Academic services: PC member of the Privacy Enhancing Technology Symposium (PETS) and Publicity Co-Chair for the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) 2022
Recent works: Provided data on videos showing the Charlie Kirk shooting for WIRED; interviewed by AFP on Holocaust AI Fakes; completed a 2-year project on Auditing TikTok; worked on labeling of AI generated content on TikTok and Instagram with AI Forensics; monitored Polish and German elections in 2025 on TikTok; helped gather and analyze data showing harassment in comments targeting female candidates more often than male politicians; monitored what's happening during the NATO Summit 2025
Research Experience
Since 2024: AI Forensics, ISD and others | Freelancer (including as data protection officer)
2022-2024: Stiftung Neue Verantwortung | Expert on auditing recommender systems
<2016: Ruhr-University Bochum | Research Assistant; Data Protection Officer
Education
2016-2018: Carnegie Mellon University | Post-Doc
Before 2016: Ruhr-University Bochum | Research Assistant; Data Protection Officer
Background
Research interests: black-box auditing of algorithmic systems, usable privacy and security, and data protection. Currently a freelancer, mainly for AI Forensics and ISD.