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Reihaneh Rabbany

@reirab.com
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CS Faculty at Mila and McGill, interested in Graphs and Complex Data, AI/ML, Misinformation, Computational Social Science and Online Safety

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WIRED @wired.com · 01/09/2026
Flock Safety’s surveillance network has been expanding for years. In recent months, we’ve reported on growing concerns around how US law enforcement is using its cameras, as allegations of misuse pile up. Here’s a deep dive into how we got here.
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is a good example of what @ntusikov.bsky.social and I have been warning about for years: US tech companies are uniquely susceptible to extra-legal US government pressure (Google isn’t compelled to change Lake Ontario’s name.) Because of this, they represent a direct threat to Canadian autonomy.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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ICML Conference @icmlconf.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
🏆One position paper is recognized as Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Paper award: Position: AI/ML Deepfake Research is Misaligned with AI Generated Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (AIG-NCII)
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 08/07/2026
One of few ways we can take control of who defines the facts, and shapes the common knowledge: donate.wikimedia.org
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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Jonathan Stray @jonathanstray.com · 09/06/2026
Humanity's ability to know, reason, judge, and act well is the foundation of science, democracy, crisis response, & management of AI itself. AI poses serious risks to that foundation. New paper on epistemic risks by 30 experts calls for attention and proposes solutions. Link in thread.
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 05/04/2026
This level of insensitivity and even celebration of death, particularly death of children, is really alarming and depressing.
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 01/04/2026
Very few images make it out of Iran but they already paint an awful picture of what people are going through
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 27/03/2026
Internet is blocked for the 27th day, while being bombed heavily. We can’t even see what is happening inside.
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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 19/03/2026
⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered its 20th day, with international connectivity unavailable to the general public for over 456 hours. The incident is now the longest recorded shutdown in Iran's history, surpassing the blackout imposed during protests in January.
Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from 24 February 2026 to 19 March 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity is high through the initial time period, with a sharp drop on the morning of 28 February. The continued drop in connectivity aligns with a nation-scale internet blackout imposed by authorities after joint military strikes by the US and Israel. A brief restoration was observed. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 2%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN' indicating the disruption period, and the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner with the Mapping Internet Freedom slogan.
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 19/03/2026
Big Brother coming powered by extensive tracking, supercharged by powerful AI;
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12/03/2026
“Refuge, the UK’s largest specialist domestic violence organisation, has revealed that referrals to its Technology-Facilitated Abuse and Economic Empowerment team rose by more than 62% in 2025 compared with the previous year.”
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From Meta Glasses to smartwatches, the AI revolution is every woman’s worst nightmare
Women’s safety is not being overlooked; it's being traded.
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Karami @mobinkarami.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The Iranian people, amidst US and Israeli bombardments and threats from the IRGC and the Islamic Republic, have had no internet access since the start of the war. Being cut off from the world and each other deliberately puts their lives in grave danger.
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 07/03/2026
Bombing infrastructure used by civilians is not ethical, and should be stopped; there is immediate and devastating impact for Iranians but this goes beyond, imagine all the unnecessary pollution from bombing oil reserves across the country
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 05/03/2026
My heart aches for the people of Iran; this war needs to stop, there should be a diplomatic way to change the regime without this increasing level of violence and destruction.
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 02/03/2026
Disconnected and suppressed by their government, while being bombed;
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 10/02/2026
“More than 30 people have died in ICE custody since January, 2025.” Excerpt From “Autopsy of Canadian in ICE custody indicates his death was preventable, experts say” The Globe and Mail apple.news/A9lPzX3qlTHW... This material may be protected by copyright.
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Autopsy of Canadian in ICE custody indicates his death was preventable, experts say — The Globe and Mail
Johnny Noviello’s kidney failure would have prompted symptoms of illness in the hours or days before his death
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 06/02/2026
This is why we shouldn’t store sensitive data using US technology, and need Canadian solutions.
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Bijan63 @bijan63.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Update #IranProtests (144): Een zeer belangrijk artikel in The Guardian over #IranMassacre: "Verdwenen lichamen, massabegrafenissen, 30.000 doden. Wat is de waarheid over de protesten in #Iran?" Deel het alstublieft! www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters
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Bijan63 @bijan63.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Update #IranProtests (154): Belangrijk verslag v The Guardian over de arrestatie vd Iraanse chirurg Dr. Alireza Golchini: "Hij werd op gewelddadige wijze gearresteerd in het bijzijn v zijn vrouw en zoontje v slechts 11 jaar. Ze hebben hem tijdens de arrestatie > www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Iran accused of ‘campaign of revenge’ as doctors arrested for treating protesters
US state department calls for the release of all detained healthcare workers as at least one arrested surgeon reported to be at risk of execution
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 23/01/2026
This treatment is what million of protesters were subjected to this past days, systematic violence, ordered by the head of all armed forces, aka the supreme leader, and carried out in all the streets of Iran, 20k dead. Don’t let any other narrative dilute where the main responsibility lies.
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 17/01/2026
Iran regime claimed that they are providing security and keeping isis out, despite the economic and environmental mess they made, rationing basics like water and electricity; and exponential inflation. Now, they openly kill people. How do they justify their rule is beyond me.
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 14/01/2026
There are now report of 12000 death by the Iranian regime and there is a looming US attack on another middle eastern country. It is frustrating to see this level of disengagement on the topic here. I refuse to go to X, even if missing on something as this important to me.
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 12/01/2026
Iranian people are being massacred by their own regime, in complete silence. Reports that do get out, say they are attacking civilians with military machine guns with an order to killing and scare, and more than 2000 dead in 24 hours.
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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 04/09/2025
Last call for submission to information integrity workshop at ICDM, deadline extended to September 12th. We are very interested to hear about your works on future of the information space, misinformation, generative AI, toxic speech, polarization, etc. sites.google.com/view/fiirwor...
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FIIR
Important Information Date: November 12, 2025 Half-Day Workshop Room: TBD Time Zone: Washington DC (UTC -5) Contact: taylor.curtis@mila.quebec
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 17/07/2025
CFP for workshop on future of information integrity research (AI-driven fact checking, deepfakes, etc.). Deadline August 29th (tiny, regular and demo papers); please consider submitting your work: sites.google.com/view/fiirwor...
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FIIR
Important Information Date: November 12, 2025 Half-Day Workshop Room: TBD Time Zone: Washington DC (UTC -5) Contact: taylor.curtis@mila.quebec
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 19/06/2025
If you are interested in a unified collection of common misinformation detection benchmarks, check out our recent repo @hf.co
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 09/06/2025
CFP for workshop on Social Simulations with LLMs at COLM 2025, Montreal, submission deadline: June 23. Looking for works on modelling and simulating social media behaviour using LLMs, with a focus on agent-based simulations, behavioural evaluation, and online harms. sites.google.com/view/social-...
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Social Simulation with LLMs
Important Information Workshop Date: October 10, 2025 Workshop Room: TBC Workshop Time Zone: Montreal (UTC -4) Contact Email: social-simulation@googlegroups.com
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Temporal Graph Learning Workshop @ KDD @tgl-workshop.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
📢 Announcing the third edition of Temporal Graph Learning Workshop at KDD 2025 📢 📜 Call for Papers: Submit your work on Temporal Graphs, Evolving Relational Data, Spatio-Temporal Graphs & more! 📅 Submission Deadline: May 20 AoE (Openreview) sites.google.com/view/tgl-wor...
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TGL Workshop 2025
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 06/02/2025
Join our team at Mila and help build trustworthy AI! We're hiring Postdocs & Interns to work on a cutting-edge project tackling misinformation. Combine LLMs, RAG, and temporal graphs to assess online credibility. PhD or strong CS/ML background needed. Apply here: forms.gle/ATdvNcZxYFcd...
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 05/12/2024
We are looking for interns for the coming Winter and Summer, if you are interested, apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Temporal Graph Learning Reading Group @tempgraphrg.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🌟 Join our Temporal Graph Learning Reading Group! 🌟 📅 Every Thursday ⏰ 11 AM EST 📍 On Zoom (link on our website!) Let's discuss cool research on temporal graphs! 🪩🥳👩‍🏫 Hope to see you there!
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Kellin Pelrine @kellinpelrine.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
1/5 AI is increasingly–even superhumanly–persuasive…could they soon cause severe harm through societal-scale manipulation? It’s extremely hard to test countermeasures, since we can’t just go out and manipulate people in order to see how countermeasures work. What can we do?🧵
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Reihaneh Rabbany @reirab.com · 03/09/2024
We are looking for candidates: apply.workable.com/mila-2/j/6B3... ; please advertise within your networks. This is a mix of engineering and research position with potentially strong impact, and part of a big interdisciplinary team.
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Développeur de logiciels Full Stack, Mitigation de la désinformation - Mila - Institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle
Développeur de logiciels Full Stack, Mitigation de la désinformation ( Contrat de 1 an avec avantages sociaux )À propos de MilaFondé par le professeur Yoshua Bengio de l’Université de Montréal, M...
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