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Fostering Inclusive Virtual Reality Environments: Discussing Strategies for Promoting Group Dynamics and Mitigating Harassment
Niloofar Sayadi, Diego G\'omez-Zar\'a
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05917

Fostering Inclusive Virtual Reality Environments: Discussing Strategies for Promoting Group Dynamics and Mitigating Harassment
The rapid evolution of social Virtual Reality (VR) platforms has significantly enhanced the way users interact and socialize in digital spaces, offering immersive experiences that closely mimic real-world interactions [1]. However, this technological advancement has brought new challenges, particularly in ensuring safety and preventing harassment [11]. Unlike traditional social media platforms, the immersive nature of social VR applications can intensify the impact of harassment, affecting user…

Cw: discussion of #transphobia; JKR; politics and power
Someone in a Facebook group I'm in asked:
"What the f☆☆k has JK Rowling got to do with removing the appalling Zionist Keir Starmer & the rest of our neoliberal NATO supporting warmongering parliamentary representatives from power?
Asking for a very angry feminist socialist lesbian disabled 70 year old."
I thought this was actually a deceptively good question, so I thought I'd share my answer here...
The thing to understand is that trans rights and trans healthcare are being used as a 'wedge issue' by the right wing: something to divide and distract us while they get on with their usual business of plundering everybody.
Rowling, as a billionaire with a huge platform and a great deal of time on her hands, has done more than practically anybody else to drive this wedge deeper.
Like every scapegoating campaign used by the right - against gay people, immigrants, minorities, benefits claimants and so on - the anti-trans moral panic has serious, material consequences for its targets.
The ones who benefit from these hate campaigns (and often fund them, directly or indirectly) are largely indifferent to the harm caused; the distraction and division are the main points, but stoking fear and hatred are time-worn methods of achieving those.
Hope this helps!

Fostering Inclusive Virtual Reality Environments: Discussing Strategies for Promoting Group Dynamics and Mitigating Harassment
Niloofar Sayadi, Diego G\'omez-Zar\'a
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05917

Fostering Inclusive Virtual Reality Environments: Discussing Strategies for Promoting Group Dynamics and Mitigating Harassment
The rapid evolution of social Virtual Reality (VR) platforms has significantly enhanced the way users interact and socialize in digital spaces, offering immersive experiences that closely mimic real-world interactions [1]. However, this technological advancement has brought new challenges, particularly in ensuring safety and preventing harassment [11]. Unlike traditional social media platforms, the immersive nature of social VR applications can intensify the impact of harassment, affecting user…

(Beyond) Reasonable Doubt: Challenges that Public Defenders Face in Scrutinizing AI in Court
Angela Jin, Niloufar Salehi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13004 h…

(Beyond) Reasonable Doubt: Challenges that Public Defenders Face in Scrutinizing AI in Court
Accountable use of AI systems in high-stakes settings relies on making systems contestable. In this paper we study efforts to contest AI systems in practice by studying how public defenders scrutinize AI in court. We present findings from interviews with 17 people in the U.S. public defense community to understand their perceptions of and experiences scrutinizing computational forensic software (CFS) -- automated decision systems that the government uses to convict and incarcerate, such as faci…

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"This is not a data problem": Algorithms and Power in Public Higher Education in Canada
Algorithmic decision-making is increasingly being adopted across public higher education. The expansion of data-driven practices by post-secondary institutions has occurred in parallel with the adoption of New Public Management approaches by neoliberal administrations. In this study, we conduct a qualitative analysis of an in-depth ethnographic case study of data and algorithms in use at a public college in Ontario, Canada. We identify the data, algorithms, and outcomes in use at the college. W…

"This is not a data problem": Algorithms and Power in Public Higher Education in Canada
Kelly McConvey, Shion Guha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13969

"This is not a data problem": Algorithms and Power in Public Higher Education in Canada
Algorithmic decision-making is increasingly being adopted across public higher education. The expansion of data-driven practices by post-secondary institutions has occurred in parallel with the adoption of New Public Management approaches by neoliberal administrations. In this study, we conduct a qualitative analysis of an in-depth ethnographic case study of data and algorithms in use at a public college in Ontario, Canada. We identify the data, algorithms, and outcomes in use at the college. W…