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Michael Zimmer

@michaelzimmer

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Privacy & data ethics scholar Director @MUDataEthics Professor & Vice-Chair @MarquetteCS Member of @PERVADE_team I also run @ZuckerbergFiles

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Joined May 2007
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@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
9 months
I haven't posted here in nearly a year, but I'm not deleting my account to protect it from whatever is left in the ashes. You can find me active at: BlueSky: https://t.co/OplXuNKcDa LinkedIn:
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Michael Zimmer, PhD, is a privacy and data ethics scholar whose work focuses on digital… · Experience: Marquette Center for Data, Ethics, and Society · Location: Greater Milwaukee · 500+ connections...
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@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
2 years
I can't believe I'm actually posting on this hellsite for this, but it is striking how @AIESConf @TheOfficialACM @RealAAAI never seems to really think a conference on "AI, Ethics, and Society" should be planned out more than a few months....
@cfiesler
Dr. Casey Fiesler is no longer on here
2 years
@ndiakopoulos @davidthewid last year they announced the conference, the paper deadline and the CFP literally a month before the deadline :-\
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@SkyNews
Sky News
2 years
Should you delete your Facebook? 👀 One man has been recording everything Mark Zuckerburg says in public, in an archive known as "The Zuckerberg Files", has told Sky News what he's learnt 👇
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@AoIR_org
AoIR ➡️ 🐘 @[email protected]
2 years
We are thrilled to share with you the #AoIR2023 Conference Program! https://t.co/nbbXn7vesX
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@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
2 years
Hey #AoIRunners attending #AoIR2023. The Gritty 5K is Saturday Oct 21 at 8:30am. Start is about 30 minutes away from conference via orange line. Who else wants to run that morning? @AoIR_org @NicholasAJohn @profjsg https://t.co/FUf2T8ISWO
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The 2025 GRITTY 5K is on Saturday October 4, 2025. It includes the following events: Gritty 5K and VIRTUAL Gritty 5K.
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@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
2 years
I still think often about this question I posed at the 2017 @AINowInstitute gathering. Feels like many are only now realizing the privacy impacts of AI wrt ChatGPT's training data, etc.
@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
8 years
Question @katecrawford: even if we solve the bias & governance challenges, how do we avoid the surveillance externalities of AI? #ainow2017
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@autumnedwards
autumn edwards
2 years
Do VBA users even care about privacy? Terrific research by @jvitak, @DearPriya, Liao, & @michaelzimmer, who apply a tensional lens (CPM theory) showing complex negotiations and agentic work of users & non-users. Here we taste the early fruits of a dialectical approach to #hmc.
@HMCjournal
Human-Machine Communication
2 years
In the current volume, @jvitak, @DearPriya, Yuting Liao, and @michaelzimmer extend Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) to #hmc. This article is important for examining privacy issues with #VBAs. #HAI #HCI https://t.co/Hi4kX2ITrY
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@HMCjournal
Human-Machine Communication
2 years
In the current volume, @jvitak, @DearPriya, Yuting Liao, and @michaelzimmer extend Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) to #hmc. This article is important for examining privacy issues with #VBAs. #HAI #HCI https://t.co/Hi4kX2ITrY
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@jvitak
Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot
2 years
🚨 New article alert! 🧵 I'm excited to *finally* share a paper that was initially written in 2019 & was just published @HMCjournal. "Boundary Regulation Processes and Privacy Concerns With (Non-)Use of Voice-Based Assistants": https://t.co/BRCi8gxmCk @DearPriya @michaelzimmer
stars.library.ucf.edu
An exemplar of human-machine communication, voice-based assistants (VBAs) embedded in smartphones and smart speakers simplify everyday tasks while collecting significant data about users and their...
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@ZuckerbergFiles
Zuckerberg Files
2 years
LOL. Zuck's first post on twitter in over 10 years (and probably his last).
@finkd
Mark Zuckerberg
2 years
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@esthercrawford
Esther Crawford ✨
2 years
Hubris + no pushback - customer empathy - data = a great way to light billions on fire 🔥 💰 🔥
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@jvitak
Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot
2 years
In the early days of the pandemic, @michaelzimmer & I noticed a sharp uptick in media stories on new types of workplace surveillance to monitor employees remotely. As privacy scholars, we were concerned about wider implications of these practices. Let me share what we found. 🧵
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@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
2 years
This platform is toxic. This is my new pinned post. Y’all should leave too.
@cfiesler
Dr. Casey Fiesler is no longer on here
2 years
Elon Musk is cisgender, I am cisgender, and the only reason that someone would legitimately think "cisgender" is a slur is because they are using "transgender" as a slur. Codifying this as platform policy is just "only transphobic users allowed."
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@jvitak
Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot
2 years
SOUPS (Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security) posted the program for this year's conference: https://t.co/jHXg2ilkf8 I'm happy to have a paper led by my student Sunyup Park (@snnyprk9) being presented there. Coauthors include @AnnaCLenhart and @michaelzimmer. Quick 🧵 on it:
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usenix.org
The Nineteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2023), August 6–8, 2023, Anaheim, CA, USA.
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@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
2 years
I needed a pick-me-up today, so I registered for #AoIR2023. Hope to see many of you in Philly!
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@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
2 years
I'm not making it to #FAccT2023 this week, but keep an eye out for my phd student @nidhi_nellore who is attending @FAccTConference for the first time!
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@snchancellor
Stevie Chancellor is elsewhere (see pinned)
2 years
Leah is presenting this paper today in paper session 4: Self-reflection (in W194B) at #FAccT2023. Go go, Leah, I'm so proud of you!!
@snchancellor
Stevie Chancellor is elsewhere (see pinned)
2 years
What's up with ethics in mental health, ML, and social media research? We studied 129 papers & found ethics practices are inconsistent and don't align with recommendations of what we "ought" do. Our #FAccT2023 paper talks about this and more ( https://t.co/dQQe5HRuhN)! 🧵below:
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@michaelzimmer
Michael Zimmer
2 years
I was reminded today of that time, a dozen years ago, I was labelled "academic paparazzi" for daring to engaging in a critical assessment of the T3 Facebook study. My reflection on that at the time is here:
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@MUDataEthics
Marquette Center for Data, Ethics, and Society
2 years
From @michaelzimmer: "I think an outright ban, I don’t see that as the right solution to this problem...I think this is a larger question about privacy and algorithms and internet culture that is more than TikTok." https://t.co/AMdajnOyeg
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cbs58.com
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Adults, kids and even content creators acknowledge the addictive nature of the app TikTok. On average, TikTok says its users spend about 95 minutes a day on the app. It's become...
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