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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

📜 You can read the full paper (open access) here: dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.... If you're at #CHI2026, Owen and Steven will be presenting their paper tomorrow (Wednesday, 4/15). Say hi if you see them around! 📍P1, Room 114 – Conversational AI, Agency and Control ⏰ 9am

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

💡Qualitatively, we find that users more frequently provided action-oriented advice over urging caution or providing emotional support. Overall, ScamPilot demonstrates the potential for multi-agent conversational user interfaces to augment learning and improve scam education.

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

📊 Through a between-subjects study (N=150), we find that blending advice-giving w/ MCQs significantly increased scam recognition (+8%) without decreasing wariness towards legitimate conversations. Users’ response efficacy and change in self-efficacy was also 9% and 19% higher, respectively.

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

In ScamPilot users are presented with a real-time scam simulation with two large language models (LLMs): a *scammer* agent and a *target* agent. Users take on the role of a *helpful advisor* to support the target and prevent them from falling for the scam.

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

👨‍🔬 In our #CHI2026 paper, undergrads Owen Hoffman, Steven Peng, Sajid Kamal, and Alex You built and evaluated ScamPilot to advance the state of the art in scam education.

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

📚 Giving people information about scams — through popups, warnings, text and video messages — isn't enough. Scammers also constantly adapt their tactics to bypass automated detection methods. Training modules can be monotonous and ineffective. So what can we do? [ tinyurl.com/scam-trainin... ]

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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

Paper link: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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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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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I'm also the Communications Co-Chair and on the CSCW Steering Committee, so please reach out if you have questions or feedback. I would love to hear from newcomers and longtime attendees!

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Reach out if you'd like to chat all things CSCW or want to know more about working at a liberal arts college; my research on deepfakes, scams, and surveillance; or just to commiserate about federal grant terminations 🙃

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

We (@ninalutz.bsky.social, Steven Prochaska, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @joyojeet.bsky.social, @schafer.bsky.social + others) are also running a workshop this Saturday on online participatory culture and information disorder. cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app

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CSCW 2025 Information Disorder Workshop

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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 · 19/10/2023

Omg you're on a roll! So happy to see you're thriving at Bellingcat 😄

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

I didn't realize you were at Kevin's talk! He did a great job :)

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

Work led by Himanshu Zade and Spencer Williams, with Theresa Tran, Christina Smith, (me), Gary Hsieh, and @katestarbird.bsky.social.

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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 · 10/09/2023

Would love to have join class some time :) Also it was great running into you today!

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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

Welcome to greener pastures! Err... Bluer skies.

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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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Sukrit Venkatagiri @sukritv.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

In grad school I actually worked on a whole project that was sparked by a conversation about that landmark! Glad I get to finally see it in person for CSCW this year :)

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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 · 22/08/2023

So excited for you! I worked with a few folks from Bellingcat as part of my dissertation research and they're a great bunch.

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

I learned that some universities do have much stricter Zoom licenses esp. because of FERPA. I'm sure Zoom charges more for that :)

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

We’ve become so dependent on technology like Zoom, and that dependence gives the company more power to make change without consulting its users. There's so few easy-to-set-up open source or transparent alternatives to Zoom. Signal (@signal.bsky.social) is a rare exemplar.

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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?

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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

We can't escape the human labor needed to to keep the internet safe for everyone. In Ghost Work, Mary Gray & Sid Suri call this the paradox of automation's last mile: "As machines progress, they solve problems that only humans could solve. W/ each solution a new problem or opportunity presents"

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

While OpenAI's new content moderation abilities are promising, there's still a long way to go for moderating photos, audio, and video! Ironically, content moderators working for #OpenAI faced psychological trauma themselves so that ChatGPT's output could be made safe.

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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

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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 · 16/08/2023

Thanks, Yoel! It means a lot coming from you 😀 It'd be great to have you speak with my social computing class this Fall, if you're interested. They'll (hopefully) be building tools to improve social interaction on Mastodon.

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

We'll research how to resist misinformation & other types of technologically-mediated harm, build sociotechnical systems to repair trust in each other & our institutions, and empower people to advocate for their rights while refusing harmful data & labor practices ✊

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

^ Maybe somewhat tangential to the issue you're facing but I think they're intertwined.

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