https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:58:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2020/03/31/taking-time-away-from-coronavirus-news-on-social-media-an-update-from-gobo/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:57:46 +0000 https://civic.mit.edu/?p=2763 It’s difficult to browse social media these days without seeing news on coronavirus. In fact, every other post seems to be related to concerns, updates, and memes about coronavirus — and with good reason. These are unprecedented times where a health crisis has taken place on a truly global scale, and most of our daily lives have been impacted in some way. Given the nature of this virus, many of us are spending more and […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2019/06/03/gobo-your-social-media-your-rules/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:14:27 +0000 https://civic.mit.edu/?p=2488 Social media influences our daily lives, but we have little influence on how social media platforms work. We’re tired of algorithms that don’t really understand what we want to see. We’re concerned about how content on these platforms is being moderated. And we’re frustrated with our lack of control over these communities. If you could change how social media works, what would you want to see? Gobo is our playground for answering this question. Gobo […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2019/01/24/how-automated-tools-discriminate-against-black-language/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:13:32 +0000 https://civic.mit.edu/?p=2402 Filtering Rudeness on Social Media One of my favorite aspects of social media is coming across amazing work by activists, creatives, and academics. I get especially excited to see work by fellow women of color, whose perspectives are often left out of mainstream media and activism. So naturally, when I discover that posts by women of color are being filtered out of my feed, I am 1) skeptical, 2) upset, but also 3) not surprised. […]]]>