David Nemer
@davidnemer.com
Assoc Prof of Media Studies & Anthropology at the University of Virginia. Faculty Associate at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center. Anthropology of Tech/STS Books: Technology of the Oppressed (MIT Press); Favela Digital (GSA)🇧🇷🇺🇸
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Why Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis | TechPolicy.Press
It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it as a systemic problem engineered by design, writes David Nemer.
www.techpolicy.press
My latest article "Why Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis" in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it for what it is: a structural, infrastructural, and systemic problem engineered by design.
It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it for what it is: a structural, infrastructural, and systemic problem engineered by design.
Reposted by David Nemer
"To think about any of [the dozens of ads from AI companies that ran during the Superbowl] for more than five seconds is to realize how little they stand up to scrutiny. Which is exactly how the brands want it generally: feeling more, thinking less." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
AI Companies Sold Us Their Vision of the Future at the Super Bowl. Here’s Why We Should Reject It
From Google to Meta to Microsoft, we were handed a world in which all our cares have been whisked away. Except for all the new ones that have come to take their place.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"To think about any of [the dozens of ads from AI companies that ran during the Superbowl] for more than five seconds is to realize how little they stand up to scrutiny. Which is exactly how the brands want it generally: feeling more, thinking less." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Eu participei do podcast O Assunto do @g1portal.bsky.social ao lado da entrevista do Rafael Colombo, substituindo a Natuza Nery. Falamos sobre: Inteligência artificial e o colapso do que parece real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00G...
Inteligência artificial e o colapso do que parece real | O ASSUNTO
YouTube video by g1
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February 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Eu participei do podcast O Assunto do @g1portal.bsky.social ao lado da entrevista do Rafael Colombo, substituindo a Natuza Nery. Falamos sobre: Inteligência artificial e o colapso do que parece real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M00G...
Reposted by David Nemer
Isso aqui de rede social de agentes de ia só não é ridículo porque tem custos ambientais altíssimos.
E, além, aqui ó o de sempre:
"Será que haverá dados sensíveis ali dentro, dados pessoais que não podem ser expostos e que, eventualmente, acabarão sendo?" [David Nemer]
g1.globo.com/tecnologia/n...
E, além, aqui ó o de sempre:
"Será que haverá dados sensíveis ali dentro, dados pessoais que não podem ser expostos e que, eventualmente, acabarão sendo?" [David Nemer]
g1.globo.com/tecnologia/n...
Moltbook: a rede social de agentes de IA que humanos só podem observar | G1
Criada no fim de janeiro, plataforma já tem mais de 1,5 milhão de agentes de inteligência artificial inscritos e mais de 60 mil publicações.
g1.globo.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Isso aqui de rede social de agentes de ia só não é ridículo porque tem custos ambientais altíssimos.
E, além, aqui ó o de sempre:
"Será que haverá dados sensíveis ali dentro, dados pessoais que não podem ser expostos e que, eventualmente, acabarão sendo?" [David Nemer]
g1.globo.com/tecnologia/n...
E, além, aqui ó o de sempre:
"Será que haverá dados sensíveis ali dentro, dados pessoais que não podem ser expostos e que, eventualmente, acabarão sendo?" [David Nemer]
g1.globo.com/tecnologia/n...
In a little bit, I will be speaking at the United Nations - UN Women about "Governing the algorithm: embedding gender equality in Europe’s digital future". The event will be streamed live.
unric.org/en/unbt-gove...
unric.org/en/unbt-gove...
Governing the algorithm: embedding gender equality in Europe’s digital future
ODI Europe and UN Women explore the global and EU-level impacts of digital technologies on societies, with a particular focus on gender.
unric.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
In a little bit, I will be speaking at the United Nations - UN Women about "Governing the algorithm: embedding gender equality in Europe’s digital future". The event will be streamed live.
unric.org/en/unbt-gove...
unric.org/en/unbt-gove...
Reposted by David Nemer
🚨🏆🇧🇷 TERCEIRA INDICAÇÃO
Adolpho Veloso é indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Fotografia por "Sonhos de Trens"
Adolpho Veloso é indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Fotografia por "Sonhos de Trens"
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The United States ranks among the lowest in geographic literacy. It wouldn’t be surprising if a World War 3 started because they couldn’t read a map.
The trouble with maps: Greenland’s allure for Trump is based on an illusion ft.trib.al/C7fknsn
The trouble with maps: Greenland’s allure for Trump is based on an illusion
Who dares tell the US president the Arctic island he covets is not as big as it seems?
ft.trib.al
January 21, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The United States ranks among the lowest in geographic literacy. It wouldn’t be surprising if a World War 3 started because they couldn’t read a map.
Quando a luz acaba, a desigualdade aparece.
O recente apagão no Leme e em Copacabana escancarou como a infraestrutura, classe e poder operam no Rio de Janeiro.
Segue a análise baseada no meu livro "Tecnologia do Oprimido". +
O recente apagão no Leme e em Copacabana escancarou como a infraestrutura, classe e poder operam no Rio de Janeiro.
Segue a análise baseada no meu livro "Tecnologia do Oprimido". +
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Quando a luz acaba, a desigualdade aparece.
O recente apagão no Leme e em Copacabana escancarou como a infraestrutura, classe e poder operam no Rio de Janeiro.
Segue a análise baseada no meu livro "Tecnologia do Oprimido". +
O recente apagão no Leme e em Copacabana escancarou como a infraestrutura, classe e poder operam no Rio de Janeiro.
Segue a análise baseada no meu livro "Tecnologia do Oprimido". +
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CIS is a cesspool of ppl who want to launder their white nationalism in pseudoscience.
1/ In a racist rant supported by a misleading graphic, Flynn proposes sending Obama “back to Africa” and suggests we “prosecute” Somalis on welfare.
December 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
CIS is a cesspool of ppl who want to launder their white nationalism in pseudoscience.
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Rest in peace Thomas Sayers Ellis www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Poet Who Captured the Rhythms of His Communities
After attending James Baldwin’s funeral, Thomas Sayers Ellis was inspired to create a collective for Black artists.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Rest in peace Thomas Sayers Ellis www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Havaianas = Alpargatas = Cambuhy = família Moreira Salles = Itaúsa = Banco Itaú = Socialismo 🤡
Na Gulag só se usa havaianas.
Na Gulag só se usa havaianas.
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Havaianas = Alpargatas = Cambuhy = família Moreira Salles = Itaúsa = Banco Itaú = Socialismo 🤡
Na Gulag só se usa havaianas.
Na Gulag só se usa havaianas.
CPI dos anões (literalmente) do orçamento, o retorno.
A PF deu toc-toc hoje na casa do Carlos Jordy. Dur dur d'être bebé
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
CPI dos anões (literalmente) do orçamento, o retorno.
Reposted by David Nemer
Acredito que um dos papéis cruciais das redes sociais na era da pós-verdade é que elas trazem as mentiras, que sempre existiram, até mesmo em grande escala, mas que nunca saíram da periferia do debate público para o centro da atenção e do debate.
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Acredito que um dos papéis cruciais das redes sociais na era da pós-verdade é que elas trazem as mentiras, que sempre existiram, até mesmo em grande escala, mas que nunca saíram da periferia do debate público para o centro da atenção e do debate.
Reposted by David Nemer
O que mudou entre o que havia antes da era da pós-verdade, durante ela e agora na da pós-vergonha?
A produção da mentira sempre foi relativamente artesanal e seus meios de propagação eram relativamente lentos.
As redes sociais aceleraram a propagação da mentira, criando o negócio da pós-verdade.
A produção da mentira sempre foi relativamente artesanal e seus meios de propagação eram relativamente lentos.
As redes sociais aceleraram a propagação da mentira, criando o negócio da pós-verdade.
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
O que mudou entre o que havia antes da era da pós-verdade, durante ela e agora na da pós-vergonha?
A produção da mentira sempre foi relativamente artesanal e seus meios de propagação eram relativamente lentos.
As redes sociais aceleraram a propagação da mentira, criando o negócio da pós-verdade.
A produção da mentira sempre foi relativamente artesanal e seus meios de propagação eram relativamente lentos.
As redes sociais aceleraram a propagação da mentira, criando o negócio da pós-verdade.
Reposted by David Nemer
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
Reposted by David Nemer
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
Tis the season
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Tis the season
Uma das concessões do Brasil ao Trump para a retirada das sanções contra Alexandre de Moraes foi frear o avanço da regulação das redes sociais. Isso só prova que nada partiu dos Bolsonaros, e sim da forte influência das Big Techs. Eu avisei lá em junho.
theconversation.com/a-carta-de-t...
theconversation.com/a-carta-de-t...
A carta de Trump ao Brasil foi escrita também por mãos do Vale do Silício
O julgamento do Artigo 19 do Marco Civil da Internet, as propostas de regulamentação da IA e as minutas de projetos que definem responsabilidades das plataformas digitais colocam o Brasil na vanguarda...
theconversation.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Uma das concessões do Brasil ao Trump para a retirada das sanções contra Alexandre de Moraes foi frear o avanço da regulação das redes sociais. Isso só prova que nada partiu dos Bolsonaros, e sim da forte influência das Big Techs. Eu avisei lá em junho.
theconversation.com/a-carta-de-t...
theconversation.com/a-carta-de-t...
Da mesma forma que os golpistas do 8 de Janeiro tentaram um golpe às claras, sem vergonha ou pudor, o Congresso faz o mesmo — à nossa frente.
December 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Da mesma forma que os golpistas do 8 de Janeiro tentaram um golpe às claras, sem vergonha ou pudor, o Congresso faz o mesmo — à nossa frente.
Unless the fact-checkers are working for the White House: www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Unless the fact-checkers are working for the White House: www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
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The “retired engineer” has absolutely no business making a dataset of autistic faces, but what on God’s green earth are researchers thinking when they *use* a dataset like this? Come on. Use a single brain cell.
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The “retired engineer” has absolutely no business making a dataset of autistic faces, but what on God’s green earth are researchers thinking when they *use* a dataset like this? Come on. Use a single brain cell.
Reposted by David Nemer
My latest article "Why Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis" in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it for what it is: a structural, infrastructural, and systemic problem engineered by design.
It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it for what it is: a structural, infrastructural, and systemic problem engineered by design.
Why Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis | TechPolicy.Press
It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it as a systemic problem engineered by design, writes David Nemer.
www.techpolicy.press
May 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My latest article "Why Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis" in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it for what it is: a structural, infrastructural, and systemic problem engineered by design.
It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it for what it is: a structural, infrastructural, and systemic problem engineered by design.
We saw a similar situation in Brazil. When X/Twitter was fined & subsequently suspended, it was not an act of censorship; rather, the Supreme Court was enforcing a law passed in 2014- a widely known and long-standing piece of legislation that platforms have been required to follow for over a decade.
Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship.
That would, indeed, be interesting. But this is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring laws that would get bipartisan support in the U.S. (I bet similar bills *have* had that support.) 1/
That would, indeed, be interesting. But this is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring laws that would get bipartisan support in the U.S. (I bet similar bills *have* had that support.) 1/
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We saw a similar situation in Brazil. When X/Twitter was fined & subsequently suspended, it was not an act of censorship; rather, the Supreme Court was enforcing a law passed in 2014- a widely known and long-standing piece of legislation that platforms have been required to follow for over a decade.
Reposted by David Nemer
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
🚨 Nova coluna no @theconversation.com
Já te chamaram de "socialista de iPhone"? Saiba que usar um iPhone não contradiz defender justiça social ou um Estado presente. O contraditório é negar o papel público na inovação enquanto se lucra com ela.
Mais detalhes: theconversation.com/o-verdadeiro...
Já te chamaram de "socialista de iPhone"? Saiba que usar um iPhone não contradiz defender justiça social ou um Estado presente. O contraditório é negar o papel público na inovação enquanto se lucra com ela.
Mais detalhes: theconversation.com/o-verdadeiro...
O verdadeiro paradoxo do “socialista de iPhone”
A crítica do “socialista de iPhone” revela menos sobre socialismo e muito mais sobre o desconhecimento de como a inovação realmente acontece
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🚨 Nova coluna no @theconversation.com
Já te chamaram de "socialista de iPhone"? Saiba que usar um iPhone não contradiz defender justiça social ou um Estado presente. O contraditório é negar o papel público na inovação enquanto se lucra com ela.
Mais detalhes: theconversation.com/o-verdadeiro...
Já te chamaram de "socialista de iPhone"? Saiba que usar um iPhone não contradiz defender justiça social ou um Estado presente. O contraditório é negar o papel público na inovação enquanto se lucra com ela.
Mais detalhes: theconversation.com/o-verdadeiro...