Adrian Kopps

Adrian Kopps was a researcher in the research programme “The evolving digital society” and also works for the “Platform Governance, Media, and Technology Lab” at the University of Bremen. Previously, he was a student assistant in the research project “Platform Governance and Copyright (H220)“.

He holds a Bachelor in Political Science from Freie Universität Berlin and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in the interdisciplinary “Global Studies Programme” at the Humboldt University of Berlin with study periods in Bangkok and Buenos Aires.

Before joining the HIIG, he gained work experience at Spotify, ZDFneo and the Goethe-Institut in Mexico City. In Mexico, he also worked for the think tank “C Minds“, which focuses on applying artificial intelligence for the common good.

He is particularly interested in sociological and social theory perspectives on the digitalisation of society.

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Publications

Journal articles and conference proceedings

Katzenbach, C., Kopps, A., Magalhaes, J. C., Redeker. D., Sühr, T., Wunderlich, L. (2023). The Platform Governance Archive v1: A longitudinal dataset to study the governance of communication and interactions by platforms and the historical evolution of platform policies. Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung (ZeMKI). DOI: 10.26092/elib/2331 Publication details

Working paper

Katzenbach, C., Redeker, D., Magalhães, J. C., Kopps, A., Sühr, T., Caplan, R., Yilma, K. (2022). POLICING PLATFORMS: ADDRESSING POWER AND INEQUALITIES IN PLATFORM POLICIES. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2022i0.12959 Publication details

Other publications

Kopps, A., & Katzenbach, C. (2022). Turning back time for Content Moderation? How Musk’s takeover is affecting Twitter’s rules. Digital society blog. Publication details

Katzenbach, C., Magalhães, J. C., Kopps, A., Sühr, T., & Wunderlich, L. (2021). The Platform Governance Archive. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Publication details

Activities

Lectures and presentations (5)

25.09.2024 · Christian Katzenbach, Andrea Roca Rubio, Daria Dergacheva, Adrian Kopps, Vasilisa Kuznetsova

The making of misinformation: A longitudinal analysis of platforms’ misinformation policies

10th ECREA European Communication Conference. University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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22.06.2024 · Christian Katzenbach, Daria Dergacheva, Vasilisa Kuznetsova, Adrian Kopps

How Have Social Media Platforms Governed “Misinformation” from Their Inception until Today: A Longitudinal Study

74th Annual ICA Conference. Gold Coast, Broadbeach, Australia.

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10.07.2023 · Adrian Kopps

The Platform Governance Archive: A longitudinal dataset to study the historical evolution of platform policies

Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2023. Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research. University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France.

03.11.2022 · João Carlos Magalhães, Christian Katzenbach, Adrian Kopps, Tom Sühr

AoIR2022: Complexification And Concentration In Platform Power

Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) 2022. TU Dublin, Maynooth University, University College Dublin, Dublin City University. Grangegorman campus, TU Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

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27.05.2022 · Christian Katzenbach, Steven Champion, Adrian Kopps

Targeting Platform Governance From the Techlash to the German Federal Elections 2021: The Relationship Between Platforms’ Ad Targeting, and Public and Policy Debates

Annual ICA Conference: 72nd Annual ICA Conference: One World, One Network‽. International Communication Association. Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, Le Palais des Congrès de Paris, Le Méridien Etoile, Paris, France.

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Participation as expert (1)

06.10.2021 · Vincent Hofmann, Freya Hewett, Georg von Richthofen, Adrian Kopps, Bronwen Deacon, Matthias C. Kettemann, Wolfgang Schulz

Stakeholder-Dialog – Ethik der Digitalisierung

Stakeholder-Dialog – Ethik der Digitalisierung. Berkman Klein Center, Digital Asia Hub. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany.

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