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/2019/01/24/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. […]]]>