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Why sovereignty matters for humanitarian data - Aaron Martin, 2025
Technological interventions in aid are both complex and deeply ambiguous. Nonetheless, many contemporary controversies surrounding humanitarian data reflect und...
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New paper out in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social on #humanitarian #data #sovereignty💥
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
My deep gratitude to @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social, @margchee.bsky.social, @emryss.bsky.social, Quito Tsui, Paul Currion, @sophiebt.bsky.social, and @massimomarelli.bsky.social for the inspiration ❤️
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
My deep gratitude to @kerenweitzberg.bsky.social, @margchee.bsky.social, @emryss.bsky.social, Quito Tsui, Paul Currion, @sophiebt.bsky.social, and @massimomarelli.bsky.social for the inspiration ❤️
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Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life Fellows - Assistant Professor (Research) G7 - G8
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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So it sure looks like someone invented a fake Russian advance in Ukraine to manipulate the online gambling market Polymarket. Gamblers are making money by betting on the outcomes of battles big and small in the war. Edited map is run by DC-based think tank
www.404media.co/unauthorized...
www.404media.co/unauthorized...
'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting
It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So it sure looks like someone invented a fake Russian advance in Ukraine to manipulate the online gambling market Polymarket. Gamblers are making money by betting on the outcomes of battles big and small in the war. Edited map is run by DC-based think tank
www.404media.co/unauthorized...
www.404media.co/unauthorized...
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"Pockets of resistance to data centres are growing across the US, which now has more than 4,000, the most in the world, according to research company Data Center Map. Georgia has 163, making it seventh. Virginia, at the top, hosts 666 facilities."
www.ft.com/content/7f39...
"Pockets of resistance to data centres are growing across the US, which now has more than 4,000, the most in the world, according to research company Data Center Map. Georgia has 163, making it seventh. Virginia, at the top, hosts 666 facilities."
www.ft.com/content/7f39...
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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"Pockets of resistance to data centres are growing across the US, which now has more than 4,000, the most in the world, according to research company Data Center Map. Georgia has 163, making it seventh. Virginia, at the top, hosts 666 facilities."
www.ft.com/content/7f39...
"Pockets of resistance to data centres are growing across the US, which now has more than 4,000, the most in the world, according to research company Data Center Map. Georgia has 163, making it seventh. Virginia, at the top, hosts 666 facilities."
www.ft.com/content/7f39...
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There is currently about $100m of bets staked on moves in the Ukraine war on Polymarket.
To make a more compelling interface on this war betting,
the guys who do the Pentagon Pizza thing are accused of scraping frontline mapping data without permission.
#NotBlackMirror
dev.ua/en/news/deep...
To make a more compelling interface on this war betting,
the guys who do the Pentagon Pizza thing are accused of scraping frontline mapping data without permission.
#NotBlackMirror
dev.ua/en/news/deep...
DeepState API used without permission to integrate with bets on the occupation of Ukrainian territory on Polymarket
The developers of the PolyGlobe map, which visualizes bets from Polymarket with geolocation, have unauthorizedly used the API of the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState. In this way, they wanted to impr...
dev.ua
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There is currently about $100m of bets staked on moves in the Ukraine war on Polymarket.
To make a more compelling interface on this war betting,
the guys who do the Pentagon Pizza thing are accused of scraping frontline mapping data without permission.
#NotBlackMirror
dev.ua/en/news/deep...
To make a more compelling interface on this war betting,
the guys who do the Pentagon Pizza thing are accused of scraping frontline mapping data without permission.
#NotBlackMirror
dev.ua/en/news/deep...
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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We are proud to share that Professor Aaron Martin (@empo11on.bsky.social) co-edited Data Protection in Humanitarian Action, marking 10 years of ICRC & UNHCR data frameworks. A milestone on how data protection drives responsible humanitarian action. Read open access: https://bit.ly/47TYiIm
Data Protection in Humanitarian Action: Responding to Crises in a Data-Driven World
This book is the product of a collaboration between the data protection offices of the ICRC and UNHCR, alongside the Global Privacy Assembly, to reflect on a decade of progress in data protection in h...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We are proud to share that Professor Aaron Martin (@empo11on.bsky.social) co-edited Data Protection in Humanitarian Action, marking 10 years of ICRC & UNHCR data frameworks. A milestone on how data protection drives responsible humanitarian action. Read open access: https://bit.ly/47TYiIm
"At least 49 family members and colleagues of Afghans affected by the UK Ministry of Defence's mass data breach have been killed, according to research submitted to a parliamentary committee."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
At least 49 relatives and colleagues of Afghans in data leak have been killed, study suggests
Research also finds 200 of 231 people notified by MoD of breach reported threats to themselves or families
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"At least 49 family members and colleagues of Afghans affected by the UK Ministry of Defence's mass data breach have been killed, according to research submitted to a parliamentary committee."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This is sounding more and more like the Council of Nicea who meet behind closed doors and poke the chatbot until it says it feels something.
arstechnica.com/information-...
arstechnica.com/information-...
Expert panel will determine AGI arrival in new Microsoft-OpenAI agreement
New deal extends Microsoft IP rights until 2032 or until AGI arrives.
arstechnica.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is sounding more and more like the Council of Nicea who meet behind closed doors and poke the chatbot until it says it feels something.
arstechnica.com/information-...
arstechnica.com/information-...
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Call for Abstracts / Panels
PLANETARY SURVEILLANCE
#SSN2026 – the 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference
9-12 June 2026
Université Catholique de Lille, France
Details: surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Submissions (open soon): ssn2026.sciencesconf.org
PLANETARY SURVEILLANCE
#SSN2026 – the 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference
9-12 June 2026
Université Catholique de Lille, France
Details: surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Submissions (open soon): ssn2026.sciencesconf.org
Conference – Surveillance Studies Network
surveillance-studies.net
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Call for Abstracts / Panels
PLANETARY SURVEILLANCE
#SSN2026 – the 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference
9-12 June 2026
Université Catholique de Lille, France
Details: surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Submissions (open soon): ssn2026.sciencesconf.org
PLANETARY SURVEILLANCE
#SSN2026 – the 11th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network Conference
9-12 June 2026
Université Catholique de Lille, France
Details: surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Submissions (open soon): ssn2026.sciencesconf.org
💥 New book out with @icrc.org's @massimomarelli.bsky.social and @universityofexeter.bsky.social's Ana Beduschi 💥
ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀɪꜱᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ-ᴅʀɪᴠᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ
👉 doi.org/10.4324/9781...
It's an open-access collection thanks to @ecpcmaastricht.bsky.social 🧡
ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀɪꜱᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ-ᴅʀɪᴠᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ
👉 doi.org/10.4324/9781...
It's an open-access collection thanks to @ecpcmaastricht.bsky.social 🧡
Data Protection in Humanitarian Action | Responding to Crises in a Dat
This book is the product of a collaboration between the data protection offices of the ICRC and UNHCR, alongside the Global Privacy Assembly, to reflect on a
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
💥 New book out with @icrc.org's @massimomarelli.bsky.social and @universityofexeter.bsky.social's Ana Beduschi 💥
ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀɪꜱᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ-ᴅʀɪᴠᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ
👉 doi.org/10.4324/9781...
It's an open-access collection thanks to @ecpcmaastricht.bsky.social 🧡
ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ: ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀɪꜱᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ-ᴅʀɪᴠᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ
👉 doi.org/10.4324/9781...
It's an open-access collection thanks to @ecpcmaastricht.bsky.social 🧡
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deleted social media from my phone a while back so haven't been around much lately but dropping in here to share something I wrote about d'angelo, whose music meant the world to me slate.com/culture/2025...
The Man Behind Two of the Greatest Albums of the Century Is Gone
D’Angelo fused hip-hop with R&B like no one had before—then kept on exploring.
slate.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
deleted social media from my phone a while back so haven't been around much lately but dropping in here to share something I wrote about d'angelo, whose music meant the world to me slate.com/culture/2025...
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
<< Overregulation of nuclear power has worsened the climate crisis, [Garry Tan] added. “What if we do that to the age of intelligence? The future won’t repeat but it will rhyme.” >>
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
<< Overregulation of nuclear power has worsened the climate crisis, [Garry Tan] added. “What if we do that to the age of intelligence? The future won’t repeat but it will rhyme.” >>
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Reuters: 'The modernization of the US Army's battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir and others is rife with "fundamental security" problems and vulnerabilities; should be treated as a "very high risk," according to an internal memo.'
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system has deep flaws, Army memo says
The much-needed modernization of the U.S. Army's battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir and others is rife with "fundamental security" problems and vulnerabilities, and should be treated as a "very high risk," according to a recent internal Army memo.
www.reuters.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reuters: 'The modernization of the US Army's battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir and others is rife with "fundamental security" problems and vulnerabilities; should be treated as a "very high risk," according to an internal memo.'
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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We are hiring! The DTD Lab invites applications for our 2026 postdoctoral cohort. Areas I'd love to supervise: gender/techno-authoritarianism, data visibility, urban governance, night studies, cultural practices, and all things related to tech policy. More info:
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We are hiring! The DTD Lab invites applications for our 2026 postdoctoral cohort. Areas I'd love to supervise: gender/techno-authoritarianism, data visibility, urban governance, night studies, cultural practices, and all things related to tech policy. More info:
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
Has anyone written about which theories of addiction (e.g. choice, disease/neurobiological, learning, etc.) underlie different regulatory proposals meant to address social media addiction? It would be fun to unpack assumptions made about addiction and how specific measures address these (or not).
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Has anyone written about which theories of addiction (e.g. choice, disease/neurobiological, learning, etc.) underlie different regulatory proposals meant to address social media addiction? It would be fun to unpack assumptions made about addiction and how specific measures address these (or not).
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You cannot be fucking serious
SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
migrantinsider.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You cannot be fucking serious
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Here's an updated list of all the technology ICE has in its arsenal to mass deport people.
We've added new sections on cell-site simulators and cellphone location data.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/08/h...
We've added new sections on cell-site simulators and cellphone location data.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/08/h...
Here's the tech powering ICE's deportation crackdown | TechCrunch
From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump's deportation machine.
techcrunch.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Here's an updated list of all the technology ICE has in its arsenal to mass deport people.
We've added new sections on cell-site simulators and cellphone location data.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/08/h...
We've added new sections on cell-site simulators and cellphone location data.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/08/h...
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All anyone wanted to do with OpenAI's new Sora 2 app was make clips of copyrighted characters. Now they can't, they're pissed. Literally what is the point of this app www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails
OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...
www.404media.co
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
All anyone wanted to do with OpenAI's new Sora 2 app was make clips of copyrighted characters. Now they can't, they're pissed. Literally what is the point of this app www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
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"[Ars Technica] asked Cruz's office to explain why a senator pressuring Wikipedia is appropriate while an FCC chair pressuring ABC is not and will update this article if we get a response."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias
Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.
arstechnica.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"[Ars Technica] asked Cruz's office to explain why a senator pressuring Wikipedia is appropriate while an FCC chair pressuring ABC is not and will update this article if we get a response."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Want to be my boss? We're looking for an Associate Dean for Research here at the UVA School of Data Science apply.interfolio.com/168251 🧬🖥️🧪
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October 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Want to be my boss? We're looking for an Associate Dean for Research here at the UVA School of Data Science apply.interfolio.com/168251 🧬🖥️🧪
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How is AI changing the nature of scams? @lanalanalana.bsky.social & @alicetiara.bsky.social spoke to @alixdunn.com on @themaybe.org to explain how AI automates & scales the work already being done in massive, exploitative “cybercrime compounds” around the world. www.themaybe.org/podcast/gotc...
The Maybe
www.themaybe.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
How is AI changing the nature of scams? @lanalanalana.bsky.social & @alicetiara.bsky.social spoke to @alixdunn.com on @themaybe.org to explain how AI automates & scales the work already being done in massive, exploitative “cybercrime compounds” around the world. www.themaybe.org/podcast/gotc...
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I have a short piece on smart infrastructure and techno-authoritarianism in Brazil in the new journal Dialogues on Digital Society ✨ Available here: doi.org/10.1177/2976...
If you cannot access it through your library, ping me and I will make sure you get a copy.
If you cannot access it through your library, ping me and I will make sure you get a copy.
October 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have a short piece on smart infrastructure and techno-authoritarianism in Brazil in the new journal Dialogues on Digital Society ✨ Available here: doi.org/10.1177/2976...
If you cannot access it through your library, ping me and I will make sure you get a copy.
If you cannot access it through your library, ping me and I will make sure you get a copy.
Melissa Villa-Nicholas analyzes this phenomenon in depth in her Data Borders book in terms of the “data body milieu”
www.ucpress.edu/books/data-b...
www.ucpress.edu/books/data-b...
October 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Melissa Villa-Nicholas analyzes this phenomenon in depth in her Data Borders book in terms of the “data body milieu”
www.ucpress.edu/books/data-b...
www.ucpress.edu/books/data-b...
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The UK announces mandatory digital ID plans
The UK announces mandatory digital ID plans
Big Brother is watching.
buff.ly
September 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The UK announces mandatory digital ID plans