Profile of Chris Gilliard, aka @hypervisible, who has helped coin concepts like “digital redlining” to highlight the impact of tech on marginalized groups
Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit. He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day. Tweets: @willoremus , @ruchowdh , @ethicsoftech , @bostonjoan , @clancynewyork , @rcmeg , @mdekstrand , @ron_fournier , @profferrous , @aektakapoor , @kateo , @histoftech , @bostonjoan , @chadlivengood , @katura_art , @econproph , @hackylawyer , @erikashimizu , @provisionalidea , @kate_sonka , @carolinesinders , @daniellecitron , @savasavasava , @joejerome , @upfromthecracks , @hypervisible , @tsimonite , @evanselinger , @moonalice , @karlbode , @dangillmor , and @ethanz Tweets: Will Oremus / @willoremus : “Automating that racist thing is not going to make it less racist.” I wrote about @hypervisible and why he matters, with a little help from @ruchowdh, @BostonJoan, and @safiyanoble. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Rumman Chowdhury / @ruchowdh : “It's an irony of the world Silicon Valley has constructed that an otherwise obscure rhetoric and composition teacher with a Twitter habit could emerge as one of its sharpest foils.” Thank you @WillOremus for this profile on @hypervisible https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Acab Always / @ethicsoftech : .@hypervisible is a brilliant scholar and offers biting and insightful critique of racist and otherwise unjust tech every day. I very much look up to him. I'm glad he's getting the recognition he deserves! https://twitter.com/... Joan Donovan / @bostonjoan : Everyone who gets to spend time in Chris' presence is better for it. https://twitter.com/... Eileen Clancy / @clancynewyork : “No one would look at asbestos and say, 'Well, you can't outlaw chemistry.' But they look at facial recognition and say, 'You can't outlaw math.” - @hypervisible https://twitter.com/... Megan McIntyre / @rcmeg : “It's an irony of the world Silicon Valley has constructed that an otherwise obscure rhetoric and composition teacher with a Twitter habit could emerge as one of its sharpest foils.” Go read this great article on a brilliant thinker, critic, and teacher. https://twitter.com/... Michael Ekstrand / @mdekstrand : Oof. Proctorio CEO: “We do not agree that the software erodes expectations of privacy, as it merely replaces a human invigilator monitoring the taking of the exam.” That completely overlooks the transformative nature of that replacement. 1/n https://twitter.com/... Ron Fournier / @ron_fournier : From his perch at @MacombCollege, #Detroit native @hypervisible takes on the world https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Professor Ferrous / @profferrous : Thinking about the @CodedBias event I'm organizing next month and the @500womensci events in September. We need to be talking about these ideas. https://twitter.com/... Aekta Kapoor / @aektakapoor : “Facial recognition takes this kind of freedom that's foundational to a free society and renders it obsolete.” Chris Gilliard grew up with racist policing in Detroit. He sees a new form of oppression in the tech we use every day. @washingtonpost https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...? Kate O'Neill / @kateo : Necessary reading! @hypervisible (who was my first-ever guest on #TheTechHumanistShow, btw) is profiled in @washingtonpost. “From ‘digital redlining’ to ‘luxury surveillance,’ he has helped coin concepts that are reframing the debate around technology's impacts” 👏🏻👏🏻 👏🏻❤️ ❤️❤️ https://twitter.com/... Mar Hicks / @histoftech : “A lot of people, I think, don't feel the license to say, ‘This thing (expletive) sucks,’ or, 'This thing shouldn't exist,'” Gilliard said. “Which is something I think we should allow ourselves to say more often.” https://twitter.com/... Joan Donovan / @bostonjoan : I have the privilege to work with chris as a Shorenstein fellow. Last year, he gave us a preview that ended up turning into this article: https://reallifemag.com/... https://twitter.com/... Chad Livengood / @chadlivengood : Meet Chris Gilliard, the Detroit-born Macomb Community College English professor who aims to abolish Silicon Valley's surveillance machine; @hypervisible popularized the term “digital redlining” and coined the term “luxury surveillance” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Katura Reynolds / @katura_art : “Automating that racist thing is not going to make it less racist.” DANG. https://twitter.com/... @econproph : Great profile of a fantastic researcher & advocate for privacy and freedom. If you're not following @hypervisible already, then, really, what are doing? Get with it. Follow him. All that will happen is you'll learn. (for me, I also get inspired). https://twitter.com/... Elizabeth M. Renieris / @hackylawyer : “One of the arguments people like to make is that you can't go back on particular technologies — you can't put the genie back in the bottle,” Gilliard says. “That's patently untrue. No one would look at asbestos and say, 'Well, you can't outlaw chemistry.'” -@hypervisible 👏👏👏 https://twitter.com/... Aerica Shimizu Banks / @erikashimizu : “One of the arguments people like to make is that you can't go back on particular technologies...That's patently untrue. No one would look at asbestos and say, 'Well, you can't outlaw chemistry.' But they look at facial recognition and say, 'You can't outlaw math.'” -@hypervisible https://twitter.com/... James Rosen-Birch / @provisionalidea : Super happy to share that my good friend @hypervisible got profiled by WaPo! He's super sharp and the coverage is well-deserved; if you don't follow him, highly recommend. https://twitter.com/... Kate Sonka / @kate_sonka : Read this, please! @hypervisible is such a crucial voice in the tech world (and beyond). https://twitter.com/... Caroline Sinders / @carolinesinders : I've been a fan of @hypervisible's work for years and I'm so glad to see the Washington Post recognizing his necessary research! If y'all don't follow him, y'all should. https://twitter.com/... Danielle Citron / @daniellecitron : Thank you for highlighting the clarion call of @hypervisible — extraordinary scholar, advocate, and thinker! https://twitter.com/... Sava / @savasavasava : I am so pleased to see this recognition of @hypervisible and his important work. a friend, colleague, collaborator, co-conspirator, and all round amazing guy <3 https://twitter.com/... Joseph Jerome / @joejerome : “He's like my Consumer Reports on the dangers of technology.” https://twitter.com/... @upfromthecracks : i absolutely love, learn from and have so much respect for @hypervisible and am thrilled to see his scholarship amplified. I hope funders act accordingly as he's 1000% the type of leadership we need in this space co-designing research and discourse with the community. Go Detroit! https://twitter.com/... Hypervisible Dot Pdf / @hypervisible : As (somewhat) seen in the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tom Simonite / @tsimonite : “He's like my Consumer Reports on the dangers of technology.” —@safiyanoble on @hypervisible https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Evan Selinger / @evanselinger : This makes my weekend! @hypervisible is by far one of the most important surveillance and justice scholars alive today. Great coverage from @WillOremus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Roger McNamee / @moonalice : If you want to understand the real life harms of surveillance — and the bias in the systems that leverage it — there is no voice like that of @hypervisible. A brilliant man, well profiled by @WillOremus. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Karl Bode / @karlbode : this is a really good read by @WillOremus on @hypervisible: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor : Read this: “A Detroit community college professor is fighting Silicon Valley's surveillance machine. People are listening.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Then follow @hypervisible, the activist professor who is making the world better. Ethan Zuckerman / @ethanz : Great portrait of the crucial work Chris Gillard (@hypervisible) has been doing in tech criticism: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...