Sam Hinds
@samanthahinds.bsky.social
Writer. New Yorker. Critical/independent tech this & that. Advisory Board, @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social. Formers: BKC Harvard, Data & Society, Creative Time, International Center for Transitional Justice
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Immigrants who worked in fact-checking, dis-information or content moderation will be INELIGIBLE for H-1B visas under Trump, per Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Immigrants who worked in fact-checking, dis-information or content moderation will be INELIGIBLE for H-1B visas under Trump, per Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Here is the syllabus for the Information & Human Rights course that I taught at @pratt.edu this fall: rebeccawilliams.info/info-619-inf...
Many thanks to @edwardongwesojr.com, @samanthahinds.bsky.social, & the lawyers not on Bluesky for being guest speakers & for everyone we read!
Many thanks to @edwardongwesojr.com, @samanthahinds.bsky.social, & the lawyers not on Bluesky for being guest speakers & for everyone we read!
INFO 619: Information & Human Rights
Taught at the Pratt School of Information, this seminar introduced students to the foundations of information rights, the harms produced by information systems, and the creative and political strategi...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Here is the syllabus for the Information & Human Rights course that I taught at @pratt.edu this fall: rebeccawilliams.info/info-619-inf...
Many thanks to @edwardongwesojr.com, @samanthahinds.bsky.social, & the lawyers not on Bluesky for being guest speakers & for everyone we read!
Many thanks to @edwardongwesojr.com, @samanthahinds.bsky.social, & the lawyers not on Bluesky for being guest speakers & for everyone we read!
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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pay very close attention to Wikipedia to find a way out of the AI slop internet www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...
Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
“The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”
www.404media.co
August 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
pay very close attention to Wikipedia to find a way out of the AI slop internet www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...
This interview of Hito Steyerl by Günseli Yalcinka for Spike Magazine shows real mastery of the state of the field of critical emerging tech research, from an equally masterful artist. I will be snapping up her new @versobooks.bsky.social release spikeartmagazine.com/articles/int...
Hito Steyerl: “Who Prompted All This Shit?” | Spike Art Magazine
The artist, filmmaker, and author of “Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat” grapples with magical thinking, implication in military-industrial AI, and machine learning’s many roads not taken.
spikeartmagazine.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This interview of Hito Steyerl by Günseli Yalcinka for Spike Magazine shows real mastery of the state of the field of critical emerging tech research, from an equally masterful artist. I will be snapping up her new @versobooks.bsky.social release spikeartmagazine.com/articles/int...
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This week’s Dobbs anniversary has everyone reflecting on the last three years without the federal right to abortion.
Here’s what I'm reading (threaded below!). Feel free to add any highlights from your reading list in the comments below too.
Here’s what I'm reading (threaded below!). Feel free to add any highlights from your reading list in the comments below too.
June 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This week’s Dobbs anniversary has everyone reflecting on the last three years without the federal right to abortion.
Here’s what I'm reading (threaded below!). Feel free to add any highlights from your reading list in the comments below too.
Here’s what I'm reading (threaded below!). Feel free to add any highlights from your reading list in the comments below too.
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More and more surveillance is the requirement for participation in public life. Companies used to attempt to do this surreptitiously, but that’s no longer the case. They are now explicit that being surveilled is the cost of doing business. tech.yahoo.com/business/art...
![The Intuit Dome opened with an atypical ticket policy—requiring visitors to have their own tickets on their own phones. Without that change, much of the experience Halo wants to build wouldn’t be possible. When one person scanned four tickets on behalf of their group, the company was missing out on information about those other three customers or fans, Zucker says. “Everybody wishes they could know everything about their customers,” she says. “We essentially [knew] 25% of the people who are coming in.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hakzua5btcgcfjye2yujlhos/bafkreidvqw4mjnfpywungcouzjjqfbziefmhqgcxuu4s4qlecxdcveqjwy@jpeg)
June 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
More and more surveillance is the requirement for participation in public life. Companies used to attempt to do this surreptitiously, but that’s no longer the case. They are now explicit that being surveilled is the cost of doing business. tech.yahoo.com/business/art...
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“Over the past 100 days, DOGE teams have grabbed personal data about U.S. residents from dozens of federal databases and are reportedly merging it all into a master database at the Department of Homeland Security” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy: DOGE’s Construction of a Surveillance State
DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Over the past 100 days, DOGE teams have grabbed personal data about U.S. residents from dozens of federal databases and are reportedly merging it all into a master database at the Department of Homeland Security” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...
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📢 NEW: Our introductory tip sheet on digital security for journalists & civil servants working under pressure. 📢
Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research
Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research
Research — The Critical Internet Studies Institute
www.criticalinternet.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📢 NEW: Our introductory tip sheet on digital security for journalists & civil servants working under pressure. 📢
Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research
Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research
