Milagros Miceli

Sociologist + Computer Scientist|
ground-truth data, labor, power |
Research Group Lead @Weizenbaum_Institut |
Researcher @DAIR

🇦🇷💚she/ella/mami

Last Notes

2026-10-24 03:57:41 UTC

Five years ago, I was wrapping up my PhD and already incredibly lucky to have @nprofile…8f3n as my advisor. When she asked if I wanted to join @nprofile…4eyj, which the great @nprofile…97y5 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
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2026-09-22 01:00:21 UTC

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.
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2026-06-24 14:27:44 UTC

🏆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/
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2026-06-01 09:57:05 UTC

🚨 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.
➡️ https://data-workers.org/fasica-utaw/
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2026-04-15 18:35:24 UTC

📅 This Friday, April 17
⏱️ 9AM PT / 6PM CEST
Join @nprofile…4eyj for a conversation on border & surveillance tech covering:
• Our latest projects on refugees & AI
• A panel with @nprofile…h85q
• A workshop to imagine alternative tech futures.
🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/refugees-and-ai-tickets-1986369914887?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
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2026-04-09 15:42:20 UTC

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/
#nevent1q…4jn6

2026-04-09 15:35:26 UTC

🚨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/
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2026-02-06 16:53:00 UTC

🚨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
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2026-01-28 17:44:51 UTC

🚨 NEW DATA WORKERS' INQUIRY WORK OUT NOW!!
A Brazilian TikTok moderator, pseudonymized as Lúcio, analyzes the systems designed to extract ever-growing productivity from content moderators and how they operate to harm workers.
Download and read the report at data-workers.org/lucio/
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2026-01-17 00:03:04 UTC

Proud to be included in Business Insider’s AI Power List, which highlights the 25 most influential people in AI this year.
This recognition reflects not only my research trajectory, but more importantly, the critical role data workers play in the AI industry and the urgent need to do better by them.
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2025-12-09 13:58:48 UTC

Today, DWI publishes a powerful essay by Michael Geoffrey Asia, who works impersonating an AI sex companion: https://data-workers.org/michael/
This piece offers a rare glimpse into the psychological and economic realities behind one of the fastest-growing sectors: AI-assisted intimacy.
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2025-10-28 18:51:09 UTC

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.
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2025-08-27 11:06:51 UTC

📣 We're excited to co-organize a transnational data worker assembly together with @nprofile…k3dh & Data Workers' Inquiry on September 16-17 at @nprofile…qu60 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/
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2025-06-14 21:26:20 UTC

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/

2025-06-05 12:19:24 UTC

📢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/

2025-01-24 15:58:38 UTC

📢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
@nprofile…fnss @nprofile…e5sk @nprofile…mr93 @nprofile…xspv
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2024-11-18 09:13:12 UTC

📢 This Thursday, I’ll be speaking at the European Parliament alongside MEP @nprofile…m38w and Prof. @nprofile…qrw9. 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
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