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

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...

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...

#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!

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 🙌🏾

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!