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<p style="margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; color:black">As part of our<b><a href="https://algorithmwatch.org/en/researchers-left-on-read/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
#ResearchersOnRead campaign</a></b>, we are inviting researchers, journalists and activists to share their stories about barriers they experience when accessing or working with platform data (be it in the form of APIs, transparency reports etc.). We would
be very grateful if you could <a href="https://algorithmwatch.org/en/researchers-left-on-read/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
submit your story</a>, or share the campaign with your network. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; color:black">What is #ResearchersOnRead?</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; color:black">#ResearchersOnRead is a campaign by<b><a href="https://algorithmwatch.org/en/project/governing-platforms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
AlgorithmWatch’s Governing Platform project</a></b>. The campaign aims to collect experiences of researchers who have been ‘left on read’, i.e. ignored or snubbed by platforms as they conduct public interest research on issues like hate speech, bias, or disinformation.
The stories will be compiled and published to our website as a journalistic story (or series of stories, depending on the number of submissions). These stories will help us shape a narrative about the importance of improving access to data and introducing
strong platform transparency tools ahead of the discussions on EU’s proposed Digital Services Act. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:4.0pt; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:17.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; color:black">How can I join #ResearchersOnRead?</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></h2>
<p style="margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; color:black">We already collected some stories of researchers who have been
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="https://algorithmwatch.org/en/story/left-on-read-facebook-data-access/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#1155CC">‘left on read’</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; color:black">,
but we are sure that there are many more stories which remain untold. Maybe you or your colleagues have a story to share?</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:12.0pt; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; color:black">If you want to support our #ResearchersOnRead campaign, you can:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<li style="margin-top:12.0pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://algorithmwatch.org/en/researchers-left-on-read/#share-your-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Share
your story</a> of being ‘left on read’ by platforms</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></li><li style="color:black; margin-top:12.0pt; margin-bottom:12.0pt; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Tell others in your network about our campaign by sharing
<a href="https://twitter.com/algorithmwatch/status/1281171650491318272" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
our call for submissions on Twitter</a> or forwarding this E-Mail to your colleagues!
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<pre>Krupp fellow at AlgorithmWatch</pre>
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