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Sep 15, 2020 9 tweets 5 min read Read on X
Have you seen #TheSocialDilemma on Netflix? Want to learn more about the impact of social media on our lives?

Check out our resource list, and add your own! 🔽
On the ways emerging technologies can deepen existing racial inequities

Race After Technology by @ruha9

ruhabenjamin.com/race-after-tec…
To better understand how recommendation systems and algorithmic bias reinforce racism

Algorithms of Oppression by @safiyanoble

nyupress.org/9781479837243/…
On the limitations of technology & why we shouldn't assume that computers are right

Artificial Unintelligence by @merbroussard

mitpress.mit.edu/books/artifici…
For a great intro to social media & politics, including chapters on hate speech, mis/disinformation (aka "fake news"), polarization, & more

Social Media & Democracy (open access), edited by @persily & @j_a_tucker

cambridge.org/core/books/soc…
On the strengths and many challenges of social media- influenced or networked protest movements

Twitter & Teargas by @zeynep

twitterandteargas.org
On some of the limitations & shortcomings of #TheSocialDilemma, check out this thread by @Pranavmalhotra8

Many of the speakers in #TheSocialDilemma are (ex-)tech employees - are these the voices best equipped to facilitate these conversations?

To Really 'Disrupt,' Tech Needs To Listen to Actual Researchers by @ruchowdh & @gleemie

wired.com/story/tech-nee…

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Aug 25, 2020
It's been a week since we launched! Thank you for reading & supporting.

🧵A thread of some of the work & people who inspire us (& who you should follow if you don't) - more in our origin story ⬇️

multiplicity.tech/articles/origi…
First off, several of our writers were inspired by and cited the timely and illuminating book "Algorithms of Oppression" by @safiyanoble

nyupress.org/9781479837243/…
Another important reading rec is "The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter" by @nyuniversity Vice Provost & Prof. @cmcilwain

global.oup.com/academic/produ…
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Aug 22, 2020
You may have heard of the U.S. Congress "Big Tech" antitrust hearing, but how are other countries responding to tech monopolies?

@jihjihk writes about the food delivery industry in South Korea ➡️
multiplicity.tech/articles/deliv… ImageImage
@jihjihk's recommended readings (at the end of the piece) include Fire & Fawning; writing & visualizations on Big Tech's dominance by @profgalloway

profgalloway.com/fire-fawning
How has the pandemic impacted online food delivery? Tan Hsueh Yun wrote about the Singaporean context in "Coronavirus: Restaurants petition food delivery platforms to lower commissions"

straitstimes.com/singapore/coro…
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Aug 13, 2020
We can't wait to share with you our article curation! But for now, meet our brilliant group of writers & their topics ⬇️
@lujainmibrahim is a Palestinian-Jordanian computer engineer & film enthusiast (read her writing @labo_cine!). She's also our co-founder & developer, and is writing about exile in the digital age.
@aliaelkattan studied Computer Science & is interested in the relationship between tech & political participation. She's writing on our inception & goals, & co-founded/ developed the project with @lujainmibrahim.
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