Stefanie Felsberger
flsbrgr.bsky.social
Stefanie Felsberger
@flsbrgr.bsky.social
sociologist of tech & gender | femtech, menstrual & data justice | Trust in AI & disinfo | Associate Researcher at MCTD | PhD from University of Cambridge 🍉
I had such a great time recording this! Thank you, Mél!
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reposted by Stefanie Felsberger
i learned from @flsbrgr.bsky.social that data for pregnant people is worth much more to advertisers!! find out why companies want your period data & what to do about it in this excellent report 👇🏻
Menstrual cycle tracking apps are a “gold mine” for consumer data.

Diet, meds, moods, sex life, and cravings gets packaged and sold, posing risks like job bias, insurance discrimination, and even threats to abortion access.

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report
Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.
www.cam.ac.uk
June 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Reposted by Stefanie Felsberger
Women are being encouraged to share enormous amounts of intimate information with menstrual tracking apps, providing a 'gold mine' for consumer profiling, according to research by Darwin alumna @flsbrgr.bsky.social‬, published by @mctd.bsky.social.

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report
Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.
www.cam.ac.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
❤️❤️❤️❤️
June 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Stefanie Felsberger
Really looking forward to this report being out in the world.

Join the convo on #femtech and hear from @flsbrgr.bsky.social and experts on tracking apps and how your health data is commodified...
TOMORROW 💬 A new report on #Femtech!

@flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, and Andrea Ford will discuss the paradox at the heart of menstrual health tech: tracking apps have become indispensable for millions yet they can expose us to privacy risks.

Register ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
June 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thank you, Louise!
Much deserved signal boast for @flsbrgr.bsky.social report on The High Stakes of Tracking Menstruation. Out today.
NEW REPORT 🩸

Menstrual tracking apps turn personal health info into data points to be collected, analysed, and sold. In a new report, we investigate the governance of Femtech apps and map the existing and future harms of tracking menstruation by private companies.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/femtech-high...
June 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Join us tomorrow!
TOMORROW 💬 A new report on #Femtech!

@flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, and Andrea Ford will discuss the paradox at the heart of menstrual health tech: tracking apps have become indispensable for millions yet they can expose us to privacy risks.

Register ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
June 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So excited for this to come out and extremely excited to have such amazing people joining the event! Please come!
UPCOMING🩸The High Stakes of Menstrual Tracking

Join us at the launch of our report on femtech and improving access to menstrual knowledge and care. Hear from self-tracking and reproductive justice experts @flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, & Andrea Ford.

➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
May 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Reposted by Stefanie Felsberger
The roots of Facebook was Zuckerberg and his college buddies wanting to find a way to rank hot girls…

But sure, yeah. Free expression.
It’s not even subtle. Good for him not feeling any sense of shame in going full bootlicker, I suppose.
January 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reposted by Stefanie Felsberger

I am currently hiring a Post-Doc Researcher for a project on user trust in #FemTech. If you are passionate about women's health and digital equity, please consider applying! @uccresearch.bsky.social #Postdocs #jobfairy tinyurl.com/3pv8vvhs
November 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Reposted by Stefanie Felsberger
The sequence of events as described here is playing out in so many workplaces across academia, nonprofits, and tech. Organizations would rather implode than call for a ceasefire or acknowledge the role of tech in genocide
‘Progressive except for Palestine’: how a tech charity imploded over a statement on Gaza | Technology | The Guardian
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December 3, 2024 at 8:30 PM