Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. MSNow columnist. New book on Gen Z & gender divides coming 2028. .. more
Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. MSNow columnist. New book on Gen Z & gender divides coming 2028.
Cynthia Miller-Idriss is an American sociologist. She is a professor in the Schools of Public Affairs and Education at American University. She is the founding director of the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL). .. more
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My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
@princetonupress.bsky.social this is so sloppy (at best) that it undermines your credibility & is exactly the kind of damage we don’t need to knowledge producers. This is absurd.
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@milleridriss.bsky.social
@sorayachemaly.bsky.social
@sdtaylor.bsky.social
Matt Richtel
Melinda Wenner Moyer
+ Ashanti Branch.
Read here: www.teenhealthtoday.com/p/teen-healt...
www.teenhealthtoday.com/p/teen-healt...
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
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You are very welcome.
Here's a book recommendation for those who want - by Cynthia Miller-Idriss
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Happy holidays
@milleridriss.bsky.social
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My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
raising the alarm on online harms, algorithms, and accountability. This is fascism, censorship & authoritarian overreach.
They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...
“particularly sharp on the hypocrisy of western observers who scrutinise misogyny and gender-based violence abroad while overlooking its pervasive role at home, including among domestic terrorists.”
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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doing to safeguard families & communities from online harms, as part of this terrific Einhorn Collaborative Through the Prism series. Such good questions!
einhorncollaborative.org/through-the-...
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This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
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Listen here:
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