Clara J.

Militant masculinity, male grievance, and the politics of democratic decline This article introduces militant masculinity as a decentralized, affectively charged, and ideologically driven response to perceived male disempowerment. Unlike hegemonic, toxic, or protest masculi...

An excellent piece by Joshua Roose capturing the need to change how masculinism is viewed in extremism: it's not a background feature nor a desire to maintain supremacy but is instead now rooted in militancy that is actively spread through digital networks.

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It was such a joy to present my research on 'Leaving The Rabbit Hole: How TikTok Recommends Extremist Content' at the UN-ETH Forum organized by ETH Zürich! In discussing 'Science and Polic... It was such a joy to present my research on 'Leaving The Rabbit Hole: How TikTok Recommends Extremist Content' at the UN-ETH Forum organized by ETH Zürich! In discussing 'Science and Policy in Turbule...

🎙️ It was a joy to present my research on TikTok's algorithm and extremist recommendations at the UN-ETH Forum hosted by @ethz.ch!

⬇️ The forum produced some great insights on how technology and policy overlap, and what next steps should look like.
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"In these ways, digital technologies do not merely enable abuse. Instead, they constitute the infrastructure of everyday extremism" - a great piece on the overlap between extremism, tech, and gender

Language in Tech and The Creep of Conformity When AI, social media, and coding are all dominated by English, the rest of the world must question whether conformity is at the door

📝 With power dynamics being ingrained in language, I explore how the colonial role of languages and what that means with the dominant use of English across most of the #digital space.

🔗: clarajams.substack.com/p/language-i...

Focus Attention on Accountability for AI − not on AGI and Longtermist Abstractions - AlgorithmWatch Many tech CEOs and scientists praise AI as the savior of humanity, while others see it as an existential threat. We explain why both fail to address the real questions of responsibility.

Don’t get distracted by ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ (AGI). Many tech CEOs and scientists praise AI as the savior of humanity, while others see it as an existential threat. We explain why both fail to address the real questions of responsibility: algorithmwatch.org/en/agi-and-l...

Death and The Tech Bro Silicon Valley's Search For Immortality

📝 The growing niche of #technologies offering immortality is bringing about new questions about where society is heading. In this month's post, I explore how technology is changing our relation to death and the role of Silicon Valley CEOs in this new dynamic.

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It was a pleasure to present my paper discussing the growing overlap between technology and authoritarian structures at this year's European International Studies Association (EISA) Conference in…... It was a pleasure to present my paper discussing the growing overlap between technology and authoritarian structures at this year's European International Studies Association (EISA) Conference in Bolo...

🎙️ It was a pleasure to present my paper on the overlap between technology and authoritarianism at this year's #EISAPEC25 Conference by @europeanisa.bsky.social in Bologna!

⬇️ Centred around the Politics of a Broken World, the conference produced some great insights!
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Face Card: How Serving Looks Relates to Digital Agency From digital dysphoria to a new surveillance framework, having control over our face is the key to regaining our agency

📝 Today's #digital agency lies in having ownership over our own faces. Exploring the varied nature of #surveillance within the expanding framework of facial recognition, I discuss how agency relates to databases, Instagram face, facemasks, and deepfakes.

🔗: clarajams.substack.com/p/face-card-...

AI Isn’t Responsible for Slop. We Are Doing It to Ourselves | TechPolicy.Press Our inability or unwillingness to have our attitudes and beliefs challenged isn’t just an aesthetic problem, it is a political one, writes José Marichal.

Social media feeds are increasingly being overrun by AI slop, writes José Marichal. But while the dangers of AI slop are often framed as large tech companies imposing dangerous tools on an unsuspecting public, perhaps we should also consider why we are so receptive to low-quality content, he says.

The Tech Elites’ Takeover of Crypto is a Growing Threat to European Democracy | TechPolicy.Press Clara Jammot discusses crypto's fading democratic promise as it becomes increasingly aligned with political power and tech elites.

📝 Thrilled to share my article for @techpolicypress.bsky.social discussing the threats that cryptocurrencies pose to the #EU as tech elites increasingly dominate the sector, making this week a double-feature of #cryptocurrency writing for me.

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The Digital Din (Part II): Technological Progress Will Not Allow Silence The noise created by technology is worthy of critique.

📝 In today's day and age, silence seems to be disappearing. In this essay, I reflect on the relationship between noise and #tech, including the examples of #cryptocurrencies and bluetooth headphones

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In spite of the heatwave, it was a delight to be able to present my poster on “Following the Algorithmic Path to Extremism: How Social Network Analysis Can Help to Target Extremist Content Online” at…... In spite of the heatwave, it was a delight to be able to present my poster on “Following the Algorithmic Path to Extremism: How Social Network Analysis Can Help to Target Extremist Content Online” at ...

🎙️ It was a delight to present my poster on Social Network Analysis and online extremist content at the Annual @eissnetwork.bsky.social Conference!

⬇️ Also heard from some fascinating panelists whose key takeaways I've summarized on the link:
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📣 I’ll be presenting my poster on ‘Following the Algorithmic Path to Extremism’ at the Annual @eissnetwork.bsky.social Conference this week! I'll be looking at methods to study extremist content online and the need to consider algorithms.
Feel free to come by and have a chat!

Presenting at #BISA2025 last week on "Algorithms and Extremism: Exploring How TikTok’s Algorithm Structures the Manosphere” was a great pleasure, providing a chance to hear a multitude of insight... Presenting at #BISA2025 last week on "Algorithms and Extremism: Exploring How TikTok’s Algorithm Structures the Manosphere” was a great pleasure, providing a chance to hear a multitude of insight...

🎙️ Presenting my early findings on 'Algorithms and Extremism' at #BISA2025 was a great experience! A chance to hear from a multitude of perspectives discussing ground-breaking research.

⬇️ If you're interested in reading some of my key takeaways, click the link! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📣 Looking forward to presenting on "Algorithms and Extremism: Exploring How TikTok’s Algorithm Structures the Manosphere" at @mybisa.bsky.social this week!

I’ll be discussing the #TikTok For You Page, algorithmic mediation of digital space, and extremist user experiences. #BISA2025

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

OpenAI will not “embed” its tools in college life, it is already changing the nature of what it means to learn, to read or think critically. It does not embed in the world, it makes the world in its image. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

Silicon Valley and Government: Did You Try Turning It Off-and-On Again? Reviewing the intertwined history between today's technology giants and government through the myths of Silicon Valley

📝 A brief exploration of the relationship between #tech giants and government, looking back to the myths that shaped Silicon Valley and the subsequent rise of individualistic narratives that are defining the #digital space today.

🔗: clarajams.substack.com/p/silicon-va...

Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates When social media first exploded, we missed our chance to protect women and girls. Now history is repeating itself, says Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism

“Women are at risk of being dragged back to the dark ages by precisely the same technology that promises to catapult men into a shiny new future.”

whoa, seems like understanding how people think about attention is relevant to making sense of whatever the hell is going on with AI

It was an absolute pleasure to participate in GNET's Annual Conference! I'm honoured to have been able to discuss extremism with such excellent panelists and to hear so many interesting discussions about how to study extremism online.

The Fifth Annual GNET Conference - GNET

📣 I am excited to be participating on the GNET panel discussing Multi-Media Radicalisation and the Online-Offline Extremism Nexus!

Make sure to register at the link below to attend and learn about the intersection between #extremism and #technology! ⬇️
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A Researcher’s Dilemma, or How I Artificially Overdosed on TikTok Videos Digital detox is all the rage nowadays as social media platforms seem determined to become, at best, frustratingly inefficient to use and, at worst, a toxic amalgam of hate bandwagons, echo chambers, ...

📝 As studying social media immerses researchers in the #digital harms they are exploring, it brings back an age-old question: how close should researchers be to their subjects?

🔗: clarajams.substack.com/p/a-research... #TikTok #research #Substack

Schöne, neue Netzwelt Soziale Medien prägen unsere Debatten, Wahlen und Wahrnehmung. Während die einen nach strengeren Regeln rufen, wünschen sich andere weniger Vorschriften. Eine interdisziplinäre Gruppe untersucht, wie ...

Schöne, neue Netzwelt! Was sich der Übermacht von sozialen Plattformen entgegenstellen lässt. Max-Planck-Forschende suchen Antworten für einen neuen digitalen Raum mpg.de/24535490/hum... #demokratie #socialmedia @mpib-berlin.bsky.social @mpil.de @mpi-inno-comp.bsky.social

Calling Extremism By Its Name: Masculinism and How I’m Sick Of Reading About ‘Incel-Based’ Violence It's Time To Anchor The Discussion In History

📝 Today’s discussions on masculinist extremism are relegated to ‘inceldom’, leaving aside important facets and long-standing historical context.

Feel free to check out my first Substack post discussing the absence of masculinist ideology in current discourse!

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Cryptocurrency and Extremism: How Social Network Analysis Is Used to Track Extremist Cryptocurrency Donations - GNET

Clara Jammot explains how #cryptocurrency donations to extremist groups – specifically white supremacists/nationalists – can be tracked and analysed with Social Network Analysis tools, such as clustering and bipartite graphs.