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Digital Influence Group
@dig-radboud.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary Research Group on Autonomy, Persuasion and Manipulation in the digital Sphere @ Radboud University
With less than a month to go, there is not much time left to register for the DIG’s workshop on Media, Manipulation & #Misinformation in Nijmegen! Join us for an intensive 3-day workshop on the interplay of new technologies, disinformation campaigns! Learn more: mmmworkshop.cs.ru.nl
July 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Two of our PhD students, @yansan.bsky.social and @paulschal.bsky.social, were invited to participate in last week’s Milton Wolf Seminar 2025 in Vienna. A great opportunity for both of them to pitch their research on uncertainty in disinformation and LLM-driven interventions!
April 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On International Fact-Checking Day, Angie Drobnic Holan, warns: “Whether fact-checking flourishes or founders in the coming years depends on whether enough of us are willing to fight back against those who claim the truth is whatever they say it is.“ www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
Will the future of fact-checking flourish or founder? 2025 marks a new turning point - Poynter
Now is the time for action to protect the work that holds the line on reality.
www.poynter.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (#FTC) finalised its #Click-to-Cancel rule. It restricts deceptive business practices, including recurring fees and misleading cancellation policies for unwanted, hard-to-cancel products. www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-25534 (1/3)
Negative Option Rule
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") issues final amendments to the Commission's trade regulation "Rule Concerning Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans," retitled the "Rule Con...
www.federalregister.gov
November 26, 2024 at 8:29 AM
In their latest Paper, @philippschmid.bsky.social and Enny Das (both DIG) and their colleagues analyse the costs, benefits and risks of #vaccination mandates. Learn more about this exciting research and explore alternative interventions at www.nature.com/articles/s44... #PsychSky
Vaccination mandates and their alternatives and complements - Nature Reviews Psychology
Vaccination mandates can increase vaccine uptake, but might cause unintended psychological effects with social and political consequences. In this Review, Schmid et al. present a toolbox of complement...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Recently, our own Asst. Prof. Güneş Acar was awarded a prestigious NWO Vidi Grant to build and maintain the Web Security and Privacy Observatory. Congratulations on this great achievement, Güneş! We look forward to seeing where your work will lead!
November 18, 2024 at 9:49 AM