Farhana Shahid
@farhana-shahid.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Cornell University. HCI researcher examining trust & safety issues in the Majority World.
Reposted by Farhana Shahid
AI-powered moderation promises safety but delivers injustice. This article diagnoses inequities: tech monopolies hoard data and models privilege English, all reinforcing the digital marginalization rooted in colonialism.
By @farhana-shahid.bsky.social at @aaai.org.web.brid.gy
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By @farhana-shahid.bsky.social at @aaai.org.web.brid.gy
buff.ly/bA5dNik
ojs.aaai.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
AI-powered moderation promises safety but delivers injustice. This article diagnoses inequities: tech monopolies hoard data and models privilege English, all reinforcing the digital marginalization rooted in colonialism.
By @farhana-shahid.bsky.social at @aaai.org.web.brid.gy
buff.ly/bA5dNik
By @farhana-shahid.bsky.social at @aaai.org.web.brid.gy
buff.ly/bA5dNik
Reposted by Farhana Shahid
Are you an HCI researcher from or who studies the Global Majority? Reviewed research about Global Majority for HCI venues?
@farhana-shahid.bsky.social & I are conducting research on peer review experience of research by and about Global Majority.
participation form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@farhana-shahid.bsky.social & I are conducting research on peer review experience of research by and about Global Majority.
participation form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Review Experience of Global Majority Scholars
We invite scholars who are either from the Global Majority or conduct research in the Global Majority to share their experiences of publishing in interdisciplinary venues such as CHI, CSCW, FAccT, Ubi...
docs.google.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Are you an HCI researcher from or who studies the Global Majority? Reviewed research about Global Majority for HCI venues?
@farhana-shahid.bsky.social & I are conducting research on peer review experience of research by and about Global Majority.
participation form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@farhana-shahid.bsky.social & I are conducting research on peer review experience of research by and about Global Majority.
participation form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Farhana Shahid
How do content moderation systems treat Indigenous languages online? CDT’s research report from @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social dives into how platforms moderate Quechua, a widely spoken but low-resource Indigenous language of South America—& reveals linguistic inequities. cdt.org/insights/mod...
June 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How do content moderation systems treat Indigenous languages online? CDT’s research report from @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social dives into how platforms moderate Quechua, a widely spoken but low-resource Indigenous language of South America—& reveals linguistic inequities. cdt.org/insights/mod...
We’re hosting #COMPASS2025 workshop to uncover hidden curriculum & implicit writing norms for interdisciplinary computing audience ✍
We’re inviting early career researchers—new to academic/ interdisciplinary writing/ from Global Majority to apply: forms.gle/2Rr8fymNpxCP...
We’re inviting early career researchers—new to academic/ interdisciplinary writing/ from Global Majority to apply: forms.gle/2Rr8fymNpxCP...
June 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We’re hosting #COMPASS2025 workshop to uncover hidden curriculum & implicit writing norms for interdisciplinary computing audience ✍
We’re inviting early career researchers—new to academic/ interdisciplinary writing/ from Global Majority to apply: forms.gle/2Rr8fymNpxCP...
We’re inviting early career researchers—new to academic/ interdisciplinary writing/ from Global Majority to apply: forms.gle/2Rr8fymNpxCP...
#FAccT2025 keynote 3: Kristian Lum highlights how abstract benchmarks of bias may not be relevant to any use case at all until we consider the context! She encourages to integrate human-centric evals with current eval efforts on model capabilities
June 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#FAccT2025 keynote 3: Kristian Lum highlights how abstract benchmarks of bias may not be relevant to any use case at all until we consider the context! She encourages to integrate human-centric evals with current eval efforts on model capabilities
1/n #FAccT2025 plenary panel: Brent Hecht talks about how we need to turn our focus to “material harms” beyond “representational harms” & think beyond “name-&-shame” approach to not lose our fight against AI harms!
June 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
1/n #FAccT2025 plenary panel: Brent Hecht talks about how we need to turn our focus to “material harms” beyond “representational harms” & think beyond “name-&-shame” approach to not lose our fight against AI harms!
Reposted by Farhana Shahid
Fascinating article from two researchers who have been studying right wing media with recommendations for how the left can/should build new media infrastructure to compete: jacobin.com/2025/03/left...
The Left Needs Media That Competes — and Wins
The Right’s growing success with working-class voters wasn’t won with policy papers or think tanks; it was built through media that speaks their language. If the Left wants to compete, it needs to bui...
jacobin.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Fascinating article from two researchers who have been studying right wing media with recommendations for how the left can/should build new media infrastructure to compete: jacobin.com/2025/03/left...
Reflection as a 4th yr PhD:
1. warmed up to possibility of academic rejection! I make a large tiramisu following rejection & look forward to waking up in the morning to breakfast w tiramisu 🥹🫶🏽
2. learning what’s not a good fit for my interests & slowly giving up on fomo 🙌🏾
1. warmed up to possibility of academic rejection! I make a large tiramisu following rejection & look forward to waking up in the morning to breakfast w tiramisu 🥹🫶🏽
2. learning what’s not a good fit for my interests & slowly giving up on fomo 🙌🏾
December 22, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Reflection as a 4th yr PhD:
1. warmed up to possibility of academic rejection! I make a large tiramisu following rejection & look forward to waking up in the morning to breakfast w tiramisu 🥹🫶🏽
2. learning what’s not a good fit for my interests & slowly giving up on fomo 🙌🏾
1. warmed up to possibility of academic rejection! I make a large tiramisu following rejection & look forward to waking up in the morning to breakfast w tiramisu 🥹🫶🏽
2. learning what’s not a good fit for my interests & slowly giving up on fomo 🙌🏾
I had a great time w CDT Research team 🙌🏾
I bonded w my academic identity more🤝🏾
realized how the fabrics of academia & civil society align & differ!
met amazing people in DC policy space!
💯 recommended to anyone int!
happy to answer ques!
I bonded w my academic identity more🤝🏾
realized how the fabrics of academia & civil society align & differ!
met amazing people in DC policy space!
💯 recommended to anyone int!
happy to answer ques!
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November 27, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I had a great time w CDT Research team 🙌🏾
I bonded w my academic identity more🤝🏾
realized how the fabrics of academia & civil society align & differ!
met amazing people in DC policy space!
💯 recommended to anyone int!
happy to answer ques!
I bonded w my academic identity more🤝🏾
realized how the fabrics of academia & civil society align & differ!
met amazing people in DC policy space!
💯 recommended to anyone int!
happy to answer ques!