2022
Assessing Policy Tradeoffs and Silos in Regulating Platform Power, Platformization, and Datafication. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). Dublin, Ireland. November 2-5.
Enduring or Endangered? The Future of Communication Law and Policy Research. Reflections by the ICA-CLP Division Management Team. Co-written paper presented by Dr. Christopher Ali at the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference. Aarhus, Denmark. October 20.
Understanding the Challenges Facing Data Protection Regulators. Report presented at Internews launch event. (online). August 4.
Understanding the Challenges Data Protection Regulators Face: A Global Struggle towards Implementation, Independence & Enforcement. Report presented at RightsCon conference. (online). June 6-12.
Digital Redlining and the Endless Divide: Philadelphia’s COVID-19 Digital Inclusion Efforts. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference. Paris, France, May 26-30.
U.S. Antitrust Reform and Non-Competitive Harms in Digital Platform Markets. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference. Paris, France, May 26-30.
2021
Regulating Digital Platforms. Guest lecture in the “Social Media and Platform Studies” course. (online). Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, November 23.
Emergent Governance: Competition Policy as Platform Regulation. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). (online), October 12-15.
The Politics of Platform Regulation. Invited talk for Media@Sydney seminar series. (online). University of Sydney, October 6.
Addressing Policy Silos in Platform Regulation. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference. Nairobi, Kenya (online), July 11-15.
Addressing Platformization: Policy Siloes in Regulatory Approaches. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference. (online), May 27-31.
Content Moderation, Free Speech and Misinformation. “Digital Platform Governance Symposium” organized by Stanford Technology Law Review and Stanford Law & Policy Review. Moderator. (online), May 15.
2020
Competition Discourses and Platform Power. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). (online), October 27-31.
Communicating Markets: Competition Discourses and Digital Platform Power. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference. Tampere, Finland (online), July 12-17.
Analyzing Digital Platforms’ Policy Preferences. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Post-Conference on “Digital Platform Regulation: Beyond Transparency and ‘Openness.” Online, May 20-26.
2019
Let’s Talk about Regulation: The Revolving Door, Partisanship, and Regulatory Discourses at the FCC. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference. Madrid, Spain, July 7-11.
Lost in Translation: Public Policy Input and the 2017 Net Neutrality Repeal. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference. Madrid, Spain, July 7-11.
Let’s Talk about Regulation: The Revolving Door, Partisanship, and Regulatory Discourses at the FCC. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. Washington, D.C., May 24-28.
Lost in Translation: Public Policy Input and the 2017 Net Neutrality Repeal. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. Washington, D.C., May 24-28.
“Computational propaganda and political debate in online spaces.” Internet Freedom Festival (IFF). Valencia, Spain, April 1-5.
2018
Terms of Public Service: Framing Mobile Privacy Discourses. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and
Communication Research (IAMCR) conference. Eugene, Oregon, June 20-24.
2017
“Political Economy of the Internet.” Guest lecture in the “Introduction to Communication Behavior” course. University of Pennsylvania, October 4.
The Tech Lobby: A Case Study of the Contours of the New Media Elite Power. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and
Communication Research (IAMCR) conference. Cartagena, Colombia, July 16-20.
“The Tipping Point”: The Comcast-TWC Merger and the Public Interest. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. San Diego, California, May 26-29.
“The Role of Technology Companies in Countering Violent Extremism and Regulating Online Content.” Invited Talk in “Communications Law” course. Howard University, February 6.
2016
“Countering Violent Extremism Online.” Invited talk at the Annenberg-Oxford Policy Institute. University of Oxford, July 5.
“Boundaryless” in the creative economy: assessing freelancing on Upwork. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. Fukuoka, Japan, June 9-13.
2015
Cease and Desist: Copyright Takedown Requests on Google Search. Paper presented at Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC). Arlington, VA, September 24-27.
2014
“What Happens on Facebook Stays on Facebook! The Implications of Facebook Interaction for Perceived, Receiving, and Giving Social Support.” Guest lecture in “Social Capital and Social Networks” course. University of Texas at Austin, November 21.
“What Happens on Facebook Stays on Facebook! The Implications of Facebook Interaction for Perceived, Receiving, and Giving Social Support.” Invited talk at the Digital Media Forum. University of Texas at Austin, September 24.