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· May 10
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📣 Our method for conducting community-based algorithmic impact assessments is now available! We’ve just launched a new section on our website where you can find an extensive toolkit, documentation of our pilots, and a series of reflections on lessons learned. datasociety.net/research/alg...
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
📣 Our method for conducting community-based algorithmic impact assessments is now available! We’ve just launched a new section on our website where you can find an extensive toolkit, documentation of our pilots, and a series of reflections on lessons learned. datasociety.net/research/alg...
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New! Govt tech purchasing has never been more high stakes, yet decisions about it rarely include public input. @megyoung0.bsky.social, w Sarah Fox, Vinhcent Le, & Oscar J. Romero Jr, explain why such input is essential, and outline specific opportunities & tactics. datasociety.net/library/gear...
June 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
New! Govt tech purchasing has never been more high stakes, yet decisions about it rarely include public input. @megyoung0.bsky.social, w Sarah Fox, Vinhcent Le, & Oscar J. Romero Jr, explain why such input is essential, and outline specific opportunities & tactics. datasociety.net/library/gear...
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📣 New op-ed for Tech Policy Press is out. Thanks to @benlennett.bsky.social, @megyoung0.bsky.social, @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, @datasociety.bsky.social for making it possible!
While it is critical to prepare for the effects of AI on employment, these efforts should be grounded in present-day evidence rather than speculative futures, writes Natalia Luka. “Absent specificity… we risk either inaction or misdirected action on some of the most important issues of our time.”
Weaponizing AGI: How Speculative Futures Undermine Worker Protections | TechPolicy.Press
Natalia Luka critiques speculative narratives about AI's future and how they are driving policy inaction.
www.techpolicy.press
June 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
📣 New op-ed for Tech Policy Press is out. Thanks to @benlennett.bsky.social, @megyoung0.bsky.social, @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, @datasociety.bsky.social for making it possible!
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@megyoung0.bsky.social and I penned this intro essay to a special collection of brilliant essays, convened by @techpolicypress.bsky.social and @datasociety.bsky.social. We asked our friends: what do the normies need to know to fight the long fight against technofascism?
Find them all linked here.
Find them all linked here.
June 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
@megyoung0.bsky.social and I penned this intro essay to a special collection of brilliant essays, convened by @techpolicypress.bsky.social and @datasociety.bsky.social. We asked our friends: what do the normies need to know to fight the long fight against technofascism?
Find them all linked here.
Find them all linked here.
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1/ I want to express my thanks to all the authors convened by @datasociety.bsky.social for the special series we kicked off this week on @techpolicypress.bsky.social. The first was the scene-setter from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social on tech power and the crisis of democracy:
Tech Power and the Crisis of Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
Announcing a new series, Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.
www.techpolicy.press
June 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
1/ I want to express my thanks to all the authors convened by @datasociety.bsky.social for the special series we kicked off this week on @techpolicypress.bsky.social. The first was the scene-setter from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social on tech power and the crisis of democracy:
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For @techpolicypress.bsky.social , I
tried to connect some dots between AI-related energy investments and other technofascist attempts at concentrating power through land and resources, from nuclear startups to network cities
Thanks @justinhendrix.bsky.social @megyoung0.bsky.social for the edits
tried to connect some dots between AI-related energy investments and other technofascist attempts at concentrating power through land and resources, from nuclear startups to network cities
Thanks @justinhendrix.bsky.social @megyoung0.bsky.social for the edits
Why are Tech Oligarchs So Obsessed with Energy and What Does That Mean for Democracy? | TechPolicy.Press
Promises of abundance contrast with the real environmental impact of AI infrastructure, writes Data & Society's Tamara Kneese.
www.techpolicy.press
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
For @techpolicypress.bsky.social , I
tried to connect some dots between AI-related energy investments and other technofascist attempts at concentrating power through land and resources, from nuclear startups to network cities
Thanks @justinhendrix.bsky.social @megyoung0.bsky.social for the edits
tried to connect some dots between AI-related energy investments and other technofascist attempts at concentrating power through land and resources, from nuclear startups to network cities
Thanks @justinhendrix.bsky.social @megyoung0.bsky.social for the edits
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🧵 for the late crowd! New pieces- on tech and democracy from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, the myth of AGI from @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social, and the challenges of actually deploying AI in government by @benzevgreen.bsky.social - part of a new series!
Opening a new series on Tech Policy Press in collaboration with Data & Society called “Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis,” Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.
Tech Power and the Crisis of Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
Announcing a new series, Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.
www.techpolicy.press
June 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🧵 for the late crowd! New pieces- on tech and democracy from @megyoung0.bsky.social and @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, the myth of AGI from @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social, and the challenges of actually deploying AI in government by @benzevgreen.bsky.social - part of a new series!
Reposted by Meg Young
Opening a new series on Tech Policy Press in collaboration with Data & Society called “Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis,” Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.
Tech Power and the Crisis of Democracy | TechPolicy.Press
Announcing a new series, Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.
www.techpolicy.press
June 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Opening a new series on Tech Policy Press in collaboration with Data & Society called “Ideologies of Control: A Series on Tech Power and Democratic Crisis,” Jacob Metcalf and Meg Young examine how a small group of tech billionaires is pushing an anti-democratic agenda.
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This is exactly it. Silicon Valley preppers + the delusional architects of AI addled techno fascism aren’t denying climate change, they’re remaking society to save themselves while pushing for speculative energy futures where they fully control the earth’s resources www.thenation.com/article/envi...
May 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is exactly it. Silicon Valley preppers + the delusional architects of AI addled techno fascism aren’t denying climate change, they’re remaking society to save themselves while pushing for speculative energy futures where they fully control the earth’s resources www.thenation.com/article/envi...