Thinking like a sociotechnical researcher means recognizing that every technical system represents a set of choices — and paying attention to how those choices are made. As D&S Senior Researcher Ranjit Singh explains, that's something we can all do. https://t.co/4GEZdRv0KA

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Job alert! We’re looking for an expert facilitator and connector to take on the new role of community manager with our Public Technology Leadership Collaborative, supporting the PTLC as it expands into working closely with state and local government.

There's lots of hype about Malaysia's new data centers, but "we do not have enough water and power," says the mayor of Johor Bahru. "While promoting investments is important, it should not come at the expense of the local and domestic needs of the people."

New - and ever more crucial report - on carceral AI, a growing class of algorithmic and data-driven practices designed to police, incarcerate, surveil, and control people. Recommendations, report, and beautiful artwork too! https://t.co/Ih14eBcEfV Spearheaded by @dasha_pruss

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Trump’s reelection makes it “more likely that AI will run wild as it develops,” Axios reports, citing a recent article by @janethaven and @amifieldsmeyer warning that unaccountable AI can lead to the suppression of civil rights and individual opportunity.

"Today and in the next decade nearly every domestic and international policy issue is...a technology policy issue,” said @alondra, the Harold F. Linder Professor at @the_IAS “Technology policy is no longer going to be a role for the technologists.”

The election of a Trump-Vance administration comes at a critical time for our democracy, and for technology policy. In a time of uncertainty, Data & Society will continue to stand for the public interest. Read our full statement. https://t.co/sxw9rvSDhN

AI models are producing a stream of election-related falsehoods in Spanish more frequently than in English, potentially deepening information disparities for Spanish-speaking voters.

In @ForeignPolicy, @datasociety Executive Director @janethaven and @amifieldsmeyer consider what ineffective (or nonexistent) AI governance means for democracy – and what we can do about it.

AI's threat to democracy is deeper than elections. In @ForeignPolicy, D&S executive director @janethaven & @amifieldsmeyer lay out how unaccountable AI systems threaten our rights and opportunities, and what we can do about it. https://t.co/BHq3ac5xOB

Left ungoverned, AI opens pathways to undermine democracy.

We’re proud to stand with @athenaforall in calling for @NTIAgov to reject tech's unchecked data center expansion. The federal government must seriously weigh AI’s grave climate and energy impacts as it makes decisions about subsidizing its growth.

A new poll of American teens’ use & perception of AI finds they have “a level of concern [about AI risks] that rivals long standing issues like social inequality & climate change” — and believe addressing those risks should be a top priority for lawmakers.

“It’s difficult to articulate exactly what we value about the human experience until we are confronted with technologies that are threatening it in some way,” says writer Meghan O’Gieblyn.

"The future imagined by AI evangelists is meant only for a small sliver of humanity," @ruha9 writes. "If we listen carefully to the good word of tech evangelists, we can hear the groans of those buried under the rubble of progress."

Ungoverned, “AI undermines democratic practice, norms, and the rule of law,” D&S executive director @janethaven and @Kennedy_School's @amifieldsmeyer write in @ForeignPolicy. “To reverse this drift, we must reverse the currents powering it.” https://t.co/g5VKHiJUkf

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We've released the CFP for #FAccT2025, which will be held in Athens, Greece! 🇬🇷 Abstracts are due on January 15th, papers on January 22nd. Read all about it on our new blog:

"We need to see the field of AI research and development not only as technical – but sociotechnical – if we are truly to realize the promise, the optimism about technology and society that we started from." - @JanetHaven, Executive Director of @DataSociety #ADSA24