It would disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ young people, who rely more heavily on the platforms to connect with other queer people
www.wearequeeraf.com/social-media...
I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.
Check out my blog post about our paper presented at IEEE S&P this week!
📣Our paper: “SoK: A Privacy Framework for Security Research Using Social Media Data” just got accepted to #ieeesp2025!
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Watch my recent talk at Cambridge, "Downvoted to Oblivion: Censorship in Online, LGBTQ+ Communities," here: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/sec...
Link to Ofcom's guidance: www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
Link to our consultation: static1.squarespace.com/static/6502e...
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🤞🏻Ofcom and the UK government maintain and enforce their comittment to marginalised and vulnerable populations. 🧵 (2/3)
Our work is impacting policy! 🎉 Ofcom recently cited a consultation I contributed to (as part of UCL's Gender and Tech Group). Particularly, I argue that trusted flaggers should be rooted in the communities being moderated and should be audited to prevent coercive behaviour. 🧵 (1/3)
I will be at Cambridge on Tuesday 25 February talking about my research, "Downvoted to Oblivion: Censorship in Online, LGBTQ+ Communities."
Watch along, here:
talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...
Excited to be chairing this incredibly important lecture next Tuesday (11/02) by Dr. Kata Kyrölä. The event will be broadcast on Zoom and YouTube 👀🏳️🌈
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...
📣Our paper: “‘Edit: I’m sorry for being offensive, this is getting downvoted and i feel terrible’: Implicit Social Norms as Governance in Identity-Based Communities” just got accepted to #CSCW2025 @acm-cscw.bsky.social @docwarner.bsky.social!
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
