Claes de Vreese
@claesdevreese
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff 🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
The new AI transparency rules took effect August 2. I spoke to Politiken about the rules, what they can (not) do, why it is not a panacea, but how they provide guidance and how they can contribute to a broader societal debate about AI generated content.
It’s AI transparency day. From today 🇪🇺’s transparency rules apply so you know when you are dealing with an AI system Infographic: AP 🇳🇱
Danish radio news turns 💯 years today A century of credibility and trustworthiness. A century of public service news. Still reaching half the nation every week. Congratulations.
The Day After Vibe: What a Relief Congratulations 🇪🇸 Congratulations ⚽️
Awesome experience to teach in the @polcomm.bsky.social summer sdhool. Great program with lectures, master classes, coffee and career sessions and expert and peer feedback. Thanks @emrinke.bsky.social for organising. To the next generation #polcomm scholars 🚀 #commsky
Pretty special: 500 soldiers from the "Coalition of the Willing" backing Ukraine marched down Paris's Champs-Elysees on Tuesday in the annual Bastille Day parade #quatorzejuillet 🇺🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 📸: AFP
Autocratic leaders threaten free press. The Trump administration issued subpoenas to @nytimes.com journalists who wrote about new Air Force One. Statement on the case and why it should indeed "shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects"
This case will shape the future of platforms. ‘Recommendations, autoplay and infinite scroll, which constantly show users new content, fuel the user’s urge to keep scrolling and shift the brain into ‘autopilot mode', contributing to unhealthy habits and compulsive use’ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The 2026 Independence Award goes to 'the People of Greenland'. The 🇬🇱 people receive this international award for the “sovereign calm” with which they have responded to U.S. claims on their territory. "A combination of principled steadfastness, democratic legitimacy, and geopolitical realism"
Youth-Driven Social Media Design: Safe, Inclusive, and Publicly-Owned Social Media 🔊 Can you create it? The @ec.europa.eu is asking 📲 A call for tender is just out. Involve and co-create with youth. Make a prototype. Test and Refine. Deploy, learn and adjust ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
Onderzoek met maatschappelijk impact is niet altijd vanzelfsprekend of makkelijk. Dank aan @laurensvhg.eurosky.social en @volkskrant.nl voor de mogelijkheid om te spreken over mijn werk als hoogleraar AI en samenleving nav de Stevin premie 2026. 🔗 www.volkskrant.nl/tech/ai-hoog...
I am incredibly honored and humbled to learn that I received the 2026Stevin Prize 🏆 The prize acknowledges research quality, inspiring new scholars, and in particular societal impact. All the research is a team effort, so here’s to all team members and colleagues 🥂 🔗 www.nwo.nl/en/professor...
(Google) AI kills referral traffic to media and journaliste sites. There is a surge in time spent on AI services, but it leads to ZERO clicks. Not just less than regular search, but zero! Result just out in new report from Danish Media Association. #dkmedier #journalism dpcmo.dk/app/uploads/...
It’s a wrap. Thanks @icahdq.bsky.social staff and all volunteers for a wonderful edition. Thanks for bringing #ica26 to Africa 🌍 See you #ica27 Glasgow 🏴
Save (some of)the best for last #ica26 @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social Warning or Guiding? Comparing the Effect of Pos-Neg Boosting Interventions and the Role of Repetition for the Effects of Misinformation’ @sannetamboer.bsky.social Svenja Schäfer @nickmattis.bsky.social @skruikemeier.bsky.social & 🙋
It’s a wrap Last #ica26 #RunningWithPresidents was a gem. No ☀️ but plenty of #CapeTown beauty, new participants and extended 8k edition. Thanks to all who joined one or more mornings. Special shoutout to @dscheykopp.bsky.social for route plotting and 5 morning #streak 💪🏽 🏃🏼 ❤️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
How does Political Efficacy Condition Clicks on Politics? Understanding Information-Selection Behaviour in Algorithmic Feeds Over Time @wanjin.bsky.social presenting work from her important PhD, part of the @algosoc.org program W/ @theoaraujo.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social & 🙋 #ica26
It’s hard: journalists are not that good at detecting AI content. Luckily they are better at detecting real content. But still … @lyngemoller.bsky.social presenting our (with @emilbakke.bsky.social and 🙋) paper #ica26 #awardwinning 😀 @ddc-sdu.bsky.social
The answers and the paper ⬇️ #ica26 Donors are: 1) More agreeable and open, less extroverted 2) More left wing and more trusting in science 3) More educated and with higher digital skills But that might be less problematic for analyses than assumed.
Who donates their data to research? We don’t know much yet about this across platforms, or about non-donors, or what this means for our subsequent analyses. @ernesto-deleon.com gives the answers, based on @algosoc.org data #ica26 With @lindabomm.bsky.social @theoaraujo.bsky.social @favstats.eu &🙋
The erosion of academic freedom. Outgoing @icahdq.bsky.social President @thanitzsch.bsky.social gives a deeply personal and uniquely timely Presidential Address #ica26 Thank you Thomas, for your voice and your service to the ICA community
Warm congratulations to wonderful @ascor.bsky.social colleague, dedicated educator, excellent scholar, mentor, and inspiration…. @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social As Fellow of @icahdq.bsky.social #ica26
Huge congratulations to the #ica26 Fellows Class 🎉 @icahdq.bsky.social
Huge #ica26 wide gratitude for president eject @noshir.bsky.social for his service to ICA. Making the Regional Hubs a lasting part of the Association is a major achievement and legacy. 🙏🏻
Experimental Social Media Platforms: A New Methodology to Study the Implications of Algorithmic News Curation @rasmusschmokel.bsky.social presenting our @ddc-sdu.bsky.social infrastructure 🚀 #ica26 Great stuff AND many challenges to further development and scale, in collaboration #TeamScience