Yannis Theocharis
@yannistheocharis.bsky.social
Professor and Chair of Digital Governance | Department of Governance | Technical University of Munich. Info: https://www.hfp.tum.de/en/digitalgovernance/home/
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[New Paper] with @franziskapradel.bsky.social, @janzilinsky.bsky.social & @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social now out in APSR!
So happy with this piece which significantly reflects the trajectory of our research agenda at the Chair of Digital Governance!
polisky Commsky
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So happy with this piece which significantly reflects the trajectory of our research agenda at the Chair of Digital Governance!
polisky Commsky
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📣Out on #FirstView 📣
In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
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In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📣Out on #FirstView 📣
In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
polisky gendersky
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In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
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This paper tested my resilience in ways I can't quite remember (or I have given up). Massive thanks to the amazing co-authors Stiene Praet, Sebastian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social, Pablo Barbera, @jatucker.bsky.social and to the many dedicated reviewers!!
July 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This paper tested my resilience in ways I can't quite remember (or I have given up). Massive thanks to the amazing co-authors Stiene Praet, Sebastian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social, Pablo Barbera, @jatucker.bsky.social and to the many dedicated reviewers!!
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New paper with @yannistheocharis.bsky.social
When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New paper with @yannistheocharis.bsky.social
When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
When it comes to health choices that seem to run counter to people's own self-interest, politics is overwhelmingly more important than individuals' cognitive styles or media diet:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Publication alert🚨
Can AI-Attributed News Challenge Partisan News Selection?
“Citizens evaluate AI-attributed news as negatively as cross-cutting news sources, both in terms of attitudes (perceived trustworthiness) and behavior (willingness to read the news)”
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Can AI-Attributed News Challenge Partisan News Selection?
“Citizens evaluate AI-attributed news as negatively as cross-cutting news sources, both in terms of attitudes (perceived trustworthiness) and behavior (willingness to read the news)”
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July 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Publication alert🚨
Can AI-Attributed News Challenge Partisan News Selection?
“Citizens evaluate AI-attributed news as negatively as cross-cutting news sources, both in terms of attitudes (perceived trustworthiness) and behavior (willingness to read the news)”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Can AI-Attributed News Challenge Partisan News Selection?
“Citizens evaluate AI-attributed news as negatively as cross-cutting news sources, both in terms of attitudes (perceived trustworthiness) and behavior (willingness to read the news)”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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A 10-country survey led by Coalition member @yannistheocharis.bsky.social of the Technical University of Munich Think Tank (with the University of Oxford) finds that most people support content moderation on social media to restrict harmful behavior, even as large tech companies push back.
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Majority support moderation on social media platforms and reject unrestricted freedom of expression
Most people want harmful social media content to be restricted according to a survey in 10 countries. This also applies in the USA.
www.tum.de
June 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A 10-country survey led by Coalition member @yannistheocharis.bsky.social of the Technical University of Munich Think Tank (with the University of Oxford) finds that most people support content moderation on social media to restrict harmful behavior, even as large tech companies push back.
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🔗📃 Link to he paper now published in the ICWSM conference proceedings (ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...) co-authored with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @friederikeq.bsky.social, @sebnagel.bsky.social, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social & Molly Roberts
Written for Lawyers or Users? Mapping the Complexity of Community Guidelines
| Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
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June 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🔗📃 Link to he paper now published in the ICWSM conference proceedings (ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...) co-authored with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @friederikeq.bsky.social, @sebnagel.bsky.social, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social & Molly Roberts
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🛫 Off to Madrid for this year’s EPSA conference, where I’ll be presenting co-authored work with @yannistheocharis.bsky.social , @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social , and Molly Roberts.
💡You’ll find me in the panel “Insights into Countering Misinformation” on Friday, June 27, at 09:30 in Room 1A.13.
💡You’ll find me in the panel “Insights into Countering Misinformation” on Friday, June 27, at 09:30 in Room 1A.13.
June 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
🛫 Off to Madrid for this year’s EPSA conference, where I’ll be presenting co-authored work with @yannistheocharis.bsky.social , @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social , and Molly Roberts.
💡You’ll find me in the panel “Insights into Countering Misinformation” on Friday, June 27, at 09:30 in Room 1A.13.
💡You’ll find me in the panel “Insights into Countering Misinformation” on Friday, June 27, at 09:30 in Room 1A.13.
🚨 New Paper 🚨
"Written for Lawyers or Users? Mapping the Complexity of Community Guidelines"
Led by @mianahrgang.bsky.social, with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @friederikeq.bsky.social, @sebnagel.bsky.social & Molly Roberts, published at #ICWSM2025.
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"Written for Lawyers or Users? Mapping the Complexity of Community Guidelines"
Led by @mianahrgang.bsky.social, with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @friederikeq.bsky.social, @sebnagel.bsky.social & Molly Roberts, published at #ICWSM2025.
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📣 Happy to announce the publication of our article (w @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @friederikeq.bsky.social, @sebnagel.bsky.social, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social & Molly Roberts) on the complexity and availability of community guidelines @icwsm.bsky.social! 🔗 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
June 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨 New Paper 🚨
"Written for Lawyers or Users? Mapping the Complexity of Community Guidelines"
Led by @mianahrgang.bsky.social, with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @friederikeq.bsky.social, @sebnagel.bsky.social & Molly Roberts, published at #ICWSM2025.
🧵Thread👇
"Written for Lawyers or Users? Mapping the Complexity of Community Guidelines"
Led by @mianahrgang.bsky.social, with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @friederikeq.bsky.social, @sebnagel.bsky.social & Molly Roberts, published at #ICWSM2025.
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🚨New at Tech Policy Press🚨
"What People Want from Platforms Isn’t What Musk + Zuckerberg Are Selling"
Tech execs say they’re giving users what they want—less moderation, more “free speech.” But our 10-country survey shows most people don’t want unmoderated spaces. They want balance + protections.
"What People Want from Platforms Isn’t What Musk + Zuckerberg Are Selling"
Tech execs say they’re giving users what they want—less moderation, more “free speech.” But our 10-country survey shows most people don’t want unmoderated spaces. They want balance + protections.
Musk and Zuckerberg claim to champion free expression—but surveys across 10 countries reveal a troubling gap between billionaire rhetoric and public expectations on social media, content moderation, and free expression, write Yannis Theocharis, Spyros Kosmidis, Friederike Quint, and Jan Zilinsky:
What People Want from Platforms Isn’t What Musk and Zuckerberg Are Selling | TechPolicy.Press
Researchers fielded surveys in 10 countries to understand how citizens perceive platforms and potential trade-offs related to free expression.
www.techpolicy.press
May 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🚨New at Tech Policy Press🚨
"What People Want from Platforms Isn’t What Musk + Zuckerberg Are Selling"
Tech execs say they’re giving users what they want—less moderation, more “free speech.” But our 10-country survey shows most people don’t want unmoderated spaces. They want balance + protections.
"What People Want from Platforms Isn’t What Musk + Zuckerberg Are Selling"
Tech execs say they’re giving users what they want—less moderation, more “free speech.” But our 10-country survey shows most people don’t want unmoderated spaces. They want balance + protections.
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No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
March 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
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Thoughtful study shows that many countries want moderation to suppress hate speech and misinformation - but not so much in the US!
@yannistheocharis.bsky.social led this work!
@yannistheocharis.bsky.social led this work!
US least supportive of content moderation vs. hate speech and misinformation versus nine other countries tumthinktank.de/wp-content/u...
March 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thoughtful study shows that many countries want moderation to suppress hate speech and misinformation - but not so much in the US!
@yannistheocharis.bsky.social led this work!
@yannistheocharis.bsky.social led this work!
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US least supportive of content moderation vs. hate speech and misinformation versus nine other countries tumthinktank.de/wp-content/u...
March 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
US least supportive of content moderation vs. hate speech and misinformation versus nine other countries tumthinktank.de/wp-content/u...
Thrilled that our report "CONTENT WARNING: Public Attitudes on Content Moderation and Freedom of Expression", launched today, has received a very warm reception by the media!
📖 Read the coverage: www.zeit.de/news/2025-02...
More info below on some of the questions we tackle 🧵👇
📖 Read the coverage: www.zeit.de/news/2025-02...
More info below on some of the questions we tackle 🧵👇
Gewalt im Internet: Umfrage: Mehrheit wünscht sich Kontrolle in sozialen Medien
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Gewalt im Internet“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Umfrage: Mehrheit wünscht sich Kontrolle in sozialen Medien“.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thrilled that our report "CONTENT WARNING: Public Attitudes on Content Moderation and Freedom of Expression", launched today, has received a very warm reception by the media!
📖 Read the coverage: www.zeit.de/news/2025-02...
More info below on some of the questions we tackle 🧵👇
📖 Read the coverage: www.zeit.de/news/2025-02...
More info below on some of the questions we tackle 🧵👇
🚨 New Preview of Our Upcoming Report 🚨
Leaked Meta guidelines suggest harmful speech like "Immigrants are filthy pieces of shit" or "Gays are freaks" may soon be allowed.
Does this policy shift reflect public opinion?
Our survey across 10 countries finds no evidence of support for such content.
Leaked Meta guidelines suggest harmful speech like "Immigrants are filthy pieces of shit" or "Gays are freaks" may soon be allowed.
Does this policy shift reflect public opinion?
Our survey across 10 countries finds no evidence of support for such content.
January 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🚨 New Preview of Our Upcoming Report 🚨
Leaked Meta guidelines suggest harmful speech like "Immigrants are filthy pieces of shit" or "Gays are freaks" may soon be allowed.
Does this policy shift reflect public opinion?
Our survey across 10 countries finds no evidence of support for such content.
Leaked Meta guidelines suggest harmful speech like "Immigrants are filthy pieces of shit" or "Gays are freaks" may soon be allowed.
Does this policy shift reflect public opinion?
Our survey across 10 countries finds no evidence of support for such content.
Contrary to Mark Zuckerberg’s claim that replacing fact-checkers with "community notes" will enhance free expression, this move does not seem intended to satisfy US users’ supposed craving for a return to Meta’s "free speech roots."
The reality is far more nuanced.
The reality is far more nuanced.
January 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Contrary to Mark Zuckerberg’s claim that replacing fact-checkers with "community notes" will enhance free expression, this move does not seem intended to satisfy US users’ supposed craving for a return to Meta’s "free speech roots."
The reality is far more nuanced.
The reality is far more nuanced.
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1) Maybe it seems small potatoes, but blaming politicized fact-checkers and ops people for content moderation systems not working and over censoring is a total lie.
Don't blame poor trust & safety workers for implementing the convoluted politics and messy policicies that come from the C-suite!
2/
Don't blame poor trust & safety workers for implementing the convoluted politics and messy policicies that come from the C-suite!
2/
January 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
1) Maybe it seems small potatoes, but blaming politicized fact-checkers and ops people for content moderation systems not working and over censoring is a total lie.
Don't blame poor trust & safety workers for implementing the convoluted politics and messy policicies that come from the C-suite!
2/
Don't blame poor trust & safety workers for implementing the convoluted politics and messy policicies that come from the C-suite!
2/
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In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, @franziskapradel.bsky.social , @janzilinsky.bsky.social, @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social and @yannistheocharis.bsky.social find that exposure to uncivil or intolerant posts did not lead to majority support for content moderation by platforms.
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January 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, @franziskapradel.bsky.social , @janzilinsky.bsky.social, @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social and @yannistheocharis.bsky.social find that exposure to uncivil or intolerant posts did not lead to majority support for content moderation by platforms.
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📢 We’re hiring! PhD and Postdoc Positions Available!
Come join the Chair of Digital Governance at the Technical University of Munich and be part of our Transparency in Content Moderation project, with Molly Roberts & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: Feb 1.
portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...
Come join the Chair of Digital Governance at the Technical University of Munich and be part of our Transparency in Content Moderation project, with Molly Roberts & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: Feb 1.
portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...
TUM - PhD and Postdoc positions (m/f/d) at the Chair of Digital Governance, Department of Governance, TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
Profs. Margaret E. Roberts and Yannis Theocharis are inviting applications for one PhD position (3 years) and one Postdoctoral Researcher position (3 years) in the context of the project Transparency ...
portal.mytum.de
December 11, 2024 at 3:56 PM
📢 We’re hiring! PhD and Postdoc Positions Available!
Come join the Chair of Digital Governance at the Technical University of Munich and be part of our Transparency in Content Moderation project, with Molly Roberts & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: Feb 1.
portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...
Come join the Chair of Digital Governance at the Technical University of Munich and be part of our Transparency in Content Moderation project, with Molly Roberts & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: Feb 1.
portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...
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⭐I am looking for a Postdoc in Computational Social Science in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg!
More on the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
Applications due by 8 January 2025.
Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
#EUsky #poliscijobs #computationalsocialscience
More on the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
Applications due by 8 January 2025.
Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
#EUsky #poliscijobs #computationalsocialscience
November 28, 2024 at 8:23 AM
⭐I am looking for a Postdoc in Computational Social Science in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg!
More on the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
Applications due by 8 January 2025.
Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
#EUsky #poliscijobs #computationalsocialscience
More on the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
Applications due by 8 January 2025.
Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
#EUsky #poliscijobs #computationalsocialscience
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🧵The study everyone here is talking about does NOT provide evidence that Twitter/X pushed a pro-Republican home timeline ranking change in July 2023.
The cascading, multiplicative effects of ranking changes likely explain the effect--details below
The cascading, multiplicative effects of ranking changes likely explain the effect--details below
November 17, 2024 at 3:15 PM
🧵The study everyone here is talking about does NOT provide evidence that Twitter/X pushed a pro-Republican home timeline ranking change in July 2023.
The cascading, multiplicative effects of ranking changes likely explain the effect--details below
The cascading, multiplicative effects of ranking changes likely explain the effect--details below
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@friederikeq.bsky.social and I will be presenting our ongoing co-authored work with Molly Roberts, @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, and Sebastian Nagel at @apsa.bsky.social. Join us for our presentations at 8:00 am and 12:00 pm on Saturday to talk about content moderation!
September 5, 2024 at 4:12 PM
@friederikeq.bsky.social and I will be presenting our ongoing co-authored work with Molly Roberts, @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, and Sebastian Nagel at @apsa.bsky.social. Join us for our presentations at 8:00 am and 12:00 pm on Saturday to talk about content moderation!
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When does toxic speech cross the line? Well, it depends.. Read my @apsa.bsky.social summary of @franziskapradel.bsky.social, @janzilinsky.bsky.social, @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social and @yannistheocharis.bsky.social's recent APSR article on this here: politicalsciencenow.com/americans-sh...
Americans Show Little Support for Content Moderation of Toxic Speech -
In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Dirck de Kleer, covers the new article by Franziska [...]
politicalsciencenow.com
April 5, 2024 at 6:12 AM
When does toxic speech cross the line? Well, it depends.. Read my @apsa.bsky.social summary of @franziskapradel.bsky.social, @janzilinsky.bsky.social, @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social and @yannistheocharis.bsky.social's recent APSR article on this here: politicalsciencenow.com/americans-sh...
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Come work with us! We have a two-year postdoc position available in our project on content moderation with Molly Roberts and @yannistheocharis.bsky.social. You can find the ad here: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/1....
February 29, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Come work with us! We have a two-year postdoc position available in our project on content moderation with Molly Roberts and @yannistheocharis.bsky.social. You can find the ad here: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/1....
(As one of those devastated) Can’t believe that the NYT are actually writing about this!
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/a...
February 20, 2024 at 8:16 PM
(As one of those devastated) Can’t believe that the NYT are actually writing about this!
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/a...
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I think influencers call this *unboxing* ✨✨✨
January 24, 2024 at 9:22 AM
I think influencers call this *unboxing* ✨✨✨