Peter Chapman
@pfchap.bsky.social
Associate Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University
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Very interesting to see binding data access and monitoring commitments from AliExpress under the Digital Services Act (DSA) today. 🧵
The European Commission said e-commerce marketplace AliExpress has breached its platform rules over its handling of illegal products in preliminary findings today.
China-based AliExpress breached EU digital rules over illegal products
The Commission accepted many commitments by the e-commerce marketplace to comply with the Digital Services Act but said it has not done enough on illegal products.
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June 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Very interesting to see binding data access and monitoring commitments from AliExpress under the Digital Services Act (DSA) today. 🧵
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We're Hiring A Community Lead! 👫
This role will require both operational & relational excellence. Successful applicants can execute complex projects and build trust within a passionate & values-driven community.
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This role will require both operational & relational excellence. Successful applicants can execute complex projects and build trust within a passionate & values-driven community.
Read the job description: bit.ly/43NuWLE
Apply: bit.ly/4jlrNa5
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March 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Join us today at 11am EST!
🚨 TODAY! 🚨 Starting at 11am ET: Join us as we discuss how to design algorithms that put users' interests front and center – leading to more positive and less harmful online experiences.
Can't make it? Sign up at the link below and we'll send you the recording! 👀
📣 Register here: bit.ly/4bBbraR
Can't make it? Sign up at the link below and we'll send you the recording! 👀
📣 Register here: bit.ly/4bBbraR
Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First – Knight-Georgetown Institute
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March 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Join us today at 11am EST!
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Want to learn more? Tune in to KGI’s upcoming webinar on March 25th at 11am about how to fix the feeds 😊 Report authors will explain how algorithms are currently designed and how the report guidelines can make them better. Register now! 👇
bit.ly/4bBbraR
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March 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Want to learn more? Tune in to KGI’s upcoming webinar on March 25th at 11am about how to fix the feeds 😊 Report authors will explain how algorithms are currently designed and how the report guidelines can make them better. Register now! 👇
bit.ly/4bBbraR
bit.ly/4bBbraR
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🚨 WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 Join KGI on March 25th for a live discussion on designing algorithmic feeds that put people first. As legislation and litigation around algorithms heats up, it’s never been more important to learn how they can be improved.
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🚨 WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 Join KGI on March 25th for a live discussion on designing algorithmic feeds that put people first. As legislation and litigation around algorithms heats up, it’s never been more important to learn how they can be improved.
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Join @knightgtown.bsky.social for a timely discussion of how courts are grappling with platform liability, design, and real-world harms. Details, speakers (@mblawrence.bsky.social, @meetalijain.bsky.social, & more), and registration link👇🏼
🔗 : bit.ly/3R21pGa
📅 Mar 18, 2025 | ⏰ 10AM - 12PM EST
🔗 : bit.ly/3R21pGa
📅 Mar 18, 2025 | ⏰ 10AM - 12PM EST
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March 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Join @knightgtown.bsky.social for a timely discussion of how courts are grappling with platform liability, design, and real-world harms. Details, speakers (@mblawrence.bsky.social, @meetalijain.bsky.social, & more), and registration link👇🏼
🔗 : bit.ly/3R21pGa
📅 Mar 18, 2025 | ⏰ 10AM - 12PM EST
🔗 : bit.ly/3R21pGa
📅 Mar 18, 2025 | ⏰ 10AM - 12PM EST
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Couldn’t make it to our DMA and Beyond conference? Tech Policy Press has got you covered with this podcast discussion hosted by @dwj88.bsky.social. Also check out KGI’s recap live on our site.
March 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Couldn’t make it to our DMA and Beyond conference? Tech Policy Press has got you covered with this podcast discussion hosted by @dwj88.bsky.social. Also check out KGI’s recap live on our site.
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🚨 Social Media in Court & in Transition 🚨
Join KGI & experts for two conversations:
⚖️ March 18: Courts are considering liability for harms from platform design—where are these cases headed?
📅 March 19: Social media is fragmenting—what’s next for users & governance?
🔗 Register here! bit.ly/4boSSXr
Join KGI & experts for two conversations:
⚖️ March 18: Courts are considering liability for harms from platform design—where are these cases headed?
📅 March 19: Social media is fragmenting—what’s next for users & governance?
🔗 Register here! bit.ly/4boSSXr
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨 Social Media in Court & in Transition 🚨
Join KGI & experts for two conversations:
⚖️ March 18: Courts are considering liability for harms from platform design—where are these cases headed?
📅 March 19: Social media is fragmenting—what’s next for users & governance?
🔗 Register here! bit.ly/4boSSXr
Join KGI & experts for two conversations:
⚖️ March 18: Courts are considering liability for harms from platform design—where are these cases headed?
📅 March 19: Social media is fragmenting—what’s next for users & governance?
🔗 Register here! bit.ly/4boSSXr
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The path forward is clear: designing algorithms to promote long-term user value instead of short-term engagement.
Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.
Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.
March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The path forward is clear: designing algorithms to promote long-term user value instead of short-term engagement.
Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.
Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.
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🚨 NEW REPORT – Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First 🚨
As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives.
bit.ly/3QzxVzq
As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives.
bit.ly/3QzxVzq
Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First – Knight-Georgetown Institute
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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨 NEW REPORT – Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First 🚨
As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives.
bit.ly/3QzxVzq
As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives.
bit.ly/3QzxVzq
🔍 How effective are the #DSA audits of recommender systems?
There are major inconsistencies. To deliver meaningful transparency & accountability we need:
📌 Clarity on core definitions
📌 Incorporation of platform data
📌 Assessment of outcomes
Check out our analysis below 👇
There are major inconsistencies. To deliver meaningful transparency & accountability we need:
📌 Clarity on core definitions
📌 Incorporation of platform data
📌 Assessment of outcomes
Check out our analysis below 👇
🚨 The first round of Digital Services Act (DSA) audits shows a major challenge: Without comparable definitions & methodologies, transparency & accountability are limited.
KGI recently reviewed audits focused on recommender systems. bit.ly/3XmZGPc
What did we find? 🧵👇
KGI recently reviewed audits focused on recommender systems. bit.ly/3XmZGPc
What did we find? 🧵👇
From Ambiguity to Accountability: Analyzing Recommender System Audits under the DSA – Knight-Georgetown Institute
bit.ly
March 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔍 How effective are the #DSA audits of recommender systems?
There are major inconsistencies. To deliver meaningful transparency & accountability we need:
📌 Clarity on core definitions
📌 Incorporation of platform data
📌 Assessment of outcomes
Check out our analysis below 👇
There are major inconsistencies. To deliver meaningful transparency & accountability we need:
📌 Clarity on core definitions
📌 Incorporation of platform data
📌 Assessment of outcomes
Check out our analysis below 👇
A helpful roundup of key developments in a rapidly evolving technology litigation landscape. Check it out:
New Tech Policy Press monthly roundup series on tech litigation from the Tech Justice Law Project! This month, Melodi Dinçer highlights developments in the US state and federal courts, including the TikTok decision and NetChoice’s lawsuits in California.
January 2025 Tech Litigation Roundup | TechPolicy.Press
Melodi Dinçer, Policy Counsel for the Tech Justice Law Project, highlights key developments in tech litigation.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A helpful roundup of key developments in a rapidly evolving technology litigation landscape. Check it out:
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Are you ready to tune into our #DMA&Beyond Conference with Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economic Policy?
Agenda: bit.ly/3EuTPkj
Livestream Feb 6, 9:00am-5:30pm ET: bit.ly/3PZRY9I
Livestream Feb 7, 9:00am-5:15pm ET: bit.ly/4hyYxfc
Agenda: bit.ly/3EuTPkj
Livestream Feb 6, 9:00am-5:30pm ET: bit.ly/3PZRY9I
Livestream Feb 7, 9:00am-5:15pm ET: bit.ly/4hyYxfc
DMA and Beyond Conference – Knight-Georgetown Institute
bit.ly
February 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Are you ready to tune into our #DMA&Beyond Conference with Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economic Policy?
Agenda: bit.ly/3EuTPkj
Livestream Feb 6, 9:00am-5:30pm ET: bit.ly/3PZRY9I
Livestream Feb 7, 9:00am-5:15pm ET: bit.ly/4hyYxfc
Agenda: bit.ly/3EuTPkj
Livestream Feb 6, 9:00am-5:30pm ET: bit.ly/3PZRY9I
Livestream Feb 7, 9:00am-5:15pm ET: bit.ly/4hyYxfc
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Delighted to be hosting KGI's first public conference Feb 6-7 -- hope all those interested in competition regulation and enforcement can tune in!
KGI is excited to join Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economy Project to host DMA and Beyond, a policy and research conference exploring the lessons, challenges, and opportunities of competition regulation and enforcement in digital markets. Tune in to the livestream on Feb. 6-7!
bit.ly/3EuTPkj
bit.ly/3EuTPkj
DMA and Beyond Conference – Knight-Georgetown Institute
bit.ly
January 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Delighted to be hosting KGI's first public conference Feb 6-7 -- hope all those interested in competition regulation and enforcement can tune in!
How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
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KGI’s submission builds on crucial work to expand platform transparency by the Coalition for Independent Technology Research @geurkink.bsky.social,
@olivermmarsh.bsky.social, @rocher.lc, @henrytuck.bsky.social, and countless others!
@olivermmarsh.bsky.social, @rocher.lc, @henrytuck.bsky.social, and countless others!
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
KGI’s submission builds on crucial work to expand platform transparency by the Coalition for Independent Technology Research @geurkink.bsky.social,
@olivermmarsh.bsky.social, @rocher.lc, @henrytuck.bsky.social, and countless others!
@olivermmarsh.bsky.social, @rocher.lc, @henrytuck.bsky.social, and countless others!
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As platforms restrict independent researchers from accessing platform data, governments will set the standard for data access. KGI submitted research-based input highlighting the need for @Ofcom, UK’s regulator of communications services, to expand platform data access . bit.ly/3E0udvI
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As platforms restrict independent researchers from accessing platform data, governments will set the standard for data access. KGI submitted research-based input highlighting the need for @Ofcom, UK’s regulator of communications services, to expand platform data access . bit.ly/3E0udvI
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Meta’s recent announcements include two changes in its moderation efforts and one change to its algorithm design. The algorithm design changes are the least clear and likely the most impactful, writes Ravi Iyer.
To Evaluate Meta’s Shift, Focus on the Product Changes, Not the Moderation | TechPolicy.Press
The algorithm design changes are the least clear and likely the most impactful, writes Ravi Iyer.
www.techpolicy.press
January 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Meta’s recent announcements include two changes in its moderation efforts and one change to its algorithm design. The algorithm design changes are the least clear and likely the most impactful, writes Ravi Iyer.
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GNI is #hiring a dedicated professional with 5-12 years of experience to help lead our global policy work to advance digital freedom of expression and privacy. This is a remote position. Applications are open until 24 January.
Learn more:
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Learn more:
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GNI Job Opportunity: Policy Associate or Manager - Global Network Initiative
GNI is looking for a dedicated professional to help lead our global policy work to advance digital freedom of expression and privacy.
globalnetworkinitiative.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
GNI is #hiring a dedicated professional with 5-12 years of experience to help lead our global policy work to advance digital freedom of expression and privacy. This is a remote position. Applications are open until 24 January.
Learn more:
globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-job-oppo...
Learn more:
globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-job-oppo...
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T-15 minutes to oral argument! I'll be covering it in this thread. And @lawfare.bsky.social will be doing a post-argument live event at 3 PM ET. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
Lawfare Live: Discussing TikTok Oral Arguments at SCOTUS
Join the Lawfare team for a discussion on the Friday Supreme Court oral arguments.
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January 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
T-15 minutes to oral argument! I'll be covering it in this thread. And @lawfare.bsky.social will be doing a post-argument live event at 3 PM ET. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
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Late last year, 19 Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines published systemic risk assessment and audit reports required by the Digital Services Act #DSA. These assessments have groundbreaking potential, but currently fall short. 🧵
January 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Late last year, 19 Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines published systemic risk assessment and audit reports required by the Digital Services Act #DSA. These assessments have groundbreaking potential, but currently fall short. 🧵
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Greater focus on platform design as well as data, metrics, and methods can help the DSA’s risk assessments and audits deliver, writes Knight-Georgetown Institute's Peter Chapman.
Advancing Platform Accountability: The Promise and Perils of DSA Risk Assessments | TechPolicy.Press
Greater focus on platform design as well as data, metrics, and methods can help the DSA’s risk assessments deliver, writes KGI's Peter Chapman.
www.techpolicy.press
January 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Greater focus on platform design as well as data, metrics, and methods can help the DSA’s risk assessments and audits deliver, writes Knight-Georgetown Institute's Peter Chapman.
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Greater focus on platform design as well as data, metrics, and methods can help the DSA’s risk assessments and audits deliver, writes Knight-Georgetown Institute's Peter Chapman.
www.techpolicy.press/advancing-pl...
www.techpolicy.press/advancing-pl...
Advancing Platform Accountability: The Promise and Perils of DSA Risk Assessments | TechPolicy.Press
Greater focus on platform design as well as data, metrics, and methods can help the DSA’s risk assessments deliver, writes KGI's Peter Chapman.
www.techpolicy.press
January 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Greater focus on platform design as well as data, metrics, and methods can help the DSA’s risk assessments and audits deliver, writes Knight-Georgetown Institute's Peter Chapman.
www.techpolicy.press/advancing-pl...
www.techpolicy.press/advancing-pl...