People know that once they publish something online, such content becomes “publicly available” and can be downloaded and re-used by others, for example, researchers and data scientists. The reality is far more complicated. And for us, finding a way to comply with data protection obligations and to respect the tenets of research ethics became an … Continued

Together with the manipulation experts Rachele Carli (University of Bologna) and Cristiana Santos (University of Utrecht), we have submitted our feedback to the “Guidelines 3/2022 on Dark patterns in social media platform interfaces: How to recognise and avoid them” elaborated by the European Data Protection Board. Read our public comments.