#OutNow in #iCS
Ong and Jackson draw on insights from over 100 Global South civil society leaders to argue that mainstream counter-disinformation funding models are often disconnected from local priorities and can reinforce donor power asymmetries.
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In February, a farmer went a few seconds over his time at a city council meeting when speaking out against a datacenter.
It's a $200 fine for trespassing, but he's vowed to fight it. We've also got the police report from the incident.
Incredible, sharp, critical reflection on Habermas’ legacy from Nancy Fraser. This is the postmortem I’ve been hoping would come and also sums up so much of my relationship to his work
As someone who watched the careful stewardship of grants over many years, the lack of care and the dismissal of the hard work of scholars and NEH program staff described here is devastating and shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
🚨NEWS: @knightcolumbia.org & @protectdemocracy.org just filed a lawsuit on behalf of @thecoalition.bsky.social challenging the Trump administration's policy targeting social media researchers and trust & safety workers for visa revocation and deportation. More: knightcolumbia.org/content/tech...
Almost every dystopian outcome warned about/fought against by thoughtful observes of digital media & machine learning systems over the past ten years has come to pass, of course I'm fucking cranky
Out now! "Algorithmic discrimination" at @icsjournal.bsky.social, with @cmcilwain.bsky.social @seyiolojo.bsky.social Herbert HC Chang.
We use targeted ads to establish _algorithmic discrimination_ as an analytic & draw attention to the disparate outcomes of online targeting
bit.ly/3MQEb7v
BROOKINGS: Our survey results lend themselves" to some conclusions:
".. professional AI use is far from ubiquitous and many respondents expressed skepticism that it would be as revolutionary as some experts expect."
@brookings.edu
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In the AC Hotel, we got word from a staff member that the agents were staying here and questioning the workers—the workers that were cleaning their rooms, the workers that were making their food. They were questioning them and asking for their ID and in a very aggressive way.
CNN’s reporter on scene in Los Angeles: I’m being detained..
The situation in DTLA to which 700 Marines have been deployed is a couple dozen interfaith clergypersons leading a small crowd in prayer.
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
Hundreds of protestors on a lawn carrying signs and flags
NEW: Over a thousand people are rallied in Downtown LA in support of SEIU, after SEIU President Pres. David Huerte was arrested days ago after an ICE raid (ABC7)
Won't be able to be as active with the updates today, but I'll do my best to provide some
No kid’s education should be defunded to pay for giant tax giveaways for billionaires.
You will recall that when this was reported in The Guardian, the university’s statement was that no one had complained about the surveillance.
“The increasing role of consumer-oriented technology companies in warfare has implications for everyone — not just those who are targeted by AI weapons,” write Brian J. Chen, Tina M. Park and @pasternack.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/booming-mili...
Pope Leo on Pentecost and a Spirit that opens borders: "Where there is love, there is no room for prejudice, for 'security' zones separating us from our neighbors, for the exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms."
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ICE crossed a line in LA
Donald Trump’s deployment of the military in Los Angeles over the objection of California leaders is an abuse of power and a dangerous escalation.
It’s what you would see in authoritarian states and it must stop.
Americans have the right to speak out and peacefully protest.
State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...
"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."
SCOOP: The CDC is planning to move information on cases of diseases like measles and polio to a data system managed by Palantir, raising concerns about patient privacy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/h...
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This is unconstitutional and vindictive. We're the nation's economic engine and the largest donor state, and deserve our fair share. I'll use every legal and constitutional tool available to defend CA -- we must look at every option, including withholding federal taxes.
It’s legitimate cause for a tax strike. Money from California is going all over the country to help support states that, through hundreds of years of mismanagement, haven’t managed to lift half their populations out of poverty. And they get spit on for it.
Pleased join @markey.senate.gov today in a discussion about protecting our rights and opportunities in the age of AI. A 10-year freeze on AI guardrails would abandon the American public and ignore its concerns. *Truly* innovative technology must be just and fair. www.masslive.com/politics/202...
Republicans snuck an AI regulation BAN into the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
That means companies like Real Page can use AI to get around price fixing laws and RAISE YOUR RENT.
BUT this policy violates the Senate's budget rules.
I'm calling foul — and fighting back to reject it.
The head of FEMA reportedly said during a briefing that he wasn't aware the U.S. had a hurricane season, leaving staffers "baffled" and "confused"
"The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget proposes to terminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency." bit.ly/4kEnEPo
