Safiya Umoja Noble PhD

@safiyanoble

New book, Algorithms of Oppression at | Researcher, author, media go-to on race, gender and technology

Los Angeles, California
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Joined June 2009
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    2 Feb 2018

    Shameless plug: If everyone bought one right now for themselves, and one for a friend, this book could have a chance at improving the internet for women and people marginalized by tech...

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    Perhaps on the small (but not even) side, and more specific, but and are amazing.

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    12 hours ago

    Have to design and develop with intention from day one before accumulation of technical debt, which is only possible by building a diverse team, being surrounded by diverse advisors, funders, etc. Ergo, all roads lead to talent.

    “All technology is cumulative.” Therefore all biases or problems that are embedded in the original will appear (or be amplified) in the remix Meredith Broussard (), New York University
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    Emily, while I appreciate the come to Jesus, so to speak, of many former tech zealots - most of whom gained wealth beyond anything most people could even fathom during their run - I’m rather concerned about the “male insider as reformist” trope that has been circulating of late.

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  5. May 8

    This conf looks important, friends!

    Calling and more!
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    May 8
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    I want to say unbelievable, but it's not. I'd really like to find an ed tech conference with a critical approach. I think the Connected Learning Summit might be a place to find this kind of work.

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    May 7

    I question the use of “we” here. “Our research shows that a simple, polite face-to-face request [from police] is harder to refuse than we think.”

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    May 8

    Asking Qs about power, $$, and student data led to other concerns about . and others orient our attention to issues of power, race, surveillance capitalism, in tech

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    May 7

    "What if the tools of knowledge production are perverted to enable ignorance? In 1995, Robert Proctor and Iain Boal coined the term “agnotology” to describe the strategic and purposeful production of ignorance" (from 's impressive talk on epistemological fragmentation)

    "Journalists often get caught up in telling 'both sides,' but the creation of sides is a political project." That's from a brilliant talk by that I highly recommend. hat tip, .
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    May 7

    Good account of how search algorithms helped radicalize her son- like a case from ⁩: “The Google searches flooded his developing brain w/endless bias-confirming “proof” to back up whichever specious alt-right standard was being hoisted...”

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    May 6

    Coudn't agree with more: “Addressing Facebook properly will require years of study. It will also require fresh thought and bold creativity”

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  12. May 6

    I don’t usually post many personal things here, but I’ve gotta shout out and congratulate my bae, for being an amazing Detective #1 in the premiere episode of on BET. He’s a great actor & person! I couldn’t be more proud!🔥

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    May 6

    hey everyone, Roopali Mukherjee, , and I co-edited a new book! Racism PostRace () contains a group of remarkable scholars with brilliant insights about racism in the contemporary moment--what a privilege to work with all of them.

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    May 6

    I am so thrilled that this book is about to come into the world! So grateful to have my contribution - a collaboration with the brilliant - be among those included and so grateful for the editorial guidance and vision.

    hey everyone, Roopali Mukherjee, , and I co-edited a new book! Racism PostRace () contains a group of remarkable scholars with brilliant insights about racism in the contemporary moment--what a privilege to work with all of them.
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    May 6

    Data in Social Context GTA workshop @ Virginia Tech explores teaching strategies for data rockstars Zuboff O'Neil Noble Strogatz Eubanks Ellenberg Orwell 1984

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    May 5
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    Guaranteed to do so—having read early drafts, I can say that it is brilliant, bracing, and more important every single day. Cult of the Constitution comes out next week.

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  17. May 4

    Girl. Your book and bio are 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Congrats on all these amazing accomplishments. Check that bio! 🥂

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  18. May 2

    Run don’t walk to get this book! Calling all our librarian friends! Dr. Roberts, a brilliant LIS and scholar, has an important new book out now for your collections!

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    Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
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    May 2

    ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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    May 2

    It would be SUCH A SHAME if wasted all this woke cred by never acknowledging that their "debiased search engine" ad is directly based on the brilliant book Algorithms of Oppression, by

    Um... Is the mastermind behind this ad, or did they literally just erase Black women's scholarship in service of a neoliberal multiculturalist 'de-biased' search demo design marketing campaign?
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    May 2

    Um... Is the mastermind behind this ad, or did they literally just erase Black women's scholarship in service of a neoliberal multiculturalist 'de-biased' search demo design marketing campaign?

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