank alle (Dutzende!) Konten der #RoteHilfe gekündigt.
Hintergrund ist wohl die Entscheidung Donald Trumps, die "Antifa Ost" als "Terrororganisation" zu listen:
rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/ko...
Hintergrund ist wohl die Entscheidung Donald Trumps, die "Antifa Ost" als "Terrororganisation" zu listen:
rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/ko...
Kontokündigung wegen Antifa: Banken vollstrecken US-Politik in Deutschland
Innerhalb weniger Tage haben zwei Banken die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Verein Rote Hilfe e. V. beendet.
rote-hilfe.de
December 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Nach dem #Debanking von DKP und Anarchist Black Cross haben die Sparkasse und GLS-Bank alle (Dutzende!) Konten der #RoteHilfe gekündigt.
Hintergrund ist wohl die Entscheidung Donald Trumps, die "Antifa Ost" als "Terrororganisation" zu listen:
rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/ko...
Hintergrund ist wohl die Entscheidung Donald Trumps, die "Antifa Ost" als "Terrororganisation" zu listen:
rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/ko...
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And since last week the corresponding dataset paper is also published
**The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022**
Paper doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Dataset doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
Appendix osf.io/58sdx/
**The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022**
Paper doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Dataset doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
Appendix osf.io/58sdx/
🥳Excited to share our first social media data doi.org/10.4232/1.14... of Telegram COVID-19 protest mobilization 2020–2022 in Germany, covering 5.6M messages from 900+ public channels & groups, conducted by @hdschulze.bsky.social @buehling.bsky.social @maxzehring.bsky.social
DP-R|EX Data publication
Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020–2022 (TGCPD) How did the movement against COVID-19 containment measures take shape? The newly released Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset (TGCPD) provides a uniqu...
dprex.hypotheses.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
And since last week the corresponding dataset paper is also published
**The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022**
Paper doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Dataset doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
Appendix osf.io/58sdx/
**The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022**
Paper doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Dataset doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
Appendix osf.io/58sdx/
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New Paper in @computationalcommunication.org
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New Paper in @computationalcommunication.org
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
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🚨new article🚨
"Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today
Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive
🧵Thread🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today
Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive
🧵Thread🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨new article🚨
"Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today
Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive
🧵Thread🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today
Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive
🧵Thread🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Long Thread
Ich will mal was erzählen, was mit dem Sprechen über Rechts zu tun hat. Beschäftigt mich viel.
Ich hab neulich einen Workshop zu Digitalfaschismus gegeben.
Vor mir war ein Redner der über völkische Siedlerbewegungen informiert.
Ich will mal was erzählen, was mit dem Sprechen über Rechts zu tun hat. Beschäftigt mich viel.
Ich hab neulich einen Workshop zu Digitalfaschismus gegeben.
Vor mir war ein Redner der über völkische Siedlerbewegungen informiert.
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Long Thread
Ich will mal was erzählen, was mit dem Sprechen über Rechts zu tun hat. Beschäftigt mich viel.
Ich hab neulich einen Workshop zu Digitalfaschismus gegeben.
Vor mir war ein Redner der über völkische Siedlerbewegungen informiert.
Ich will mal was erzählen, was mit dem Sprechen über Rechts zu tun hat. Beschäftigt mich viel.
Ich hab neulich einen Workshop zu Digitalfaschismus gegeben.
Vor mir war ein Redner der über völkische Siedlerbewegungen informiert.
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For two years officials and media in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that point to the same patterns seen in past genocides. Latest on my Substack
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
Germany’s Top Research Institute Confirms What Critics Said All Along About Gaza
For two years officials in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that make such denial impossible – and echo the patterns of past genocides
hannohauenstein.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
For two years officials and media in Germany dismissed Gaza’s death toll as propaganda. Now the Max Planck Institute released estimates that point to the same patterns seen in past genocides. Latest on my Substack
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
hannohauenstein.substack.com/p/gaza-genoc...
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🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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„The Targeting of the Palestinian Academy“ sollte eine wissenschaftliche Konferenz an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social heissen. Die Universität hat beschlossen, dieses Targeting selbst aktiv zu unterstützen. Ein Skandal. 1/
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
„The Targeting of the Palestinian Academy“ sollte eine wissenschaftliche Konferenz an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social heissen. Die Universität hat beschlossen, dieses Targeting selbst aktiv zu unterstützen. Ein Skandal. 1/
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The billions of research funds channeled into the pockets of Elsevier and other commercial publisher in return for very little actual value is one of academia's big inefficiencies that will eventually be replaced by more attractive Community-run alternatives
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The billions of research funds channeled into the pockets of Elsevier and other commercial publisher in return for very little actual value is one of academia's big inefficiencies that will eventually be replaced by more attractive Community-run alternatives
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Genocidal rhetoric leads to genocidal behavior
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Genocidal rhetoric leads to genocidal behavior
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LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
Computational Turing Test Reveals Systematic Differences Between Human and AI Language
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in the social sciences to simulate human behavior, based on the assumption that they can generate realistic, human-like text. Yet this assumption rem...
arxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
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🥳Excited to share our first social media data doi.org/10.4232/1.14... of Telegram COVID-19 protest mobilization 2020–2022 in Germany, covering 5.6M messages from 900+ public channels & groups, conducted by @hdschulze.bsky.social @buehling.bsky.social @maxzehring.bsky.social
DP-R|EX Data publication
Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020–2022 (TGCPD) How did the movement against COVID-19 containment measures take shape? The newly released Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset (TGCPD) provides a uniqu...
dprex.hypotheses.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🥳Excited to share our first social media data doi.org/10.4232/1.14... of Telegram COVID-19 protest mobilization 2020–2022 in Germany, covering 5.6M messages from 900+ public channels & groups, conducted by @hdschulze.bsky.social @buehling.bsky.social @maxzehring.bsky.social
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Nine million euros in federal research funding for a project led by a culture warrior which "assumes that anti-Semitic attitudes are 'a given' in a 'Muslim culture'." Meanwhile the critical humanities wither and die.
„Die formulierten Thesen würden auf der Vorannahme basieren, dass in einem ‚muslimischen Kulturkreis‘ antisemitische Einstellungen ‚per se gegeben‘ seien.“ — Dafür gibt’s dann halt knapp neun Mil. Euro Förderung vom Forschungsministerium an Ahmad Mansour @correctiv.org
correctiv.org/aktuelles/in...
correctiv.org/aktuelles/in...
Trotz Kritik: Forschungsministerium fördert umstrittenes Projekt gegen Antisemitismus
Forschungsministerium fördert Antisemitismus-Projekt unter Ahmad Mansour – internen Zweifel an Wissenschaftlichkeit zu Trotz.
correctiv.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nine million euros in federal research funding for a project led by a culture warrior which "assumes that anti-Semitic attitudes are 'a given' in a 'Muslim culture'." Meanwhile the critical humanities wither and die.
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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❓𝗪𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮?
Forschende der #FUBerlin @interactfu.bsky.social, @zfk-mr.bsky.social und @dezim-institut.de legen erstmals repräsentative Daten zur Zusammensetzung und Motivation der Teilnehmenden der Pro-Palästina-Demonstration am 27. September vor:
🔗 www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...
Forschende der #FUBerlin @interactfu.bsky.social, @zfk-mr.bsky.social und @dezim-institut.de legen erstmals repräsentative Daten zur Zusammensetzung und Motivation der Teilnehmenden der Pro-Palästina-Demonstration am 27. September vor:
🔗 www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
❓𝗪𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮?
Forschende der #FUBerlin @interactfu.bsky.social, @zfk-mr.bsky.social und @dezim-institut.de legen erstmals repräsentative Daten zur Zusammensetzung und Motivation der Teilnehmenden der Pro-Palästina-Demonstration am 27. September vor:
🔗 www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...
Forschende der #FUBerlin @interactfu.bsky.social, @zfk-mr.bsky.social und @dezim-institut.de legen erstmals repräsentative Daten zur Zusammensetzung und Motivation der Teilnehmenden der Pro-Palästina-Demonstration am 27. September vor:
🔗 www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...
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Goebbels, Tagebücher, zit. nach Martin Broszat, Hitler und die Genesis der 'Endlösung", Vierteljahreshefte für Zeitgeschichte Bd. 25 (1977) 739, 750
www.ifz-muenchen.de/heftarchiv/1...
www.ifz-muenchen.de/heftarchiv/1...
October 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Goebbels, Tagebücher, zit. nach Martin Broszat, Hitler und die Genesis der 'Endlösung", Vierteljahreshefte für Zeitgeschichte Bd. 25 (1977) 739, 750
www.ifz-muenchen.de/heftarchiv/1...
www.ifz-muenchen.de/heftarchiv/1...