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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Thankfully public safety escorted the truck off campus for illegally advertising on campus in front of the library. The irony? The driver was a retired librarian :(

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Anne Jonas 🌻 @annejonas.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Do #CHI2026 authors that had an AI podcast made of their paper on the ACM Digital Library have any way to have it removed? Are they aware their work has been used in this way?

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

👋🏽 Happening soon! Come join us at P1 Room 114 at 9am to learn how to make scam education fun AND effective.

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🚨 Have you or someone you know been impacted by a #scam? You're not alone. 73% of US adults have been affected by scams in the last year, leading to over $16 billion reported lost. Imposter scams alone cost Americans $3 billion. [ www.axios.com/2025/04/23/fbi-internet-crime-loss-record-high-2024 ]

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ACM CSCW @acm-cscw.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🗳️ Announcing the #CSCW Steering Committee Chair (Elect) Elections! Two exceptional nominees received multiple nominations each: Jessica Vitak and Naomi Yamashita. Voting is anonymous and closes on *December 18*. You'll need your SIGCHI membership number to vote: karriekarahalios.com/CSCW/ChairEl...

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ACM & SIG Verification

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

On Tues, former UW postdoc Sukrit Venkatagiri recounted how our team experienced a slew of public records requests with implications for how the design of digital systems that support “seamless” collaboration intersect w/ privacy and the exploitation of public records laws. bsky.app/profile/sukr...

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Cella @cellllla.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It’s the last day of #CSCW2025! Come by at 2:30pm at the Perspectives on Data Privacy session to watch me discuss the resistance tactics that workers use to circumvent surveillance and how they build towards collective action

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🔎 Do you work at a public university or collaborate w/ someone who does? Come learn what happens when your messages are requested through public records laws in my #CSCW2025 paper w/ Rachel, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, & @katestarbird.bsky.social 🕝 2:30pm today 📍Bekken, Core Concepts in Privacy Research

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 07/03/2025

i hope academics understand very clearly that columbia didn't lose their funding because of protesters against genocide. if they honestly think that, then they're going to get gutted by fascists who played them like the fucking fools they apparently are.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

I'm a professor at an Ivy League institution and I think about Ivy League institutions about a tenth as much as the editors of major media outlets do. I'm begging you, for the love of God: Touch grass. Somewhere *other* than Harvard Yard.

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

I spoke to the New York Times about how social media platforms are increasingly difficult for researchers to study because of limited/no data access and why that's bad for society: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/t...

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Ever notice how reposts are used differently vs. replies? In our ACM COMPASS 2023 paper we found that replies *reframed* the conversation of a post compared to quote retweets on Twitter. But retweets from *politically opposed* accounts twisted the OPs' words. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

I'll be at #CSCW2023 and can't wait to meet old and new friends! Let's talk if you're interested in cross-platform visual misinformation, the (mis)uses of AI-generated photos and video, or what faculty life is like at a liberal arts college. Swarthmore CS is also hiring multiple visiting faculty.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Researchers of online misinformation (and related topics) aren’t “buckling” to politically-motivated attacks. Our critical work to understand and address online deception and manipulation continues. But only with the support of our colleagues and institutions. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/uw-m...

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UW misinformation researchers will not buckle under political attacks | Opinion

As the 2024 election approaches, misinformation researchers at the University of Washington say they won't be deterred by those seeking to undermine their work.

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Shannon McGregor, PhD @shannimcg.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Our field is under partisan attack from the right — and it’s working. Funders - govt & philanthropic are cutting support. And academics & universities are unprepared to deal with this. More from @naominix.bsky.social wapo.st/3ZvQNTF

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Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks

The escalating campaign — led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Republicans — has cast a pall over programs that study not just political disinformation but also the quality of medical informa...

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

First day teaching Social Computing at Swarthmore College! We did a speculative design exercise — imagining what social technologies will be like in 10 yrs. Students also grappled w/ how we can better design the systems that we inhabit, why we have a responsibility to do so, & why it's so difficult.

Barbie dancing asking "Do you guys ever think about social computing" (used to say "dying." Title is Social and Crowd Computing, CPSC91R, Fall 2023. Dr. Sukrit Venkatagiri.

Barbie standing off her porch, viewing a pink barbie world/city. Overlaid is text "social computing" and the question "how can we design the social systems that we inhabit?"

White background with text overlaid: "About Me" and "I am Kenough" below it (quote from the Barbie movie).

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Tim Gorichanaz @timgorichanaz.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

"Accused: How students respond to allegations of using ChatGPT on assessments" New paper of mine coming soon in Learning: Research and Practice. The publication is in the pipeline, but you can read the preprint here: arxiv.org/abs/2308.16374 Hopefully useful as we embark on a new academic year!

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Accused: How students respond to allegations of using ChatGPT on...

This study explores student responses to allegations of cheating using ChatGPT, a popular software platform that can be used to generate grammatical and broadly correct text on virtually any...

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 29/08/2023

Meta/Facebook/Threads/Instagram is now using your content for generative AI. There is a form to opt out, although I don't know if it'll make a difference, but here it is: www.facebook.com/help/contact...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

To Protect Elections, Protect Researchers. cdt.org/insights/to-...

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

I spoke to Inside Higher Ed about recent — now reverted — changes to Zoom's ToS on using customer data for generative AI. How can I, in good conscience, use #Zoom when I can’t guarantee the privacy of my students & research participants? And when the ToS can change with no notice?

insidehighered.com

Faculty concerned over Zoom’s shifting terms on AI use

Faculty members joined the social media outrage over Zoom’s ambiguity on using data to feed its AI and machine learning platforms.

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

I don't know how effective content moderation w/ GPT4 will be, but it's a big step towards improving the well-being of moderators. In our CHI 2021 paper, we talked about the psychological challenges that they face every day: sukritv.com/uploads/CHI2021_Steiger_et_all_content_moderators.pdf

theverge.com

OpenAI wants GPT-4 to solve the content moderation dilemma

OpenAI develops technology that has exacerbated the spread of misinformation. Now, it sells technology that helps to moderate misinformation.

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

I had a wonderful year as a postdoc at UW working with @katestarbird.bsky.social & so many amazing students. Now, I'm excited to start as an assistant professor of computer science at Swarthmore College where I'll direct the Collective Resilience Lab. Here's a few photos from my first week!

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

Just a reminder that two prominent Federalist Society members wanted to overthrow the government by fraud and then have the government murder you if you objected. Eat that with your fuckin’ Chick-fil-A sack lunch.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

The costs of insurrection

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 13/07/2023

I spoke to Michel Martin about the dangerous threats to the US fight against disinformation (and individual researchers in it) after the recent injunction prohibiting the Biden Administration from communicating with social media platforms. youtu.be/Vs_HCyvdZQU

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Disinformation Expert: Govt Communication With Social Media Is Not Censorship | Amanpour and Company

Back in 2022 Nina Jankowicz was briefly the face of the U.S. effort to tackle disinformation -- before the Disinformation Governance Board was dissolved amid...

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 11/07/2023

Oof. The fan fiction website, Archive of Our Own (AO3), is being held ransom by the threat of current and future DDoS attacks. AO3 is primarily run by women *volunteers* and relies entirely on user donations. This is terrible.

theverge.com

AO3 fanfiction site forced offline by wave of DDoS attacks

Our condolences if you were halfway through a juicy fic.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 05/07/2023

NEW: The State Dept. today canceled all its scheduled meetings w/ Facebook on 2024 election interference, after a Trump-appointed La. judge curtailed the Biden admin's correspondence w/ tech firms. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2…

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/06/2023

After 2020, it appeared the major social platforms were making progress on civic and election integrity, say Bridget Barrett and @dkreiss.bsky.social. Those gains have reversed- now the picture looks more like it did in 2016:

techpolicy.press

Platforms are Abandoning U.S. Democracy

Tech platforms appear to be taking a laissez faire approach to elections in 2024, as they did in 2016, say Bridget Barrett and Daniel Kreiss.

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 12/06/2023

Half of my Google search results lead to Reddit, which is normally great. Except with the #RedditBlackout, 75% is inaccessible. One platform shouldn't have this much dominance over our collective conversation. It's great to see Redditors use this advantage to advocate for change, though!

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 09/06/2023

Is there political bias in crowdsourced content #moderation? In our #FAccT2023 paper led by Jacob Thebault-Spieker w/ Naomi Mine & Kurt Luther we find risks of political bias but aggregation techniques that account for diverse political perspectives can mitigate it. arxiv.org/abs/2305.14500

Screenshot of paper title, authors, abstract, and ACM reference format. "Diverse Perspectives Can Mitigate Political Bias in Crowdsourced Content Moderation" by Jacob Thebault-Spieker, Sukrit Venkatagiri, Naomi Mine, and Kurt Luther.

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 23/05/2023

After the January 6th attack, an online community of sleuths formed on Twitter, called the Sedition Hunters. They helped the FBI+DOJ identify 100s of suspected rioters. Check out our #TheWebConf2023 paper where we take a closer look at the community! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3543507.3583…

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 16/05/2023

Tuesday morning tragedy: running out of vanilla for my London Fog 😢

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 10/05/2023

I guess this photo is an appropriate first skeet. Hello, Bluesky.

Photo of the Washington Monument in front of the reflecting pool on a sunny day.

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