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Meredith Broussard, PhD
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Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. Professor at NYU. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com

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Meredith Broussard is a data journalism professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Her research focuses on the role of artificial intelligence in journalism. .. more

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The Markup @themarkup.org · 14h
The civil lawsuit, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists, but don’t.
Dating App Rape Survivors File Lawsuit Accusing Hinge, Tinder of “Accommodating Rapists” – The Markup
The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists, but don’t.
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Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Steve Peers, Robert C. Richards , and 6 more

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Gillian Rose, Janet Murray

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Miles Klee 🦉 @milesklee.bsky.social · 3d
Published my first piece at @wired.com today, about a string of AI thrillers that have bombed (most recent being the hopelessly naive Chris Pratt vehicle 'Mercy'), the backlash to Darren Aronofsky's YouTube slop take on the American Revolution, and a grotesque nostalgia-bait Super Bowl ad:
Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue
Entertainment about or made with artificial intelligence has been missing the mark with viewers over the past year.
www.wired.com

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Greg Linden

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d
A new tool lets you search the Epstein files for mentions of your LinkedIn contacts. Tried it out, does work. Outputs a report with links to the material on the DOJ website.

www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts
EpsteIN—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
www.404media.co

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d
“A new slew of AI equipment, featuring cameras that watch your every move, was somehow even more expensive than their already considerably pricy lineup of exercise equipment.”

“And shockingly, the company’s doubling down on AI doesn’t appear to have paid off.”
Peloton Institutes Mass Layoffs After Pivoting to AI
Peloton's doubling down on AI doesn't appear to have paid off. The company slashed 11 percent of its workforce this week.
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Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Wouter Poortinga, Cathy N. Davidson , and 3 more

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 3d
"Imposing minimum teaching requirements...has been touted as a way to cut costs and 'better focus university resources in the classroom,' .... The notion is also gaining steam in conservative circles as a means of ensuring faculty productivity and curbing 'intellectually unserious' research."
The Campaign to Make Professors Teach More
Lawmakers say faculty members don’t work enough. Is this about productivity or punishment?
www.chronicle.com

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 4d
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Anna O. Law, Ingrid Piller , and 3 more

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4d
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 5d
It won't surprise anyone to learn that Data Center lobbying has exploded.

www.techpolicy.press/amidst-boom-...

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 5d
Email me if u want to talk more!

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 6d
I do a physical activity where each sheet of paper is a record, and each student fills out the record and holds it in front so others can see. Then, the students stand together and group and/or sort themselves in response to a kinda-query I shout out. It’s fun.

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Caroline Haskins @carolinehaskins.bsky.social · 6d
SCOOP: Palantir's AI has been deployed at HHS since last March to audit grants, grant applications, & job descriptions for anything related to "DEI" or "gender ideology"

The goal was to ensure compliance with 2 of Trump's executive orders:
www.wired.com/story/hhs-is...
HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants
Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”
www.wired.com

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Woodrow Hartzog

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d
“The company launched its Search Party feature in September and, despite some misgivings about it being enabled by default (and concerns around privacy and relationships with law enforcement), the company is taking a victory lap with a Super Bowl commercial.”
Now anyone can tap Ring doorbells to search for lost dogs
Ring says Search Party helps find more than one missing pet a day.
www.theverge.com

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 7d
Justin Hendrix scrutinized the latest Department of Homeland Security AI use case inventory, which details over 200 applications across DHS component agencies, including CBP and ICE. DHS is rapidly deploying these tools in US cities, while increasingly engaging in violence and defying court orders.
DHS AI Surveillance Arsenal Grows as Agency Defies Courts
A Department of Homeland Security AI inventory contains details on new tools used by ICE and border patrol agents in Trump's deportation campaign.
www.techpolicy.press

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d
In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how sensor-driven technologies, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.
How to Apply the 'Tyrant Test' to Technology
George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is the author of the forthcoming book Your Data Will Be Used Against You.
www.techpolicy.press

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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 7d
"Our reporters worldwide put their lives on the line to dig up what would otherwise stay buried. It's not a product. It's a public service." www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/fear...
Fearing major layoffs, current and former Posties rally around #SaveThePost campaign
The Washington Post newsroom, whose journalists have continued to deliver essential reporting in an unrelenting news cycle (not to mention one reporter being subject to an FBI raid), is expecting…
www.niemanlab.org

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 7d
I keep meaning to write something like this!

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 7d
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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 8d
Coz I deleted a math class! 🤣

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 8d
Genius
karenhao.bsky.social Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 8d
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Fabián Muniesa

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 8d
Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.

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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 9d
No lies detected.

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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 9d
“The internet has unsorted and disarranged knowledge…& even though it has made…knowledge more accessible than ever before, it has also mixed [it] up with all the other online noise. Books are our best chance of making sense of the information soup in our pockets.”
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Womb and the Web | Los Angeles Review of Books
Isabel Davis considers Amanda Hess’s new book about bringing a baby into a world of smart technology and data harvesting.
lareviewofbooks.org

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10d
Big Tech and data center developers promise 21st century jobs for de-industrialized Ohio towns. Residents aren't necessarily buying it, citing concerns over energy, the environment, and tax incentives. Tech Policy Press contributing editor Dean Jackson surveys the state of affairs:
Data Centers, Riches and Rebellion in Big Tech’s Inland Empire
Dean Jackson looks at the politics of data center development across Ohio.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10d
Great reporting last year from The Markup and @thecity.nyc themarkup.org/news/2024/03...

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 11d
CASW’s (CASW) Jan 29 event on investigative science reporting will provide all registrants, even those who can’t attend, with a video recording & a tipsheet with resources for journalists.

A must for anyone covering science stories in depth.

Register: https://twp.ai/9PahoN

Reposted by Meredith Broussard, David Murakami Wood

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 11d
Incredible story by @agreenberg.bsky.social, both on the scam compound operation and how he navigated a uniquely difficult and dangerous situation for his source. This one should be required reading for journalism ethics classes: www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com

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visualisingclimate.com
Visualising Climate @visualisingclimate.com · 11d
Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data.
visualisingclimate.org
#VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12d
I’ll confess, my initial reaction when stories like this started dribbling out was that the folks described must have had some preexisting issue waiting to be set off by something or other. But the more accumulate, the more it seems like… no, it’s the LLMs. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
How Bad Are A.I. Delusions? We Asked People Treating Them.
www.nytimes.com