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I am very pleased to be delivering the 2025 Political Science Keynote Lecture at @carletonu.bsky.social on March 6 from 5-6:30pm. If you're interested in data governors and human rights, come join us! You can register here👇 carleton.ca/polisci/?p=3... #humanrights #data #wethedata #governance

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What are you up to for V-Day? 💘 How about a chat about holding data collectors and aggregators accountable? Join Heather Krause and I at Talking Data Equity this Friday Feb. 14 at noon (ET). The best part is that you can submit your questions for us to discuss! 🙂 You can register here:

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Curious about holding data collector/aggregators accountable? Join Talking Data Equity Fri Feb. 14th @ 12pm (ET) w/ me & Heather Krause from #WeAllCount. We will also answer live questions from attendees 🎙️ so don't hesitate to bring your Qs! Hope to see you there 🙂 weallcount.com/talking-data...

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If you're curious about my book "We, the Data", I'll be discussing it today on a virtual panel at UofT. Link to register is below, open to UBC and UofT staff+students 🙂

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Celebrating Data Privacy Day with @profwhw.bsky.social and amazing colleagues from @uoft.bsky.social at 3pm ET. Join us as we discuss "We the Data" and what we can do to protect data as a human right. #dataprivacyday #staysafeonline search.app/4Gy7WbdE2CtR...

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The brilliant @smsaideman.bsky.social from @cdsn.bsky.social visited us at UBC to give a talk about how different states exercise democratic control over the #military. Great Qs from the audience. It was a FULL house!... we really should have planned for overflow seating 😅 #UBC #politics

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In the latest #BattleRhythm podcast, @profwhw.bsky.social and I discuss democratic backsliding, Trump's inauguration, tariffs and more, and then Commodore Jason Armstrong explains Naval Force Development--subs! soundcloud.com/cdsnpodcasts...

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If you are a student or staff at University of Toronto or University of British Columbia, register for Data Privacy Day. In this [virtual] panel, we'll be discussing my book, "We, the Data"! Register here 👉 public.eve.utoronto.ca/events/5342 #wethedata #dataprivacy #booktalk #UofT #UBC

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Had a blast on #BattleRhythm podcast with @smsaideman.bsky.social and Artur Wilczynski (University of Ottawa). I interviewed a trio of Canada's brilliant #quantum experts: Kristen Csenkey (CIGI), Benjamin T. Johnson (University of Groningen), and Greg Dick (Open Quantum Design). Check it out! 🎙️

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And it will be a wonderful convo (also we're doing a roundtable for the brilliant @audieklotz.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of her classic Norms in International Relations, 2nd ed!!!!).

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What a memorable evening hosted by @writerstrust.bsky.social for the #BalsilliePrize. Oh... and we also met the brilliant Margaret Atwood! Thx Tom Pandi (tompandi.com) for your lovely pictures. My book "We, the Data" has never looked so good! 😄 #publicpolicy #humanrights #datagovernance

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And….. she is the first woman to win the Balsillje prize. Congrats @profwhw.bsky.social!!!

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Happy news! I was honoured to receive the Balsillie Prize for my new book We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age! I am so thankful to the selection committee at Writer's Trust of Canada, and to the phenomenal Balsillie Prize finalists: Gregor Craigie, Christopher Pollon, and M.G. Vassanji 📚

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Wendy H. Wong wins 2024 Balsillie Prize for her book We, The Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age: The jury called Wong’s book an ‘eye-opening, gripping look at the ways in which humanity is being codified, monitored and tracked at alarming speed and intensity – in largely unaccountable ways’

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This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”

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I am so excited to share that my book "We, the Data" is nominated for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy! The finalist will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 26 in Toronto. The Toronto Star has shared excerpts from the finalists' books – read them here 🗞 #publicpolicy #digitaltech #balsillieprize

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📣 NEW ARTICLE 📣 in journal Regulation and Governance! Jamie Duncan, David Lake, and I recently wrote a paper called "Why Data About People are Hard to Govern." 🔥 It's available open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Really jazzed about this latest #BattleRhythm episode as it is Wendy Wong's first as co-host and she did an excellent interview with Janice Stein. just a fun first segment with me discussing the American campaign, Sudan, and, yes, strudel comparative analysis soundcloud.com/cdsnpodcasts... #canpoli

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I really enjoyed chatting with Misha Da Vinci - we talked about all kinds of things including We, the Data, AND some of the extensions that follow from the book. Stop by and listen here 🎧 and wherever else you get your pods. open.spotify.com/episode/4tI5...

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I'm doing an AMA on Reddit for another hour or so. Stop by and ask a question! About AI, or data, or dogs! www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

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Such a nice feeling to be part of someone's class, especially in such good 📚 company. Thanks for including We, the Data in your syllabus!

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🔥 Hot off the press! 🔥 Fiona O' Connor, Barbara Sobol and I are in the Toronto Star this morning! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... TL;DR: Libraries aren't just about books!! They're at the forefront of digital citizenship and literacy.

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💬 I talked to my friend James Long on the Political Economy Forum pod about We, the Data. Thanks for having me on. As always, insightful and friendly grilling. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uw-... Enjoy while last minute shopping or while cooking the family feasts this holiday season!

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Talk about holiday cheer! ✨ I'm delighted and honored that We, the Data has been named as one of Journal of Democracy's Favorite Books of 2023! I hope everyone has a chance to take a restful break. Now you have a 📖 to start off 2024 right! www.journalofdemocracy.org/news-and-upd...

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I talked to Mia Funk recently about We, the Data on The Creative Process pod - here's our convo creativeprocess.info/interviews18... We talked about so many things. Thanks for having me!

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📚 📚 It's been awhile since I updated here, but the last leg of the We, the Data book tour for the semester is * tomorrow * "in" Berlin at WZB! See you tomorrow, and if not, in January! ❄️ Info here: www.wzb.eu/de/node/79053

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Ever thought of books as snacks? 📖 = 🍩 We, the Data is featured on the NextBigIdea bookclub's Book Bites! nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/dat... Everyone has time for a snack!

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Human rights in the age of datafication: Join us for the book launch 'We The Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age' by @profwhw.bsky.social. Commentary by Francesca Palmiotto; moderated by Daniela Stockmann @hertieschool.bsky.social 📅8.11, 6pm CET, online. RSVP: www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

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yep. I suspect that one reason Big Tech barons have gone so nuts is the increasingly hard to deny perception that the traditional tech sector is stagnant, and the real innovations of the future will be in green energy, transportation, and manufacturing crookedtimber.org/2023/11/02/s...

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It was such an enjoyable conversation - thank you for having me! Masterful host @labdelaaty.bsky.social and I talked through the major themes (and all the chapters) of We, the Data. Enjoy! 🎧 And if you really want to know more, please consider buying the book from your fave 📚 place.

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Spoiler alert: In the Halloween spirit 👻 I'll be getting spooky. I'm giving a talk at the DASH AI Meets Ethics series 🎃 TOMORROW 🎃 Come find out why data can be scary, and what this means for human rights! Register here: datascienceandhealth.ubc.ca/events/we-da...

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Next stop on the book tour is virtual. I'll be speaking at the DASH AI Meets Ethics seminar on Halloween 👻 ⌨️ tinyurl.com/5fz5yt5d

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It turns out brewpubs make fantastic locales for book discussions. Totally helps when you have @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social asking you smart questions. Thanks for hosting me!

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