David Bazan
@davidbazan.bsky.social
Sociologist interested in algorithms, affects and inequalities. Researching on feedback loops and emotions on TikTok. PhD student at Lund University
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This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
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Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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🇺🇸 Este fin de semana abrimos la portada de CTXT con este texto de Fernando Prats sobre ese proyecto distópico del capitalismo extremo en EEUU llamado Trumpismo. ¡Lean!
"Lo importante es descifrar el significado profundo del proyecto global de la ultraderecha estadounidense."
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
"Lo importante es descifrar el significado profundo del proyecto global de la ultraderecha estadounidense."
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
Trumpismo: el proyecto distópico del capitalismo extremo en EEUU
Lo más alarmante no son únicamente sus efectos institucionales, sociales o económicos, sino su ruptura sistemática con límites indispensables para preservar la vida, la dignidad humana y la convivenci...
ctxt.es
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🇺🇸 Este fin de semana abrimos la portada de CTXT con este texto de Fernando Prats sobre ese proyecto distópico del capitalismo extremo en EEUU llamado Trumpismo. ¡Lean!
"Lo importante es descifrar el significado profundo del proyecto global de la ultraderecha estadounidense."
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
"Lo importante es descifrar el significado profundo del proyecto global de la ultraderecha estadounidense."
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
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Today I’m very happy to watch @davidbazan.bsky.social brilliantly defend his thesis ”Algorithmic Interaction Ritual Chains on TikTok: Scrolling through Feedback Loops”
September 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Today I’m very happy to watch @davidbazan.bsky.social brilliantly defend his thesis ”Algorithmic Interaction Ritual Chains on TikTok: Scrolling through Feedback Loops”
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👉Es profundamente patológico que una persona sienta un deseo persistente de eludir una tarea agotadora que no le interesa lo más mínimo y que se ve forzada a realizar durante cuatro o más décadas de su vida para poder comer🍽️
Genial aquí, Adri T.✍️
¿Síndrome postvacacional?⁉️
ctxt.es/es/20250901/...
Genial aquí, Adri T.✍️
¿Síndrome postvacacional?⁉️
ctxt.es/es/20250901/...
Síndrome postvacacional
Si una vocecita dentro de su interior está chillando porque les resulta insoportable la idea de volver a su puesto de trabajo, recuerden esforzarse por sentir y expresar un agradecido sometimiento hac...
ctxt.es
September 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
👉Es profundamente patológico que una persona sienta un deseo persistente de eludir una tarea agotadora que no le interesa lo más mínimo y que se ve forzada a realizar durante cuatro o más décadas de su vida para poder comer🍽️
Genial aquí, Adri T.✍️
¿Síndrome postvacacional?⁉️
ctxt.es/es/20250901/...
Genial aquí, Adri T.✍️
¿Síndrome postvacacional?⁉️
ctxt.es/es/20250901/...
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For all the talks about concerns over disinformation, the mainstream media have been a key agent in the mainstreaming of far right politics by:
- covering them disproportionately
- hyping moral panics
- platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
- covering them disproportionately
- hyping moral panics
- platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
For all the talks about concerns over disinformation, the mainstream media have been a key agent in the mainstreaming of far right politics by:
- covering them disproportionately
- hyping moral panics
- platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
- covering them disproportionately
- hyping moral panics
- platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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“There is no ‘one weird trick’ that removes experts and creates miracle machines that can do everything that humans can do, but better,” Asmelash Teka Hadgu and @timnitgebru.bsky.social write. www.scientificamerican.com/article/repl...
Replacing Federal Workers with Chatbots Would Be a Dystopian Nightmare
The Trump administration sees an AI-driven federal workforce as more efficient. Instead, with chatbots unable to carry out critical tasks, it would be a diabolical mess
www.scientificamerican.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“There is no ‘one weird trick’ that removes experts and creates miracle machines that can do everything that humans can do, but better,” Asmelash Teka Hadgu and @timnitgebru.bsky.social write. www.scientificamerican.com/article/repl...
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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🦄 Conference Call : (DON'T) BELIEVE THE HYPE
Submit an abstract to the newly founded Hype Studies Group! We're organising the first edition of a Hype Studies Conference in Barcelona, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the 10th-12th of September 2025.
More info: hypestudies.org/conference
Submit an abstract to the newly founded Hype Studies Group! We're organising the first edition of a Hype Studies Conference in Barcelona, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the 10th-12th of September 2025.
More info: hypestudies.org/conference
March 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
🦄 Conference Call : (DON'T) BELIEVE THE HYPE
Submit an abstract to the newly founded Hype Studies Group! We're organising the first edition of a Hype Studies Conference in Barcelona, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the 10th-12th of September 2025.
More info: hypestudies.org/conference
Submit an abstract to the newly founded Hype Studies Group! We're organising the first edition of a Hype Studies Conference in Barcelona, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the 10th-12th of September 2025.
More info: hypestudies.org/conference
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I very much appreciate @dkreiss.bsky.social & @shannimcg.bsky.social on this point. “Polarization can only be seen as a central threat to democracy if inequality is ignored.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
A review and provocation: On polarization and platforms - Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C McGregor, 2024
Scholars increasingly point to polarization as a central threat to democracy—and identify technology platforms as key contributors to polarization. In contrast,...
journals.sagepub.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I very much appreciate @dkreiss.bsky.social & @shannimcg.bsky.social on this point. “Polarization can only be seen as a central threat to democracy if inequality is ignored.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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A WIRED investigation reveals that billion-dollar scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands are enslaved—are using Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to stay online and keep their operations running.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
buff.ly
March 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A WIRED investigation reveals that billion-dollar scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands are enslaved—are using Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to stay online and keep their operations running.
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New article! It was a treat to be invited to contribute to and working with the editors and co-contributors in this special issue on economic ventures seeking or claiming to do good. valuationstudies.liu.se/article/view...
Also, check out the full issue here: valuationstudies.liu.se/issue/view/496
Also, check out the full issue here: valuationstudies.liu.se/issue/view/496
View of Valuation and Critique in “The Good Economy” Part 1
valuationstudies.liu.se
February 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New article! It was a treat to be invited to contribute to and working with the editors and co-contributors in this special issue on economic ventures seeking or claiming to do good. valuationstudies.liu.se/article/view...
Also, check out the full issue here: valuationstudies.liu.se/issue/view/496
Also, check out the full issue here: valuationstudies.liu.se/issue/view/496
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"TikTok displayed the greatest right-wing skew, per its findings — showing right-leaning content 74% of the time." techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/s...
Study of TikTok, X 'For You' feeds in Germany finds far-right political bias ahead of federal elections | TechCrunch
Recommendation algorithms operated by social media giants TikTok and X have shown evidence of substantial far-right political bias in Germany ahead of a
techcrunch.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"TikTok displayed the greatest right-wing skew, per its findings — showing right-leaning content 74% of the time." techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/s...
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🔍 How can creative coding techniques like soundscaping and video recomposition help us unpack political issues + influencer practices on TikTok? 🎵📹
📖 Insights from explorations w/ @publicdatalab.bsky.social around the 2024 Romanian elections at @digitalmethods.net winter school:
📖 Insights from explorations w/ @publicdatalab.bsky.social around the 2024 Romanian elections at @digitalmethods.net winter school:
The great Romanian election TikTok replay – Public Data Lab
In December 2024, the European Commission launched an investigation following “serious indications that foreign actors interfered in the Romanian presidential elections using TikTok.” The elections…
buff.ly
February 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🔍 How can creative coding techniques like soundscaping and video recomposition help us unpack political issues + influencer practices on TikTok? 🎵📹
📖 Insights from explorations w/ @publicdatalab.bsky.social around the 2024 Romanian elections at @digitalmethods.net winter school:
📖 Insights from explorations w/ @publicdatalab.bsky.social around the 2024 Romanian elections at @digitalmethods.net winter school:
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"Specifically, higher confidence in GenAI is associated with less critical thinking, while higher self-confidence is associated with more critical thinking. Qualitatively, GenAI shifts the nature of critical thinking toward information verification, response integration, and task stewardship."
Microsoft's own research confirms something that was already pretty obvious: relying on a text generating machine to come up with answers erodes critical thinking, and is a method favoured by those who never liked doing critical thinking in the first place
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org/files/lee_20...
advait.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Specifically, higher confidence in GenAI is associated with less critical thinking, while higher self-confidence is associated with more critical thinking. Qualitatively, GenAI shifts the nature of critical thinking toward information verification, response integration, and task stewardship."
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Curiosamente, un joven que no se deja manipular por nadie defiende las mismas ideas que los tres hombres más ricos del mundo.
Curiosamente, un joven que no se deja manipular por nadie defiende las mismas ideas que los tres hombres más ricos del mundo
Curiosamente, un joven que no se deja manipular por nadie ha empezado a defender las mismas ideas que los tres hombres más ricos del mundo. El joven, llamado Serapio Domínguez y natural de Zaragoza, l...
www.elmundotoday.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Curiosamente, un joven que no se deja manipular por nadie defiende las mismas ideas que los tres hombres más ricos del mundo.
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Tiktok boosted Republican messages 11.8% more than Democrat messages during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race according to this new study that employed bots to view ~394,000 videos.
February 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Tiktok boosted Republican messages 11.8% more than Democrat messages during the 2024 U.S. Presidential Race according to this new study that employed bots to view ~394,000 videos.
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The salary of a 1st and 2nd year Phd student in Spain is now only about 100€ higher that than the minimum wage
January 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The salary of a 1st and 2nd year Phd student in Spain is now only about 100€ higher that than the minimum wage
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“DeepSeek’s results demonstrate that the US Big Tech narrative that the expansion of energy production is what’s required for them to lead in a global ‘AI race’ is utter hogwash,” said @mmitchell.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | DeepSeek is reframing the AI policy debate
The Chinese model’s stunning success is bolstering arguments that U.S. AI policy should spur innovation rather than slowing it down.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“DeepSeek’s results demonstrate that the US Big Tech narrative that the expansion of energy production is what’s required for them to lead in a global ‘AI race’ is utter hogwash,” said @mmitchell.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Searching #liberal or #democrat on Instagram now returns "We've hidden these results", #Republican has no such problem. Seems bad.
January 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Searching #liberal or #democrat on Instagram now returns "We've hidden these results", #Republican has no such problem. Seems bad.
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Now that I've slept on it, let's discuss the TikTok ban.
The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.
The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.
January 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Now that I've slept on it, let's discuss the TikTok ban.
The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.
The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.
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Many of the parents blaming social media for their teens’ mental health struggles are just deflecting blame from their own violence and abuse.
And that’s what the report finds. Adults’ violence is one of the major reasons teens struggle.
And that’s what the report finds. Adults’ violence is one of the major reasons teens struggle.
New CDC data is out on youth mental health. Unsurprisingly, the biggest issues have nothing to do with social media. If only we could actually convince policymakers to invest in the actual problems that youth face. For a great topline look at the new data, see: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Why the latest CDC teen mental health report is a politically inconvenient bombshell for crusading California pols
The report reveals that teens’ use of social media is more complicated than the simplistic campaigns to restrict access recognize.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Many of the parents blaming social media for their teens’ mental health struggles are just deflecting blame from their own violence and abuse.
And that’s what the report finds. Adults’ violence is one of the major reasons teens struggle.
And that’s what the report finds. Adults’ violence is one of the major reasons teens struggle.