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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

*nods furiously* From “Missing standardization”: Identifying harmful language ideologies in natural language processing work by Melissa Gasparotto, in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Quotation from the journal text: "the opportunistic use of readily available datasets and standards reflects the realities of benchmark-based research whose practices cannot immediately accommodate labor-intensive work with “messy” contemporary data that more accurately reflects the cultural realities of today's active speech communities."

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Just read this amazing and thoughtful paper, "Epistemological Fault Lines Between Human and Artificial Intelligence" by @walter4c.bsky.social, Capraro and Perc. They provide some much-needed formal conceptual scaffolding of the epistemic differences between humans and LLMs arxiv.org/pdf/2512.19466

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Thank you for having me, @fbk-mt.bsky.social! It was great fun to share some of my current work and thinking, and I'm very grateful for your feedback, thoughtful questions and timely suggestions!

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Love this piece on language equity in content moderation tools. The authors argue that rather than focusing on investment equity across languages, como resources and interventions should be motivated by RISKS, e.g. social vulnerability and degree of reliance on the system.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This was one of my favourite papers from EMNLP last October - the authors curate over 14,000 counterfactual sentences in English and Spanish for investigating diverse and often intersectional social biases in LLMS across these ten social dimensions ⤵️

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Really love this comparison of lack of AI accountability today to unfair credit reporting practices in the 1960s. Andrews argues that the FRCA effectively built an "epistemic layer" to protect people by defining terms, imposing accuracy standards, and creating an audit trail...

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Do multilingual large language models (LLMs) associate particular traits with men and women? How can we measure these gendered stereotypes across multiple languages? In our latest work, we investigate 16 gendered stereotypes in LLMs in 30 European languages 🧵

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Do LLMs encode gendered stereotypes? Do they encode the same stereotypes across languages? How can we better measure gender bias in multilingual LLMs? I'll be presenting a poster on my work on these questions at this research showcase tomorrow hosted by @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social 👇 See you there!

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Had an amazing time at #NAACL last week in Albuquerque 🌵 Especially enjoyed presenting my recent paper on machine translation for Guinea-Bissau Creole at the workshop on MT for low-resource languages aclanthology.org/2025.loresmt... 🎉 thanks to organisers, reviewers & all who gave feedback! 🙏

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Limitations of Religious Data and the Importance of the Target Domain: Towards Machine Translation for Guinea-Bissau Creole

Jacqueline Rowe, Edward Gow-Smith, Mark Hepple. Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Technologies for Machine Translation of Low-Resource Languages (LoResMT 2025). 2025.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Enjoying this excellent writing from Jason Edward Lewis, Hēmi Whaanga and Ceyda Yolgörmez. Paper: Abundant intelligences: placing AI within Indigenous knowledge frameworks, AI & Society, 2024, link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A screenshot of the research paper reading: "AI system designers are building worlds for us to inhabit. In the same way that architects design the physical spaces in which we live, they are designing the virtual systems in which we think. These systems are being increasingly tasked with interactions that have deep social, political, and legal consequences, yet the field seems to continue to fetishize rational goal seeking as the definition of intelligence. The question we ask to start our journey toward abundance is this: do we really want to live in computational worlds incompetent with regard to emotion, sociability, and embodiment?"

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Aliya Bhatia @aliyabhatia.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Language policies have started wars and led to the deaths of thousands of people worldwide. This EO will mark the first time the US will have a national language and will restrict *millions* from accessing healthcare, benefits, and information: abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

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Trump to sign executive order making English the official US language

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to make English the official language of the United States, according to a White House official.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Thoughtful examination here of the risks of touting "low-resource NLP" as a good in its own right, without engaging with and empowering language communities

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Amazing to see the first language and culture textbook in Cape Verdian creole (Kabuverdianu) being rolled out for 10th graders, building their metalinguistic awareness and historic and scientific knowledge about the language: 📣 inforpress.cv/pt/governo-a... 📖 minedu.gov.cv/manuais62

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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We are excited to announce a new, funded PhD studentship opportunity, alongside the School of Informatics @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social! Supervised by @zeerak.bsky.social and starting Sept 2025, the project will examine the ethical implications of natural language processing. Apply ▶️ edin.ac/40PAXEq

Text reads: Given the increased uptake in the use and proliferation of NLP technologies, questions surrounding the ethical and responsible development of such tools are of greater urgency. This project will consider how NLP and machine learning are currently falling short in engaging with ethical development practices and examine how such practices can be improved for the benefit of end-users and society more broadly.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Finally got round to migrating my twitter feed to Bluesky... looking forward to reconnecting with folks on here! 👋 Broadly interested in NLP for low-resource languages, specifically for content moderation/LLM bias reduction/creole languages. Get in touch if any of that interests you!

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

Why is natural language processing technology so much better in English than most other languages? What methods can improve NLP for lower-resource languages? It was great to share my work on this topic at the the @bcs_lovelace consortium and poster competition today! t.co/w6VmSG5WL6

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Fantastic article on the ethical implications of prompt engineering and shadow prompting by AI companies making large language models. 👏@e_salvaggio from @siegelendowment, published in @techpolicypress techpolicy.press/shining-a-light-on…

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

"Whoever controls language models controls politics." Great writing from @hannesbajohr here on the longer-term impacts of gradually replacing human discourse with auto-generated text: hannesbajohr.de/en/2023/04/08/whoev…

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

Faaaaaascinating. @RishiBommasani, @kevin_klyman, @dzhang105 and @percyliang evaluate how foundation LLM providers measure up to the requirements in the EU's proposed AI Act. Results demonstrate a "striking range" in compliance... @StanfordHAI: crfm.stanford.edu/2023/06/15/eu-ai-…

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 08/06/2023

Really looking forward to participating in this panel, where we'll take a global tour of diverse approaches to platform regulation and unpack some of the drivers behind them. Join us online *TODAY* at 11.30am CST / 6.30pm BST to hear more. t.co/XW8BhcRyJ4 t.co/a7ijKBRihz

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 06/06/2023

How do internet shutdowns intersect with violations of political rights and state violence across Africa and the Middle East? If you're at RightsCon in-person, join our dialogue *today* at 12.45 in the Puntarenas room. Details below ⬇️

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 23/05/2023

Really looking forward to contributing to this panel tomorrow and celebrating the excellent research paper produced by @GabeNicholas and @AliyaBhatia at CDT! 10am EDT / 3pm BST, Weds 24 May Sign-up below 👇👇 x.com/CenDemTech/status/16610282099…

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 12/04/2023

Glad to be in Nairobi for the 2023 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, hosted by @ParadigmHQ. Looking forward to our 2 @GlobalPartnersD sessions tomorrow: 1⃣ Government responses to disinfo in SSA 2⃣ Evading accountability for human rights abuses through internet shutdowns t.co/ybiApgoGvE

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 20/03/2023

"Large language models and generative AI could be a technology that empowers incumbents much more than it enables disruption." 100% agree with @samgilb on this. At @IntellForum event "Beyond Online Safety: AI, Web3 and the Metaverse." t.co/hhopX77hRq

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Beyond online safety: AI, web3, and the Metaverse

This panel discussion will consider emerging forms of online harm, and what can be done to mitigate them.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 02/03/2023

Read my new briefing on a proposed amendment to UK's Online Safety Bill. TLDR: expanding criminal liability for social media managers for content mod duties is a terrible idea. @GOVUK shouldn't try to point-score on online child safety without thinking through the consequences. t.co/t3...

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 28/02/2023

The UK's Online Safety Bill is fundamentally flawed in seeking to create an entirely separate online world for children, argue @ellenejudson of @Demos and @kyletaylor of @fairvoteuk. They discuss the risks of such an approach in @politicshome t.co/yF6KYth1kl

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 23/02/2023

Peggy Hicks of @UNHumanRights shares some excellent thoughts on "Defining the way forward" on @UNESCO's guidelines for digital platform regulation #InternetForTrust: 1️⃣ complex problems don't have simple solutions - presenting simple quick fix answers is unhelpful

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 23/02/2023

"Multilingualism on digital platforms is absolutely essential for user empowerment". Dilara Begum speaking on the panel on User empowerment and complaints mechanisms at @unescoNOW's #InternetForTrust with HRH @PrincessRymAli @eSafetyOffice @amalia_toledo @CalGish @DamarJuniarto

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 09/01/2023

"The intersection between social media and violent extremism remains pervasive and, in fact, a central component of the Internet. Recognizing and confronting the threat posed by this phenomenon is key to preventing another January 6th." t.co/LkMEpTVFlC

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Insiders’ View of the January 6th Committee’s Social Media Investigation | TechPolicy.Press

Dean Jackson, Meghan Conroy and Alex Newhouse were charged with examining the role of social media in the attack on the Capitol.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 21/12/2022

The UK has amended its Online Safety Bill to remove provisions relating to "legal but harmful" content for adults. How does this and other amendments impact human rights, and how could the bill be further improved? See my analysis for @GlobalPartnersD: t.co/0W07D7BtLm

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The return of the UK’s Online Safety Bill: what’s changed and what’s next

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 02/12/2022

How can we tackle disinformation in a rights respecting way? @SimoneToussi says media literacy initiatives and fact checking are vital but not sufficient to tackle the problem alone - more multistakeholder dialogue is still needed.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 30/11/2022

At 12:55 GMT, I'll speaking in our #IGF2022 Lightning Talk on govt responses to online disinfo in Sub-Saharan Africa. Come and join to find out what @GlobalPartnersD, @CHR_HumanRights, @cipesaug, @article19wafric and @PROTEGEQV have been working on! t.co/fnIdCWE9Az

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 29/11/2022

"The next big change for the internet is to make it accessible regardless of which language and which culture you come from". #ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby at the Opening Ceremony of the #IGF2022 @gcfriyadh, taking place live now

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 23/11/2022

It's great to see @Ofcom proactively investigating technologies used for detection of online harms and pointing out where caution is needed. Their new "Overview of Perceptual Hashing Technology" provides a technical overview and highlights key risks: t.co/yzXU53rYo3

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Overview of Perceptual Hashing Technology

In this paper, we explain how perceptual hashing technologies can used for the detection of known illegal or harmful visual media items.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 17/11/2022

"The Online Safety Bill’s drafters should seek to align with the European Union’s Digital Services Act, which recognizes the difference between centralized content moderation carried out by employees, and community-governed content moderation systems." 👏👏 t.co/l8eywowx6Q

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 06/10/2022

"Expecting too much from AI or failing to attend to its major shortcomings will lead to continuing disappointment and greater injustice". great & accessible read on why content moderation is so hard and what we stand to gain - and lose - from automating the process👏 t.co/TBoigNpFtA

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 04/10/2022

"When it comes to regulating online content we're witnessing some of the other drawbacks of traditional regulation," says @SuzanneNossel of @PENamerica at #OnlinePublicSphere2022. "Regulators don’t understand the platforms well enough to fit them into their paradigms…

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 04/10/2022

Listening to the "Regulating Online Speech: Between the First Amendment and the Digital Services Act" panel at the #OnlinePublicSphere2022. @AgustinaDelCamp begins by asking whether there is consensus around the types of harms we're seeking to address through platform reg.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 04/10/2022

Kicking off day 2 of the #OnlinePublicSphere2022 conference, @cboteromarino shares 4 key questions for platform regulation: 1⃣What are the responsibilities and rights of platforms? 2⃣ What type of law should regulate content moderation? (@OversightBoard has adopted IHRL)

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 03/10/2022

"One effect of emerging platform regulations is that internal trust conversations within the tech companies are moving out from the purview of the lawyers, and becoming much more integrated into product development teams." @ZoeDarme's opening remarks at #OnlinePublicSphere2022

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 03/10/2022

"The general fallacy of the internet is that it's primarily whatever I don't like about it... but in reality the internet is the nervous system of the 21st century, vital for politics, health, education, employment and everything else important" @doctorow #OnlinePublicSphere2022

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 03/10/2022

Watching the #OnlinePublicSphere2022. @McAndrew kicks off the session on regulatory requirements with 4 key areas of conflict for internet governance: 1⃣ free speech vs. censorship 2⃣ privacy vs. surveillance 3⃣ concentration vs. competition 4⃣ borderless vs. sovereign internet

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 30/09/2022

Did you know that human rights and technology was on the agenda at the 1968 Int'l Conference on Human Rights? Yes, 1968! I certainly didn't know. Fascinating dive into the history of the tech + HR discourse from @StevenLBJensen1 in @OGR_EN t.co/kBqgiYPgs8

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The 1968 United Nations debate on human rights and tech

The nexus between human rights and tech is more foundational to the evolution of the international human rights legal project than we normally think.

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Jacqueline Rowe @jacquelinerowe.bsky.social · 04/09/2022

"To truly, meaningfully understand how machine learning works, there needs to be analysis not just on the model, the data set & the code, but also how it performs when launched & interacting w/ people." @carolinesinders on what transparency really means: t.co/VzV6F26fHE

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When can we call machine learning ‘transparent’? | New_ Public Magazine

A critical examination of Google’s Perspective API

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