“Israeli firm BlackCore, suspected of interfering in France's local elections in March, is also suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland, and operating in Angola and Togo”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
@drnikko.bsky.social and I are putting together a special issue proposal for Big Data and Society on "Trans Data"! If you're an #STS nerd, or a #transstudies nerd, or ideally both, do submit ideas if you have them - docs.google.com/document/d/1...
elia ayoub
Everyday activism, diaspora memory, and what South Africa can tell us about the long game
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Call for Papers Special Issue of Big Data & Society on Trans Data Data and trans lives go - both fortunately and unfortunately - together. From surveillance systems seeking to normalise and control t...
If you're still in Cape Town tomorrow, join me at the African Centre for Cities at 1 pm for a conversation on smart cities, test-beds, and urban inequalities #ICA26
If you're still in Cape Town tomorrow, join me at the African Centre for Cities at 1 pm for a conversation on smart cities, test-beds, and urban inequalities #ICA26
University administrators at TU-Berlin have forced socialist student organizers to cancel a number of sessions for this weekend’s conference under pressure from the fascist AFD. Our panel is still on and so is The Dig social afterwards: come out and show your solidarity with anti-student organizers
What does Brazil's fight against Bolsonaro teach us about resisting authoritarianism? This week @ekoshy.bsky.social and I talk with @karabekir.bsky.social about Lula's return and the fragile politics of a "rainbow coalition" itallhappenedbefore.substack.com/p/episode-13...
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Is there hope amid democratic backsliding ? @baykurt.bsky.social and I talk about Brazil (and Turkey, US and more) with @karabekir.bsky.social —Lula, Bolsonaro, coup convictions, and what coalition-building across polarization might teach us about fighting back. itallhappenedbefore.substack.com
Last Month, a Haaretz-Libération Investigation Uncovered Systems for Building an Army of Avatars, Developed by Israeli Company BlackCore, Including a Smear Campaign of a Left-wing French Candidate
Folks going #ICA26 in Cape Town: if you’re still around on June 9th, please join me at the African Centre for Cities where I will talk about Smart as a City @icahdq.bsky.social
Folks going #ICA26 in Cape Town: if you’re still around on June 9th, please join me at the African Centre for Cities where I will talk about Smart as a City @icahdq.bsky.social
Burcu Baykurt
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Ekin Yasin
Berlin: come through this Friday to see me and @triofrancos.bsky.social! Dig social after the talk.
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As we explore the various forms of authoritarianism around the world these days, it can feel like there’s no end in sight.
