The ‘red pill’ is right next door: how online misogyny attracts young people through resentment.
In an interview with Marie Claire, Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, discusses the difficulty in identifying hate speech against women by platforms, due to the systems lack of capacity to understand the context.
The case for stakeholder-driven AI auditing in automatic speech recognition
Mona Sloane, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, has contributed to new work in Nature Machine Intelligence on why it is essential to center stakeholder-derived "ground truth" in AI.
Platform regulation: applying existing laws is sufficient to protect rights
A recent article, co-authored by Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, highlights the need for more regulatory coordination and enforcement of the existing legal framework in relation to digital platforms for the adequate protection of fundamental rights.
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) tightens rules on AI in elections, but its effectiveness is uncertain
Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, is among the experts who warn of loopholes in the platforms and challenges in enforcement, which could limit the effectiveness of new rules and question the effectiveness of the TSE's measures against disinformation.
Research Spotlight: Responsible Research in an AI-driven World
DTD Lab faculty co-lead Lauren Bridges, and environmental sciences professor Xi Yang, sat down for an AI Exchange @ UVA Podcast episode to discuss how AI can help us understand climate change even as it accelerates, forcing hard choices about how we use technology.
Honor Week panel discusses the future of artificial intelligence in academic integrity
The UVA Honor Committee hosted a panel as the concluding event of Honor Week to discuss the future of artificial intelligence in academia, the honor system and the community of trust at the University. Among the panel were DTD Lab faculty co-lead Mona Sloane and graduate research assistant Ella Duus (2025).
Mona Kasra Nominated for Two 2025 Helen Hayes Awards
DTD Lab faculty co-lead, Mona Kasra, for the nomination of outstanding media/production design for Andy Warhol in Iran with Mosaic Theater Company and The American Five with Ford's Theatre.
Digital Resilience for the Climate Crisis: A Multi-Perspective Analysis
Steven Johnson, DTD Lab faculty co-lead, is among the scholars who have contributed to joint research commentary in Management Information Systems Quarterly exploring multiple perspectives on the potential use of digital technologies to improve organizational resilience in the context of climate change.
AI makes it easier to code websites — including ones that scam consumers
DTD Lab seed grant recipient, Lana Swartz, warns about AI-generated scam websites impersonating legitimate businesses.
Media Rurality
Megan Wiessner, DTD Lab postdoc, has contributed a chapter to a new book investigating the centrality of rural places and people within the media systems and technologies that shape daily life in and across rural and urban settings. The book will be released in mid-April and can be pre-ordered now.
