1.2023

Oversight Board overturns Meta's original decisions in the "Gender identity and nudity" cases

The Oversight Board has overturned Meta’s original decisions to remove two Instagram posts depicting transgender and non-binary people with bare chests. It also recommends that Meta change its Adult Nudity and Sexual Activity Community Standard so that it is governed by clear criteria that respect international human rights standards.

 4.13.2022

Education as Community Capital: Documenting Discrimination on Social Media Platforms with Shakira Smith, PhD

The Brown University LGBTQ Center Queer Legacy Series and Feminists@Brown, in Collaboration with Salty, is hosting Shakira Smith, PhD for a discussion on social media censorship and the margins of digital spaces, traditional research approaches as master’s tools, and leveraging research education for accessible, community benefit. Dr. Smith will also share about her academic trajectory and curating career outside of hegemonic norms.

 9.22.2021

Did you know that social media algorithms adversely affect queer people, women, BIPOCs, people with disabilities, sex workers and plus size people? It does, and we’ve got the data to back it up.

https://saltyworld.net/product/exclusive-report-censorship-of-marginalized-communities-on-instagram-2021-pdf-download/

 9.21.2021

Meet Salty’s Algorithmic Bias Research Collective

https://saltyworld.net/saltyalgorithmicbiasresearchcollective/

6.21.2021

Online event: Discrimination by moderation

https://us.boell.org/en/discrimination-moderation

June 21, 2021

Panel discussion with:

  • Christina Dinar, Deputy Director at the Centre for Internet and Human Rights, expert on anti-discrimination strategies online

  • Brandeis Marshall, Data scientist and Full Professor of Computer Science at Spelman College, Black education activist for Black women thriving in data and tech careers

  • Tiemo Wölken, Member of the European Parliament (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats), shadow rapporteur for the opinion of the Legal Affairs Committee on the Digital Services Act

  • Shakira Smith, Research Director at Salty Algorithmic Bias Collective, scholar-practitioner-advocate and dual-PhD candidate at Indiana University

Moderator: Jennifer Baker, independent journalist reporting on tech policy & digital rights

5.2.2019

Shakira Smith awarded prestigious President’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship

https://blogs.iu.edu/iusph/2019/05/02/shakira-smith-awarded-prestigious-presidents-diversity-dissertation-fellowship/