Lisa Schirch
@lisa-schirch.bsky.social
professor of technology and peace studies, tech ethics and deliberative technology, social justice activist, animal lover, biker, hiker, painter, mother, gardener, earthling, national park lover, photographer, book lover,
A proposal with policy recommendations for supporting prosocial platforms - governing tech design goes "upstream" as opposed to the "downstream" regulations that govern content. toda.org/assets/files...
July 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A proposal with policy recommendations for supporting prosocial platforms - governing tech design goes "upstream" as opposed to the "downstream" regulations that govern content. toda.org/assets/files...
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“Platform design is a silent pilot steering human behavior.”
Friend of New_ Public @lisa-schirch.bsky.social warns profit-driven social media design is leading us into an era of "techno-autocracy."
But in the right hands, platform design can foster democratic engagement and civic participation.
Friend of New_ Public @lisa-schirch.bsky.social warns profit-driven social media design is leading us into an era of "techno-autocracy."
But in the right hands, platform design can foster democratic engagement and civic participation.
Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed
Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ political agendas. Some smaller platforms are using design to support democracy.
theconversation.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Platform design is a silent pilot steering human behavior.”
Friend of New_ Public @lisa-schirch.bsky.social warns profit-driven social media design is leading us into an era of "techno-autocracy."
But in the right hands, platform design can foster democratic engagement and civic participation.
Friend of New_ Public @lisa-schirch.bsky.social warns profit-driven social media design is leading us into an era of "techno-autocracy."
But in the right hands, platform design can foster democratic engagement and civic participation.
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Democracy is in crisis globally, and technology is playing a role. Most large platforms optimize their designs for profit, not community or democracy.
(@lisa-schirch.bsky.social)
theconversation.com/social-media...
(@lisa-schirch.bsky.social)
theconversation.com/social-media...
Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed
Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ political agendas. Some smaller platforms are using design to support democracy.
theconversation.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Democracy is in crisis globally, and technology is playing a role. Most large platforms optimize their designs for profit, not community or democracy.
(@lisa-schirch.bsky.social)
theconversation.com/social-media...
(@lisa-schirch.bsky.social)
theconversation.com/social-media...
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[New OpEd] @lisa-schirch.bsky.social I @notredame.bsky.social argues for a reimagining of governance frameworks for content moderation. How can a prosocial tech design for digital platforms steer human behaviour towards non-harmful or healthy communities?
Read: policyreview.info/articles/new...
Read: policyreview.info/articles/new...
April 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
[New OpEd] @lisa-schirch.bsky.social I @notredame.bsky.social argues for a reimagining of governance frameworks for content moderation. How can a prosocial tech design for digital platforms steer human behaviour towards non-harmful or healthy communities?
Read: policyreview.info/articles/new...
Read: policyreview.info/articles/new...
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At our LLMs and Public Discourse event, University of Notre Dame's Lisa Schirch and Kristina Radivojevic will present Training an LLM Co-Pilot & Building a Social Media Sandbox.
📅 Thursday February 27th | 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET
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📅 Thursday February 27th | 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET
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LLMs & Public Discourse: Livestream · Luma
About the event:
Please join us for a showcase on LLMs and Public Discourse, co-hosted by Plurality Institute and The Council on Technology and Social Cohesion…
lu.ma
February 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
At our LLMs and Public Discourse event, University of Notre Dame's Lisa Schirch and Kristina Radivojevic will present Training an LLM Co-Pilot & Building a Social Media Sandbox.
📅 Thursday February 27th | 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET
lu.ma/2aaufseh?tk=...
📅 Thursday February 27th | 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET
lu.ma/2aaufseh?tk=...
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Our LLMs and Public Discourse event, co-hosted by The Council on Technology and Social Cohesion, will be livestreamed.
Join us Thursday, February 27th @ 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET: lu.ma/2aaufseh?tk=...
Join us Thursday, February 27th @ 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET: lu.ma/2aaufseh?tk=...
LLMs & Public Discourse: Livestream · Luma
About the event:
Please join us for a showcase on LLMs and Public Discourse, co-hosted by Plurality Institute and The Council on Technology and Social…
lu.ma
February 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Our LLMs and Public Discourse event, co-hosted by The Council on Technology and Social Cohesion, will be livestreamed.
Join us Thursday, February 27th @ 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET: lu.ma/2aaufseh?tk=...
Join us Thursday, February 27th @ 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET: lu.ma/2aaufseh?tk=...
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Trump wants to rehire nuclear safety workers who were fired except he doesn’t have their contact information.
The workers were incompetently fired due to Musk and his DOGE cuts.
#TheShitShiwContinues
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
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The workers were incompetently fired due to Musk and his DOGE cuts.
#TheShitShiwContinues
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AdqfW8BLsR3m...
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them — NBC News
The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.
apple.news
February 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Trump wants to rehire nuclear safety workers who were fired except he doesn’t have their contact information.
The workers were incompetently fired due to Musk and his DOGE cuts.
#TheShitShiwContinues
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AdqfW8BLsR3m...
The workers were incompetently fired due to Musk and his DOGE cuts.
#TheShitShiwContinues
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AdqfW8BLsR3m...
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"Tech billionaires, who already had enormous power, helped underwrite a winning presidential campaign in ways that would have been illegal just a few elections ago." — @larrynorden.bsky.social & @danw329.bsky.social on the rise of the "broligarchy" and what we can do about it
The Rise of America’s Broligarchy and What to Do About It
Campaign finance rules and checks on presidential power are collapsing just as leading tech giants have gained power.
time.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Tech billionaires, who already had enormous power, helped underwrite a winning presidential campaign in ways that would have been illegal just a few elections ago." — @larrynorden.bsky.social & @danw329.bsky.social on the rise of the "broligarchy" and what we can do about it
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You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
February 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
You have questions. Mostly of the "What Can I Do to Resist This Coup?" variety. Choose Democracy has answers. Here's a really handy guide to the how/what/why of organizing... Share widely. Link here: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
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We have to find new ways to shift power and build broader coalitions. wagingnonviolence.org/ipra/2025/02...
6 new tactics for a just peace in Palestine and Israel
A new report drawing on nonviolent resistance theory shows how to shift power away from extremists and ‘win coexistence.'
wagingnonviolence.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We have to find new ways to shift power and build broader coalitions. wagingnonviolence.org/ipra/2025/02...
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Elon Musk is systematically seizing control over our nation’s communications, financial systems and data and military infrastructures.
Musk isn’t a fourth branch of government, just another Silicon Valley who wants to be dictator of the world.
Musk isn’t a fourth branch of government, just another Silicon Valley who wants to be dictator of the world.
February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Elon Musk is systematically seizing control over our nation’s communications, financial systems and data and military infrastructures.
Musk isn’t a fourth branch of government, just another Silicon Valley who wants to be dictator of the world.
Musk isn’t a fourth branch of government, just another Silicon Valley who wants to be dictator of the world.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has returned from a trip to El Salvador where he secured an agreement from that country's president to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality — including American citizens — offering to hold them in the country's sprawling maximum-security facility…
February 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has returned from a trip to El Salvador where he secured an agreement from that country's president to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality — including American citizens — offering to hold them in the country's sprawling maximum-security facility…
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It’s not entirely clear what the purpose of these raids is, but from the outside it appears that DOGE is mainly concerned at this point with amassing huge stores of data, from payment information to private personnel records. @mattbaidc.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | What is Elon Musk doing? Not slashing the budget.
DOGE isn’t getting anywhere near $2 trillion in spending cuts. Here’s a plan that would.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It’s not entirely clear what the purpose of these raids is, but from the outside it appears that DOGE is mainly concerned at this point with amassing huge stores of data, from payment information to private personnel records. @mattbaidc.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Lawsuits matter. More of this, please.
Trump can’t move group of three trans women to men’s prisons or deny them gender-affirming care, judge rules.
“Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s sweeping order as a likely violation of Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment.” www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
“Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s sweeping order as a likely violation of Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment.” www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Trump can’t move trans women to men’s prisons or deny affirming care, judge rules
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s sweeping order as a likely violation of Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment
www.the-independent.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Lawsuits matter. More of this, please.
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Warren, from earlier —
“This is the system that makes sure that your grandpa gets his social security check on time. This is the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets paid for her Medicare exam. Elon Musk wants the power to turn that on, to turn that off, as Elon Musk decides.”
“This is the system that makes sure that your grandpa gets his social security check on time. This is the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets paid for her Medicare exam. Elon Musk wants the power to turn that on, to turn that off, as Elon Musk decides.”
February 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Warren, from earlier —
“This is the system that makes sure that your grandpa gets his social security check on time. This is the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets paid for her Medicare exam. Elon Musk wants the power to turn that on, to turn that off, as Elon Musk decides.”
“This is the system that makes sure that your grandpa gets his social security check on time. This is the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets paid for her Medicare exam. Elon Musk wants the power to turn that on, to turn that off, as Elon Musk decides.”
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The signs.
“Unelected autocrat”
“No oligarchs, no kings”
“Muskrats are an invasive species”
“Unelected autocrat”
“No oligarchs, no kings”
“Muskrats are an invasive species”
February 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The signs.
“Unelected autocrat”
“No oligarchs, no kings”
“Muskrats are an invasive species”
“Unelected autocrat”
“No oligarchs, no kings”
“Muskrats are an invasive species”
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House and Senate Democrats are showing up in droves. Raskin, Pressley, Warren, Van Hollen to name a few.
Schumer too. The crowd erupted into a chant of “Shut down the Senate!” while he made his exit.
Schumer too. The crowd erupted into a chant of “Shut down the Senate!” while he made his exit.
February 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
House and Senate Democrats are showing up in droves. Raskin, Pressley, Warren, Van Hollen to name a few.
Schumer too. The crowd erupted into a chant of “Shut down the Senate!” while he made his exit.
Schumer too. The crowd erupted into a chant of “Shut down the Senate!” while he made his exit.
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The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.
An explanation of the trade war, the ICE raids, and what must be done to stop the oligarchy from dismantling our government.
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
An explanation of the trade war, the ICE raids, and what must be done to stop the oligarchy from dismantling our government.
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Democracy with a formidable social conscience is the only way forward. #delibtech #civictech #citizenassembly @lisa-schirch.bsky.social
Young people want to get involved with politics – but they’re held back by a vast sense of distrust.
If we listen to how Gen Z really feel about democracy they might stop telling us they prefer authoritarianism
Young people want to get involved with politics – but they’re held back by a vast sense of distrust.
tcnv.link
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Democracy with a formidable social conscience is the only way forward. #delibtech #civictech #citizenassembly @lisa-schirch.bsky.social
Every day in the last week feels as devastating as 9/11 as we hear more about the felon's circus and executive orders. But instead of Al Qaeda, it is our own government doing this to our neighbors. And it is our own neighbors who elected this tyrant.
January 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Every day in the last week feels as devastating as 9/11 as we hear more about the felon's circus and executive orders. But instead of Al Qaeda, it is our own government doing this to our neighbors. And it is our own neighbors who elected this tyrant.
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The Trump administration's latest assault on Indigenous rights is a shameful continuation of centuries of betrayal and oppression. They are living in fear - and our past proves they should.
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Navajo Nation leaders address reports of ICE detaining tribal citizens
Social media reports of Navajo citizens being detained by ICE prompted Navajo leaders to explore ways to protect their people.
rebrand.ly
January 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Trump administration's latest assault on Indigenous rights is a shameful continuation of centuries of betrayal and oppression. They are living in fear - and our past proves they should.
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rebrand.ly/l7ee325
Check out 6 new nonviolent tactics for winning coexistence for Israelis and Palestinians #ceasefire
Winning Coexistence: Six New Nonviolent Tactics for Palestine and Israel | Toda Peace Institute
This report asserts that the crisis in Gaza requires building new coalitions and alliances between global protests in support of Palestinian liberation and mass protests by Israelis against their rogu...
toda.org
January 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Check out 6 new nonviolent tactics for winning coexistence for Israelis and Palestinians #ceasefire