Data & Society
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Data & Society is a nonprofit research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, automation, and AI.
In a new Points piece, Hannah Lipstein & @tamigraph.bsky.social examine VA’s Data Center Alley, and explain why their research examines not only individual sites but “how the politics, economics, & cultural factors of a place" inform effective organizing strategies. datasociety.net/points/situa...
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In a new Points piece, Hannah Lipstein & @tamigraph.bsky.social examine VA’s Data Center Alley, and explain why their research examines not only individual sites but “how the politics, economics, & cultural factors of a place" inform effective organizing strategies. datasociety.net/points/situa...
Better digital futures are possible when *people* are at the center of decisions about how AI is developed and used. With your support on this #GivingTuesday, our public education work will equip more communities to push for essential transparency and accountability. datasociety.net/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Better digital futures are possible when *people* are at the center of decisions about how AI is developed and used. With your support on this #GivingTuesday, our public education work will equip more communities to push for essential transparency and accountability. datasociety.net/donate/
In a new Points piece, D&S researchers @livgar.bsky.social and @briana-v.bsky.social reflect on what studying AI chatbots reveals about emotional attachment to machines, the power of illusion, and the norms and expectations that define care itself. datasociety.net/points/all-t...
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In a new Points piece, D&S researchers @livgar.bsky.social and @briana-v.bsky.social reflect on what studying AI chatbots reveals about emotional attachment to machines, the power of illusion, and the norms and expectations that define care itself. datasociety.net/points/all-t...
December 11 @ 1 pm ET: Join us online as D&S's @tamigraph.bsky.social discusses her forthcoming report on how climate conscious tech workers are attempting to reform the tech industry from within, with Eliza Pan of @amzn4climate.bsky.social and @khari.bsky.social. datasociety.net/events/clima...
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
December 11 @ 1 pm ET: Join us online as D&S's @tamigraph.bsky.social discusses her forthcoming report on how climate conscious tech workers are attempting to reform the tech industry from within, with Eliza Pan of @amzn4climate.bsky.social and @khari.bsky.social. datasociety.net/events/clima...
In the first piece in the series, Priya Goswami looks at what happens when the work of India’s trusted door-to-door healthcare workers, known as ASHAs, extends into data collection. Look out for more pieces in the coming weeks and months! datasociety.net/points/from-...
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In the first piece in the series, Priya Goswami looks at what happens when the work of India’s trusted door-to-door healthcare workers, known as ASHAs, extends into data collection. Look out for more pieces in the coming weeks and months! datasociety.net/points/from-...
This new series, curated by researchers Emnet Tafesse and Abigail Oppong in collaboration with D&S’s AI on the Ground program, explores the need for a more equitable and inclusive approach to AI — one that prioritizes those in the Majority World. datasociety.net/points/democ...
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This new series, curated by researchers Emnet Tafesse and Abigail Oppong in collaboration with D&S’s AI on the Ground program, explores the need for a more equitable and inclusive approach to AI — one that prioritizes those in the Majority World. datasociety.net/points/democ...
🚨The final event in our popular series with the NYPL is happening on Thursday, w an incredible panel of experts discussing the value of human labor in the face of increasing automation. Reserve your in-person spot (they're going quickly) or RSVP to join us online! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🚨The final event in our popular series with the NYPL is happening on Thursday, w an incredible panel of experts discussing the value of human labor in the face of increasing automation. Reserve your in-person spot (they're going quickly) or RSVP to join us online! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
Tomorrow at 10am ET: a discussion debunking myths about the impact of data centers on the economy, environment, & local communities, with D&S researcher @livgar.bsky.social, MOSACAT's Tania Rodríguez, & @slehuede.bsky.social. Interpretation in English and Spanish. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Tomorrow at 10am ET: a discussion debunking myths about the impact of data centers on the economy, environment, & local communities, with D&S researcher @livgar.bsky.social, MOSACAT's Tania Rodríguez, & @slehuede.bsky.social. Interpretation in English and Spanish. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Support Data & Society. Together, we can build a future where AI is shaped by the public, not just the powerful. datasociety.net/donate/
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Support Data & Society. Together, we can build a future where AI is shaped by the public, not just the powerful. datasociety.net/donate/
Looking at a related phenomenon as part of his research on how AI and everyday practices of science shape each other, D&S's Ranjit Singh explores how LLMs are threatening the open-access research repository arXiv: by effectively *manufacturing* a form of scholarship. datasociety.net/points/on-ar...
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Looking at a related phenomenon as part of his research on how AI and everyday practices of science shape each other, D&S's Ranjit Singh explores how LLMs are threatening the open-access research repository arXiv: by effectively *manufacturing* a form of scholarship. datasociety.net/points/on-ar...
New workshop! We invite researchers and practitioners to join us in examining how scientific reasoning and imagination are being reconfigured as AI systems become a part of the everyday practice of science. Learn more and apply by December 8. datasociety.net/announcement...
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
New workshop! We invite researchers and practitioners to join us in examining how scientific reasoning and imagination are being reconfigured as AI systems become a part of the everyday practice of science. Learn more and apply by December 8. datasociety.net/announcement...
In the latest in a series of reflections, @megyoung0.bsky.social & @tamigraph.bsky.social write about AIMLab's community-based algorithmic impact assessment of San José’s computer vision pilot program — and what happened when news broke about it while it was underway. datasociety.net/points/the-u...
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In the latest in a series of reflections, @megyoung0.bsky.social & @tamigraph.bsky.social write about AIMLab's community-based algorithmic impact assessment of San José’s computer vision pilot program — and what happened when news broke about it while it was underway. datasociety.net/points/the-u...
As LLMs manufacture a form of scholarship, presentation doesn’t mean what it used to. D&S's Ranjit Singh looks at how this threatens the open-access research repository arXiv, how its founder is fighting to sustain its credibility, & what researchers can do to help. datasociety.net/points/on-ar...
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
As LLMs manufacture a form of scholarship, presentation doesn’t mean what it used to. D&S's Ranjit Singh looks at how this threatens the open-access research repository arXiv, how its founder is fighting to sustain its credibility, & what researchers can do to help. datasociety.net/points/on-ar...
📣 Our method for conducting community-based algorithmic impact assessments is now available! We’ve just launched a new section on our website where you can find an extensive toolkit, documentation of our pilots, and a series of reflections on lessons learned. datasociety.net/research/alg...
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
📣 Our method for conducting community-based algorithmic impact assessments is now available! We’ve just launched a new section on our website where you can find an extensive toolkit, documentation of our pilots, and a series of reflections on lessons learned. datasociety.net/research/alg...
Tomorrow! Next in our series w NYPL, D&S ED Janet Haven will talk to @cmcilwain.bsky.social, @juliaangwin.com & @catherinebracy.com about the power and potential of AI in the *public* interest. In-person spots are going fast; reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tomorrow! Next in our series w NYPL, D&S ED Janet Haven will talk to @cmcilwain.bsky.social, @juliaangwin.com & @catherinebracy.com about the power and potential of AI in the *public* interest. In-person spots are going fast; reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
This week! On Thursday, Oct 23, join “Rewiring Democracy” authors Bruce Schneier & Nathan E. Sanders, and D&S's @alicetiara.bsky.social, to explore how AI is changing power & participation, and what we can do to shape that change for the better. Learn more and RSVP: datasociety.net/events/a-roa...
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This week! On Thursday, Oct 23, join “Rewiring Democracy” authors Bruce Schneier & Nathan E. Sanders, and D&S's @alicetiara.bsky.social, to explore how AI is changing power & participation, and what we can do to shape that change for the better. Learn more and RSVP: datasociety.net/events/a-roa...
📣 Please join us in welcoming our ten new affiliates: Kiara Childs, Mar Hicks, Harry Hudome, Shannon Mattern, Joan Mukogosi, Miliaku Nwabueze, Marie-Therese Png, Jess Reia, Melinda Sebastian, & Émile P. Torres. We're excited to work with and learn from them! datasociety.net/announcement...
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📣 Please join us in welcoming our ten new affiliates: Kiara Childs, Mar Hicks, Harry Hudome, Shannon Mattern, Joan Mukogosi, Miliaku Nwabueze, Marie-Therese Png, Jess Reia, Melinda Sebastian, & Émile P. Torres. We're excited to work with and learn from them! datasociety.net/announcement...
In @bigdatasoc.bsky.social, D&S researcher @briana-v.bsky.social & program director Ranjit Singh consider how the growing adoption of AI in mental health support impacts both users & providers, and advocate for a critical approach to its development & governance. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In @bigdatasoc.bsky.social, D&S researcher @briana-v.bsky.social & program director Ranjit Singh consider how the growing adoption of AI in mental health support impacts both users & providers, and advocate for a critical approach to its development & governance. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 21 in San Francisco: D&S Labor Futures Program Director @aihathing.bsky.social will be speaking at @partnershipai.bsky.social 2025 Partner Forum 2025, exploring AI and the future of work. There’s still time to RSVP here: whova.com/portal/regis...
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
October 21 in San Francisco: D&S Labor Futures Program Director @aihathing.bsky.social will be speaking at @partnershipai.bsky.social 2025 Partner Forum 2025, exploring AI and the future of work. There’s still time to RSVP here: whova.com/portal/regis...
On November 18, join organizers and experts for a cross-issue panel discussion exploring how workers and communities are pushing back: From Our Workplaces to Our Communities: Stop the AI Surveillance Pipeline Now! bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On November 18, join organizers and experts for a cross-issue panel discussion exploring how workers and communities are pushing back: From Our Workplaces to Our Communities: Stop the AI Surveillance Pipeline Now! bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance
“Privacy-preserving” isn’t as private as you might think. Our new brief, published in collab w @powerswitchaction.org & Coworker, exposes how so-called “privacy-preserving” technologies can actually enable *more* worker surveillance — and what we can do about it. datasociety.net/library/the-...
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Privacy-preserving” isn’t as private as you might think. Our new brief, published in collab w @powerswitchaction.org & Coworker, exposes how so-called “privacy-preserving” technologies can actually enable *more* worker surveillance — and what we can do about it. datasociety.net/library/the-...
Join us on Oct 9 @ 12pm PT for a webinar on the histories, impacts & policies of California’s data centers. This talk will feature @khari.bsky.social, Masheika Allgood & Nicole Merino Tsui, moderated by Cecilia Marrinan of Kapor Foundation & @tamigraph.bsky.social kaporcenter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Join us on Oct 9 @ 12pm PT for a webinar on the histories, impacts & policies of California’s data centers. This talk will feature @khari.bsky.social, Masheika Allgood & Nicole Merino Tsui, moderated by Cecilia Marrinan of Kapor Foundation & @tamigraph.bsky.social kaporcenter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sen. Cruz’s SANDBOX Act amounts to a liability shield for Big Tech, D&S’s Brian J. Chen & Janet Haven write in @thehill.com. It “provides is a free pass for the AI industry to continue to discriminate, spread deepfakes, exacerbate mental health risks and surveil workers.” thehill.com/opinion/tech...
September 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sen. Cruz’s SANDBOX Act amounts to a liability shield for Big Tech, D&S’s Brian J. Chen & Janet Haven write in @thehill.com. It “provides is a free pass for the AI industry to continue to discriminate, spread deepfakes, exacerbate mental health risks and surveil workers.” thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Sept 23: Don't miss the next event in our series w NYPL! D&S’s @tamigraph.bsky.social will talk to Jasmine McNealy & Sanjana Paul about the environmental toll of AI and what we can do about it. In-person spots are going fast, so reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
September 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Sept 23: Don't miss the next event in our series w NYPL! D&S’s @tamigraph.bsky.social will talk to Jasmine McNealy & Sanjana Paul about the environmental toll of AI and what we can do about it. In-person spots are going fast, so reserve yours or join the livestream! www.showclix.com/event/unders...
As big tech companies appeal to small island countries’ anxieties about being left behind, @emmaquilty.bsky.social considers how efforts to transform islands into digital hubs obscure the power and agency of these places and their people. datasociety.net/points/confr...
September 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As big tech companies appeal to small island countries’ anxieties about being left behind, @emmaquilty.bsky.social considers how efforts to transform islands into digital hubs obscure the power and agency of these places and their people. datasociety.net/points/confr...