Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD
@safiyanoble.bsky.social
Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow Writer, professor. Comedian. Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI. safiyaunoble.com
“…AI cannot account for consent. For women and other marginalized communities, what matters is not the content of the image, but the lack of consent, the harm experienced, and the intention with which the abuse is perpetrated.”
The problem AI content moderation cannot solve
Meta and other big tech companies are increasingly using AI for content moderation, but as the backlash to Muse Image shows, it cannot protect users because it does not account for consent.
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And check out the Solidarity over Surveillance launch event next Wednesday (June 3) with @safiyanoble.bsky.social, @eltragon.bsky.social of @lataco.bsky.social, and @chadmarlow.bsky.social of @aclu.org discussing the urgency of fighting the surveillance state. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Throughout our nation’s history, government officials have spied on marginalized communities and created a surveillance network designed to criminalize people of color, immigrants and protesters — and...
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We're excited to give you a sneak peek of some of the expert speakers joining us at #TakeBackTech in Atlanta, GA, April 17-19th 👀 featuring @naomiaklein.bsky.social @safiyanoble.bsky.social & @gilduran.com
Just found out that my name, image and likeness was stolen and used by @grammerly.bsky.social -- along with other colleagues. I'm so done with these AI companies stealing everything including our identities. Thank you @juliaangwin.com for leading the charge! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Grammarly pulls AI tool mimicking Stephen King and other writers
Writers criticised the feature which used their names and styles as "AI personas" without consent.
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Come to campus and check out these two amazing book talks at #UCLA next week! Karen Hao’s Empire of AI: datax.ucla.edu/news-events/... More, Everything, Forever Book Talk with Adam Becker: datax.ucla.edu/news-events/...
If you are in NYC March 18 come one and all to @bambrooklyn.bsky.social to experience the brilliance of Dr. @safiyanoble.bsky.social irl (and as bonus you'll get to experience me admiring her).
Art, Tech, and Representation
Annie Dorsen and Dr. Safiya Noble discuss how emerging technologies affect culture and art.
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increasingly clear that the academy’s mad rush into AI & concordantly away from the humanities corresponds to that same shift in the priorities of intelligence & defense funding—so accustomed to it now that they no longer know how to do anything different. the university as cargo cult
Sarah T Roberts, PhD@ubiquity75.xyz · 8mo agoAdministrators are inking deals with OpenAI and inviting Palantir onto campus, ignoring faculty expertise and rolling out unproven data-thieving surveillance snake oil tech on our studens, staff and us. Enough.
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
“The people whose rights are being violated don’t have a lot of power, and the people responsible for the pollution are huge mega corporations with a lot of power…And they’ve been getting away with this for decades now.”
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
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We WILL keep going! “UCLA faculty are honored to stand with this coalition, which continues to show that when faced with an administration targeting the very heart of higher education, fighting back is the only option,” Markowitz said. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism
A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
Veena Dubal@veenadubal.bsky.social · 9mo agoBREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!! We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
Run, do not walk, and get yourself a copy of this amazing book (calling all of my librarian friends!). This is an incredible event with Dr who is giving a powerful account of how to find justice and repair in our society. @terencekeel.bsky.social @repclub.bsky.social
Terence Keel@terencekeel.bsky.social · 9mo agoSee you tomorrow night at Reparations Club! Join us for the book launch event of THE CORONER’S SILENCE (@beaconpress.bsky.social), moderated by Cerise Castle. 🗓️ Thursday, Nov. 13 ⏰ 7:00 PM (PST) 📍 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90016 #booklaunch #losangeles #reparationsclub #nonfiction
@safiyanoble.bsky.social, UCLA professor and author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, explained how threats against educational institutions are intertwined with the threats against media and journalists. Watch the event recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Kq...
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad 2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
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Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!
Jaweed Kaleem@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 9mo agoBREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Jaweed Kaleem@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 9mo agoBREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
This is one of the best analyses of the total grift and scammery of AI in education I’ve seen, and it is a MUST Read: “Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI - defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...
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Stop fighting your faculty in court, lady. “We are committed to being transparent about the challenges facing the university, but we must also evaluate our response to the administration’s settlement proposal that, like all settlement communications, is confidential.
An amazing community —it was such an honor to share and learn together! ♥️ Thank you for having me!
Stine Eckert@stineeckert.bsky.social · 10mo agoIt was such an honor to meet Dr. Safiya Noble @safiyanoble.bsky.social here at Wayne State U! And to learn and listen about search, algos, AI and their impacts on society and what is truly worth which tech we use. Absolute highlight! <3 safiyaunoble.com @waynestateclas.bsky.social
@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact." President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
Josh Chafetz@joshchafetz.bsky.social · 10mo agoWell done, MIT! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
If you’re in Los Angeles and want to get out for a few laughs, I’m doing a set in tonight’s comedy show lineup at the Kookaburra Lounge! Come at 6:30–starts at 7pm. (Disclaimer: I had no influence over the show name, ugh). Come through—I’m making art! www.thekookaburralounge.com/events/deezn...
DEEZ NUTZ COMEDY SHOW — The Kookaburra Lounge
The "NEXT!!" of young stand-up comedians in SoCal have gathered together to perform inside the newly infamous Kookaburra Lounge at Ovation Hollywood. Vargus Mason gathers one of the more discerning ...
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Facing a proposed $1.2-billion fine and severe medical research grant cuts at UCLA, the University of California has not gone head-to-head with Trump in court. So on Tuesday, groups representing more than 100,000 of its employees did. www.latimes.com/california/s...
UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts
University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions camp...
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OpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed, elitist, and inherently anti-democratic. Empire of AI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside the reckless race of total domination.”
I got to share a stage with the incomparable Karen Hao this morning and she is The Truth in every way. ♥️
David Palumbo-Liu@palumboliu.bsky.social · 11mo agoOpenAI is anything but “open”—very early on, it left behind that marketing tag to become increasingly closed, elitist, and inherently anti-democratic. Empire of AI had a rather different subtitle in its UK edition: “Inside the reckless race of total domination.”
