This section highlights articles, interviews, and media reports featuring my research and expertise, showcasing its impact beyond academia.
Quotes and interviews
Interview: Die Presse, 03.02.2025 DeepSeek und Co: Wie weiter mit der KI?
Quote: NZZ, 24.10.2024 «Friss, du Schmarotzer»: Die Schweiz rückt zunehmend in den Fokus russischer Propaganda. Eine Datenanalyse
Interview: SRF, 30.08.2024. Causa Durow
Quote: El Pais, 30.08.2024 “Los líderes tecnológicos ya no se sentirán inmunes”. La detención del fundador de Telegram es una advertencia única.
Quote: Financial Times, 28.08.2024 How Telegram chief Pavel Durov miscalculated on moderation
Interview: CNBC, 28.08.2024. Arrest of Telegram CEO Unprecedented
Interview: BBC World Business Report, 26.08.2024. Telegram: CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France.
Quote: NZZ, 27.07.2024 Telegram: Letzte Bastion der Meinungsfreiheit oder Umschlagplatz für Drogen, Sex und Propaganda?
Quote: Logically Facts, 01.07.2024. Neither facts nor function: AI chatbots fail to address questions on U.K. general election
Quote: Correctiv, 08.05.2024. Erfundene Kandidaten und Schweigen: Wie Chatbots in Politik-Fragen vor der EU-Wahl versagen (and English version of the article)
Quote: Financial Times, 12.03.2024 Telegram: social media giant or the new ‘dark web’?
Quote: Tages-Anzeiger, 04.02.2024. Schweizer verbreiten russische Propaganda
Quote: Wired, 29.11.2023. Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren’t Really Bans
Quote: Nature, 19.10.2023. AI tidies up Wikipedia’s references — and boosts reliability
Quote: Tages-Anzeiger, 17.10.2023. Schweiz gerät im Wahlkampf ins Visier russischer Desinformation
Quote: New Scientist, 18.09.2023. Google Bard AI won’t answer questions about Putin asked in Russian
Quote: Fast Company, 17.05.2023. Russians’ search histories contradict official polling on pro-war sentiment
Quote: Nature, 13.02.2023. AI chatbots are coming to search engines – can you trust the results?
Quote: Fast Company, 11.01.2023. Big Tech transparency reports are a big mess
Interview: Data Skeptic Podcast, 21.11.2022. Measuring web search behavior
Interview: SRF Einstein, 24.03.2022. Corona in der Schweiz: Wird die Gesellschaft immer radikaler?
Interview: BBC Radio 4 (The Digital Human), 21.02.2022. Banished
Quote: The Economist, 23.01.2021. Messaging services are providing a more private internet
Quote: Wired UK, 14.01.2021. Trump’s mob is on Telegram and they’re already getting organised
Other references to my research in the media
My article about political polarization on Twitter was referenced by FiveThirtyEight. Research on Telegram-based activity in Hong Kong during the Anti-ELAB protests of 2019 was mentioned in The Washington Post. The study on the prevalence of conspiratorial content in web search results was covered by The New York Times, Vice, Input, and Stern. Research on far-right communities on Telegram was cited by Le Temps. The preprint on the political bias in LLM-based chatbots was covered by De Telegraaf and De Morgen.