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Happening tomorrow 4/2!

When will dating apps swipe right on better trust and safety for its users? #MozillaFellow @aprylw weighs in⤵️
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1 WEEK FROM TODAY! Join Apryl Williams, in conversation with Cyberlaw Clinic & Initiative for a Representative First Amendment's me ➡️ [email protected], about her new book 'Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating.'

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If you missed the last one, you can catch this one!

An online book launch for NOT MY TYPE: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating by Apryl Williams will take place on 7th March, 14:30 EST (19:30 GMT)

Register to attend 🗓️:
events.umich.edu/event/115995

Shop the book 📚
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Stanford Press Apryl Williams Safiya Umoja Noble

It’s me, writing in TIME about race, love and dating apps. #HappyValentinesDay UM Digital Studies Institute UM Communication and Media Michigan Sociology Race and Ethnicity ASA Sociology Stanford Press CITAMS

What goes on behind the screens of the world's most popular dating apps?

Join #MozillaFellow & author of “Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racist in Online Dating” Apryl Williams & #PrivacyNotIncluded Feb 15 to chat all things dating apps, privacy and #ai bit.ly/3ung9Id

Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating is officially published w/Stanford Press! Launch party on March 7 — virtual + in person registration here events.umich.edu/event/115995 University of Michigan UM Digital Studies Institute UM Communication and Media future events will be posted here notmytype.info

.Publishers Weekly reviewed Apryl Williams's forthcoming book Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating

'Williams’s highly accessible narrative is made extra intriguing by the liberal inclusion of users’ own words sharing their intimate thoughts.'

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We developed this paper at a workshop on algorithmic reparations led by Apryl Williams and Jenny Davis. From beginning to end it was an incredible experience and will lead to more empirical work on how to make algorithmic systems more just.
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So, is your dating app racist?

In this episode of #MozillaExplains , author and #MozillaFellow @aprylw dissects how dating apps rank and sort its users based on a complex undercurrent of racially biased data sets. Watch here📺 ⤵️ bit.ly/3skuiEX

The one you didn't hire. But why?

1. Her works not gonna have impact

2. Nobody cares about games

3. She doesnt publish in high impact journals

4. She has kids. She not a serious scholar

5. She smiles too much. Not a serious scholar.

6. She too nice. Not a serious scholar

Hear Apryl Williams discuss the inequities of online dating this FRIDAY in USU Libraries room 154.

It’s here! video.ibm.com/channel/ycTWSR…

This Viral Justice talk by Ruha Benjamin is so uplifting, despite dealing with our collective healing and trauma. Doing so with love at the helm really changes the tone. University of Michigan

our official pub day was February 10th but you still can get your copy of at a discounted price!

use code RFLR19 for 30% + free shipping when you order direct from Rutgers University Press

Our event with Apryl Williams and Black Menaces is happening now! Join us at the 10th floor of Weiser Hall!