Excited to speak on #PredatoryData @U-M's Digital Studies Institute tom/Tues @ 3P ET-US. Join online or onsite. Thx @Yousif Hassan @Center for Ethics, Society & Computing @Amer Culture @English Lang & Lit @Film, TV & Media @Instit for Research on Women & Gender + @Sci, Tech, & Public Policy Program!

#predatorydata #proseawards | Anita Chan So honored to have #PredatoryData named as a finalist for the 2026 #ProseAwards in Computing and Information Sciences. Thank you to all the colleagues in the field who took the time to consider all th...

So honored that #PredatoryData was a finalist for the 2026 #ProseAwards in Computing and Information Sciences. Thank you to all the colleagues in the field who took the time to consider all the nominees and authors, whose esteemed company I'm so proud to be part of. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Predatory Data.
We call data “the new oil,” but it’s always been built on exploitation. Dr. Anita Say Chan explains who pays the price.

🎧 Full episode: youtu.be/wQXYaWIlmkU

#PredatoryData #DataEthics #TheInternetIsCrack #DigitalJustice #AIandSociety #podcast

What an honor to have #PredatoryData included @nature.com's recommended Summer reading list. I'm already of fan of other authors in the list - @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social 's the AI Con, @Grace Howard's The Pregnancy Police - that are great reading in the Fall & Winter too!

Join us momentarily online and in person for a book talk on #eugenicsInBigTech at @ucsandiego.bsky.social's Design Center! If you are looking for ways to resist #PredatoryData, and reimagine solidarity around tech, Zoom in at the link below!
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This #MayDay in honor of #workersAgainstAI, I'm traveling to @UTEP to talk on #PredatoryData and #eugenics in #BigTech.
Later this May, I’ll be traveling to another pt of the US West - to UCSD’s Design Lab & UCSC. Thx @Elise Takehana @Nik Usher @gleemie.bsky.social @Zac Zimmer for the invitations!

JOIN me, @xriskology.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social & @mwoluchem.bsky.social for @datasociety.bsky.social 's
#PredatoryData event discussion of the 21st C #eugenicsInBigTech and how to resist it. RSVP and join us online tomorrow Thur 4/10 at 1P EasternUS time! datasociety.net/events/resis...

#PredatoryData #AnitaSayChan
New book:
Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future, by Anita Say Chan - Asso. Prof. in School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Eugenics isn't dead—it's thriving in tech A new book takes on the throughline from the rise of 20th-century eugenics to Silicon Valley.

"Eugenics Isn’t Dead—It’s Thriving in Tech"
A new book takes on the throughline from the rise of 20th-century eugenics to Silicon Valley. @anitachan.bsky.social #PredatoryData @motherjones.com @ucpress.bsky.social

Author Anita Say Chan thinks Silicon Valley may have a eugenics problem. Here’s why The author examines how today’s Big Tech relies on data that exploits women, immigrants and other marginalized groups in perpetuating inequalities.

“Don’t set up Elon Musk or Peter Thiel as your ideal for what you’d like to become. That’s a hard no.” - Anita Say Chan #PredatoryData @sfchronicle.com
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