EMRE KIZILKAYA
@emrekizilkaya.bsky.social
Ph.D. in Media & Communication | '24-'25 Carr-Ryan Center Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School | Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow '19 | IVLP Alumnus | IBM Certified AI Developer https://www.linkedin.com/in/emre-kizilkaya #Media #Humanities #AI #Data #Ethics
RAM sticks I bought for $160 last year are now listed at $629. It’s unbelievable that cartel-like price-fixing by companies like #Nvidia and #Micron is now treated as normal, 20 years after the DRAM #antitrust cases. They’re gutting the consumer market to feed #AI data centers. The EU needs to act.
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
RAM sticks I bought for $160 last year are now listed at $629. It’s unbelievable that cartel-like price-fixing by companies like #Nvidia and #Micron is now treated as normal, 20 years after the DRAM #antitrust cases. They’re gutting the consumer market to feed #AI data centers. The EU needs to act.
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Celebrating the short, witty, philosophical phrases known as aphorisms, THE WORLD IN A PHRASE is an entertaining tour through the wisest sayings in the world. In this interview, author James Geary reflects on how ancient literary art form fits into age of social media.
Brief bursts of wisdom — Harvard Gazette
Aphorism lover and historian James Geary reflects on how ancient literary art form fits into age of social media.
buff.ly
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Celebrating the short, witty, philosophical phrases known as aphorisms, THE WORLD IN A PHRASE is an entertaining tour through the wisest sayings in the world. In this interview, author James Geary reflects on how ancient literary art form fits into age of social media.
Great to see the new edition of James Geary’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘗𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦: 𝘈 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮 published this month, which brings together a wide range of aphorisms that continue to resonate in 2025: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... #books #writing #language #culture #ideas
‘Adults think with their mouths open’: five modern aphorisms to help us make sense of 2025
In his new book The World in a Phrase, author James Geary shares aphorisms from David Byrne, James Baldwin and more that speak to the modern day
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I wrote a discussion paper for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social as part of our #Technology and #HumanRights fellowship on #SurveillanceCapitalism.
It examines how authoritarian states and #BigTech create a system of "dual domination" in fragile democracies: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
It examines how authoritarian states and #BigTech create a system of "dual domination" in fragile democracies: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I wrote a discussion paper for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social as part of our #Technology and #HumanRights fellowship on #SurveillanceCapitalism.
It examines how authoritarian states and #BigTech create a system of "dual domination" in fragile democracies: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
It examines how authoritarian states and #BigTech create a system of "dual domination" in fragile democracies: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
1️⃣ Our new paper “𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫-𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭” is out in 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴! 🚀
A 2-year mixed-method study on how locative algorithms and transit systems shape how international students see and move through Istanbul.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QBQ8I...
#UrbanStudies #BigData #Istanbul #Lynch #Lefebvre
A 2-year mixed-method study on how locative algorithms and transit systems shape how international students see and move through Istanbul.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QBQ8I...
#UrbanStudies #BigData #Istanbul #Lynch #Lefebvre
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
1️⃣ Our new paper “𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫-𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭” is out in 𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴! 🚀
A 2-year mixed-method study on how locative algorithms and transit systems shape how international students see and move through Istanbul.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QBQ8I...
#UrbanStudies #BigData #Istanbul #Lynch #Lefebvre
A 2-year mixed-method study on how locative algorithms and transit systems shape how international students see and move through Istanbul.
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QBQ8I...
#UrbanStudies #BigData #Istanbul #Lynch #Lefebvre
We had a great discussion with @courtneyr.bsky.social on "Big Tech + Big Brother: Resisting ‘techno-fascism’ and the surveillance state" at the @globalfreemedia.bsky.social World Congress & Media Innovation Festival in Vienna on October 25.
Credit © Ronja Koskinen / IPI
Credit © Ronja Koskinen / IPI
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We had a great discussion with @courtneyr.bsky.social on "Big Tech + Big Brother: Resisting ‘techno-fascism’ and the surveillance state" at the @globalfreemedia.bsky.social World Congress & Media Innovation Festival in Vienna on October 25.
Credit © Ronja Koskinen / IPI
Credit © Ronja Koskinen / IPI
Institutions with #integrity face a built-in disadvantage: they hold themselves accountable. Their leaders resign when mistakes are made. Populists, who never admit errors, outlast them. That’s democracy’s dilemma: protecting integrity from shamelessness.
#BBC #Accountability #Democracy #Ethics
#BBC #Accountability #Democracy #Ethics
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.
In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Institutions with #integrity face a built-in disadvantage: they hold themselves accountable. Their leaders resign when mistakes are made. Populists, who never admit errors, outlast them. That’s democracy’s dilemma: protecting integrity from shamelessness.
#BBC #Accountability #Democracy #Ethics
#BBC #Accountability #Democracy #Ethics
📣 New paper!
@harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social Technology & Human Rights Fellow 2024-25 @nicoleozer.bsky.social traces California's historic legacy as a #privacy leader, as AI transforms society today: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
#PrivacyRights #AI #DigitalRights #California #TechPolicy
@harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social Technology & Human Rights Fellow 2024-25 @nicoleozer.bsky.social traces California's historic legacy as a #privacy leader, as AI transforms society today: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
#PrivacyRights #AI #DigitalRights #California #TechPolicy
Putting People Power into US Privacy Law: Learning from the Past to Light the Path to True Privacy Protection to Advance Rights and Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
With the current political climate and advances in artificial intelligence (AI), the stakes are higher than ever to advance new laws that make technology work for the people and promote access, equity...
www.hks.harvard.edu
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
📣 New paper!
@harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social Technology & Human Rights Fellow 2024-25 @nicoleozer.bsky.social traces California's historic legacy as a #privacy leader, as AI transforms society today: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
#PrivacyRights #AI #DigitalRights #California #TechPolicy
@harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social Technology & Human Rights Fellow 2024-25 @nicoleozer.bsky.social traces California's historic legacy as a #privacy leader, as AI transforms society today: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
#PrivacyRights #AI #DigitalRights #California #TechPolicy
Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv last night to mark 30 years since the assassination of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin. Valerie Hamaty performed Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah in Arabic as tens of thousands listened in awe. Leaders like #Rabin are deeply missed in today’s divided world. #Peace #Gaza #Democracy
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv last night to mark 30 years since the assassination of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin. Valerie Hamaty performed Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah in Arabic as tens of thousands listened in awe. Leaders like #Rabin are deeply missed in today’s divided world. #Peace #Gaza #Democracy
New @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social discussion paper:
Burcu Kilic argues that dismantling #surveillance #capitalism requires structural transformation, not only of markets, but of the political, legal, and epistemic arrangements that sustain it.
Read it here: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Burcu Kilic argues that dismantling #surveillance #capitalism requires structural transformation, not only of markets, but of the political, legal, and epistemic arrangements that sustain it.
Read it here: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
The Geopolitics of Surveillance Capitalism
Surveillance capitalism represents a new form of capitalism that converts human behavior into data for tracking, analysis, and monetization. Yet this framing obscures the deeper architecture that sust...
www.hks.harvard.edu
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
New @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social discussion paper:
Burcu Kilic argues that dismantling #surveillance #capitalism requires structural transformation, not only of markets, but of the political, legal, and epistemic arrangements that sustain it.
Read it here: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Burcu Kilic argues that dismantling #surveillance #capitalism requires structural transformation, not only of markets, but of the political, legal, and epistemic arrangements that sustain it.
Read it here: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Yesterday in #Vienna's Auer Welsbach Park, an oak tree full of animals reminded me of Rumi's parable of the caged parrot. He longed for his free friends in India, imagining them able to fly to the grass or sit on the trees as they wish. That ability to #choose, for him, was #freedom.
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ahead of the 75th anniversary of its foundation, @globalfreemedia.bsky.social publishes an inspiring list of 75 books written by IPI members and press freedom heroes across the world to celebrate independent journalism: ipi.media/ipi-75-books... via @eisaklica.bsky.social
IPI 75 Bookshelf: 75 books to celebrate press freedom and independent journalism – ipi.media
As IPI celebrates its 75th anniversary, our team has compiled a list of 75 must-read books on press freedom and independent journalism.
ipi.media
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ahead of the 75th anniversary of its foundation, @globalfreemedia.bsky.social publishes an inspiring list of 75 books written by IPI members and press freedom heroes across the world to celebrate independent journalism: ipi.media/ipi-75-books... via @eisaklica.bsky.social
I'll be in Vienna next week for the 2025 @globalfreemedia.bsky.social World Congress & #Media #Innovation Festival.
Join our panel with Courtney Radsch, "Big Tech + Big Brother: Resisting ‘techno-fascism’ and the surveillance state", on Oct. 25 at 12:00 CEST.
ipi.media/ipi-world-co... #IPIWoCo25
Join our panel with Courtney Radsch, "Big Tech + Big Brother: Resisting ‘techno-fascism’ and the surveillance state", on Oct. 25 at 12:00 CEST.
ipi.media/ipi-world-co... #IPIWoCo25
October 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'll be in Vienna next week for the 2025 @globalfreemedia.bsky.social World Congress & #Media #Innovation Festival.
Join our panel with Courtney Radsch, "Big Tech + Big Brother: Resisting ‘techno-fascism’ and the surveillance state", on Oct. 25 at 12:00 CEST.
ipi.media/ipi-world-co... #IPIWoCo25
Join our panel with Courtney Radsch, "Big Tech + Big Brother: Resisting ‘techno-fascism’ and the surveillance state", on Oct. 25 at 12:00 CEST.
ipi.media/ipi-world-co... #IPIWoCo25
New research is here!
@harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social 2024-2025 fellow @sebasmartl.bsky.social reviews AI legislation in Latin America, uncovering significant gaps in rights-based safeguards.
Read the full publication: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
#AI #HumanRights #LatinAmerica #TechLaw
@harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social 2024-2025 fellow @sebasmartl.bsky.social reviews AI legislation in Latin America, uncovering significant gaps in rights-based safeguards.
Read the full publication: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
#AI #HumanRights #LatinAmerica #TechLaw
Analyzing a Charter of Rights and Institutions to Tackle Surveillance Capitalism in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Latin America
Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, sparking global concern over its risks, from misinformatio
www.hks.harvard.edu
October 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
New research is here!
@harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social 2024-2025 fellow @sebasmartl.bsky.social reviews AI legislation in Latin America, uncovering significant gaps in rights-based safeguards.
Read the full publication: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
#AI #HumanRights #LatinAmerica #TechLaw
@harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social 2024-2025 fellow @sebasmartl.bsky.social reviews AI legislation in Latin America, uncovering significant gaps in rights-based safeguards.
Read the full publication: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
#AI #HumanRights #LatinAmerica #TechLaw
We were in Spain last week for the 2025 Open Government Partnership Global Summit. With Oliver Money-Kyrle and Emre Ilkan Saklica, we contributed to sessions on civic participation in line with @globalfreemedia.bsky.social 's
mission to promote open, accountable governance across Europe. #OGP2025
mission to promote open, accountable governance across Europe. #OGP2025
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We were in Spain last week for the 2025 Open Government Partnership Global Summit. With Oliver Money-Kyrle and Emre Ilkan Saklica, we contributed to sessions on civic participation in line with @globalfreemedia.bsky.social 's
mission to promote open, accountable governance across Europe. #OGP2025
mission to promote open, accountable governance across Europe. #OGP2025
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
A great discussion paper by Montori et al. for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social.
They warn that surveillance capitalism is reshaping healthcare into a system focused on data rather than people, enabling Big Tech to commodify human experience and consolidate power:
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
They warn that surveillance capitalism is reshaping healthcare into a system focused on data rather than people, enabling Big Tech to commodify human experience and consolidate power:
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
The Un-Mattering of People: The Present and Near-Future of Surveillance Capitalism and the Fate of Care in Healthcare
The encroachment of surveillance capitalism into healthcare takes place as healthcare becomes increasingly industrialized.
www.hks.harvard.edu
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A great discussion paper by Montori et al. for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social.
They warn that surveillance capitalism is reshaping healthcare into a system focused on data rather than people, enabling Big Tech to commodify human experience and consolidate power:
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
They warn that surveillance capitalism is reshaping healthcare into a system focused on data rather than people, enabling Big Tech to commodify human experience and consolidate power:
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Reposted by EMRE KIZILKAYA
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
September 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
I stumbled upon this on the interwebs today:
September 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I stumbled upon this on the interwebs today:
I'm honored to share that my Ph.D. thesis, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑉𝑒𝑖𝑙: 𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡, 𝐴𝐼 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, has been accepted.
My deepest gratitude goes to all my mentors, including my advisor Professor Kerem Rizvanoglu. I’ll share more about the findings soon.
My deepest gratitude goes to all my mentors, including my advisor Professor Kerem Rizvanoglu. I’ll share more about the findings soon.
September 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I'm honored to share that my Ph.D. thesis, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑉𝑒𝑖𝑙: 𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡, 𝐴𝐼 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, has been accepted.
My deepest gratitude goes to all my mentors, including my advisor Professor Kerem Rizvanoglu. I’ll share more about the findings soon.
My deepest gratitude goes to all my mentors, including my advisor Professor Kerem Rizvanoglu. I’ll share more about the findings soon.
Latest from my fellows at @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social :
🎧 @lexzard.bsky.social on #DMA in a podcast with Prof Mathias Risse: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
📄 @sebasmartl.bsky.social on "Algorithmic #Discrimination in Latin American Welfare States": www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
🎧 @lexzard.bsky.social on #DMA in a podcast with Prof Mathias Risse: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
📄 @sebasmartl.bsky.social on "Algorithmic #Discrimination in Latin American Welfare States": www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Digital Rights Across Borders: EU vs. US on Consumer Data Protection
www.hks.harvard.edu
August 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Latest from my fellows at @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social :
🎧 @lexzard.bsky.social on #DMA in a podcast with Prof Mathias Risse: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
📄 @sebasmartl.bsky.social on "Algorithmic #Discrimination in Latin American Welfare States": www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
🎧 @lexzard.bsky.social on #DMA in a podcast with Prof Mathias Risse: www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
📄 @sebasmartl.bsky.social on "Algorithmic #Discrimination in Latin American Welfare States": www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Reposted by EMRE KIZILKAYA
📢Important read : OFE Publishes Landmark Study Calling for Funding Europe’s Open Digital Infrastructure through an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF)
👉Read President of EOSA Daniel Stenberg's statement of support and OFE's full report here : europeanopensource.academy/news/stateme...
👉Read President of EOSA Daniel Stenberg's statement of support and OFE's full report here : europeanopensource.academy/news/stateme...
July 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📢Important read : OFE Publishes Landmark Study Calling for Funding Europe’s Open Digital Infrastructure through an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF)
👉Read President of EOSA Daniel Stenberg's statement of support and OFE's full report here : europeanopensource.academy/news/stateme...
👉Read President of EOSA Daniel Stenberg's statement of support and OFE's full report here : europeanopensource.academy/news/stateme...
"One of my favorite things about America is my constitutional right to make fun of the powerful," #Colbert once proudly said in 2015 after reporting a Turkish man faced two years in jail for comparing President Erdoğan to Gollum from The Lord of the Rings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Sv...
July 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"One of my favorite things about America is my constitutional right to make fun of the powerful," #Colbert once proudly said in 2015 after reporting a Turkish man faced two years in jail for comparing President Erdoğan to Gollum from The Lord of the Rings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Sv...
"Not since a series of coups in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s have such high-profile political leaders been removed from office on the basis of as yet unpublished evidence, which suspects' lawyers dismiss as fabricated."
Reuters analysis on what is happening in #Turkey: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Reuters analysis on what is happening in #Turkey: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Turkey detains hundreds of Erdogan opponents in pursuit of 'octopus' of corruption
Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of a sprawling investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days.
www.reuters.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Not since a series of coups in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s have such high-profile political leaders been removed from office on the basis of as yet unpublished evidence, which suspects' lawyers dismiss as fabricated."
Reuters analysis on what is happening in #Turkey: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Reuters analysis on what is happening in #Turkey: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
To paraphrase a sentiment often attributed to Max Planck (and more accurately to Thomas Kuhn):
Truth never triumphs, its opponents just die out.
Truth never triumphs, its opponents just die out.
July 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
To paraphrase a sentiment often attributed to Max Planck (and more accurately to Thomas Kuhn):
Truth never triumphs, its opponents just die out.
Truth never triumphs, its opponents just die out.