We hope you will join Meredith D. Clark in conversation with Adrienne Williams from the @dairinstitute.bsky.social on Friday, May 15th, 2026 from 12pm-1:30pm EST. Please register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More info about the series: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

How the AI Technology Boom Could be Ushering in New Forms of Forced Labor We hope you will join us for this important conversation between Meredith Clark and Adrienne Williams on Friday, May 15th, 2026 from 12pm-1:30pm EST. Please visit our website to register: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Please join @atbw.bsky.social for this next series of three webinars: Uplifting the Workers, Shining a Light on the Invisible Labor Powering AI Technologies www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Cambridge Disinformation Summit Discussion of Harms to Targeted Communities. Panel with Dr. Meredith D. Clark, Esosa Osa, and Mobashra Tazamal. youtu.be/wgrIHxNA9LM?...

Join us for our next series of webinars about the human costs of AI. We want to create a space where cultural memory workers can engage in critical and caring discussions about the broader impact of AI technology development. Register here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Join us for our next series of webinars about the human costs of AI. We want to create a space where cultural memory workers can engage in critical and caring discussions about the broader impact of AI technology development. Register here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

This week we welcome 23 brilliant fellows from across the African Diaspora as part of our 2nd cohort of the Web Archiving School Fellowship. We encourage you to stay connected with us all year as we share their journeys, stories and growth in the program! www.archivingtheblackweb.org/warc-school/

1. Read “Empire of AI” by @karenhao.bsky.social 2. Watch this talk between Karen and @timnitgebru.blacksky.app 3. Follow @dairinstitute.bsky.social, Karen and Timnit for a sober, critical analysis of the “AI” field.

Shift Collective developed Community Cloud Storage to address the needs of community-based archives for affordable digital storage that offers offsite redundancy along with privacy. www.shiftcollective.us/communityclo...

Excited for this upcoming webinar series from @atbw.bsky.social: Uplifting the Workers: Shining a Light on the Invisible Labor Powering Artificial Intelligence Technologies. Sign up for email notifications to stay informed on webinar speakers and dates: tinyurl.com/atbw-ai

AI Blackface: Profiting on racist depictions at scale www.riddance.ai/p/ai-blackfa...

Our Freedom School 2026 Series: Digital Literacy & Cultural Stewardship is dedicated to strengthening digital literacy, advancing archival practices, and safeguarding the web as a vital site of cultural memory. Register for the spring sessions: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

Our Freedom School 2026 Series: Digital Literacy & Cultural Stewardship is dedicated to strengthening digital literacy, advancing archival practices, and safeguarding the web as a vital site of cultural memory. Register for the spring sessions: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/

"Amid attempts to erase Black history and progress, Onyx Impact’s Invest in Black Media campaign will fund Black storytelling, journalism, and media preservation throughout 2026." www.theroot.com/nonprofit-co...

Fellowship opportunity from @atbw.bsky.social. Applications due February 2nd. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

Thrilled to see @ktmac.bsky.social and my paper on robots.txt and infrastructural consent published here!!

A new fellowship opportunity from @atbw.bsky.social in partnership with Onyx Impact. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

Apply for @atbw.bsky.social's Web Archiving School www.archivingtheblackweb.org/apply/

We have a new fellowship opportunity in partnership with Onyx Impact. This fellowship is for students enrolled in journalism programs at HBCUs and people working in Black/African American media/newspapers. More info and application here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/iiwa-fellows...

Hey #BlackSky, @atbw.bsky.social just opened applications for their 2026 Web Archiving School

Applications now open for Web Archiving School fellows, instructors, and teaching assistants. Apply here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/apply/

NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.

Archiving the Black Web @atbw.bsky.social has two learning opportunities coming up soon. Sign up to find out when applications are available. Web Archiving School: bit.ly/warc-2026-si... Information Integrity and Web Archiving Fellowship: tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa

We are excited to announce the @atbw.bsky.social / @theonyximpact.bsky.social Information Integrity & Web Archiving Fellowship. An opportunity for journalists and other media workers to learn more about archiving digital content. Sign up here to know when the application opens: tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa

Calling journalists and media professionals interested in digital preservation and information integrity! We are excited to announce the ATBW/Onyx Impact @theonyximpact.bsky.social Information Integrity & Web Archiving Fellowship. Sign up to know when applications open. tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa

Applications open soon for the second Web Archiving School co-hort. Our fellowship aims to create a new generation of web archiving practitioners dedicated to documenting the Black experience. Sign up today to receive reminders and updates on the application: bit.ly/warc-2026-si...

Left of Black | Black Twitter and the Future of Black Journalism with Dr. Meredith D. Clark youtu.be/GUvSEX1a_4Y?...

It only took me 2.5 hours but I figured out how to give 50 free views with this link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PTY45... I'm sorry I can't share the other essays in the forum which are probably less cynical than mine - but the paywall is paywalling. And yes, I know about the typo 🤪

Launching in Summer/Fall 2025, ATBW’s Freedom School for Web Archiving is a six-part introductory webinar series open to anyone interested in learning how to archive Black culture as it exists on the web today! RSVP: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/events/ #ATBW

my latest for @wired.com takes a look at the rising movement among black “memory workers” who are fighting against trump’s war on history www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Happening [email protected] event: Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web with @docdre.distributedblackness.net, @rudyfraser.com, @meredithdclark.bsky.social. Join the conversation here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Tomorrow I’m presenting at Archiving the Black Web on “Archiving the Erotic”—Black sex workers as digital pioneers, how respectability and policy threaten cultural memory, and why folks should be listening to us. #BlackWeb #EroticArchives #SexWorkIsWork

Now more than ever

Join us for this Archiving the Black Web keynote conversation (in-person + virtual): Towards Realizing Safety for Black People on the Web. Wednesday, April 30th, 6pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...

Join us for this Archiving the Black Web virtual conversation: A Black History of the Web and Archiving Our Existence. Wednesday, April 30th, 11am-12:30pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-...

New date for our Introduction to Web Archiving workshop. March 26th, 2025 at 3pm. Apologies for the schedule change. RSVP here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/event/

Join us on February 26th, 2025 for our first workshop of the year: Introduction to Web Archiving. Registration information here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/event/

An @atbw.bsky.social workshop on using @webrecorder.net’s browsertrix for web archiving and general information about saving your content from the web and social media platforms youtu.be/qAni3lVZFNw?...

I am currently archiving my 30 yr career in the sex industry as part of the @atbw.bsky.social at Northeastern. As part of this project, I’m submitting an article to @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social on “archiving the erotic” w/ @softhomothug.bsky.social www.archivingtheblackweb.org/research-ini...

I’m excited to work with @softhomothug.bsky.social to introduce a framework for archiving digital sex wor. Grateful to @atbw.bsky.social for supporting my research and @pornstudiesjournal.bsky.social for expressing interest in this work. 🤲🏽

Applications now open for our Web Archiving School. We’re looking for Fellows, Instructors, and Teaching Assistants. Deadline to apply is January 31st, 2025. www.archivingtheblackweb.org/warc-school/