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Critical Internet Studies Institute

@criticalinternet.bsky.social

Resilience, independent of industry. www.criticalinternet.org

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago

This tech fundamentally alters the way people are able to express their basic human rights, and is incompatible with any society that claims to be free. As people understand the capabilities of the tech and how widespread it is, the backlash is entirely understandable.

Why Flock surveillance cameras are drawing fierce backlash across Massachusetts - The Boston Globe

People tolerate Ring cameras, cellphones, and CCTV cameras — but Flock Safety has some filling city council meetings in protest.

bostonglobe.com

Critical Internet Studies Institute@criticalinternet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"What we know about conspiracies is that they’re incredibly sticky, & they keep people on, & they keep people coming back." –CISI Founder @bostonjoan.bsky.social, quoted in @washingtonpost.com on "false flag" conspiracy theories www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

First came the shooting. Then, the conspiracy theories.

After the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, online influencers quickly spread conspiracy theories that it was an elaborate hoax.

washingtonpost.com

EPIC@epic.org · 4mo ago

On Tuesday, EPIC and 63 other civil society organizations sent a letter strongly opposing plans to integrate facial recognition into Meta glasses to Meta, Ray-Ban’s parent company, the White House, the FTC, the DOJ, several state attorneys general, and the leaders of key congressional committees.

EPIC Joins Coalition Call to Halt Meta’s Plans for Facial Recognition ‘Smart’ Glasses

<p>On Tuesday, EPIC joined 63 other civil society organizations in a letter vehemently opposing plans to integrate facial recognition into Meta glasses.</p>

epic.org

Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?

19thnews@19thnews.org · 5mo ago

The trove of files released by the Department of Justice, illuminates Epstein’s deep interest and entrenchment in the scientific community. But the files also underscore how he used his power and money in ways that kept women out of places where they might succeed. https://bit.ly/4qWgPLz

BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫@bostonjoan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This is situation is entirely predictable and can be prevented. @criticalinternet.bsky.social conducts in-depth research on election disinformation and political violence. Already, organized right wing vigilante groups are publicly filming voting stations and ballot boxes for intimidation.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I hope every Democratic member of the House and Senate reads this and factors it into whatever funding bill gets agreed to. We have seen what ICE can do to U.S. Citizens in the streets, imagine what they will do at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6mo ago

“If this technology had existed in earlier decades, it would have been used to track civil rights activists, LGBTQ+ patrons visiting gay bars, women trying to vote, or enslaved people escaping bondage. None of those acts were considered “legal” at the time.”

This surveillance system treats ordinary people as suspects | Opinion

Flock’s surveillance network spans at least 5,000 police departments, and the ACLU believes the real number is over 7,000.

jsonline.com

BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫@bostonjoan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Disinformation research is forbidden knowledge. We cant back down and re-orient our field to appease the dominant political ideology. We need to be advancing public knowledge about media manipulation and disinformation. Why? Because disinformation is a tool of the powerful to suppress opposition

Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.

Critical Internet Studies Institute@criticalinternet.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"Instead of thinking of technological change as the death knell of news media, there is a huge opportunity ahead for education of the general public on the ethics & methods of journalism." –CISI Founder @bostonjoan.bsky.social in @niemanlab.org

BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫@bostonjoan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Everyone is a journal-ish… This is my positive take on the future of journalism. It was refreshing to write this for @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/ever...

Critical Internet Studies Institute@criticalinternet.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“I think they are a profoundly antisocial technology that should be rejected in every way possible...Their very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” –CISI Co-Director @hypervisible.blacksky.app quoted in @theverge.com www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...

Privacy laws can’t keep up with ‘luxury surveillance’

“It’s not clear to me that a small red light would be sufficient notification in some states for someone to consent to being recorded.”

theverge.com

Critical Internet Studies Institute@criticalinternet.bsky.social · 10mo ago

ICYMI: Our Co-Director @hypervisible.blacksky.app interviewed by @parismarx.com

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · 10mo ago

Meta and Google want to free you from screens — by putting one in front of your eyes at all times. This week @hypervisible.blacksky.app joins @parismarx.com to discuss the anti-social world they’re trying to create through mass adoption of smart glasses. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/298_...