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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Glad that this says this is an official website of the United States government because it would be very hard to tell otherwise.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Some professional news: Very excited to have signed a book contract with @ucpress.bsky.social for Checkmarked: The Power and Politics of Online Verification!

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This grant had a 15% funding ratio last year and this year they could only fund 1 project out of 179 because they had to align with administration’s messed up “funding priorities.”

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Look at what just came in the mail for me!! So excited for my friend @gorwa.ca and glad I waited for the signed copy 🥳

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

And lastly, the complex ecosystem of "alternative credit data" by Graeme Strickland, and its relationship to predatory loan practices.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Second up: Athlete Biological Passports by Jasmine Lorenzo. A deep dive into how athlete testing works, and the ethical concerns (particularly in terms of coercive consent) that result when athletes are required to take part in this system.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Posting some of my students' final projects (with their permission) from my seminar on online Identity and verification. They each did a case study on a verification system, an ethical/power analysis, and recommendations. First up: Raya (!!) by Talia Goodman.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

When all of your efforts to get Jefferson Griffin to remove your name from his ridiculous and awful attempts to undermine democracy in North Carolina, message him on LinkedIn.

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Even ChatGPT agrees with me on this one

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This time it is @anildash.com who has randomly (as in a tweet from 2021) made the front page of Reddit

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Does @ethanz.bsky.social know he is on the front page of Reddit right now

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Doesn't this feel familiar? @craigrobertson.bsky.social writing on the dominance of the passport as a governing technology (and why many of us fear online age identity verification is a trojan horse w/ implications for all internet users).

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

In fairness, I looked for “stop the steal” and nothing comes up for that either (though *many* are claiming terms that were once there are no longer there). Also now “trump rugged election” is coming up so the internet is adapting (phew).

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Best meme of TikTok pre and post-ban yet

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Another one of a Canadian realizing that it’s actually America that depends on global platforms (and their algorithms) for its project of cultural imperialism, asking who benefits when Americans go offline? (They say everyone else)

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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025