JEMc
@jasminemcnealy.com
Future somebody | Data, Tech, Law, Power | Wake up, oh sleeper...
Pinned
JEMc
@jasminemcnealy.com
· Nov 18
An introduction…
Hello - I’m a US-based scholar, avocate, and critical public interest technologist…erstwhile journalist/design editor
I study emerging media/tech (including AI) with an emphasis on privacy, surveillance, and data governance…
One of the “& Society” people
Also: icedlabs.org
Hello - I’m a US-based scholar, avocate, and critical public interest technologist…erstwhile journalist/design editor
I study emerging media/tech (including AI) with an emphasis on privacy, surveillance, and data governance…
One of the “& Society” people
Also: icedlabs.org
A critical geography of the Lost Cause…
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A critical geography of the Lost Cause…
Are these the same cattle ranchers who sued Oprah back in the day?
Trump attacks the cattle ranchers and basically says he knows what’s best for them and that they should be grateful for him
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Are these the same cattle ranchers who sued Oprah back in the day?
Hello canary…
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hello canary…
Who doesn’t love a good scam story - a mix of geopolitics, statecraft, crypto and public relations by @tfa.ng asteriskmag.com/issues/11/sc...
Scam Cities—Asterisk
Criminal networks throughout Southeast Asia are demonstrating the dangers of making “the ultimate exit.”
asteriskmag.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Who doesn’t love a good scam story - a mix of geopolitics, statecraft, crypto and public relations by @tfa.ng asteriskmag.com/issues/11/sc...
Thanks to @techpolicypress.bsky.social for publishing our essay on the need for governance of GenAI use in health campaigns aimed at African audiences. It speaks to the larger issue of the necessity of good governance of technology general, but especially AI.
AI’s potential in health is real, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy. But by implementing stronger governance now, African countries can ensure AI serves communities rather than displacing the cultural knowledge that sustains trust in health systems.
Lessons from Nigeria and Kenya on Digital Colonialism in AI Health Messaging | TechPolicy.Press
The question isn't whether Africa will be included in AI governance, but whether it will set the standards, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy.
www.techpolicy.press
October 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thanks to @techpolicypress.bsky.social for publishing our essay on the need for governance of GenAI use in health campaigns aimed at African audiences. It speaks to the larger issue of the necessity of good governance of technology general, but especially AI.
Reposted by JEMc
AI’s potential in health is real, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy. But by implementing stronger governance now, African countries can ensure AI serves communities rather than displacing the cultural knowledge that sustains trust in health systems.
Lessons from Nigeria and Kenya on Digital Colonialism in AI Health Messaging | TechPolicy.Press
The question isn't whether Africa will be included in AI governance, but whether it will set the standards, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy.
www.techpolicy.press
October 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
AI’s potential in health is real, write Yewande O. Addie and Jasmine E. McNealy. But by implementing stronger governance now, African countries can ensure AI serves communities rather than displacing the cultural knowledge that sustains trust in health systems.
Reposted by JEMc
One of the greatest living Americans.
September 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
One of the greatest living Americans.
🧵
It is, far and away, the most challenging thing I’ve encountered since entering the academy. And that is saying a lot. I might be working on this but I keep putting it aside because I’m not medicated enough to describe how demoralizing it all is.
We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
September 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🧵
Reposted by JEMc
If the Supreme Court were right that the President has an essentially unlimited power to disregard Congressional legislation and appropriations, ours would not be a constitution deserving of respect.
Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.
Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.
September 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If the Supreme Court were right that the President has an essentially unlimited power to disregard Congressional legislation and appropriations, ours would not be a constitution deserving of respect.
Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.
Fortunately, the Court is wrong, and it is the Court that deserves no respect.
Looking forward to this Tuesday in NYC.
Sept 23: Don't miss the next event in our series w NYPL! D&S’s @tamigraph.bsky.social will talk to Jasmine McNealy & Sanjana Paul about the environmental toll of AI and what we can do about it. In-person spots are going fast, so reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
September 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Looking forward to this Tuesday in NYC.
Will she have her Alan Keys, circa 1996, moment?
September 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Will she have her Alan Keys, circa 1996, moment?
Language folks - is there a “Destinos” for every language?
September 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Language folks - is there a “Destinos” for every language?
Carved bullet casings? Everyone watches too many movies…
September 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Carved bullet casings? Everyone watches too many movies…
There is something nefarious about this business model
found out what former Wondery COO Jeanine Wright is up to: flooding the internet with unlistenable AI podcasts
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
September 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
There is something nefarious about this business model
Reposted by JEMc
Because as Jesus said, “sometimes you gotta smack a bitch.” 1 Pimps 22:12
Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.
Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Because as Jesus said, “sometimes you gotta smack a bitch.” 1 Pimps 22:12
Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.
Or something. Anyway, that’s what Hegseth told him.
Really shouldn’t have missed 4S this year.
September 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Really shouldn’t have missed 4S this year.
Example 1250 of a company getting off cheap for spying…
“The lawyers who filed the case had argued Google had used the data they collected off smartphones without users’ permission to help sell ads tailored to users’ individual interests — a strategy that resulted in the company reaping billions in additional revenue.”
Google facing $425.7 million in damages for nearly a decade of improper smartphone snooping
A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions.
apnews.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Example 1250 of a company getting off cheap for spying…
"South Korea’s largest daily, Chosun Ilbo, struck a similar tone, framing the arrests as a betrayal and a harsh blow to South Korea.
'After Investing in ‘Trump MAGA,’ What Came Back Was the Arrest of 300 Koreans,' the headline read."
...
'After Investing in ‘Trump MAGA,’ What Came Back Was the Arrest of 300 Koreans,' the headline read."
...
South Korea vows 'all-out efforts' to help hundreds detained in raid at Hyundai facility in Georgia
South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said he was “deeply concerned” and felt “heavy responsibilities for the arrests of our citizens.”
www.nbcnews.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"South Korea’s largest daily, Chosun Ilbo, struck a similar tone, framing the arrests as a betrayal and a harsh blow to South Korea.
'After Investing in ‘Trump MAGA,’ What Came Back Was the Arrest of 300 Koreans,' the headline read."
...
'After Investing in ‘Trump MAGA,’ What Came Back Was the Arrest of 300 Koreans,' the headline read."
...
I want to thank all of the tech/media orgs for the examples you’re providing for my media law class this semester
Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission
Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.
reut.rs
August 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I want to thank all of the tech/media orgs for the examples you’re providing for my media law class this semester
Reposted by JEMc
Yuval Noah Harari Explains How to Protect Your Mind in the Age of AI
Yuval Noah Harari Explains How to Protect Your Mind in the Age of AI
You could say that we live in the age of artificial intelligence, although it feels truer about no aspect of our lives than it does of advertising.
www.openculture.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yuval Noah Harari Explains How to Protect Your Mind in the Age of AI
Reposted by JEMc
In the latest episode in her series of podcasts, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Navaroli talks with Jasmine McNealy & Naomi Nix about the evolving role of journalism in tech accountability and what it will take to reimagine trust in media in the age of influencers and AI.
Through to Thriving: Pursuing The Truth with Dr. Jasmine McNealy and Naomi Nix | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation about journalism and tech accountability hosted by Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli.
www.techpolicy.press
August 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In the latest episode in her series of podcasts, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Navaroli talks with Jasmine McNealy & Naomi Nix about the evolving role of journalism in tech accountability and what it will take to reimagine trust in media in the age of influencers and AI.
ATL, AMS and BKK
Actually, you know what? Let’s stop complaining for a second. QT this with a GOOD airport. Defend that title as much or as little as you like. But let’s hear about airports that don’t suck.
August 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ATL, AMS and BKK
Reposted by JEMc
Academic friends: I'm going to be teaching a new graduate level seminar in media policy in the spring, and I'm looking for reading suggestions and or sample syllabi.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
August 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Academic friends: I'm going to be teaching a new graduate level seminar in media policy in the spring, and I'm looking for reading suggestions and or sample syllabi.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
Reposted by JEMc
So excited to be able to partner with the amazing folks at @proton.me (especially Chris Cannucciari and Julia Jade Duffy) for this project on privacy and mass surveillance! youtu.be/QpFw7dk9l-0?...
Privacy Advocate Exposes All The Ways You're Being Surveilled
YouTube video by Proton
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So excited to be able to partner with the amazing folks at @proton.me (especially Chris Cannucciari and Julia Jade Duffy) for this project on privacy and mass surveillance! youtu.be/QpFw7dk9l-0?...
What the heck was this press conference?
August 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What the heck was this press conference?