"Humans are no longer in the decision loop, but AI is being programmed to kill." –CISI Founder @bostonjoan.bsky.social on AI warfare as experimental & extractive, on @wgbh.org www.youtube.com/live/5wk4LtO...

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?

I am excited to debut a new segment I am co-creating with @wgbh.org and The Curiosity Desk. This week, we discussed a new website, inequalities.ai, which reveals the biases and opinions of ChatGPT on a range of topics. Listen and explore the website!

If you hated that Ring ad, have I got a book for you.

This is situation is entirely predictable and can be prevented. @criticalinternet.bsky.social conducts in-depth research on election disinformation and political violence. Already, organized right wing vigilante groups are publicly filming voting stations and ballot boxes for intimidation.

Livestream tomorrow @ 4:30pm ET! Featuring CISI's @bostonjoan.bsky.social alongside @maryannefranks.bsky.social, @nicoperrino.bsky.social, & @leticiabode.bsky.social via @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social & @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Technology Review georgetownlawtechreview.org/symposium-2/...

“If this technology had existed in earlier decades, it would have been used to track civil rights activists, LGBTQ+ patrons visiting gay bars, women trying to vote, or enslaved people escaping bondage. None of those acts were considered “legal” at the time.”

Disinformation research is forbidden knowledge. We cant back down and re-orient our field to appease the dominant political ideology. We need to be advancing public knowledge about media manipulation and disinformation. Why? Because disinformation is a tool of the powerful to suppress opposition

tag yourself i’m ’being kind of mean’

2026 In & Out List 💅 #happynewyear

"Instead of thinking of technological change as the death knell of news media, there is a huge opportunity ahead for education of the general public on the ethics & methods of journalism." –CISI Founder @bostonjoan.bsky.social in @niemanlab.org

CISI Founder @bostonjoan.bsky.social quoted in @us.theguardian.com on the tactical "rage bait" of this administration's social media posts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I talked to Joan Donovan about Twitter's very old foreign influence problem, which was unmasked in the funniest possible way over the weekend: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

TODAY: @404media.co / @jasonkoebler.bsky.social interviews our Co-Director @hypervisible.blacksky.app www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kBg...

“I think they are a profoundly antisocial technology that should be rejected in every way possible...Their very existence is toxic to the social fabric.” –CISI Co-Director @hypervisible.blacksky.app quoted in @theverge.com www.theverge.com/tech/807834/...

ICYMI: Our Co-Director @hypervisible.blacksky.app interviewed by @parismarx.com

Thursday webinar: Catch CISI Co-Director @hypervisible.blacksky.app on AI, libraries, & privacy

I wanted to follow up on the meme discussion with a longer piece about how to understand memes as cultural artifacts with their own politics. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/19/o...

CISI Founder interviewed today in TIME Magazine

Dr. Donovan @bostonjoan.bksy.social breaks it down.

ICYMI: Today, CISI Co-Director @bostonjoan.bsky.social spoke with @anitachabria.bsky.social for the @latimes.com

I’m putting this information out here so that press and police can begin to understand what’s actually motivating Kirk’s murder.

If you want to figure out something productive to do in the aftermath of this horrific week, donating to @criticalinternet.bsky.social is a good place to start. I just did.

CISI Co-Director @hypervisible.blacksky.app quoted in @nytimes.com on the perils of trading time for privacy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/t...

Audio/transcript: CISI Co-Director @bostonjoan.bsky.social interviewed on @npr.org about the taxpayer-paid "forced memes" & rage bait of ICE social media www.npr.org/2025/08/22/n...

ICYMI, CISI Co-Director @bostonjoan.bsky.social was quoted in the @wired.com piece by @tessowen.bsky.social on dog whistles & aesthetic slop as targeted recruitment appeal www.wired.com/story/trump-...

“It’s so important for young people to have a sense of pride of place and duty to their country. But not in this way, not in a way that oppresses the human dignity of others.” –CISI Co-Director @bostonjoan.bsky.social on ICE meme propaganda in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Quotes CISI Co-Director @hypervisible.bsky.social: "It's clear that whatever imaginary boundary there was between consumer surveillance tech and government surveillance tech is now completely erased."

Congrats to CISI Co-Director @hypervisible.bsky.social on joining the @epic.org Advisory Board! epic.org/four-leading...

How do we ensure timely, accurate local knowledge after a violent incident--rather than political exploitation? Learn how our monitoring work applies to breaking news in @npquarterly.bsky.social

“Libraries are under attack,” said Brewster Kahle. At our Escaping the Memory Hole event, he made a passionate call to action for defending digital libraries amid cyberattacks, lawsuits, & censorship. 📚💿 🎞️📼🏛️ Full video ➡️ youtu.be/_L1VP8klL_g #MemoryHole #Preservation #InternetArchive

"They give lip service to the idea of consent...float trial balloons up...& then they do it anyway!" 👓 –CISI co-director @hypervisible.bsky.social on Meta's "antisocial" spy glasses as "luxury surveillance" versus embracing community "obscurity." With @markhurst.bsky.social for @wfmu.bsky.social 🔊

And plug: I mentioned Lockdown Mode and Advanced Protection Program in a tip sheet I cowrote with @bostonjoan.bsky.social for @criticalinternet.bsky.social. If you fit the profile, these are really good and really easy things to switch on to be safer

Interesting resource via @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/data-priva...

New reports of intimidation campaigns toward US judges– including anonymous 🍕 deliveries–are sadly no surprise. CISI was quick to flag potential networked incitement towards an independent judiciary; see @bloomberglaw.com (quoting @bostonjoan.bsky.social) news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Facial recognition technology is “uniquely dangerous, unreliable, and a persistent threat to human rights.” CISI co-director @hypervisible.bsky.social quoted by @willoremus.com in today's @washingtonpost.com Tech Brief www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

ICYMI: CISI co-director quoted in @prospectmagazine.co.uk on measures against “this new technological oligarchy”

We follow new forms of surveillance & networked incitement, tracking real-time impact on communities. Read more about our active research www.criticalinternet.org

Listen: CISI co-director speaks with @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social on potential networked incitement from official US use of memes to warn undocumented migrants

📚 ❤️ Knowledge needs our work! Make sure to follow our program partners @libraryfutures.bsky.social to learn more about coalition-building against library cuts and censorship

"For the public sector, eliminating workplace surveillance is simply not possible." Co-directors @hypervisible.bsky.social & @bostonjoan.bsky.social for @justsecurity.org

ICYMI: CISI co-director @hypervisible.bsky.social quoted today in @politico.com

Geared for journalists, advocates and knowledge workers, it provides five basic steps to take to increase your digital protections.. Check it out here:

The @criticalinternet.bsky.social, where two of our Advisory Board members @hypervisible.bsky.social and @samanthahinds.bsky.social serve as co-director and senior advisor respectively, has recently published their first tip sheet on digital security.

For @theguardian.com, @floreani.bsky.social cites CISI co-founder @hypervisible.bsky.social on the concept of "luxury surveillance," probing the complex nature of consent as consumer surveillance technology becomes normalized

ICYMI: CISI co-director @bostonjoan.bsky.social was early to sound the alarm on the unelected bosses of the new regime www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

📢 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