Nostr notes by Milagros Miceli

You, me, and anyone with internet access do unpaid, uncredited ...

2026-10-26T01:50:03Z

You, me, and anyone with internet access do unpaid, uncredited data work to feed AI models.

So, what exactly is data work, and why does it matter? I discuss this in this interview with DW (Deutsche Welle), where I also cover labor exploitation, classification and bias, power in the AI industry, and the role we all play as users in AI production. Full interview in Spanish: https://p.dw.com/p/5O0Mm

Five years ago, I was wrapping up my PhD and already incredibly ...

2026-10-24T03:57:41Z

Five years ago, I was wrapping up my PhD and already incredibly lucky to have Alex Hanna (npub1e2z…n97d) as my advisor. When she asked if I wanted to join DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9), which the great Timnit Gebru (she/her). (npub1z40…s3fq) had just founded, I couldn't believe my luck. Even now, I still can't.

What the team has accomplished over these five years is incredible, and we can't wait to share what's next. Join us on December 4 to celebrate DAIR's past, present, and future!

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dairs-5th-anniversary-celebration-registration-2003687647692?aff=dairteam

Thrilled to announce that the De Gruyter Handbook of Critical ...

2026-09-22T01:00:21Z

Thrilled to announce that the De Gruyter Handbook of Critical Data Studies, co-edited by Ulises A. Mejias, Jasmine E. McNealy, and yours truly, is now out!

33 chapters, 50+ authors, and a wide range of perspectives on power, policy, methods, case studies, and resistance.

🏆Thrilled to share that Data Workers’ Inquiry has received ...

2026-06-24T14:27:44Z

🏆Thrilled to share that Data Workers’ Inquiry has received an Award of Distinction at Ars Electronica 2026.

The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the world’s most prestigious awards at the intersection of art, technology, and society.

More info to the award and the jury statement here: https://archive.aec.at/prix/319125/

🚨 NEW INQUIRY!!! Our own Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan partnered ...

2026-06-01T09:57:05Z

🚨 NEW INQUIRY!!!

Our own Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan partnered up with United Tech and Allied Workers (UTAW) to reveal the exploitation of trust and safety workers and the displacement of human labor through inadequate IA systems, this time at TikTok in London.

➡️ data-workers.org/fasica-utaw/

📅 This Friday, April 17 ⏱️ 9AM PT / 6PM CEST Join ...

2026-04-15T18:35:24Z

📅 This Friday, April 17
⏱️ 9AM PT / 6PM CEST

Join DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) for a conversation on border & surveillance tech covering:

• Our latest projects on refugees & AI
• A panel with Respond Crisis Translation (npub1z4h…xne8)
• A workshop to imagine alternative tech futures.

🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/refugees-and-ai-tickets-1986369914887?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/116375481638415696 ...

2026-04-09T15:42:20Z

RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/116375481638415696

Pocas veces me verán recomendar algo con tanto énfasis como este fanzine sobre quienes filtran lo peor de internet para que el resto no tengamos que verlo. Lectura obligatoria si realmente querés saber lo que es la moderación de contenido.

Disponible también en español: https://data-workers.org/horacio/

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🚨NEW INQUIRY!
Barcelona-based content moderator Horacio Espinosa translates his workplace ethnography into a heartbreaking yet powerful zine.
If you use social media, you'll want to read and share this: https://data-workers.org/horacio-en/

🚨NEW INQUIRY! Barcelona-based content moderator Horacio ...

2026-04-09T15:35:26Z

🚨NEW INQUIRY!
Barcelona-based content moderator Horacio Espinosa translates his workplace ethnography into a heartbreaking yet powerful zine.
If you use social media, you'll want to read and share this: https://data-workers.org/horacio-en/

🚨NEW INQUIRY FROM DWI! - Behind the Face of AI🚨 In this ...

2026-02-06T16:53:00Z

🚨NEW INQUIRY FROM DWI! - Behind the Face of AI🚨

In this short comic, two data workers describe their job impersonating an “AI” chatbot for a major social media platform. Sleepless nights, penalties for sounding “too human,” and emotional drain are just a few of the job hazards.

➡️ https://data-workers.org/france

I’ve been included among the "100 Brightest Minds in ...

2025-10-28T18:51:09Z

I’ve been included among the "100 Brightest Minds in Berlin's Science," a list published annually by Tagesspiegel and widely celebrated by Berlin universities.

I am thrilled to be recognized by TIME as one of the 100 most ...

2025-08-28T13:09:55Z

I am thrilled to be recognized by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people worldwide in the field of artificial intelligence for my work with
Data Workers' Inquiry.
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>> https://time.com/collections/time100-ai-2025/7305825/milagros-miceli/
>> Full #TIME100AI list: https://time.com/collections/time100-ai-2025/

I want to take this opportunity to share a few reflections on this work 👇🧵

📣 We're excited to co-organize a transnational data worker ...

2025-08-27T11:06:51Z

📣 We're excited to co-organize a transnational data worker assembly together with SUPERRR Lab (npub16yh…g6hk) & Data Workers' Inquiry on September 16-17 at [@Weizenbaum_Institut](https://social.bund.de/@Weizenbaum_Institut ) in Berlin.

While the first day is closed-door, we’ll host a public event on the 17th.
👉 Program and registration: https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/who-is-really-fueling-your-ai/

In her report, “Content Moderation: The Harrowing, Traumatizing ...

2025-07-16T16:38:50Z

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In her report, “Content Moderation: The Harrowing, Traumatizing Job that Leaves Many African Data Workers with Mental Health Issues and Drug Dependency,” Fasica explores the realities faced by data workers doing content moderation for Meta in Nairobi, Kenya. She details the severe mental health consequences of the job and highlights how workers are neglected and exploited, operating under poor and often degrading conditions.
https://data-workers.org/Fasica/

🎉✨ Huge congrats to our community researcher Fasica Berhane ...

2025-07-16T16:37:15Z

🎉✨ Huge congrats to our community researcher Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan for being shortlisted for the True Story Award, one of the most prestigious honors in narrative journalism! Her brilliant piece on content moderation, written for Data Workers’ Inquiry, stood out among over 1000 submissions from around the world, placing in the top 3%.
https://truestoryaward.org/story/508

🚨 Attention Berlin! Next Monday, June 30th, I am thrilled to ...

2025-06-23T09:53:20Z

🚨 Attention Berlin!

Next Monday, June 30th, I am thrilled to welcome Alex Hanna (npub1e2z…n97d) to the [@Weizenbaum_Institut](https://social.bund.de/@Weizenbaum_Institut ) for a conversation about her book, THE AI CON (co-authored with Prof. Emily M. Bender).

Don't miss it! Register here to attend: https://tickets.weizenbaum-institut.de/sgvbf/

Meta and Scale AI built their empire on the backs of data ...

2025-06-14T21:27:54Z

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Meta and Scale AI built their empire on the backs of data workers. As Mophat Okinyi reported for Data Workers' Inquiry, when Scale's subsidiary, Remotasks, shut down operations in Kenya, it left thousands of workers with nothing. Some never received their final pay.
https://data-workers.org/mophat/

But, as the article argues, the deal is likely to leave data ...

2025-06-14T21:27:02Z

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But, as the article argues, the deal is likely to leave data workers behind. Let's remember that Meta, as well as Scale AI, built their empire on the backs of exploited data workers.

Meta is pouring $15 billion into Scale AI for a near-controlling ...

2025-06-14T21:26:20Z

Meta is pouring $15 billion into Scale AI for a near-controlling stake. This move puts immense power into the hands of one of the world’s largest tech giants. It is a quiet but colossal deal to secure dominance over the data pipelines behind Meta's AI ambitions.
https://time.com/7293552/meta-scale-ai-workers/

📢NEW INQUIRY‼️ Data workers see the internet’s worst, so ...

2025-06-05T12:19:24Z

📢NEW INQUIRY‼️

Data workers see the internet’s worst, so the rest of us don’t have to.

Former content moderator and clinical psychologist, Kauna Malgwi, collaborated with DWI to design a mental health plan tailored to data workers' needs: https://data-workers.org/kauna/

📢We're proud to support the launch of the Data Labelers ...

2025-01-24T15:58:38Z

📢We're proud to support the launch of the Data Labelers Association of Kenya with an online event! Join us to meet the workers and support their struggle.

📅February 13
⏰8pm Kenya/ 6pm EU/ 12pm ET
✅Watch and submit your questions to the speakers: https://twitch.tv/dair_institute

DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) Timnit Gebru (she/her). (npub1z40…s3fq) Alex Hanna (npub1e2z…n97d) turkopticon (npub1qr9…mx8v)

📢 This Thursday, I’ll be speaking at the European Parliament ...

2024-11-18T09:13:12Z

📢 This Thursday, I’ll be speaking at the European Parliament alongside MEP Leïla Chaibi (npub1krn…wkxm) and Prof. Casilli :mastodon: (npub1ymu…almj). We’ll be joined by data workers from 🇪🇸🇨🇴🇮🇹🇺🇸🇸🇾 to discuss the labor behind AI and what worker-centric regulation could look like.

🎥 Watch live, 2:30pm CET: https://www.youtube.com/live/U4692ygg6l4

Data workers are often silenced by NDAs and strict codes of ...

2024-09-23T15:19:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…eat9
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Data workers are often silenced by NDAs and strict codes of conduct, keeping their work shrouded in secrecy. Speaking out leads to retaliation and legal consequences. We've seen this before at Telus!
This is why it's important to support these brave workers on Monday: https://tinyurl.com/DWI-Telus

Telus workers in Essen have formed a workers' council to ...

2024-09-23T15:19:01Z

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Telus workers in Essen have formed a workers' council to advocate for better conditions, especially for the many migrant workers who rely on their jobs to maintain their visas.

Data workers at Telus make little more than minimum wage at a job ...

2024-09-23T15:17:23Z

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Data workers at Telus make little more than minimum wage at a job that leaves many of them with severe mental health scars. The question is how many billions is Meta making on the content these workers moderate?

The three speakers have produced a podcast for the Data ...

2024-09-23T15:16:24Z

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The three speakers have produced a podcast for the Data Workers' Inquiry project (DE with EN subtitles) in which they discuss their experiences moderating content for Meta at Telus. Their voices are distorted for obvious reasons.
You can listen here: https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/2eUfw5zMRvFuKYZDpSaWm4?start=0s

📢 Data Workers' Inquiry online panel on Monday, Sept. 30! ...

2024-09-23T15:15:26Z

📢 Data Workers' Inquiry online panel on Monday, Sept. 30!
Three data workers with Telus International in Essen, Germany will speak about having a career in content moderation. The speakers remain anonymous because they fear retaliation.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/DWI-Telus

DAIR (npub1mmf…2mx9) SUPERRR Lab (npub16yh…g6hk)

Don't miss the last panels in this year's Data ...

2024-09-16T16:44:30Z

Don't miss the last panels in this year's Data Workers' Inquiry talk series!

➡ Sept 30 - Data work in Germany
➡ Oct 21 - Content moderation and mental health
➡ Nov 11 - Artists, writers & translators doing data work

Register to attend: https://data-workers.org/events/

Did you miss the previous talks? Recordings are available here: https://data-workers.org/events/

Don't miss this online panel next Monday if you're ...

2024-09-04T20:48:37Z

Don't miss this online panel next Monday if you're curious about how AI is *truly* built!
Fasica Gebrekidan, Yasser Alrayes, Adrienne Williams, and I will dive into how and why data workers are trained to "think like machines" and how each one of us is being used as a "zombie trainers."
Curious?
📅 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/data-workers-inquiry-0909
✅ Check out the Data Workers' Inquiry repository and future events: https://data-workers.org/
🙏 And please help us spread the word!