Dr. Elinor Carmi
@elinorcarmi.bsky.social
🌈 Feminist Senior Lecturer in data politics and social justice at City st. George's, Uni of London, UK. She/her.
https://elinorcarmi.com/
Working on data politics/feminist data/data&AI literacies/data justice/digital rights/ad tech industry/surveillance.
https://elinorcarmi.com/
Working on data politics/feminist data/data&AI literacies/data justice/digital rights/ad tech industry/surveillance.
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Dr. Elinor Carmi
@elinorcarmi.bsky.social
· May 23
🤩🎉NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! 🎊 I am thrilled to share my new OPEN ACCESS paper with Panagiota Nakou - "Building data citizenship and learning to resist in the datafied
society" -
Here's a short 🧵 on what we did ->
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
society" -
Here's a short 🧵 on what we did ->
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Who needs the Right To Be Forgotten when you are a rich man with powerful friends who use SEO to bury your pedophilia 😬🤡
New from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring.
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
How Jeffrey Epstein used SEO to bury news about his crimes
“the google page is not good,” Epstein wrote
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Who needs the Right To Be Forgotten when you are a rich man with powerful friends who use SEO to bury your pedophilia 😬🤡
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🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Defining language and managing its use: Language technology as language management
Language technologies such as voice user interfaces, large language models and machine translation tools are embedded in an ever-growing range of digi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Perfect way to spend my lunch if you ask me... @tuc.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Perfect way to spend my lunch if you ask me... @tuc.org.uk
Honestly I am more excited about the soundtrack of Wuthering Heights that Charli XCX created than the actual film.
Every song is so magical, House sounds a bit like Nick Cave-y and Chains of Love is very 1980s goth 😍
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Every song is so magical, House sounds a bit like Nick Cave-y and Chains of Love is very 1980s goth 😍
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Honestly I am more excited about the soundtrack of Wuthering Heights that Charli XCX created than the actual film.
Every song is so magical, House sounds a bit like Nick Cave-y and Chains of Love is very 1980s goth 😍
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Every song is so magical, House sounds a bit like Nick Cave-y and Chains of Love is very 1980s goth 😍
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
Another day in the UK higher education, another day NOONE in this government says ONE thing!
Is there any strategy to save one of the most profitable sectors in the country? Does anyone care that when universities collapse the local businesses will also collapse?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is there any strategy to save one of the most profitable sectors in the country? Does anyone care that when universities collapse the local businesses will also collapse?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Edinburgh university staff walk out in latest strikes over £140m cuts
Members of the UCU union walked out in the first of three days of strikes over proposed cuts and the threat of compulsory redundancies.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Another day in the UK higher education, another day NOONE in this government says ONE thing!
Is there any strategy to save one of the most profitable sectors in the country? Does anyone care that when universities collapse the local businesses will also collapse?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is there any strategy to save one of the most profitable sectors in the country? Does anyone care that when universities collapse the local businesses will also collapse?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It’s the universities encouraging students to use AI that really gets me. All this “we need to accept it’s here and teach them to use it” does not help students learn to think. Writing is for thinking and communicating, not just producing words.
I spent a lot of time this semester explaining why it produces bad work but at the end of the day, they're being asked to do a thing they find difficult, and this makes it easy for them, without any meaningful consequence. And the university encourages them to use it.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It’s the universities encouraging students to use AI that really gets me. All this “we need to accept it’s here and teach them to use it” does not help students learn to think. Writing is for thinking and communicating, not just producing words.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Dismantling the myth that we live in a meritocracy is one of the most urgent changes needed".
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Dismantling the myth that we live in a meritocracy is one of the most urgent changes needed".
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Reposted by Dr. Elinor Carmi
I am hiring for two postdocs in the creator economy, hosted at Aarhus University. One is on monetization and governance with flexible methods and area focus: www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #commsky #academicchatter #polisky
Postdoctoral Researcher in Monetisation, Governance, and the Creator Economy at the Department of Media and Journalism Studies - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Afdeling for Medievidenskab og Journalistik, Aarhus Universitet
www.au.dk
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I am hiring for two postdocs in the creator economy, hosted at Aarhus University. One is on monetization and governance with flexible methods and area focus: www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #commsky #academicchatter #polisky
Really enjoyed going to the Finnish Embassy today for their event "The Finnish Recipe – Strengthening Societal Resilience with Media Literacy".
Key points were around integrating media literacy as a holistic approach rather than an add-on, separate subject ->
Key points were around integrating media literacy as a holistic approach rather than an add-on, separate subject ->
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Really enjoyed going to the Finnish Embassy today for their event "The Finnish Recipe – Strengthening Societal Resilience with Media Literacy".
Key points were around integrating media literacy as a holistic approach rather than an add-on, separate subject ->
Key points were around integrating media literacy as a holistic approach rather than an add-on, separate subject ->
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Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Big Tech is plotting a $100M lobbying and campaign spending blitz to block AI regulation at the state and federal level.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
We must stop this takeover before it's too late.
Going after everyday citizens and not after the big-tech companies who create the online harms seem like a weird way of using taxpayer money....
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Going after everyday citizens and not after the big-tech companies who create the online harms seem like a weird way of using taxpayer money....
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As we write in The Guardian this morning, the Commission’s plan to gut EU digital rules will hurt Europe’s startups and give U.S. tech an unassailable advantage, confirming Europe as a digital vassal.
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
As we write in The Guardian this morning, the Commission’s plan to gut EU digital rules will hurt Europe’s startups and give U.S. tech an unassailable advantage, confirming Europe as a digital vassal.
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Both my PhD students passed their upgrades 🥹 small proud moments...
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Both my PhD students passed their upgrades 🥹 small proud moments...
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Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
"We can stop. We can pause. We can demand something better. And we must. Because there is a body count" @lollardfish.bsky.social
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
Perry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide?
"It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"We can stop. We can pause. We can demand something better. And we must. Because there is a body count" @lollardfish.bsky.social
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
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100% @bhaggart.bsky.social & I have been arguing this point for years too (see our open-access book The New Knowledge with Bloomsbury)! Regulating platforms without addressing their business models is doomed to fail. Maybe now we can finally talk about how to restructure their business models?
I feel like academics and activists have been shouting about the need to address the platforms' business model for years. But this recent article about Meta making a fortune from fraudulent ads makes it crystal clear. But more than that it -> www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
100% @bhaggart.bsky.social & I have been arguing this point for years too (see our open-access book The New Knowledge with Bloomsbury)! Regulating platforms without addressing their business models is doomed to fail. Maybe now we can finally talk about how to restructure their business models?
I feel like academics and activists have been shouting about the need to address the platforms' business model for years. But this recent article about Meta making a fortune from fraudulent ads makes it crystal clear. But more than that it -> www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I feel like academics and activists have been shouting about the need to address the platforms' business model for years. But this recent article about Meta making a fortune from fraudulent ads makes it crystal clear. But more than that it -> www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Tonight! ✨ Looking forward to co-facilitate our first meet-up with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @elinorcarmi.bsky.social & many more!
Just two slots left at the Hopeful Technologists meet-up on Thursday - and more than 200 people have signed up to our online events over the next three weeks luma.com/cr7kwsxy
Hopeful Tech: Community Event - Open House 1 · Luma
Our first open house to help shape the UK's Society for Hopeful Technologists. Come along and discuss the draft charter, develop the theory of change and help…
luma.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tonight! ✨ Looking forward to co-facilitate our first meet-up with @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, @elinorcarmi.bsky.social & many more!
Nobody needs to be this obscenely rich, while most of society is getting poorer.
As Billie Eilish said: "if you are a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? Give your money away shorties!"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As Billie Eilish said: "if you are a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? Give your money away shorties!"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Nobody needs to be this obscenely rich, while most of society is getting poorer.
As Billie Eilish said: "if you are a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? Give your money away shorties!"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As Billie Eilish said: "if you are a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? Give your money away shorties!"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I know this is niche, but finding nice shoes when you have wide feet is literally impossible as a woman, and my feet are not that wide! What do other women do? 😅🫠
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I know this is niche, but finding nice shoes when you have wide feet is literally impossible as a woman, and my feet are not that wide! What do other women do? 😅🫠