Sam Hinds @samanthahinds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Last week I gave plenary remarks at a convening in Calabria, Italy to develop Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI, "Magnifica Humanitas," into actionable standards. It’s been wild to read NYT coverage this week of influence attempts from industry. 011
Reposted by Sam HindsTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You will also see a smaller push to advocate for revolutionary or justice AI. They don’t have to court those organizations. most will willingly embrace the idea of it because funding environment for non profits is so bad. 211812
Reposted by Sam HindsCritical Internet Studies Institute @criticalinternet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026NEW: "Refusing Data Centers" is our briefing on the networked groups, influencers, & conspiratorial beliefs that constitute a burgeoning U.S. #datacenter opposition movement www.criticalinternet.org/researchcriticalinternet.orgResearch — The Critical Internet Studies Institute 11611
Sam Hinds @samanthahinds.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Jane @janerosenzweig.bsky.social was one of the most important teachers & thinkers I encountered at Harvard, while working there myself as a communications director focused on emerging tech research. What an unnecessary loss 121
Sam Hinds @samanthahinds.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Read @edwardongwesojr.com on “the attempt to shift Pax Americana’s oil diplomacy to Pax Silica’s silicon statecraft—from hydrocarbons & Treasuries to GPUs & data centers & AI models & the kill chains they power” www.thetechbubble.info/p/how-much-a...thetechbubble.infoHow Much a Dollar Cost?The AI Bubble in 2026 (2/4) 1113
Reposted by Sam HindsNora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I've been tracking Trump's attacks on the First Amendment -- & the broader federal govt ethos of retaliation -- all year. I've seen roughly 200 incidents of attacks on dissent & free speech, w/ particular aggression towards press, protesters, public servants: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...freepress.netChokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic ResistanceThis Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ... 02811
Reposted by Sam HindsCritical Internet Studies Institute @criticalinternet.bsky.social · 31/12/20252026 In & Out List 💅 #happynewyear 0134
Reposted by Sam HindsAli Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Immigrants who worked in fact-checking, dis-information or content moderation will be INELIGIBLE for H-1B visas under Trump, per Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...reuters.comExclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visaAn internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection. 1148
Reposted by Sam HindsRebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 26/11/2025Here is the syllabus for the Information & Human Rights course that I taught at @pratt.edu this fall: rebeccawilliams.info/info-619-inf... Many thanks to @edwardongwesojr.com, @samanthahinds.bsky.social, & the lawyers not on Bluesky for being guest speakers & for everyone we read!rebeccawilliams.infoINFO 619: Information & Human RightsTaught at the Pratt School of Information, this seminar introduced students to the foundations of information rights, the harms produced by information systems, and the creative and political strategi... 2348
Reposted by Sam HindsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment. 863397948845
Reposted by Sam HindsEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 05/08/2025pay very close attention to Wikipedia to find a way out of the AI slop internet www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...404media.coWikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles“The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.” 92010623
Sam Hinds @samanthahinds.bsky.social · 29/07/2025This interview of Hito Steyerl by Günseli Yalcinka for Spike Magazine shows real mastery of the state of the field of critical emerging tech research, from an equally masterful artist. I will be snapping up her new @versobooks.bsky.social release spikeartmagazine.com/articles/int...spikeartmagazine.comHito Steyerl: “Who Prompted All This Shit?” | Spike Art MagazineThe artist, filmmaker, and author of “Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat” grapples with magical thinking, implication in military-industrial AI, and machine learning’s many roads not taken. 130
Reposted by Sam HindsHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23/07/2025Read this by @baldurbjarnason.comsoftwarecrisis.devThe LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour 03912
Reposted by Sam HindsJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 26/06/2025This week’s Dobbs anniversary has everyone reflecting on the last three years without the federal right to abortion. Here’s what I'm reading (threaded below!). Feel free to add any highlights from your reading list in the comments below too. 39929
Reposted by Sam HindsHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/06/2025More and more surveillance is the requirement for participation in public life. Companies used to attempt to do this surreptitiously, but that’s no longer the case. They are now explicit that being surveilled is the cost of doing business. tech.yahoo.com/business/art... 58340
Reposted by Sam HindsAli Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 30/04/2025“Over the past 100 days, DOGE teams have grabbed personal data about U.S. residents from dozens of federal databases and are reportedly merging it all into a master database at the Department of Homeland Security” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy: DOGE’s Construction of a Surveillance StateDOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes. 32111
Reposted by Sam HindsCritical Internet Studies Institute @criticalinternet.bsky.social · 19/03/2025📢 NEW: Our introductory tip sheet on digital security for journalists & civil servants working under pressure. 📢 Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/researchcriticalinternet.orgResearch — The Critical Internet Studies Institute 33128