Eran Toch
@eranto.bsky.social
I invent new technologies and user experiences for privacy & human-AI interaction. Prof of Engineering at TAU.
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Eran Toch
@eranto.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Hijacking algorithmic bias: analyzing the political discourse around ChatGPT on social media
Following the introduction of ChatGPT 3.5, the first widely available general-purpose large language model, users were able to experiment and interact with this new AI technology at scale for the f...
doi.org
We have a new paper just published in Information, Communication & Society. Maayan Cohen and I are looking at how the discourse around algorithmic bias was taken up, amplified, and reframed across ideological lines in the launch of ChatGPT 3.5. >>
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Reposted by Eran Toch
Final version! In Defense of Privacy-as-Control (Properly Understood), 65 Jurimetrics (2026 forthcoming)
I defend Privacy-as-Control, explain why its wrong to reduce it to notice & choice, and argue it serves as a common denominator for privacy's many theories
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I defend Privacy-as-Control, explain why its wrong to reduce it to notice & choice, and argue it serves as a common denominator for privacy's many theories
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
In Defense of Privacy-as-Control (Properly Understood)
Privacy-as-control (‘PaC’) is one of the dominant conceptions of privacy. PaC means that each person should be able to decide for themselves whether to disclose
papers.ssrn.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Final version! In Defense of Privacy-as-Control (Properly Understood), 65 Jurimetrics (2026 forthcoming)
I defend Privacy-as-Control, explain why its wrong to reduce it to notice & choice, and argue it serves as a common denominator for privacy's many theories
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I defend Privacy-as-Control, explain why its wrong to reduce it to notice & choice, and argue it serves as a common denominator for privacy's many theories
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Reposted by Eran Toch
UC faculty and the @aaup.org demand the end of mandatory surveillance software use across the UC system. The future belongs to people, not to big brother!
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
University of California faculty push back against Big Brother cybersecurity mandate
School officials defend software as bulwark against ransomware, but professors fear potential surveillance of their devices
www.science.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
UC faculty and the @aaup.org demand the end of mandatory surveillance software use across the UC system. The future belongs to people, not to big brother!
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Working in Israel on disinformation? (mitigating it, not spreading it). The Israeli Internet Association has a new grant (50K NIS) open to activists, initiatives, and orgs to develop new solutions. I'm on the board of the committee (w @avischarf.bsky.social etc)
www.isoc.org.il/disinformati...
www.isoc.org.il/disinformati...
קול קורא: מענקים למענים טכנולוגיים וציבוריים לפיתוח חסינות והתמודדות עם איומי דיסאינפורמציה והפצת תוכן כוזב ברשתות בישראל
קול קורא למענקי פיתוח עבור ארגונים, יוזמות ופעילים המקדמים פתרונות ומענים טכנולוגיים וציבוריים לפיתוח חסינות והתמודדות עם איומי דיסאינפורמציה והפצת תוכן כוזב ברשתות בישראל…
www.isoc.org.il
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Working in Israel on disinformation? (mitigating it, not spreading it). The Israeli Internet Association has a new grant (50K NIS) open to activists, initiatives, and orgs to develop new solutions. I'm on the board of the committee (w @avischarf.bsky.social etc)
www.isoc.org.il/disinformati...
www.isoc.org.il/disinformati...
I was interviewed in Haaretz’s economics paper, TheMarker, about the job market in Industrial Engineering and Management jobs and the effects of AI on junior jobs in this market >> www.themarker.com/career/2025-...
"לכולם יש משבר ג'וניורים, אבל בתחום הזה - זה חזק במיוחד"
התואר בהנדסת תעשייה וניהול מושך צעירים רבים עם יכולות ארגוניות וניהוליות שחולמים להשתלב בענף ההייטק. אבל רבים מהבוגרים מרגישים שהמשרות שבעבר יועדו להם - כבר אינן ■ משרות ניהול פרויקטים מצומצמות והתחרו...
www.themarker.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I was interviewed in Haaretz’s economics paper, TheMarker, about the job market in Industrial Engineering and Management jobs and the effects of AI on junior jobs in this market >> www.themarker.com/career/2025-...
It doesn’t make much sense to move to Bluesky but then to not use it
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40637733/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40637733/
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky - PubMed
Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For the past decade, Twitter has been a primary home of scientists on social media. In recent years, new leadership at Twitter has made substantive changes th …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It doesn’t make much sense to move to Bluesky but then to not use it
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40637733/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40637733/
We were awarded a very exciting new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) with colleagues Adam Aviv from The George Washington University and Oshrat Ayalon from the University of Haifa. >>
October 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We were awarded a very exciting new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) with colleagues Adam Aviv from The George Washington University and Oshrat Ayalon from the University of Haifa. >>
We have a new paper just published in Information, Communication & Society. Maayan Cohen and I are looking at how the discourse around algorithmic bias was taken up, amplified, and reframed across ideological lines in the launch of ChatGPT 3.5. >>
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Hijacking algorithmic bias: analyzing the political discourse around ChatGPT on social media
Following the introduction of ChatGPT 3.5, the first widely available general-purpose large language model, users were able to experiment and interact with this new AI technology at scale for the f...
doi.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
We have a new paper just published in Information, Communication & Society. Maayan Cohen and I are looking at how the discourse around algorithmic bias was taken up, amplified, and reframed across ideological lines in the launch of ChatGPT 3.5. >>
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Should I update this starter pack of Israeli academics? Anyone who I should add? Say hi or tag someone!
go.bsky.app/Q6MFTcY
go.bsky.app/Q6MFTcY
October 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Should I update this starter pack of Israeli academics? Anyone who I should add? Say hi or tag someone!
go.bsky.app/Q6MFTcY
go.bsky.app/Q6MFTcY
It is time to wrap up my term as Head of the School of Industrial & Intelligent Systems Engineering at Tel Aviv University.
A lot has happened during this time: first and foremost, our department became a school with a new name that reflects our broadaning research and teaching interests >>
A lot has happened during this time: first and foremost, our department became a school with a new name that reflects our broadaning research and teaching interests >>
October 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It is time to wrap up my term as Head of the School of Industrial & Intelligent Systems Engineering at Tel Aviv University.
A lot has happened during this time: first and foremost, our department became a school with a new name that reflects our broadaning research and teaching interests >>
A lot has happened during this time: first and foremost, our department became a school with a new name that reflects our broadaning research and teaching interests >>
I would adjust my settings asap on Venmo if I don't want to get phished by the whole world.
September 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I would adjust my settings asap on Venmo if I don't want to get phished by the whole world.
Reposted by Eran Toch
I was very happy to give a Cybersecurity Colloquium seminar at the The Data Science Institute at Columbia University, presenting with this stunning view. I was talking about: When Differential Privacy Meets Human Decision-Making.
September 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I was very happy to give a Cybersecurity Colloquium seminar at the The Data Science Institute at Columbia University, presenting with this stunning view. I was talking about: When Differential Privacy Meets Human Decision-Making.
Everyone is working on AI, but how can we design AI-based systems that are actually friendly and usable? Bidding closes soon at TAU. so it’s a good time to remind that I'll be teaching the graduate course “Human–AI Interaction” (2 hours, open to the entire campus). Here is a short explanation >>
September 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Everyone is working on AI, but how can we design AI-based systems that are actually friendly and usable? Bidding closes soon at TAU. so it’s a good time to remind that I'll be teaching the graduate course “Human–AI Interaction” (2 hours, open to the entire campus). Here is a short explanation >>
It will be my second year co-chairing the Privacy and Security subcommittee at #CHI2026, with the awesome Florian Schaub and Emilee Rader. Abstract submission is today, and we are very excited to review the list of papers that you'll send our way...
Reminder🔉 Abstract/metadata deadline is today (Sep 4 AoE)! No new submissions and author changes after the deadline. Make sure metadata is finalized before time runs out!
September 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It will be my second year co-chairing the Privacy and Security subcommittee at #CHI2026, with the awesome Florian Schaub and Emilee Rader. Abstract submission is today, and we are very excited to review the list of papers that you'll send our way...
The preprint of our paper, “Differential Privacy Configurations in the Real World: A Comparative Analysis,” by (brilliant) student Michael Khavkin and myself, has been published on the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering website. Read it here: www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
September 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The preprint of our paper, “Differential Privacy Configurations in the Real World: A Comparative Analysis,” by (brilliant) student Michael Khavkin and myself, has been published on the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering website. Read it here: www.computer.org/csdl/journal...
On Wednesday, September 3, the senior faculty at Tel Aviv University will hold a warning strike. We will head to Jerusalem to protest against the dismantling of the rule of law, the continuation of the war, and the indifference toward the hostages.
August 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
On Wednesday, September 3, the senior faculty at Tel Aviv University will hold a warning strike. We will head to Jerusalem to protest against the dismantling of the rule of law, the continuation of the war, and the indifference toward the hostages.
Exciting news: our paper “Differential Privacy Configurations in the Real World: A Comparative Analysis” was just accepted to IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. Another great paper of Michael Khavkin’s Ph.D.! Here is a short thread about the study >>
August 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Exciting news: our paper “Differential Privacy Configurations in the Real World: A Comparative Analysis” was just accepted to IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. Another great paper of Michael Khavkin’s Ph.D.! Here is a short thread about the study >>
Hundreds of thousands gathered yesterday in Tel Aviv calling the government to return the hostages and end the war. By the way, the demonstration happened about two hours after a Houthi ballistic missile had cleared people off the streets.
August 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands gathered yesterday in Tel Aviv calling the government to return the hostages and end the war. By the way, the demonstration happened about two hours after a Houthi ballistic missile had cleared people off the streets.
Reposted by Eran Toch
And if you want to read more about AI hype I recommend my brilliant friend @danmk.bsky.social's amazing new article on it www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Can't stop the hype: scrutinizing AI's realities
Recently, we have been inundated with reports about the revolutions brought about by AI. However, much of our knowledge about these ‘revolutions’ arises from media sensationalism and advertising cl...
www.tandfonline.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
And if you want to read more about AI hype I recommend my brilliant friend @danmk.bsky.social's amazing new article on it www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Eran Toch
בוקר לאחר ההחלטה האסונית של הקבינט אמש על כיבוש עזה, מתפרסמת עוד עצומה של אקדמאים. הפעם זו עצומה משותפת של סטודנטים וחברי סגל מאוניברסיטת חיפה, האוניברסיטה שלי.
האם זה ישנה למישהו? לא בטוח בכלל?
האם אני שלם עם כל פסיק בעצומה, לא ממש.
ועם זאת, בתקופה כזאת, אסור לעמוד מנגד.
האם זה ישנה למישהו? לא בטוח בכלל?
האם אני שלם עם כל פסיק בעצומה, לא ממש.
ועם זאת, בתקופה כזאת, אסור לעמוד מנגד.
August 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
בוקר לאחר ההחלטה האסונית של הקבינט אמש על כיבוש עזה, מתפרסמת עוד עצומה של אקדמאים. הפעם זו עצומה משותפת של סטודנטים וחברי סגל מאוניברסיטת חיפה, האוניברסיטה שלי.
האם זה ישנה למישהו? לא בטוח בכלל?
האם אני שלם עם כל פסיק בעצומה, לא ממש.
ועם זאת, בתקופה כזאת, אסור לעמוד מנגד.
האם זה ישנה למישהו? לא בטוח בכלל?
האם אני שלם עם כל פסיק בעצומה, לא ממש.
ועם זאת, בתקופה כזאת, אסור לעמוד מנגד.
Demonstrating tonight at Tel Aviv to put an end to the war and return the hostages immediately.
August 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Demonstrating tonight at Tel Aviv to put an end to the war and return the hostages immediately.
Reposted by Eran Toch
Call for Proposals: Elkana Forum Workshops: Rethinking Scientific Problems Through Dialogue with Historical & Philosophical Perspectives #hps #philsci #histSTEM
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Call for Proposals: Elkana Forum Workshops: Rethinking Scientific Problems Through Dialogue with Historical & Philosophical Perspectives #hps #philsci #histSTEM
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
(@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)
I'm starting to believe that if you're not using LLMs when reviewing papers, your reviews aren't as good as they could be. What do you think?
July 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I'm starting to believe that if you're not using LLMs when reviewing papers, your reviews aren't as good as they could be. What do you think?
I’m happy to see the presidents of Tel Aviv Univeristy, the Hebrew Univeristy, Weizmann Institute and others higher eds, join the call to end the Cabinet’s criminal policies in Gaza. It’s easy to be cynical about these types of letters, but remember that 80% of the uni budget come from the state.
July 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’m happy to see the presidents of Tel Aviv Univeristy, the Hebrew Univeristy, Weizmann Institute and others higher eds, join the call to end the Cabinet’s criminal policies in Gaza. It’s easy to be cynical about these types of letters, but remember that 80% of the uni budget come from the state.