Erik Opsal
Erik is the Communications Director at NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics, leading our strategy to increase the public profile of CSMaP, our research, and our researchers. Prior to CSMaP, he spent more than a dozen years in the nonprofit, government, and political sectors, working for U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, the Brennan Center for Justice, and the YMCA of Greater New York. He’s a native Midwesterner and a proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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2023 Year in Review: Our Research & Impact
A look at our top articles, events, and more from the past year.
December 18, 2023
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Twitter’s Transparency Theater
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April 18, 2023
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2022 Year in Review: Our Research & Impact
A look at our top articles, events, and more from the past year.
December 19, 2022
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2021 Year in Review: Our Research & Impact
A look at our top articles, events, and more from the past year.
January 5, 2022
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A Conversation About Reducing Harm on Social Media
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December 20, 2021
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Launching Multilingual Research Project Studying Election Disinformation
Craig Newmark Philanthropies donates $350,000 to fund new multilingual research on the types of disinformation communities are exposed to during elections.
September 13, 2021
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Our Craig Newmark Philanthropies Graduate Students
In 2020, Craig Newmark Philanthropies donated $400,000 to support our PhD students, ensuring they could continue their research projects examining some of the biggest questions at the intersection of social media and democracy. Here is an update on what they've been working on this past year thanks to Craig's generous support.
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