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Prof. Philosophy . Affiliate . Writing about tech-ethics & privacy. Latest book, “Re-Engineering Humanity." Bylines everywhere.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    17 Oct 2019

    For over a year, & I have been calling for a ban on facial recognition technology. We're very grateful that allowed us to make our case!

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Although I have nearly photographic short term memory of everything students say in class & write in their papers, I’m terrible with remembering names. In the pro/con column, Zoom gets a + on this one for improving my recall.

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  3. Retweeted
    Feb 27

    A trope when I cover facial recognition stories is to say that "there are no laws for its use." But now laws are *starting* to come. One of the first states to usher in new rules is Massachusetts. Here's how it happened:

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  4. Retweeted
    Feb 26

    Local facial recognition bans, with map, as of 2/26/21 (this one's for you !)

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  5. Feb 25

    After reading "Pride and Prejudice," asked if I'd watch the latest movie version with her. Glad I have the references because sees Jane Austin as having valuable insight for thinking about AI predictions.

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    Feb 25
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    I think this might be true across disciplines? When we did a social identity mapping exercise yesterday they were ON IT. And much more willing to speak out against oppression.

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  7. Feb 25

    Now that the term is a few weeks in, here's an observation about teaching Philosophy of Technology to mostly engineering & science students. Every year, these students come to class with an increasingly sophisticated background understanding of how power dynamics work.

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    Feb 24

    Hello academic colleagues 👋 If you are teaching any of my work in your courses could you please reply or DM me with details (course, institution, dates). Yes, it's promotion time and I deeply appreciate your support 🙏

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  9. Feb 24

    Working on a presentation and asked my co-author to see if she could find visually-gripping ways to convey some of the abstract concepts that we discuss. Behold, techno-panic!

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  10. Feb 24

    I've long admired 's writing, both prose + fiction. His launch piece for 's "Digital Ego" project is ambitious: confronts tech neutrality & tech determinism fallacies with a diverse blend of integrated & cited critical ideas.

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  11. Feb 23

    It’s hard to create political music—music that makes important political claims while also being truly aesthetically appealing. And yet, pulls it off, bringing the lyrical fight to surveillance practices that impede freedom.

    My new album is called "Spotify is Surveillance" and the first single is out TODAY on and . Thanks so much for all your support!
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    Feb 23

    Thank you for spotlighting 's op-ed in about online learning in the latest edition of "On Tech"!

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    Feb 23

    Just some of the brilliant folk I've cited:

    Finding Virtue in the Virtual: I've written a *big* piece for to launch our new project about tech and human thriving. It weaves its way through the works of lots of thinkers I admire and was a labour of love to write. I hope you enjoy it.
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    Feb 23

    I've mostly heard from parents about how awful online school is... turns out not every student feels that way. High schooler on her experience in her district:

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    Feb 22

    My first solo article is published today! I talk about why education is not a one-size-fits all model & how the pandemic should change our approach to online education.

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    Feb 22

    A high school student (the daughter of !) notes that remote learning has been *better* for her than in-person class was -- and argues that when the pandemic is over, schools ought to incorporate some of what has worked during remote school:

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  17. Retweeted
    Feb 22

    This is an amazing piece by a thoughtful 14 year old, about the freedoms enabled by online schooling, from peer inspection and pressure, or coveillance. Rory Selinger is something. must be beaming

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  18. Feb 22

    "We shouldn’t want things to go back to normal. We should want them to be better.."- So proud of my daughter! Rory, a high school freshman, explains why students like her will benefit if online education remains a post-pandemic option.

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  19. Feb 19

    So, this week Facebook flexed on Australia, reminding the world it can exercise cruel, anti-democratic power without consequences. Now Google decides to further decimate its AI Ethics team, despite ongoing criticism. Hmm...Think AI isn’t the only thing that isn’t trustworthy?

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  20. Feb 18

    B/c of FB’s Australian news power play, want to highlight ’s “Algorithmic Censorship by Social Platforms: Power & Resistance,” which I’ll teach next week in Phil Tech. Fantastic Foucault-inspired (governmentality + dispositive) analysis!

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  21. Feb 17

    More important than ’s take on Substack surveillance is his opening epiphany. To eventually normalize unethical behavior corporate surveillance culture validates acting as if it’s no big deal that “normal people” initially might find its tracking practices “indefensible”

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