Madelyn Sanfilippo
@profmrs.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the School of Information Sciences at UIUC / Sociotechnical Governance Scholar / Affiliate of the Ostrom Workshop / baking enthusiast
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This is probably the last episode of "Reimagining the Internet", the podcast Mike Sugarman and I have produced for the last five years. Talk about going out on a high note: I interview Alondra Nelson on AI, universities and the Trump administration:
publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
117. Alondra Nelson, Biden's Head of Science and Technology Policy, talks AI, Trump's research funding cuts, and how memes replaced Happy Days - Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at UMass A...
Alondra Nelson is arguably the most important sociologist of science in America. She isn’t just a brilliant researcher of how race and racism has shaped public health in America, nor just a thoughtful...
publicinfrastructure.org
July 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is probably the last episode of "Reimagining the Internet", the podcast Mike Sugarman and I have produced for the last five years. Talk about going out on a high note: I interview Alondra Nelson on AI, universities and the Trump administration:
publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
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Tomorrow (July 24) at 11 AM – 12 PM, I will be interviewed by Prem Trivedi at New America’s Open Technology Institute on privacy, technology, and democracy: www.newamerica.org/oti/events/p... Please join us for this event!
Privacy, Technology, and Protecting Democracy: A Conversation with Daniel Solove
An event unpacking how policy professionals from different fields should understand privacy and its relationship to healthy democracies.
www.newamerica.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tomorrow (July 24) at 11 AM – 12 PM, I will be interviewed by Prem Trivedi at New America’s Open Technology Institute on privacy, technology, and democracy: www.newamerica.org/oti/events/p... Please join us for this event!
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GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...
Ethical Use of Pervasive Data for Research | Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University
The IDDP Council for Pervasive Data Ethics - Next Steps for the U.S convened to chart a set of actions to advance ethical practices in computing research.
iddp.gwu.edu
July 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...
The always brilliant Antionette Burton on democracy, feminism, and equity. latinonewsnetwork.com/democracy/ag...
Against the Present: The Future of Feminism Is Now - Latino News Network
Historians have often excluded Black, Brown and Indigenous women from their narratives, thereby contributing to the erasure of the forms of solidarity and equity those women and their comrades practic...
latinonewsnetwork.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The always brilliant Antionette Burton on democracy, feminism, and equity. latinonewsnetwork.com/democracy/ag...
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Excited to share that I’ve defended my dissertation. Grateful to my advisors, Yang Wang and @profmrs.bsky.social for their guidance. Special thanks to Yixin Zou for hosting me at MPI-SP as visiting researcher. Thank you to collaborators, peers, friends, and family. Stay tuned for the next chapter.✨
Congratulations to #iSchoolUI doctoral candidate @smirity.bsky.social on successfully defending her dissertation, “Digital Trust, Safety, and Privacy in the Age of Emerging Technologies”! ▶️ bit.ly/40jgf01
June 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Excited to share that I’ve defended my dissertation. Grateful to my advisors, Yang Wang and @profmrs.bsky.social for their guidance. Special thanks to Yixin Zou for hosting me at MPI-SP as visiting researcher. Thank you to collaborators, peers, friends, and family. Stay tuned for the next chapter.✨
@ynotez.bsky.social I think we might have to resurrect the wearables project? blog.citp.princeton.edu/2020/03/16/t...
The CheapBit of Fitness Trackers Apps - CITP Blog
Yan Shvartzshnaider (@ynotez) and Madelyn Sanfilippo (@MrsMRS_PhD) Fitness trackers are “[devices] that you can wear that records your daily physical activity, as well as other information about your ...
blog.citp.princeton.edu
June 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@ynotez.bsky.social I think we might have to resurrect the wearables project? blog.citp.princeton.edu/2020/03/16/t...
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AI scraping bots looking for training data are overwhelming the servers of libraries and archives, making valuable, public resources unavailable to people. We are losing access to original writing and getting gimmicky writing in return through LLMs. #AIEthics #writers
www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”
www.404media.co
June 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
AI scraping bots looking for training data are overwhelming the servers of libraries and archives, making valuable, public resources unavailable to people. We are losing access to original writing and getting gimmicky writing in return through LLMs. #AIEthics #writers
www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
I am so sad. And so tired. If it’s not one thing, it’s everything.
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I am so sad. And so tired. If it’s not one thing, it’s everything.
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Explores how people experience, produce, and manage misinformation in their everyday lives.
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons
Cambridge Core - Media, Mass Communication - Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons
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May 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Explores how people experience, produce, and manage misinformation in their everyday lives.
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Join us in Hawaii next January to present or learn about knowledge and data commons!
CFP: governing the digital commons at HICSS 2026 hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/in...
CFP: governing the digital commons at HICSS 2026 hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/in...
Internet at Work and Play – HICSS
hicss.hawaii.edu
March 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Join us in Hawaii next January to present or learn about knowledge and data commons!
CFP: governing the digital commons at HICSS 2026 hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/in...
CFP: governing the digital commons at HICSS 2026 hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/in...
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I have never hated any single update more than I hate this iOS. Why would you do this to mail?
February 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I have never hated any single update more than I hate this iOS. Why would you do this to mail?
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Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."
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To be slightly blunter than The Atlantic allowed me to be: the tiktok ban is a protectionist subsidy to Meta and Google worth hundreds of billions of dollars: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How the United States Learned to Love Internet Censorship
America was once seen as the home of the free internet. That era is now over.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
To be slightly blunter than The Atlantic allowed me to be: the tiktok ban is a protectionist subsidy to Meta and Google worth hundreds of billions of dollars: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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This translation of the authors' recent ARIST review emphasizes the critical need for empirical #research on #misinformation governance to guide decision-making & #policy development.
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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January 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This translation of the authors' recent ARIST review emphasizes the critical need for empirical #research on #misinformation governance to guide decision-making & #policy development.
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...
@profmrs.bsky.social
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...
@profmrs.bsky.social
Fellow parents, what completely ridiculous thing, you never imagined needing to say at all, do you find yourself repeating?
For me: Stop putting rocks in the washing machine!
For me: Stop putting rocks in the washing machine!
December 20, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Fellow parents, what completely ridiculous thing, you never imagined needing to say at all, do you find yourself repeating?
For me: Stop putting rocks in the washing machine!
For me: Stop putting rocks in the washing machine!
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📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
nature.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't.
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
@smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇
nature.com/articles/s41...
In addition to the wonderful research being done on misinformation, its impact, dissemination, and filtering, we need to prioritize governance research, especially on alternative interventions at the community level!
With Awa Zhu and Shengnan Yang: informationmatters.org/2024/11/gove...
With Awa Zhu and Shengnan Yang: informationmatters.org/2024/11/gove...
Governing Misinformation - Information Matters
This translation of the authors' recent ARIST review, “Sociotechnical Governance of Misinformation,” highlights the urgency and importance of empirical research on misinformation governance to inform ...
informationmatters.org
November 15, 2024 at 12:24 AM
In addition to the wonderful research being done on misinformation, its impact, dissemination, and filtering, we need to prioritize governance research, especially on alternative interventions at the community level!
With Awa Zhu and Shengnan Yang: informationmatters.org/2024/11/gove...
With Awa Zhu and Shengnan Yang: informationmatters.org/2024/11/gove...
GKC, knowledge commons, data governance starter pack: go.bsky.app/21AV2bt
November 13, 2024 at 11:55 PM
GKC, knowledge commons, data governance starter pack: go.bsky.app/21AV2bt
Henry AI Kissinger is a great example of why AI breaks all contextual norms. Just because you were an expert on one thing does NOT mean, in death and/or by extension, that you can be an expert on everything.
November 12, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Henry AI Kissinger is a great example of why AI breaks all contextual norms. Just because you were an expert on one thing does NOT mean, in death and/or by extension, that you can be an expert on everything.
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
Did you take “civics” in school? What approximate year and state?
Trying to address an interesting hunch provoked in a Q&A today…
Thanks!
Trying to address an interesting hunch provoked in a Q&A today…
Thanks!
November 7, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Did you take “civics” in school? What approximate year and state?
Trying to address an interesting hunch provoked in a Q&A today…
Thanks!
Trying to address an interesting hunch provoked in a Q&A today…
Thanks!
My kid is learning Latin in school and told me it would be really practical in case she gets a letter when she turns 11.
October 26, 2024 at 1:38 PM
My kid is learning Latin in school and told me it would be really practical in case she gets a letter when she turns 11.
My small contribution to the dialogue on how we can address election misinformation, in light of governance failures. thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com
October 23, 2024 at 12:46 PM
My small contribution to the dialogue on how we can address election misinformation, in light of governance failures. thehill.com/opinion/tech...