Michael Zimmer

Privacy & data ethics scholar
Director @MUDataEthics
Professor & Vice-Chair @MarquetteCS
Member of @PERVADE_team
I also run @ZuckerbergFiles

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

I haven't posted here in nearly a year, but I'm not deleting my account to protect it from whatever is left in the ashes.

You can find me active at:
BlueSky: https://t.co/OplXuNKcDa
LinkedIn: https://t.co/esrfvKbzva

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

I can't believe I'm actually posting on this hellsite for this, but it is striking how @AIESConf @TheOfficialACM @RealAAAI never seems to really think a conference on "AI, Ethics, and Society" should be planned out more than a few months....

[Dr. Casey Fiesler is no longer on here @cfiesler]

@ndiakopoulos @davidthewid last year they announced the conference, the paper deadline and the CFP literally a month before the deadline :-\

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Should you delete your Facebook? 👀

One man has been recording everything Mark Zuckerburg says in public, in an archive known as "The Zuckerberg Files", has told Sky News what he's learnt 👇

[AoIR ➡️ 🐘 @[email protected] @AoIR_org]

We are thrilled to share with you the #AoIR2023 Conference Program! https://t.co/nbbXn7vesX

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

Hey #AoIRunners attending #AoIR2023. The Gritty 5K is Saturday Oct 21 at 8:30am. Start is about 30 minutes away from conference via orange line. Who else wants to run that morning?
@AoIR_org @NicholasAJohn @profjsg
https://t.co/FUf2T8ISWO

[Surveillance & Society @SurvSoc_Journal]

New blog post: 'Reflecting on the future of workplace surveillance', in which @jvitak and @michaelzimmer discuss their article which can be found here: https://t.co/hGkDFNIU64
#surveillance #EmployeeMonitoring #privacy #covid19

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

I still think often about this question I posed at the 2017 @AINowInstitute gathering. Feels like many are only now realizing the privacy impacts of AI wrt ChatGPT's training data, etc.

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

Question @katecrawford: even if we solve the bias & governance challenges, how do we avoid the surveillance externalities of AI? #ainow2017

[autumn edwards @autumnedwards]

Do VBA users even care about privacy? Terrific research by @jvitak,
@DearPriya, Liao, & @michaelzimmer, who apply a tensional lens (CPM theory) showing complex negotiations and agentic work of users & non-users. Here we taste the early fruits of a dialectical approach to #hmc.

[Human-Machine Communication @HMCjournal]

In the current volume, @jvitak, @DearPriya, Yuting Liao, and @michaelzimmer extend Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) to #hmc. This article is important for examining privacy issues with #VBAs. #HAI #HCI https://t.co/Hi4kX2ITrY

[Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot @jvitak]

🚨 New article alert! 🧵
I'm excited to *finally* share a paper that was initially written in 2019 & was just published @HMCjournal.
"Boundary Regulation Processes and Privacy Concerns With (Non-)Use of Voice-Based Assistants": https://t.co/BRCi8gxmCk
@DearPriya @michaelzimmer

[Zuckerberg Files @ZuckerbergFiles]

LOL. Zuck's first post on twitter in over 10 years (and probably his last).

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

@mmitchell_ai If you think bsky is worth it, I'll accept an invite if you have one to spare

[Esther Crawford ✨ @esthercrawford]

Hubris + no pushback - customer empathy - data = a great way to light billions on fire

🔥 💰 🔥

[Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot @jvitak]

In the early days of the pandemic, @michaelzimmer & I noticed a sharp uptick in media stories on new types of workplace surveillance to monitor employees remotely. As privacy scholars, we were concerned about wider implications of these practices. Let me share what we found. 🧵

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

This platform is toxic. This is my new pinned post. Y’all should leave too.

[Dr. Casey Fiesler is no longer on here @cfiesler]

Elon Musk is cisgender, I am cisgender, and the only reason that someone would legitimately think "cisgender" is a slur is because they are using "transgender" as a slur. Codifying this as platform policy is just "only transphobic users allowed."

[Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot @jvitak]

SOUPS (Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security) posted the program for this year's conference: https://t.co/jHXg2ilkf8

I'm happy to have a paper led by my student Sunyup Park (@snnyprk9) being presented there. Coauthors include @AnnaCLenhart and @michaelzimmer.
Quick 🧵 on it:

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

I needed a pick-me-up today, so I registered for #AoIR2023. Hope to see many of you in Philly!

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

I'm not making it to #FAccT2023 this week, but keep an eye out for my phd student @nidhi_nellore who is attending @FAccTConference for the first time!

[Stevie Chancellor is elsewhere (see pinned) @snchancellor]

Leah is presenting this paper today in paper session 4: Self-reflection (in W194B) at #FAccT2023. Go go, Leah, I'm so proud of you!!

[Michael Zimmer @michaelzimmer]

I was reminded today of that time, a dozen years ago, I was labelled "academic paparazzi" for daring to engaging in a critical assessment of the T3 Facebook study.

My reflection on that at the time is here: https://t.co/F0l7KHUflL