For almost two decades I have been studying how the voices of marginalized communities are less likely to be as represented online as those of elites. Instead of getting better, these inequalities are only becoming exponentially worse with AI data sets that not only bias but also leave out the experiences of especially low-income people, […]
Archive | October, 2025
What’s going on digitally with GenZ Protests?
Lots of media requests to comment on protests led by youth all over the global south the past few months – from Nepal and Morocco to Indonesia and Kenya. Here is one of the articles (from Newsweek) where I’m quoted: “Successful protest movements have always innovated the use of communication tools, from hiding printing presses […]
The AI Gap and Digital Production Inequality
Who is left on the sidelines of this digital transition? When it comes to creating publicly available online content that is being used to drive AI’s Large Language Models, the new generation of digital creators is still dominated by those with more income and education. I have expanded digital inequality research from a consumption, or […]
Digital Democracy, Meet Society
The history of the Internet over the past few decades has been defined by the explosion of social media that created seemingly un-limited ways for people to participate in the growing online dialogue. From commenting to blogging, from posting videos to social networking, from Twitter to TikTok, media pundits and scholars hailed the emergence of […]
