Rebecca Scharlach

@rwg@aoir.social @stevejones@aoir.social I will be listening to some more Enya music until further notice

The first installment of the #AoIR legacy talks with Steve Jones - co founder of AoIR - is happening tomorrow! Are you joining? Still time to sign up (members only) 😊

Governing TikTok - A US Power Play 🎭

Check out our new analysis published in Tech Policy Press wrapping up the last year of US tech policy shenanigans leading up to the #TikTokdeal that closed last week.
Shout out to Alex for leading this endeavor!

https://techpolicy.press/us-power-play-over-tiktok-did-nothing-to-protect-americans

When I was a student, I used to look up dissertations by people whose work I admired, and I loved reading their acknowledgements to get a glimpse into their life (I actually still love doing that). So if even one person ends up doing the same with mine someday, I’ll be happy. 🙃

This cumulative dissertation was written within the ERC-funded DigitalValues project & supervised by Limor Shifman. It consists of three interconnected papers published in New Media & Society, the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Social Media + Society. Each piece stands on its own, but I am still excited to see my dissertation out in the world as a single piece.

After more than a year since completing my doctorate, my PhD thesis, “The Construction of Values by Social Media Platforms,” has finally made its way into the library (open access)🥳
https://huji.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/972HUJI_INST/lb8tm/alma9921660359503701

This morning in Brussels #digitalomnibus 🥲

Last session on a Friday afternoon is always a hard one but we made the most of our small round table reflecting on lessons of the @AoIR@aoir.social flashpoint symposium on platform & AI governance, thanks to @TomDivon@aoir.social @taylorannabell@bird.makeup @besincere@indieweb.social & Thales Lelo, and our lovely audience for joining the discussion :) #AoIR2025

Hey #AoIR2025 catch me today at 4 pm with a wonderful group of scholars - Taylor Annabell, Diyi Liu, Thales Lelo and Tom Divon - for a roundtable on the future of tech governance research. This is going to be an open discussion, so please join and share your thoughts!

P.s. with this conference I am also officially starting my time as a member of the executive board of @AoIR@aoir.social, which I am very excited about. Stay tuned for what the future of AoIR has in stall and come to the AGM on Saturday

Olá #AoIR2025, I’m in Rio and have already been very much enjoying my time in this beautiful, beautiful city!

Find me Friday 1600: Where do we go from here? Part II – Lessons from the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on AI & Platform Governance roundtable — let’s have a discussion on what the future of tech governance research is supposed to look like! (@pgmt@sciences.social)

Feel free to reach out if you wanna chat! ☕️