new policy brief I wrote for the Hertie School Centre for Digital Governance, setting out why & how to factor the (very substantial) environmental impacts of consumer tech platforms into enforcement of the #DSA risk assessment system ⬇️
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Rachel Griffin
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mastodon 4.6.9law PhD candidate researching EU social media regulation @ sciences po | blue haired feminist, FT reading socialist & other clichés | paris/berlin, she/sie/elle | https://rachelgrfn.wordpress.com/publications/
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myself and Ilaria Buri are presenting our ongoing research on how the climate crisis could & should shape the enforcement of the DSA (for better and for worse) at Sciences Po next Wednesday lunchtime 🍃🌿
hybrid & open to all, details/registration here 🔻
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@sophiebishop@aoir.social congrats! I've been citing the real life article all the time, really looking forward to reading this
🔥🔥 call for papers 🔥 🔥
calling all ECRs working on tech law & related topics: sciences po law & tech group is hosting the next Junges Digitales Recht conference on the 6-7 June 2024 and it promises to be unmissable
details here! 👉 https://www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/fr/evenements/young-digital-law-conference-2024-conflicts-and-communities-in-digital-law
reposts much appreciated 🙏
excellent & thought-provoking article which deepens, nuances and/or questions various established ideas about AI, labour and data work 🔻
@MaxPe@scholar.social this one jumps to mind but I like it - maybe lawyers are minimally more creative than biologists haha https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2972855
but that said, every time I see a platform governance article that uses the same exact quote from John Perry Barlow as its fun & creative way to illustrate how different attitudes to the internet were back in the day I die a little
happy new academic year! consider applying to this exciting interdisciplinary workshop at Leiden University on critical & alternative perspectives on human rights in platform governance🔻
🪐18-19 january
🪐abstract submissions by 30 september
🪐hybrid + travel funding available
any questions, feel free to DM/email me!
sharing this post also much appreciated ❤
@dotcode@mastodon.social looks really helpful, thank you!
I put together some thoughts on how advances in AI/LLMs could change content moderation (I think maybe in some ways for the better, but overall probably not really)
very interested in hearing thoughts/reactions/disagreement from anyone else working in this area!
anyone living in/passing through london: tate modern's #aworldincommon contemporary african photography expo is one of the richest, most varied, thought-provoking & beautiful exhibitions I've been to in a long time. can't recommend enough
very good if distressing article on the highly advanced science that goes into laying waste to ocean ecosystems to explore offshore fossil fuels
for people like me who think platform economies should involve more public services & fewer predatory tech companies, always useful to be reminded of the extent to which actually existing public services (esp in my home country) are falling apart bc they're run as cash cows for predatory finance companies
american hegemony
'well-known, easy-to-understand cultural references are better rewarded than more obscure references. The collective outcome of this, many researchers choosing the same title for their articles, reflects the mass production of cultural products, wherein creativity is standardized and panders to the largest possible audience'
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01972243.2022.2152916
interesting article! what's missing imo is discussion of situation of ECRs. can only speak for self but twitter was invaluable during my master's/PhD applications/first PhD year - figuring out that I liked the topics I now work on, who were the key people + what interesting discussions were happening, etc. other networking/discussion channels are fine if you're already an established researcher, but I think twitter was uniquely accessible for people just starting out
catsitting in berlin has not been good for my productivity