Madelyn Sanfilippo
@profmrs.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the School of Information Sciences at UIUC / Sociotechnical Governance Scholar / Affiliate of the Ostrom Workshop / baking enthusiast
Registration for PrivaCI in Champaign is still open: appserv7.admin.uillinois.edu/FormBuilderS...
May 28, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Registration for PrivaCI in Champaign is still open: appserv7.admin.uillinois.edu/FormBuilderS...
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This is alarming. Is the NIH banning co-authorship and collaboration with international scientists, including international "researchers temporarily working in the U.S." and "scientists who moved abroad after conducting the work in the U.S."? What is the goal? Scientific isolation from the globe?
U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators
NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication
www.science.org
May 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
This is alarming. Is the NIH banning co-authorship and collaboration with international scientists, including international "researchers temporarily working in the U.S." and "scientists who moved abroad after conducting the work in the U.S."? What is the goal? Scientific isolation from the globe?
A PSA to turn off your Ring doorbells, in case the implications of that Super Bowl commercial are not clear! thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
A PSA to turn off your Ring doorbells, in case the implications of that Super Bowl commercial are not clear! thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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THE 8TH ANNUAL PRIVACI SYMPOSIUM
https://privaci.info/symposium/2026/cfp.html
We are pleased to announce the 8th annual PrivaCI Symposium, which will take place on June 24-25, 2026 in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
IMPORTANT DATES
All […]
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https://privaci.info/symposium/2026/cfp.html
We are pleased to announce the 8th annual PrivaCI Symposium, which will take place on June 24-25, 2026 in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
IMPORTANT DATES
All […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
THE 8TH ANNUAL PRIVACI SYMPOSIUM
https://privaci.info/symposium/2026/cfp.html
We are pleased to announce the 8th annual PrivaCI Symposium, which will take place on June 24-25, 2026 in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
IMPORTANT DATES
All […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
https://privaci.info/symposium/2026/cfp.html
We are pleased to announce the 8th annual PrivaCI Symposium, which will take place on June 24-25, 2026 in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
IMPORTANT DATES
All […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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🚨 The #TPRC54 Call for Proposals is here! 🚨
We’re inviting papers, posters, panels, lightning talks, tutorials & student submissions on the future of communications, information & internet policy.
📅 Submissions open Feb 15
🔗 www.tprcweb.com/tprc54-cfp-o...
We’re inviting papers, posters, panels, lightning talks, tutorials & student submissions on the future of communications, information & internet policy.
📅 Submissions open Feb 15
🔗 www.tprcweb.com/tprc54-cfp-o...
TPRC54 CFP Overview — TPRC - The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy
www.tprcweb.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🚨 The #TPRC54 Call for Proposals is here! 🚨
We’re inviting papers, posters, panels, lightning talks, tutorials & student submissions on the future of communications, information & internet policy.
📅 Submissions open Feb 15
🔗 www.tprcweb.com/tprc54-cfp-o...
We’re inviting papers, posters, panels, lightning talks, tutorials & student submissions on the future of communications, information & internet policy.
📅 Submissions open Feb 15
🔗 www.tprcweb.com/tprc54-cfp-o...
Privacy is foundational to activism.
Wired Magazine has apparently removed the paywall from this important article:
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Privacy is foundational to activism.
I wish I was teaching dark patterns this semester... www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
ftc v just answers complaint
www.documentcloud.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I wish I was teaching dark patterns this semester... www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Pay-to-link on Facebook foreshadows more misinformation and manipulation thefulcrum.us/media-techno...
Meta Undermining Trust but Verify through Paid Links
Facebook is testing limits on shared external links, which would become a paid feature through their Meta Verified program, which costs $14.99 per month.This change solidifies that verification badges...
thefulcrum.us
January 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Pay-to-link on Facebook foreshadows more misinformation and manipulation thefulcrum.us/media-techno...
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This is probably the last episode of "Reimagining the Internet", the podcast Mike Sugarman and I have produced for the last five years. Talk about going out on a high note: I interview Alondra Nelson on AI, universities and the Trump administration:
publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
117. Alondra Nelson, Biden's Head of Science and Technology Policy, talks AI, Trump's research funding cuts, and how memes replaced Happy Days - Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at UMass A...
Alondra Nelson is arguably the most important sociologist of science in America. She isn’t just a brilliant researcher of how race and racism has shaped public health in America, nor just a thoughtful...
publicinfrastructure.org
July 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is probably the last episode of "Reimagining the Internet", the podcast Mike Sugarman and I have produced for the last five years. Talk about going out on a high note: I interview Alondra Nelson on AI, universities and the Trump administration:
publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
publicinfrastructure.org/podcast/117-...
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Tomorrow (July 24) at 11 AM – 12 PM, I will be interviewed by Prem Trivedi at New America’s Open Technology Institute on privacy, technology, and democracy: www.newamerica.org/oti/events/p... Please join us for this event!
Privacy, Technology, and Protecting Democracy: A Conversation with Daniel Solove
An event unpacking how policy professionals from different fields should understand privacy and its relationship to healthy democracies.
www.newamerica.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tomorrow (July 24) at 11 AM – 12 PM, I will be interviewed by Prem Trivedi at New America’s Open Technology Institute on privacy, technology, and democracy: www.newamerica.org/oti/events/p... Please join us for this event!
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GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...
Ethical Use of Pervasive Data for Research | Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University
The IDDP Council for Pervasive Data Ethics - Next Steps for the U.S convened to chart a set of actions to advance ethical practices in computing research.
iddp.gwu.edu
July 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...
The always brilliant Antionette Burton on democracy, feminism, and equity. latinonewsnetwork.com/democracy/ag...
Against the Present: The Future of Feminism Is Now - Latino News Network
Historians have often excluded Black, Brown and Indigenous women from their narratives, thereby contributing to the erasure of the forms of solidarity and equity those women and their comrades practic...
latinonewsnetwork.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The always brilliant Antionette Burton on democracy, feminism, and equity. latinonewsnetwork.com/democracy/ag...
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Excited to share that I’ve defended my dissertation. Grateful to my advisors, Yang Wang and @profmrs.bsky.social for their guidance. Special thanks to Yixin Zou for hosting me at MPI-SP as visiting researcher. Thank you to collaborators, peers, friends, and family. Stay tuned for the next chapter.✨
Congratulations to #iSchoolUI doctoral candidate @smirity.bsky.social on successfully defending her dissertation, “Digital Trust, Safety, and Privacy in the Age of Emerging Technologies”! ▶️ bit.ly/40jgf01
June 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Excited to share that I’ve defended my dissertation. Grateful to my advisors, Yang Wang and @profmrs.bsky.social for their guidance. Special thanks to Yixin Zou for hosting me at MPI-SP as visiting researcher. Thank you to collaborators, peers, friends, and family. Stay tuned for the next chapter.✨
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AI scraping bots looking for training data are overwhelming the servers of libraries and archives, making valuable, public resources unavailable to people. We are losing access to original writing and getting gimmicky writing in return through LLMs. #AIEthics #writers
www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”
www.404media.co
June 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
AI scraping bots looking for training data are overwhelming the servers of libraries and archives, making valuable, public resources unavailable to people. We are losing access to original writing and getting gimmicky writing in return through LLMs. #AIEthics #writers
www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...
I am so sad. And so tired. If it’s not one thing, it’s everything.
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I am so sad. And so tired. If it’s not one thing, it’s everything.
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Explores how people experience, produce, and manage misinformation in their everyday lives.
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons
Cambridge Core - Media, Mass Communication - Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons
cup.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Explores how people experience, produce, and manage misinformation in their everyday lives.
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons by @profmrs.bsky.social & @melissa1776.bsky.social
Out Now & #OpenAccess
#LawSky 💙📚 cup.org/40cWUxU
Join us in Hawaii next January to present or learn about knowledge and data commons!
CFP: governing the digital commons at HICSS 2026 hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/in...
CFP: governing the digital commons at HICSS 2026 hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/in...
Internet at Work and Play – HICSS
hicss.hawaii.edu
March 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Join us in Hawaii next January to present or learn about knowledge and data commons!
CFP: governing the digital commons at HICSS 2026 hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/in...
CFP: governing the digital commons at HICSS 2026 hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/in...
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I have never hated any single update more than I hate this iOS. Why would you do this to mail?
February 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I have never hated any single update more than I hate this iOS. Why would you do this to mail?
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Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."
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To be slightly blunter than The Atlantic allowed me to be: the tiktok ban is a protectionist subsidy to Meta and Google worth hundreds of billions of dollars: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How the United States Learned to Love Internet Censorship
America was once seen as the home of the free internet. That era is now over.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
To be slightly blunter than The Atlantic allowed me to be: the tiktok ban is a protectionist subsidy to Meta and Google worth hundreds of billions of dollars: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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This translation of the authors' recent ARIST review emphasizes the critical need for empirical #research on #misinformation governance to guide decision-making & #policy development.
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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January 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This translation of the authors' recent ARIST review emphasizes the critical need for empirical #research on #misinformation governance to guide decision-making & #policy development.
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...
@profmrs.bsky.social
Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Fellow parents, what completely ridiculous thing, you never imagined needing to say at all, do you find yourself repeating?
For me: Stop putting rocks in the washing machine!
For me: Stop putting rocks in the washing machine!
December 20, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Fellow parents, what completely ridiculous thing, you never imagined needing to say at all, do you find yourself repeating?
For me: Stop putting rocks in the washing machine!
For me: Stop putting rocks in the washing machine!