Author: rebecca
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Platform Governance from Social Media to Generative AI: Shifting Grounds in the Governance of Digital Media
A summary of the #ECREA26 CLP roundtable by Rebecca Scharlach Last week we met at ECREA in Brno to discuss the shifting grounds of the governance of digital media. Speakers were Diyi Liu (CTS, University of Copenhagen), Alice Lima Baroni (University of East Anglia), Adio Adet-Dika (PGMT Lab, University of Bremen), and Blake Hallinan (Aarhus…
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Erasmus+ BIP on Platform and AI Governance hosted at the University of Bremen
In April 2026, members of the PGMT lab and the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI) at the University of Bremen hosted a new Erasmus+ Blended-Intensive Programme (BIP) under the theme “Challenges and Futures of the Governance of Platforms and AI”. Developed from late Fall 2024 onward and led by PGMT members, Dr.…
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New PGMT Lab Member: Dr. Rebecca Scharlach
We are excited to welcome Dr. Rebecca Scharlach as the newest member and postdoctoral researcher of our Lab!
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#TikTokban
Unpacking the US TikTok ban by Rebecca Scharlach TL;DR: TikTok, one of the most popular platforms worldwide, is seen as a security risk for the United States. But why? (A meme about the TikTok ban. For more, klick here) Can the US government really ban TikTok? Do they really want to do that? Unsurprisingly, many…