Reposted by Ammina KothariCengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 22/12/2025CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...propublica.orgDeported and Imprisoned ArchivesA case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t... 3945142236
Reposted by Ammina KothariSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 15/09/2025OpenAI has published its first in-depth public study on chatbot users and their most common requests. cdn.openai.com/pdf/a253471f... 134
Reposted by Ammina KothariLauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):bloomberg.comUS Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract CutsThe US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s... 40268634055
Reposted by Ammina KothariIfill School @ifillschool.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Join @abkothari.bsky.social, Dean of Simmons University Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities and Social Sciences for a Simmons 125th Anniversary gathering in NYC. 🗓️ Weds, April 16 ⌚ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 📍 The Cornell Club ☕ Refreshments will be served! 📩 RSVP: engage.simmons.edu/register/NYC...engage.simmons.edu 001
Reposted by Ammina KothariAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 29/03/2025"A.I. is a parasite. It attaches itself to a robust learning ecosystem...parasite and the host can peacefully coexist as long as the parasite does not starve its host. The political problem with A.I.’s hype is that its most compelling use case is starving the host — fewer teachers, fewer degrees..."nytimes.comOpinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid (Gift Article)A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear. 412038
Reposted by Ammina KothariWIRED @wired.com · 25/03/2025Signal is a great privacy tool, but it isn’t magic. And even if you’re not discussing war plans in your group chat, it’s a good idea to know the limits of encryption. Read our piece on what Signal can—and can’t—do for you here: www.wired.com/story/encryp...wired.comEncrypted Messaging Is Essential—But It Isn’t MagicAs recent events have shown, using an encrypted messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal is no privacy panacea. 321428437
Reposted by Ammina KothariSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 25/03/2025"Universities worldwide are quietly surrendering their autonomy to a handful of private data companies, creating what might be the most significant power shift in higher education’s history." www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...universityworldnews.comRise of data empires signals the end of academic autonomyWhen companies like Times Higher Education simultaneously control university ranking systems, provide strategic consulting and convene education minis... 02515
Reposted by Ammina KothariSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 09/03/2025A new #mustread by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social: “The first victims of all new technology are women. But they’re never the last. If you want to understand what’s coming down the line in the future, you need to look at what’s already happening to women now.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.comStalked: how a relentless campaign of online abuse came to derail one woman’s lifeA new BBC podcast recounts the ordeal endured by Hannah Mossman Moore, whose phone was bombarded by fake accounts and her personal data weaponised against her 11610
Ammina Kothari @abkothari.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Closing of 538 is a loss for political data journalism. www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/five...niemanlab.orgFiveThirtyEight is shutting down as part of broader cuts at ABC and DisneyThough Nate Silver left in 2023, FiveThirtyEight still offered election forecasts, a presidential approval tracker, and other tools. 030
Ammina Kothari @abkothari.bsky.social · 13/02/2025#journalists working on energy issues, check out the 2025 Energy Journalism Fellows (EJF) program from Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/applications...energypolicy.columbia.eduApplications Open for 2025 Energy Journalism Fellows - Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA | CGEPThe program will be held on Columbia University’s campus in NYC from June 10-13, 2025. 010
Reposted by Ammina KothariPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Department of Transportation orders all personnel to "identify and eliminate" every order, directive, rule, regulation, policy, notice, guidance document, funding arrangement, or program that even mentions climate change, diversity, or environmental justice www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go... 1541164836
Ammina Kothari @abkothari.bsky.social · 31/01/2025New report with a survey of over 200 #journalists from 70+ countries across the Global South and emerging economies sharing how they are adopting #AI and their concerns about #journalism in the AI era. www.trust.org/resource/ai-...trust.orgJournalism in the AI Era: A TRF Insights surveyOur new report shines a spotlight on journalism in the AI era and provides a platform for the voices of journalists in the Global South and emerging economies. 031
Reposted by Ammina KothariSarah Scott Scire @sarahscire.com · 27/01/2025buckle up for this one. wild ride by @andrewdeck.bsky.social www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/insi...niemanlab.orgInside a network of AI-generated newsletters targeting “small town America”Good Daily, which operates in 47 states and 355 towns and cities across the U.S., is run by one person. 01710
Reposted by Ammina KothariWBUR @wbur.org · 27/01/2025OK YES that was an earthquake, says USGS -- right off York Harbor in Maine. More to come: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... 40688197
Reposted by Ammina KothariAngela Potochnik @apotochnik.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Public Engagement with Science: Defining the Project, by @mjacquart.bsky.social and me, is now out! For an interdisciplinary audience, the book introduces resources and principles for effective public engagement with science. Open access, free PDF at this link. #scicomm #sciengage #philsci #sciencedoi.orgPublic Engagement with ScienceCambridge Core - Life Science Professional Development - Public Engagement with Science 25018
Ammina Kothari @abkothari.bsky.social · 25/01/2025We are #hiring for Joan M. Warburg Professor of International Relations. DM for more information. #AcademicSky #BlackAcademicSky simmons.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Simmon...simmons.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comJoan M. Warburg Professor of International RelationsSimmons University invites applications for its Warburg Chair in International Relations, which will begin July 1, 2025 (the start date is negotiable). This is a two—to three-year appointment as a fac... 010
Reposted by Ammina KothariMolly McCluskey @mollymccluskey.com · 23/01/2025A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comLinkedIn accused of using private messages to train AIThe lawsuit alleges LinkedIn tried to conceal its actions but the firm says the claims are false. 124
Reposted by Ammina KothariTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16/01/2025A new analysis of disinformation targeting Latino communities during the 2024 US election presents more data points suggesting Meta’s decision to abandon independent fact-checking could not come at a more precarious moment.techpolicy.pressAnalysis of Spanish-Language Disinformation in the 2024 US Election Suggests Dismissing Fact-Checkers Threatens Democracy | TechPolicy.PressLaura Zommer, Carlos Hernández-Echevarría and Justin Hendrix detail findings of a report by Factchequeado, Fundación Maldita.es, and Tech Policy Press. 01511
Reposted by Ammina KothariKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13/01/2025New summer institute for up-and-coming scholars across disciplines whose work investigates or intersects with disinformation: disinfoinstitute.org The first iteration will be this June in San Diego. Applications are due January 31.disinfoinstitute.orgDisinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer InstituteDisinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot... 722294
Reposted by Ammina KothariRebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 08/01/2025ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...noaa.govWildfire climate connectionClimate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ... 12193967214705
Reposted by Ammina KothariSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 08/01/2025While the press has focused on the ending of Meta's fact-checking program, not enough has focused on the removal of restrictions on certain types of speech previously deemed harmful on FB & IG, incl. criticism of vulnerable groups—immigrants, women and LGBTQ+ people. about.fb.com/news/2025/01...about.fb.comMore Speech and Fewer Mistakes | MetaWe're ending our third party fact checking program and moving to a Community Notes model. 27633
Reposted by Ammina KothariChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/01/2025While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland. 13255179216057
Reposted by Ammina KothariSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...washingtonpost.comCarter Names Record Number of Minorities to Federal Bench 183223284353
Reposted by Ammina KothariDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 19/12/2024This pleases me (gift): "I had only one advantage: I’m a historian. One of the true gifts of studying the humanities is not the content we learn in school, but that we develop the skills to learn what we need to know when life takes unexpected turns. So like a proper nerd, I made a reading list."startribune.comOn RFK Jr., vaccines and my son with autism and Down syndromeKnowledge is the vaccine for ignorance and fear. But RFK Jr. just wants to let the fever burn. 431171499
Reposted by Ammina KothariMaya Indira Ganesh @mayameme.bsky.social · 18/12/2024V excited to announce two new permanent, tenure-track jobs at my workplace @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social :Assistant professorships in Design and A.I. and Social Science of A.I. Pls share and repost 022
Reposted by Ammina KothariThe Internet Ethics program--Markkula Center for Applied Ethics @iethics.bsky.social · 16/12/2024#ethics #law #tech #gov #AI 002
Reposted by Ammina KothariThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/12/2024President-elect Trump chose Kari Lake to lead Voice of America, aiming to put a fierce loyalist who has called journalists "monsters" in charge of a federally funded news outlet that reaches hundreds of millions of people around the globe.nytimes.comTrump Chooses Kari Lake to Lead Voice of AmericaMs. Lake, a former TV news anchor turned right-wing firebrand who has called journalists “monsters,” would be in charge of a federally funded news outlet with a huge global audience. 9916661
Reposted by Ammina KothariTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 12/12/2024Harvard and Google to release 1 million public-domain books as AI training datasettcrn.chHarvard and Google to release 1 million public-domain books as AI training datasetAI training data has a big price tag, one best-suited for deep-pocketed tech firms. This is why Harvard University plans to release a dataset that includes in the region of 1 million public-domain books, spanning genres, languages, and authors including… 15110
Reposted by Ammina KothariTimes Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Copyright policy may lead to AI-run classes, UW professors fear Move by 25-campus Universities of Wisconsin System to retain ownership of syllabuses and course materials could see content repurposed, according to faculty members #EduSky #AcademicSky #Higheredtimeshighereducation.comCopyright policy may lead to AI-run classes, UW professors fearMove by 25-campus Universities of Wisconsin System to retain ownership of syllabi and course materials could see content repurposed, according to faculty members 164
Reposted by Ammina KothariStine Eckert @stineeckert.bsky.social · 06/12/2024A majority of Americans view allegations of sexual assault and past criminal convictions as disqualifying to serve in a presidential Cabinet position, according to new polling from YouGov, a research data and analytics technology group. 19thnews.org/2024/12/trum... #USA #sexualassault19thnews.orgMost Americans object to Cabinet nominees with sexual assault allegations, poll findsThe findings from research data and analytics group YouGov come as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second term and is announcing how he plans to fill out his Cabinet. 012
Ammina Kothari @abkothari.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Dow Jones sets a precedent for limits of news publishers' rights by negotiating AI usage agreements with nearly 4,000 news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/dow-...niemanlab.orgDow Jones negotiates AI usage agreements with nearly 4,000 news publishersEarlier this year, the WSJ owner sued Perplexity for failing to properly license its content. Now its research tool Factiva has negotiated its own AI licensing deals. 022
Ammina Kothari @abkothari.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Love the predictions for AI integration in journalism education. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/ai-i... #AcademicSkyniemanlab.orgAI inspires innovation in journalism education"It will be the educators' job to direct students in the most effective ways to use AI to extend their capabilities, not replace them." 000
Reposted by Ammina KothariNieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 05/12/2024Every year, Nieman Lab asks some of the smartest people in journalism to tell us what they think the next year in news will bring. Find the first batch of 2025 predictions here:buff.lyNieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2025Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say. 12911
Reposted by Ammina KothariNieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 05/12/2024"AI companies will change their terms of service, increase their rates or even go out of business. Now is the time to tinker," @louiegilot.bsky.social writes.buff.lyPlay with AI like your career depends on it (it does)"If you are a journalist or a journalism student, you should play with it, a lot, while it’s still open and cheap." 135221