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Telegram groups as Online Alterity: Empowering or Disempowering?

Telegram groups as Online Alterity: Empowering or Disempowering?

Over the recent years, there have been many debates on freedom of expression and user privacy online. While moderation on social media platforms seems to be increasing every year, messaging app Telegram chooses a different path, saying they are...
By on 10/01/21 Comments Off on Telegram groups as Online Alterity: Empowering or Disempowering?
PERSONALIZED JOURNALISM: THE USE OF CHATBOTS BY RUSSIAN MEDIA

PERSONALIZED JOURNALISM: THE USE OF CHATBOTS BY RUSSIAN MEDIA

The Internet is not a vending machine in which you throw a coin and then get what you want (Lovink, 2018). But what if it is? One of the trends that appeared in late 2015 was the development of...
By on 12/03/20 Comments Off on PERSONALIZED JOURNALISM: THE USE OF CHATBOTS BY RUSSIAN MEDIA
“Dadfindboy”: How activists in Hong Kong are hijacking state tools of surveillance

“Dadfindboy”: How activists in Hong Kong are hijacking state tools of surveillance

Protesters in Hong Kong have flipped a tool of government surveillance on its head, transforming it into an instrument of crowdsourced counter-surveillance. Here’s how a popular channel on the cloud-based messaging platform Telegram has reversed the invasive gaze of...
By Eleni Maragkou on 09/23/19 Comments Off on “Dadfindboy”: How activists in Hong Kong are hijacking state tools of surveillance