Your #FAccT2025 General Chairs @sciorestis.bsky.social, @metaxa.net, and I, reporting from the venue.

We're looking forward to welcoming you to the Athens Conservatoire or online!

We’re growing, and we want you with us!

The Coalition for Independent Technology Research is a global community of researchers demanding transparency and supporting public understanding about the societal impacts of technology. (1/4)

We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group.

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Excited to share that I got another grant rejection🥳🥳

I keep reviewing plots from students were the y-axis does not start from zero - why? ChatGPT usually makes plots that focus only at the values of the points.

Does it annoy any of you too?

Are you in need of financial support to attend #FAccT2025? Check the following link and apply by April 25 for scholarships to cover your travel or registration costs. We also have grants to help support internet access, caregiving, and other accommodations.

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Has anyone done or seen any work on the dating app Raya? I have a student who wants to do her verification case study on it, but she (nor I) can find any work on it.

To our Doctoral Consortium applicants, please accept our apologies for the delayed notification timeline! Due to unforeseen circumstances on our end, the new notification deadline will be March 30. We're working hard behind the scenes to get you your notifications ASAP.

" Optifye.ai, a member of Y Combinator’s current cohort, sparked a social media backlash that ended up with YC deleting it off its socials."

Optifye helps factory owners "know who’s working — and who isn’t — in “real-time” thanks to AI-powered security cameras it places on assembly lines."

Please do not frame this as an AI race. It is not a useful lens.

Europe needs investment, innovation, and public value driven AI.

The world does not need an AI arms race on the conditions of irresponsible companies or erratic political leadership.

Did you know that Peter Thiel and David Sacks wrote this book years ago? Did you know that they all lived in Apartheid-era South Africa, just like the guy they put out in front to do the dirty work?

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Our call for #FAccT2025 tutorials is now live! Deadline March 11 ⏰

We welcome perspectives from a variety of disciplines and are looking for three kinds of tutorials:
- dialogue/translation tutorials
- implications tutorials
- practice tutorials

facctconference.org/2025/cft

I'm conducting research on TikTok and looking to speak with someone who believes they have been shadowbanned. If this is you or someone you know, please LMK.

Applications are open for the inaugural Disinformation Summer Institute. This 3-day, intensive summer institute is intended for graduate students, post-docs, assistant professors or early career researchers seeking to better understand and address disinformation. More info: disinfoinstitute.org

Reminder! We have an extensive author guide to help you prepare your paper submissions! It includes important info about:
- the reviewing process
- formatting instructions
- our preprint, AI, and other policies

facctconference.org/2025/aguide