Mastodon explained
During The Hmm ON Alternative Platforms Roel Roscam Abbing & Aymeric Mansoux told us about Mastodon, on Mastodon. … Read More
Author: Lilian Stolk
Introduction
How does TikTok re-write the world?… Read More
The Gazing Machine
Lilian Stolk diving into TikTok’s machine learning recommendation algorithm.… Read More
From #witchtok to #mushroomtok: Marieke Kuypers’ favourite TikTok niches
Marieke Kuypers’ exploring the many different sides of TikTok… Read More
Introduction
What makes Facebook so powerful?… Read More
Why we’re the French fries in Facebook’s fast food restaurant
Lilian Stolk interviews internet policy consultant Joe McNamee on Facebook’s content moderation.… Read More
The Family Man as CEO: Mark Zuckerberg Instagram Analysis
In this article writer Kate Imbach analyses Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram account.… Read More
Thanks to Facebook…
An article that highlights the potential of Facebook’s platforms, including interviews with Lisa Gliederpuppe, The Kissenger Twins and an analysis of @calloutdutchartinstitutions… Read More
Introduction
What does the increase in the use of facial recognition systems mean for our society?… Read More
Can AR filters protect us against facial recognition technology?
In this article Lilian Stolk is questioning if the tool that obscures our faces is also protecting us against facial recognition systems.… Read More
Ouch faces: how facial recognition could be valuable
An interview about how facial recognition technology could bring something good to humanity, with multidisciplinary researcher Emily West.… Read More
Introduction
How has the role of the internet changed in this time of self isolation?… Read More
Life after lockdown: Do we have to give up our privacy for public health?
An interview about privacy, surveillance and the Corona-app with Lotte Houwing from Bits of Freedom… Read More
Jitsi? Zoom? Twitch? We set out to find the best platform for online cultural events.
Our findings of the live stream experiment we did on 29 April 2020… Read More
Bored in the House: self-isolation on TikTok
Sjef van Beers’ favorite TikTok collection in this period of self-isolation.… Read More
When parents become meme-lovers
Hmm-friend Deborah Meibergen has been bombarded with Coronavirus-inspired memes by her parents. She shares her favorites.… Read More
Quiz: Corona Cribs
Over the past few weeks we got a glance into the homes of several TV stars. Guess which celebrity’s these cribs belong to.… Read More
Introduction
What is a deepfake? And do these videos really destabilise our democracies? … Read More
If deepfakes are a threat, this is it: A feminist perspective on the impact of deepfake pornography.
An essay providing a feminist perfective on deepfake porn by Lilian Stolk. What is the impact of deepfake porn on the position of women?… Read More
A future scenario for deepfakes: personalised synthetic advertising
An image contribution by Lenka Hamosova.… Read More