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NEW DATE & TIME: July 1st, 2026 at 1pm EST No More Sacrifice Zones: Organizing Against Data Center Pollution in the South Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Happening today at 10am EST: Platform Regulation and Protecting AI Data Workers in the Global South We hope you can join us. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Platform Regulation and Protecting AI Data Workers in the Global South We hope you will join Political Scientist, Adio-Adet Dinika (@dairinstitute.bsky.social) and our host, Meredith D. Clark for this discussion on Friday, June 19th, 2026 at 10am EST Register here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Platform Regulation and Protecting AI Data Workers in the Global South We hope you will join Political Scientist, Adio-Adet Dinika (@dairinstitute.bsky.social) and our host, Meredith D. Clark for this discussion on Friday, June 19th, 2026 at 10am EST Register here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

NEW DATE & TIME: July 1st, 2026 at 1pm EST No More Sacrifice Zones: Organizing Against Data Center Pollution in the South Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Happening now. Join us if you can. bsky.app/profile/berg...

Bergis Jules 🇱🇨@bergisjules.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We hope you will join Meredith D. Clark in conversation with Adrienne Williams from the @dairinstitute.bsky.social on Friday, May 15th, 2026 from 12pm-1:30pm EST. Please register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More info about the series: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

We hope you will join Meredith D. Clark in conversation with Adrienne Williams from the @dairinstitute.bsky.social on Friday, May 15th, 2026 from 12pm-1:30pm EST. Please register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More info about the series: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

We hope you will join Meredith D. Clark in conversation with Adrienne Williams from the @dairinstitute.bsky.social on Friday, May 15th, 2026 from 12pm-1:30pm EST. Please register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More info about the series: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

How the AI Technology Boom Could be Ushering in New Forms of Forced Labor We hope you will join us for this important conversation between Meredith Clark and Adrienne Williams on Friday, May 15th, 2026 from 12pm-1:30pm EST. Please visit our website to register: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Please join @atbw.bsky.social for this next series of three webinars: Uplifting the Workers, Shining a Light on the Invisible Labor Powering AI Technologies www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Cambridge Disinformation Summit Discussion of Harms to Targeted Communities. Panel with Dr. Meredith D. Clark, Esosa Osa, and Mobashra Tazamal. youtu.be/wgrIHxNA9LM?...

Cambridge Disinformation Summit Discussion of Harms to Targeted Communities Panel

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Join us for our next series of webinars about the human costs of AI. We want to create a space where cultural memory workers can engage in critical and caring discussions about the broader impact of AI technology development. Register here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Join us for our next series of webinars about the human costs of AI. We want to create a space where cultural memory workers can engage in critical and caring discussions about the broader impact of AI technology development. Register here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

This week we welcome 23 brilliant fellows from across the African Diaspora as part of our 2nd cohort of the Web Archiving School Fellowship. We encourage you to stay connected with us all year as we share their journeys, stories and growth in the program! www.archivingtheblackweb.org/warc-school/

1. Read “Empire of AI” by @karenhao.bsky.social 2. Watch this talk between Karen and @timnitgebru.blacksky.app 3. Follow @dairinstitute.bsky.social, Karen and Timnit for a sober, critical analysis of the “AI” field.

Reclaiming our Humanity in the Age of AI

YouTube video by SXSW

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Shift Collective developed Community Cloud Storage to address the needs of community-based archives for affordable digital storage that offers offsite redundancy along with privacy. www.shiftcollective.us/communityclo...

Excited for this upcoming webinar series from @atbw.bsky.social: Uplifting the Workers: Shining a Light on the Invisible Labor Powering Artificial Intelligence Technologies. Sign up for email notifications to stay informed on webinar speakers and dates: tinyurl.com/atbw-ai

AI Blackface: Profiting on racist depictions at scale www.riddance.ai/p/ai-blackfa...

AI Blackface: Profiting on racist depictions at scale

A collaborative investigation with BBC News uncovered over 100 sexualized accounts.

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Our Freedom School 2026 Series: Digital Literacy & Cultural Stewardship is dedicated to strengthening digital literacy, advancing archival practices, and safeguarding the web as a vital site of cultural memory. Register for the spring sessions: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Our Freedom School 2026 Series: Digital Literacy & Cultural Stewardship is dedicated to strengthening digital literacy, advancing archival practices, and safeguarding the web as a vital site of cultural memory. Register for the spring sessions: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

"Amid attempts to erase Black history and progress, Onyx Impact’s Invest in Black Media campaign will fund Black storytelling, journalism, and media preservation throughout 2026." www.theroot.com/nonprofit-co...

Fellowship opportunity from @atbw.bsky.social. Applications due February 2nd. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

Thrilled to see @ktmac.bsky.social and my paper on robots.txt and infrastructural consent published here!!

Information, Communication & Society@icsjournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#OutNow in #iCS “Infrastructural consent” is when consent becomes a protocol. This article shows how robots.txt flattens ethical debate into technical parameters, and why the AI scraping “consent crisis” exposes problems in web architecture. doi.org/10.1080/1369...

A new fellowship opportunity from @atbw.bsky.social in partnership with Onyx Impact. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

Apply for @atbw.bsky.social's Web Archiving School www.archivingtheblackweb.org/apply/

We have a new fellowship opportunity in partnership with Onyx Impact. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

Hey #BlackSky, @atbw.bsky.social just opened applications for their 2026 Web Archiving School

Applications now open for Web Archiving School fellows, instructors, and teaching assistants. Apply here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/apply/

NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.

The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies

Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.

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