Cameron Hickey

Program Director for Algorithmic Transparency @ncoc, Former research fellow @ShorensteinCtr and science and technology producer @NewsHour

[Dan Balis @dan_balis]

49yo girl dad. MCL relapse after 8yr remission. 90% marrow involvement.

1.P(reach next-gen target therapy | bridging on steroids + IVIG)?
2.P(durable response | get there)?
Looking for wisdom of crowds so I can plan accordingly. Data, priors, anecdotes > weasel words. 🙏

[Renee DiResta @noUpside]

Front page of WSJ today.

Our report is here: https://t.co/aeIBVvXS8d

[Superbloom @[email protected] @sprblm_]

How do we know what data
is being collected about us via our social media? @georgiamoon @cameronhickey @smklibrarian and @ShayneRedford discuss this on Tuesday @ 3-4pm EDT | 7-8pm GMT @mozillafestival. More info >>> https://t.co/EGAWhz4QMu

[Lauren Feeney @lavrentia]

Concerns mount over TikTok's plan to address potential Chinese influence over what videos Americans see https://t.co/j2Nzzp3OyG via @WSJ (smart quote from @cameronhickey)

[Ryan Tracy @ryanjtracy]

Oversight of the TikTok algorithm is a central part of the app’s plan to secure its U.S. future. We looked at how that might work - or not - through the lens of researchers trying to study how the app treats political content. https://t.co/M6YFSrtsUm

[Geoffrey Supran @GeoffreySupran]

NEW report today by me & https://t.co/wwmFkXlcvZ @NCoC reveals European oil, car, & airline companies' systematic use of language & imagery (of nature & demographics) on social media to brand themselves as green, innovative, & charitable. THREAD. https://t.co/rEyLOVmkNv

[Mark Scott @markscott82]

Let's be clear: if your strategy is to rely on fact-checkers for content moderation and/or election integrity on social media, you might as well just give up and go home.

<<cue thread>>

[emily bell @emilybell]

Really important from @daveyalba whenever platforms say they want to help the research community, I immediately think of what Facebook has been doing to CrowdTangle

[Tori Elliott @telliotter]

ICYMI: A new report from @mozilla fellow @Odangaring found hate speech and disinfo garnering millions of views on TikTok in the lead up to Kenya's elections this summer 🧵

https://t.co/lVoNAS3fME

[Carl Miller @carljackmiller]

The world of disinformation response is growing fast. Lots of new commercial offerings. For anyone looking at these, there are a few things to avoid:

- Any detection capability predicated on some secret, proprietary, universally-applicable algorithm. full stop.

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[MIT Center for Constructive Communication @CCCatMIT]

This week we hosted @cameronhickey from the Algorithmic Transparency Institute.

He presented https://t.co/VK1KbjfHXC, their data transparency platform.

Highlights: 🧵 [1/3]

[Abbie Richards @abbieasr]

Alongside stories about TikTok being flooded with Ukraine war footage, I’m seeing academics say “TikTok has never been used this way before.”

This is false and it says much more about how academics & journalists have regarded TikTok than it says about the app.

(Thread)

[Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @StanfordTIP]

A year of observation & analysis by @ViralityProject culminates tomorrow w/ the report, Memes, Magnets and Microchips: Narrative dynamics around COVID-19 vaccines. Join @DoctorYasmin, researchers @noUpside, @cameronhickey, @ChaseSmall5 for a closer look👇
https://t.co/C1rkqN8ko7

[Virality Project @ViralityProject]

📅 Join us next Thursday, February 24 at 11am PT /2pm ET for the launch of the Virality Project final report along with special guest @DoctorYasmin and researchers @noUpside @cameronhickey @ChaseSmall5 and more.

Register ➡️ https://t.co/sC9N2BMb0V

[Cameron Hickey @cameronhickey]

It's important for people like @aoc raise the alarm about the nightmare that is misinformation impacting Spanish-speaking communities, but the reality is that this is a problem that can't be solved by social media platforms, politicians, or journalists alone. It's on all of us.

[Cameron Hickey @cameronhickey]

I'm not usually comfortable retweeting politicians, but this has special significance for me personally. We work to empower Spanish-speaking communities here in the US to understand and address misinformation themselves BECAUSE they/we cannot wait for anyone else to do it. a 🧵:

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again: Spanish-language misinformation campaigns are absolutely exploding on social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.

It’s putting US English misinfo campaigns to shame. & they aren’t getting disclaimers the way English posts do.

[Cameron Hickey @cameronhickey]

I won't share the thousands of memes that resulted, but suffice it to say, when I started investigating misinformation these offensive images popped up constantly. It made me sick to my stomach to see the thing I help make turn into fodder for misinformation and hate.