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mkgerchick.bsky.social
She/her. Data Science Manager and Algorithmic Justice Specialist at ACLU. Personal account.
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ACLU Technology is hiring an AI Research Intern for Summer 2025! Come help us conduct applied research to evaluate the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI tools against ACLU transparency, privacy, security, and algorithmic accountability values. 🧵 www.aclu.org/careers/inte...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

As technologists at a civil rights org, we often grapple with how we can use AI in service of our work, while also fighting harmful uses of AI. ACLU CTO @techforimpact.bsky.social recently shared more about our approach to internal uses of gen AI: technicallyoptimistic.substack.com/p/procedures...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Anti-abortion politicians will stop at nothing to deny people essential health care, including threatening to lock up doctors and those who help people get abortions. No one should face prosecution for helping someone end their pregnancy.

submitted 31 days ago • 15 comments

Last year we started a project to download and preserve public data. lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/01... Since saving public data is in the news today — but is always needed — let’s talk about what you can do to help.

submitted 31 days ago • 15 comments

One more call for folks to apply for our Algorithmic Justice role ahead of the priority deadline on December 16!

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Sorelle and I are looking to hire a postdoc to do civil rights AI auditing! Please share widely, or ping me if there's anyone great we should be reaching out to 🙏

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

This looks like an amazing opportunity, and @mkgerchick.bsky.social is a dream to work with. Worth applying if you're on the job market. www.aclu.org/careers/appl...

submitted 100 days ago • 3 comments

I cannot recommend this strongly enough! @mkgerchick.bsky.social does amazing work at the ACLU around tech and civil rights. She has all the skillzzz (both tech and policy) and you will learn a ton from working with her. Moreover, you will have massive impact with the power of the ACLU behind you.

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

ACLU is hiring an Algorithmic Justice Fellow to work on cutting edge projects focused on digital rights! Come work with us to interrogate how automated systems are being used in high stakes areas. Please share widely! www.aclu.org/careers/appl...

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

I made a starter pack of ACLU folks working at the intersection of tech and civil rights across the country, including issues like privacy, surveillance, free speech, and AI. Fellow ACLUers: let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/Fc15tXp

submitted 103 days ago • 3 comments

Researchers play a critical role in the fight for accountability of automated hiring tools, write Marissa Gerchick and Olga Akselrod, but a lack of transparency that creates a barrier for regulators and litigators likewise creates barriers for researchers.

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments

Companies and legislators are using misleading test scores to justify the expansion of facial recognition technology (FRT). In new work @mattcagle.bsky.social and I explain why there is no such thing as a "magic number" that will fix the harms of the misuse of FRT. www.aclu.org/news/privacy...

submitted 390 days ago • 0 comments