Quoted in a Journo piece on War disinformation

I was quoted in this piece: Hey Grok bu doğru mu? Here is the full interview translated into English: 1 – As of February 2026, during escalating conflicts between the US, Israel, and Iran, we witnessed social media overflowing with countless pieces of content produced or manipulated by artificial intelligence. How do the ‘echo chambers’ of … Read more

Opening the AI Black Box: Notes from My Talk at Özyeğin University

One of the most promising anthropology departments in Türkiye is at Özyeğin University, and they have organized Anthropology Days this year. I was invited to give a talk. The talk was livelier and anecdotal, but with the help of Claude.ai, I converted it into an essay with proper citations. Have a look. The Anthropology of … Read more

#Cyberculture agenda: “China’s Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm”

Exposed: China’s Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm – ICIJ International Consortium of Investigative Journalists – Nov 24 A new leak of highly classified Chinese government documents has uncovered the operations manual for running the mass detention camps in Xinjiang and exposed the mechanics of the region’s Orwellian system of mass surveillance and … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: big biased datasets and social inequalities…. open-source tools for journalists…

A journalist’s guide to open-source tools Journalism.co.uk  Here are some best picks and hidden gems for image and data verification, audio transcription and other story ideas – for free Report: Female-sounding voice assistants fuel gender bias The Next Web  AI-powered voice assistants from Google, Amazon, Apple, and others could be perpetuating harmful gender biases, How big … Read more