Dir of Research, Data & Society. Academic. Studies tech & society, scams & fraud, far-right disinfo. UNC CITAP. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mxwwahzt322tI talked to @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social about the manosphere: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-alice-marwick-the-manosphere-feminism-misandry/id1463016517?i=1000796087083 tune in for my Thoughts on Feminism!15 Oct 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxwwahzt322thttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mx7jfehdys2dThese are absolutely horrible. All the incidents with descriptions are terrifying and heartbreaking. I just keep thinking: what if this happened to me? What if this happened to someone I love? Why is this happening to anyone? (I'm a naturalized citizen.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Oct 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7jfehdys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mw4rnnw5c22hThis is nifty and more interesting than reading a meta-analysis... but maybe, JUST maybe, quant studies of disinformation prevalence aren't what we actually needed to combat it? 🤔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4rnnw5c22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mw4rjx7rgs2h"part of a time honored tradition in which companies launch an AI product, claim that it is AI, only for it to be later learned that human beings are doing some or all of the work" Yup sounds right [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4rjx7rgs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mw4ic2dzd22pI'll be there!! Come say hi!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4ic2dzd22phttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mw4ejyoszc23I am SO DELIGHTED to announce that our brand new report: The AI Factory: Data Centers, Power, and Resistance in Late Industrial Pennsylvania is out today. https://datasociety.net/research-library/the-ai-factory-data-centers-power-and-resistance-in-late-industrial-pennsylvania/ TechCrunch has the scoop: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/everyone-can-find-a-reason-to-dislike-data-center-construction/22 Sep 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4ejyoszc23https://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mvv7yaochc2almao at aoir's new t-shirt collection https://shop.aoir.org/products/online-safety-unisex-tee19 Sep 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv7yaochc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mvv2hpwqs22vJust joined- this looks amazing [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvv2hpwqs22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mvnnjnlyms2zNote: They are going to teach people how to use ChatGPT to spot scams. Yet another "AI literacy" / AI education campaign that just comes down to "figure out how to use our tools more" [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnnjnlyms2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mvnni4xg3c2zCome talk technofascism, Silicon Valley history, and weird tech bro subcultures with us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnni4xg3c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mvnhrbp6lc2zI just got a clearly LLM-generated email from someone purporting to be "Susan Orleans" (aka @susanorlean.bsky.social, who I think knows how to spell her own name) telling me how great my last book was. I am stumped by what the scam angle is here. There's no ask.16 Sep 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnhrbp6lc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mvljxg4scs22Wait WHAT https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-stanford-prison-experiment-series-release-date-1236863011/15 Sep 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvljxg4scs22https://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mvkzumiu3c2mAnd people wonder why so many of us left public universities in the South. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkzumiu3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mvieajwvp22xI talked to Arielle Pardes at the Guardian about deepfake ads and scams where influencers' likenesses are used without their consent to hock all sorts of nonsense: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/12/deepfakes-wrecking-influencers-credibility14 Sep 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvieajwvp22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mv6sefyecc2vHas anyone successfully gotten access to Reddit data through the Reddit for Researchers program? https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/49381918834964-Reddit-for-Researchers-Program10 Sep 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6sefyecc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mu6thcl2vc2dI am thrilled for my dear friend @dkreiss.bsky.social who is moving to UBC as part of Canada’s big initiative. I am sad for all of us that US academia has sunk so low so quickly that moves like this are necessary. https://jwam.ubc.ca/news/renowned-democracy-scholar-daniel-kreiss-joins-ubc-jwam-as-research-chair/29 Aug 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6thcl2vc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mtzozrwcsc2jTHIS. Thanks @masnick.com for being one of the few outlets to fully cover child safety BS [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzozrwcsc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/alicetiara.bsky.social/post/3mtwglrg4xs2vI went to Dollywood for my bachelorette party in 2013. Both kids were enrolled in her library program. My heart goes out to everyone today. A true icon25 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:f5azbajpc6ymlu5r6fbrrd3h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwglrg4xs2v