Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)
@knightgtown.bsky.social
Knight-Georgetown Institute connects independent research with technology policy and design.
We're thrilled to be at #MozFest 2025 in Barcelona this week! If you're here, join our session on public platform data tomorrow (10:15am CET): “Unlearning Data Barriers: A New Framework for Access to High-Influence Public Platform Data.” 🎟️More info here: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/143
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We're thrilled to be at #MozFest 2025 in Barcelona this week! If you're here, join our session on public platform data tomorrow (10:15am CET): “Unlearning Data Barriers: A New Framework for Access to High-Influence Public Platform Data.” 🎟️More info here: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/143
📣Announcing our new series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social "Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data". Should we be able to understand the risks kids face online? How businesses target consumers? How politicians communicate? These qs depend on access to public platform data. 👇
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📣Announcing our new series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social "Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data". Should we be able to understand the risks kids face online? How businesses target consumers? How politicians communicate? These qs depend on access to public platform data. 👇
📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
We were honored to host Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in US v. Google, for an in-depth talk on the trial & remedies issued by the court. Watch the recording 👇
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4yD...
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🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4yD...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We were honored to host Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in US v. Google, for an in-depth talk on the trial & remedies issued by the court. Watch the recording 👇
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4yD...
📬 Subscribe to stay updated on our events: kgi.georgetown.edu/contact-us/#...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4yD...
📬 Subscribe to stay updated on our events: kgi.georgetown.edu/contact-us/#...
🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.
Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...
Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.
Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...
Applications are requested by November 7, 2025 👇
kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...
🚨Event alert! “Google Search: A View from the Counsel’s Table”
Join us Oct 8 (in person or virtually) as Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in the US v. Google search antitrust case, breaks down the case and the remedies ruling.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/google-sea...
Join us Oct 8 (in person or virtually) as Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in the US v. Google search antitrust case, breaks down the case and the remedies ruling.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/google-sea...
September 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🚨Event alert! “Google Search: A View from the Counsel’s Table”
Join us Oct 8 (in person or virtually) as Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in the US v. Google search antitrust case, breaks down the case and the remedies ruling.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/google-sea...
Join us Oct 8 (in person or virtually) as Jonathan Sallet, lead litigator for the State Plaintiffs in the US v. Google search antitrust case, breaks down the case and the remedies ruling.
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/google-sea...
🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.
Apply here 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...
Apply here 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🚨 We’re hiring! The Knight-Georgetown Institute is seeking a Senior Technologist to join our team and lead on the technical aspects of our work on platform governance & competition policy. DC-based or remote.
Apply here 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...
Apply here 👉 kgi.georgetown.edu/senior-techn...
Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf
September 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf
We're speaking at two #TSRConf sessions today at 11:30am PT. @alissacooper.bsky.social's “Fixing the Feeds: A Policy Road Map to Address Algorithmic Recommender System Harms” will provide insights on how algorithms can be better designed to put user well-being and long term user value first.
September 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We're speaking at two #TSRConf sessions today at 11:30am PT. @alissacooper.bsky.social's “Fixing the Feeds: A Policy Road Map to Address Algorithmic Recommender System Harms” will provide insights on how algorithms can be better designed to put user well-being and long term user value first.
We're excited to be part of the 2025 Trust & Safety Research Conference at @stanfordcyber.bsky.social this week, bringing together leaders across research, policy, and platforms working at the intersection of technology, online harms, and platform governance. #TSRConf
September 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're excited to be part of the 2025 Trust & Safety Research Conference at @stanfordcyber.bsky.social this week, bringing together leaders across research, policy, and platforms working at the intersection of technology, online harms, and platform governance. #TSRConf
⏳ Time is running out! Vote by Aug 24 to help bring KGI’s Fixing Our Feeds panel to #SXSW. Let’s design algorithms that put people first – not clicks. 💡
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August 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
⏳ Time is running out! Vote by Aug 24 to help bring KGI’s Fixing Our Feeds panel to #SXSW. Let’s design algorithms that put people first – not clicks. 💡
👉 participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
👉 participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
📅 Announcing: Digital Competition Conference 2026
Feb 5-6, 2026📍Washington DC
Cohosted by KGI, Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economy Project & Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy, exploring latest lessons in tech competition regulation & enforcement kgi.georgetown.edu/news/call-fo...
Feb 5-6, 2026📍Washington DC
Cohosted by KGI, Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economy Project & Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy, exploring latest lessons in tech competition regulation & enforcement kgi.georgetown.edu/news/call-fo...
August 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
📅 Announcing: Digital Competition Conference 2026
Feb 5-6, 2026📍Washington DC
Cohosted by KGI, Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economy Project & Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy, exploring latest lessons in tech competition regulation & enforcement kgi.georgetown.edu/news/call-fo...
Feb 5-6, 2026📍Washington DC
Cohosted by KGI, Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economy Project & Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy, exploring latest lessons in tech competition regulation & enforcement kgi.georgetown.edu/news/call-fo...
🚨New exciting job opportunity! Applications are open for our Postdoctoral Fritz Fellowship in Digital Competition Research! This position will work with KGI & @gtowntechlaw.bsky.social based at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Apply here today: kgi.georgetown.edu/postdoctoral...
May 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🚨New exciting job opportunity! Applications are open for our Postdoctoral Fritz Fellowship in Digital Competition Research! This position will work with KGI & @gtowntechlaw.bsky.social based at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Apply here today: kgi.georgetown.edu/postdoctoral...
"We will know these remedies have been successful when there is entry into the market" KGI's @alissacooper.bsky.social
speaks at GW Law and Crowell & Moring's Antitrust & Tech conference on the recently litigated monopolization cases against Google, and how remedies can be crafted most effectively.
speaks at GW Law and Crowell & Moring's Antitrust & Tech conference on the recently litigated monopolization cases against Google, and how remedies can be crafted most effectively.
May 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"We will know these remedies have been successful when there is entry into the market" KGI's @alissacooper.bsky.social
speaks at GW Law and Crowell & Moring's Antitrust & Tech conference on the recently litigated monopolization cases against Google, and how remedies can be crafted most effectively.
speaks at GW Law and Crowell & Moring's Antitrust & Tech conference on the recently litigated monopolization cases against Google, and how remedies can be crafted most effectively.
@alissacooper.bsky.social and The Dynamist host Evan Swarztrauber dig deep into how social media feeds can be better designed to maximize long-term user value and shift away from attention-maximization designs that can lead to harms and negative online experiences.
May 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@alissacooper.bsky.social and The Dynamist host Evan Swarztrauber dig deep into how social media feeds can be better designed to maximize long-term user value and shift away from attention-maximization designs that can lead to harms and negative online experiences.
🚨 WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 Join KGI on March 25th for a live discussion on designing algorithmic feeds that put people first. As legislation and litigation around algorithms heats up, it’s never been more important to learn how they can be improved.
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🚨 WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 Join KGI on March 25th for a live discussion on designing algorithmic feeds that put people first. As legislation and litigation around algorithms heats up, it’s never been more important to learn how they can be improved.
Platforms can design better algorithms. Our new guide serves as a resource for understanding how. bit.ly/3QzxVzq
The guide provides detailed explanations of how algorithms work. So much so, that it has been cited in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit led by @epic.org!
bit.ly/3DyBe6S
The guide provides detailed explanations of how algorithms work. So much so, that it has been cited in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit led by @epic.org!
bit.ly/3DyBe6S
March 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Platforms can design better algorithms. Our new guide serves as a resource for understanding how. bit.ly/3QzxVzq
The guide provides detailed explanations of how algorithms work. So much so, that it has been cited in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit led by @epic.org!
bit.ly/3DyBe6S
The guide provides detailed explanations of how algorithms work. So much so, that it has been cited in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit led by @epic.org!
bit.ly/3DyBe6S
Our experiences online are shaped by algorithmic feeds used to determine what users see when scrolling their social media feeds and other online services. Documented harms include problematic overuse in teens, reduced user satisfaction, and polarization.
March 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Our experiences online are shaped by algorithmic feeds used to determine what users see when scrolling their social media feeds and other online services. Documented harms include problematic overuse in teens, reduced user satisfaction, and polarization.
🚨 Social Media in Court & in Transition 🚨
Join KGI & experts for two conversations:
⚖️ March 18: Courts are considering liability for harms from platform design—where are these cases headed?
📅 March 19: Social media is fragmenting—what’s next for users & governance?
🔗 Register here! bit.ly/4boSSXr
Join KGI & experts for two conversations:
⚖️ March 18: Courts are considering liability for harms from platform design—where are these cases headed?
📅 March 19: Social media is fragmenting—what’s next for users & governance?
🔗 Register here! bit.ly/4boSSXr
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨 Social Media in Court & in Transition 🚨
Join KGI & experts for two conversations:
⚖️ March 18: Courts are considering liability for harms from platform design—where are these cases headed?
📅 March 19: Social media is fragmenting—what’s next for users & governance?
🔗 Register here! bit.ly/4boSSXr
Join KGI & experts for two conversations:
⚖️ March 18: Courts are considering liability for harms from platform design—where are these cases headed?
📅 March 19: Social media is fragmenting—what’s next for users & governance?
🔗 Register here! bit.ly/4boSSXr
The path forward is clear: designing algorithms to promote long-term user value instead of short-term engagement.
Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.
Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.
March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The path forward is clear: designing algorithms to promote long-term user value instead of short-term engagement.
Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.
Platforms and policymakers can make this happen through: 1️⃣ detailed transparency 2️⃣ better user choices and defaults and 3️⃣ assessing the long-term impacts of design changes.
A key problem with this: 😵 some platforms optimize their algorithms to maximize “engagement” – the chance that users will click, like, share, or watch a piece of content. This design aligns well with tech platforms’ business interests, but has been linked to various harms like problematic overuse.
March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A key problem with this: 😵 some platforms optimize their algorithms to maximize “engagement” – the chance that users will click, like, share, or watch a piece of content. This design aligns well with tech platforms’ business interests, but has been linked to various harms like problematic overuse.
Another fascinating day at DMA and Beyond, co-hosted by KGI and the Yale Tobin Center's Digital Economy Project! 🧠 Leading experts continued to share groundbreaking insights on the future of tech competition policy. Key takeaways from Day 2 🧵
February 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Another fascinating day at DMA and Beyond, co-hosted by KGI and the Yale Tobin Center's Digital Economy Project! 🧠 Leading experts continued to share groundbreaking insights on the future of tech competition policy. Key takeaways from Day 2 🧵
As platforms restrict independent researchers from accessing platform data, governments will set the standard for data access. KGI submitted research-based input highlighting the need for @Ofcom, UK’s regulator of communications services, to expand platform data access . bit.ly/3E0udvI
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As platforms restrict independent researchers from accessing platform data, governments will set the standard for data access. KGI submitted research-based input highlighting the need for @Ofcom, UK’s regulator of communications services, to expand platform data access . bit.ly/3E0udvI
Late last year, 19 Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines published systemic risk assessment and audit reports required by the Digital Services Act #DSA. These assessments have groundbreaking potential, but currently fall short. 🧵
January 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Late last year, 19 Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines published systemic risk assessment and audit reports required by the Digital Services Act #DSA. These assessments have groundbreaking potential, but currently fall short. 🧵
📢 Call for submissions: The Knight-Georgetown Institute and the Yale Tobin Center for Economic Policy are announcing DMA and Beyond, a conference in Washington DC, Feb 6-7. We’re seeking expressions of interest and submissions of research on competition regulation in digital markets. 🧵👇
November 19, 2024 at 7:52 PM
📢 Call for submissions: The Knight-Georgetown Institute and the Yale Tobin Center for Economic Policy are announcing DMA and Beyond, a conference in Washington DC, Feb 6-7. We’re seeking expressions of interest and submissions of research on competition regulation in digital markets. 🧵👇