#ihub — Public Fediverse posts

@bjacobs: Painful question

“How did we let these controversial actors take total control over our information and decision space, making it such a hostile environment for running democratic elections?”

“…And how do we solve it….”

#AP #Ivir #academia #privacy #elections #iHub

Good morning folx of the #Fediverse :fediverse: In today's #ConnectionList #Introduction #FollowFriday post, where I use my large follower count to more richly connect us together, I'd like you to meet:

@andreiz - Andrei is a #coder, #foodie, #photographer and #traveler, who also loves #beer 👋

@sdbreslin is Sam and she has recently moved instances. She's a #researcher of #gender, #ComputerScience, #engineering and #entrepreneurship 👋

@Frederik_Borgesius is a #Professor of #Law at #iHub, and does interdisciplinary #research on #digitalization and #society 👋

@agvbergin is a former #technical #editor who worked in #publishing, and is now in #WebDev, with a focus on #a11y 👋

Dr @alexbfree is a #research #engineer, and holds a #PhD in human #data #relations. 👋

@macarenaquiroga is into #linguistics, #education and #CognitivePsychology and #Rstats, and works as a #TheCarpentries instructor. The Carpentries is a volunteer movement to provide researchers with digital and #DevOps skills to help them with their research.

@Tibor is a #journalist, #dev and into #data, and is the creator of #Movetodon, which was recently shut down by Melon Usk as part of the Twitter API restrictions. Boo. 👋

Don't forget to create your own lists of folks to follow ❤️

African incubator MEST has a new MD and 11 fresh startup investments - Pan-African incubator MEST announced investments in 11 startups from its 2019 cohort that will each ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Cwejpo-kEsU/ #financialtechnology #businessincubators #startupcompany #recentfunding #entrepreneur #southafrica #westafrica #meltwater #startups #economy #forward #nigeria #africa #vcfund #ghana #kenya #ihub #mest #tc