Joel Humphries

Joel Humphries

@joel.queercomputer.com

PhD candidate researching queer community online, emerging technologies and digital harms @RMIT https://joelhumphries.com.au

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Alex Awoos
@alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social

I feel like more people should be talking about this part

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social

New: As gay bars across the country say that Meta is flagging and deactivating their accounts without warning, I spoke to an Austin queer bar that says Meta nearly destroyed their ability to advertise events: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

chron.comHow Meta's new content moderation upended a Texas gay barAt least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business.
Joel Humphries
@joel.queercomputer.com

Really good article by @bronicee.bsky.social on the world's largest data centre to be built in Sydney and its environmental impact. Spoiler: it's massive! But at least we'll have funny videos of dogs dancing while we burn... 😌 stories.theconversation.com/can-australi... @aunz.theconversation.com

stories.theconversation.comCan Australia build one of the world’s largest data centres?Even if we can pull of the logistical feat, given the social and environmental impact, the question remains: should we?
Joel Humphries
@joel.queercomputer.com

Surveying 2,500+ Australians, we found 2/3 support the ban—including many who say online free speech is “very important”. We argue this reflects moral panic and a tendency to treat young people as passive recipients of content rather than active producers of culture, care and political engagement.

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Paul Byron
@paulibyron.bsky.social

I'm very pleased to be hosting this roundtable discussion about LGBTQ+ Peer Support on December 2, 9-11am AEDT, in-person and online. Featuring wonderful discussants including @shubhakayastha.bsky.social @joel.queercomputer.com @t-odonell.bsky.social and more! events.humanitix.com/lgbtq-peer-s...

events.humanitix.comLGBTQ+ Peer Support Roundtable DiscussionRegister on Humanitix - LGBTQ+ Peer Support Roundtable Discussion. UTS Central (Building 2), ResHub, Level 5, Room 250 (or ONLINE), 61 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia. Tuesday 2nd December 2025. ...

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Paul Byron
@paulibyron.bsky.social

Please read and know that the rush to make the internet 'safe' through bad legislation and platform censorship policies will make the internet worse for many - especially LGBTQ+ teens and young people who rely on digital media for crucial information and support

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org

As more U.S. states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy, free speech, and access to information.

eff.orgThe Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn SitesAs age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselves the authority to decide what topics are deemed “safe” ...
Joel Humphries
@joel.queercomputer.com

A great article on the scandal that shocked the world! Is this the end of Kochie's career? Click the link below to find out more...

Christopher O’Neill@blueskychris.bsky.social

New OA article - using data from the @admscentre.org.au Ad Observatory, we draw upon Zupančič and Rancière to analyse the role of conspirituality in online Facebook scams. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Part of a cool new special issue of JoIT&P on the the future of conspiracy scholarship! 👌

Joel Humphries
@joel.queercomputer.com

Very proud to have presented at Digital Intimacies X today on the declining engagement of a mental health support group / Discord server. My paper asks what role should platforms like Discord play in ensuring the safety and well-being of their users? (Probably a bigger one)

Joel Humphries
@joel.queercomputer.com

A great first panel at Digital Intimacies X!

Emily van der Nagel@emvdn.bsky.social

Digital Intimacies X in full swing! We were so lucky to hear from our original conference organisers about the event and the field of digital intimacies, with excellent provocations from current scholars in the field: Embrace vulnerability. Think community, not citations. Open up the space.

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Hemry, Local Bartender
@bartenderhemry.bsky.social

Meta's "no politics allowed" stance is 1) itself a political position, and 2) so impossible to enforce that it's instead a perverse guarantee that what political content does surface will be absolutely deranged, in that the algorithms will be unable to identify it as conventionally political

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Lucinda Nelson
@lucinda-nelson.bsky.social

A couple of words in here from me about automated content moderation, the over-policing of LGBTQIA+ speech, and the importance of platforms supporting queer people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

abc.net.auLGBTQIA+ groups removed from Facebook for posting links to mental health organisationsQueensland and interstate LGBTQIA+ social media pages are being flagged for breaching Meta's cybersecurity standards, users say.
Joel Humphries
@joel.queercomputer.com

I gave my first-ever paper at the inaugural ‘Queer Contexts’ conference 2 weeks ago! I presented on the utopianism of “Queer Community on the Blockchain”. It was really fun and just a little scary. Excited to do more.

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