Corrina Laughlin
@corrinalaughlin.bsky.social
Prof at Loyola Marymount University. Californian. I write about digital media and religion.
Looks like Penn got hacked
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Looks like Penn got hacked
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Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there
September 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there
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in retrospect, there’s probably never been a name as threatening as “America Online”
September 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
in retrospect, there’s probably never been a name as threatening as “America Online”
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This is a really important resource and reporting cataloguing the scale at which AI is scraping the internet and allowing people to search these datasets
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Introducing AI Watchdog
An ongoing investigation by The Atlantic to reveal the inner workings of generative AI
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a really important resource and reporting cataloguing the scale at which AI is scraping the internet and allowing people to search these datasets
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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A German teen told Meta's child safety researchers his under-10 little brother had been sexually propositioned multiple times on its VR platform.
Meta deleted the evidence.
New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Meta deleted the evidence.
New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
The company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A German teen told Meta's child safety researchers his under-10 little brother had been sexually propositioned multiple times on its VR platform.
Meta deleted the evidence.
New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Meta deleted the evidence.
New internal whistleblower docs indicate that was part of a broader cover-up: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Don’t threaten me with a good time
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Don’t threaten me with a good time
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The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
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If you live in Colorado get out there and make some noise about this however you can
Donald Trump hired Peter Thiel’s AI company Palantir to vacuum up Americans’ data.
Dems in Palantir’s home state are now pushing new legislation to block watchdog groups & citizens from filing consumer protection lawsuits against AI giants like Palantir.
www.levernews.com/the-plot-to-...
Dems in Palantir’s home state are now pushing new legislation to block watchdog groups & citizens from filing consumer protection lawsuits against AI giants like Palantir.
www.levernews.com/the-plot-to-...
August 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you live in Colorado get out there and make some noise about this however you can
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If you’re preparing your fall syllabi and would like to expand the global 🌏 focus of your media courses, check out the eleven chapters in our open access, multimodal edited collection MEDIA TRAVELS! 🎮📺📻🎧
Read more about the goals and contributions of the collection here:
Read more about the goals and contributions of the collection here:
A new edited collection from @llamasjr.bsky.social brings readers on a tour of media beyond the typical U.S. canon:
Creating an Atlas of Global Media
www.asc.upenn.edu
July 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you’re preparing your fall syllabi and would like to expand the global 🌏 focus of your media courses, check out the eleven chapters in our open access, multimodal edited collection MEDIA TRAVELS! 🎮📺📻🎧
Read more about the goals and contributions of the collection here:
Read more about the goals and contributions of the collection here:
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If you need a reason to resist and refuse the entrenchment of AI technologies in schools and demand a different vision of education, here's one: "The Trump administration is willing to put resources behind AI education and AI literacy, while it strips funds for actual public education."
Trump's AI Action Plan is even worse than I thought it'd be. It's a tech industry wishlist with every box ticked. It signals the further coherence of Silicon Valley and the Trump-led federal government into a cooperative, automation-bent surveillance state. It's a blueprint for dystopia.
Trump's AI Action Plan is a blueprint for dystopia
The president is trying to give Silicon Valley nearly everything it wants — at a price.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If you need a reason to resist and refuse the entrenchment of AI technologies in schools and demand a different vision of education, here's one: "The Trump administration is willing to put resources behind AI education and AI literacy, while it strips funds for actual public education."
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“Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke.”
Trump's AI Action Plan is even worse than I thought it'd be. It's a tech industry wishlist with every box ticked. It signals the further coherence of Silicon Valley and the Trump-led federal government into a cooperative, automation-bent surveillance state. It's a blueprint for dystopia.
Trump's AI Action Plan is a blueprint for dystopia
The president is trying to give Silicon Valley nearly everything it wants — at a price.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke.”
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A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
July 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
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he's bitin the heads off the angels now
July 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
he's bitin the heads off the angels now
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
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WGBH building in Boston today
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
WGBH building in Boston today
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It sounds like Clearview but with a database of government photos instead of photos scraped from the internet. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images
404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just point...
www.404media.co
July 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It sounds like Clearview but with a database of government photos instead of photos scraped from the internet. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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We might also ask what a person who has access to all of our information might do with it, now that we know he has a penchant for turning his AI machine into a Hitlermobile.
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
We might also ask what a person who has access to all of our information might do with it, now that we know he has a penchant for turning his AI machine into a Hitlermobile.
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whenever i see grok screenshots i remember how it's running on methane-gas generators in a black neighborhood in memphis www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
whenever i see grok screenshots i remember how it's running on methane-gas generators in a black neighborhood in memphis www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
July 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.
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The singularity is awesome
June 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The singularity is awesome
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New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
www.404media.co
June 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
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Today, Los Angeles received ts first honor of three Michelin Stars. The head chef of Somni, which received three, removed his jacket to reveal a t-shirt which read “immigrants feed America.”
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
These two L.A. restaurants are the city's first-ever to receive three Michelin stars
For the first time in Michelin’s history, the global dining guide awarded three stars — the highest rating possible — to L.A. restaurants.
www.latimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Today, Los Angeles received ts first honor of three Michelin Stars. The head chef of Somni, which received three, removed his jacket to reveal a t-shirt which read “immigrants feed America.”
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
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when you give authority to people who can't be held accountable, you get anonymous militia roaming the streets
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
when you give authority to people who can't be held accountable, you get anonymous militia roaming the streets
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Once again Meta launches a feature without even taking a basic stab at privacy considerations www.404media.co/meta-invents...
Meta Invents New Way to Humiliate Users With Feed of People's Chats With AI
In an industry full of grifters and companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a worse actor than Meta, or a worse product that the AI Discover feed.
www.404media.co
June 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Once again Meta launches a feature without even taking a basic stab at privacy considerations www.404media.co/meta-invents...