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The London College of Political Technology
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This session is part of the Introduction to Political Technology course at Newspeak House, open to faculty and fellowship candidates only.

This is a lecture on the protocols of social networks. We'll talk about:

  • How do digital social networks shape political power today?

  • Can decentralised social networks contribute to decentralised political power (eg. democracy)?

  • Protocols and tech we’ll talk about:

    • Twitter as a protocol

    • Mastodon, ActivityPub, the Fediverse

    • Bluesky and the AT Protocol

Location
Newspeak House
133 Bethnal Grn Rd, London E2 7DG, UK
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Presented by
Newspeak House
The London College of Political Technology
7 Went