Dr Tiera Tanksley
@drtanksley.bsky.social
AI, Ethics & Education 📚
I examine how biases within EdTech and AI can exacerbate educational equity gaps for Black students
2023-2024 Op Ed + MacArthur Foundation Public Voices in Tech Fellowship
I examine how biases within EdTech and AI can exacerbate educational equity gaps for Black students
2023-2024 Op Ed + MacArthur Foundation Public Voices in Tech Fellowship
Reposted by Dr Tiera Tanksley
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Reposted by Dr Tiera Tanksley
I finally watched this. The data and the tech are horrifying. @drtanksley.bsky.social’s research and pedagogy, however, are incredible — themselves a reminder of how GREAT great scholarship is. Just so, so good. Truly, everyone pls watch this — to learn about the bad and to be reminded of the good.
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I finally watched this. The data and the tech are horrifying. @drtanksley.bsky.social’s research and pedagogy, however, are incredible — themselves a reminder of how GREAT great scholarship is. Just so, so good. Truly, everyone pls watch this — to learn about the bad and to be reminded of the good.
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Going back to the topic of these AI-detecting technologies some people rely on so much. A friend sent me this clip of @drtanksley.bsky.social and, uh, yeah, that's bleak. I'll admit I wasn't aware of this because I stay away from these tools and the AI discourse in general, but this is terrifying.
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Going back to the topic of these AI-detecting technologies some people rely on so much. A friend sent me this clip of @drtanksley.bsky.social and, uh, yeah, that's bleak. I'll admit I wasn't aware of this because I stay away from these tools and the AI discourse in general, but this is terrifying.
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Can’t say how important this panel excerpt with @drtanksley.bsky.social is—particularly, IMO, for teachers using grading/anti-cheating programs run by AI.
“Anti-Blackness is the algorithm meant to solve the problem of Black life.”
“Anti-Blackness is the algorithm meant to solve the problem of Black life.”
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Can’t say how important this panel excerpt with @drtanksley.bsky.social is—particularly, IMO, for teachers using grading/anti-cheating programs run by AI.
“Anti-Blackness is the algorithm meant to solve the problem of Black life.”
“Anti-Blackness is the algorithm meant to solve the problem of Black life.”
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Holy f@$k!
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Holy f@$k!
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
Reposted by Dr Tiera Tanksley
Link to the Penn study mentioned, demonstrating the ineffectiveness and disempowering consequences of ChatGPT study tools (even in the best iteration, with safeguards & teacher input, the study tools are no better than traditional study methods): knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/with...
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Link to the Penn study mentioned, demonstrating the ineffectiveness and disempowering consequences of ChatGPT study tools (even in the best iteration, with safeguards & teacher input, the study tools are no better than traditional study methods): knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/with...
Reposted by Dr Tiera Tanksley
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
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This wide-ranging response from Dr @drtanksley.bsky.social on AI inadequacies & profound harms in education, reinforcement of racism, anti-blackness, dehumanisation & inequality, & the health & environmental harms of the AI industry is a terrific listen
And universities have signed on to this 🤬
And universities have signed on to this 🤬
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This wide-ranging response from Dr @drtanksley.bsky.social on AI inadequacies & profound harms in education, reinforcement of racism, anti-blackness, dehumanisation & inequality, & the health & environmental harms of the AI industry is a terrific listen
And universities have signed on to this 🤬
And universities have signed on to this 🤬
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If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
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Pleased to see Common Sense has released a report I co-authored with my former colleagues on the impact of experiences with misleading or fake online information among teens and how those experiences can diminish broader trust in online information. www.commonsensemedia.org/research/res...
Research Brief: Teens, Trust, and Technology in the Age of AI
In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly embedded in everyday life, teens are navigating complex challenges around trust, authenticity, and online safety.
www.commonsensemedia.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Pleased to see Common Sense has released a report I co-authored with my former colleagues on the impact of experiences with misleading or fake online information among teens and how those experiences can diminish broader trust in online information. www.commonsensemedia.org/research/res...
Yall. Been writing my theory paper introducing Critical Race Technology Theory (CRTT) in education while listening to Not Like Us, Euphoria & now GNX on repeat...
Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂
squabble up.
Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂
squabble up.
December 31, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Yall. Been writing my theory paper introducing Critical Race Technology Theory (CRTT) in education while listening to Not Like Us, Euphoria & now GNX on repeat...
Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂
squabble up.
Reading it back rn & I'm like goddamn...😭🔥 this shit kinda got the same energy 😂
squabble up.
In the depths of a new piece on anti-blackness in AI + Education & I have to say:
The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.
The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.
December 30, 2024 at 8:32 PM
In the depths of a new piece on anti-blackness in AI + Education & I have to say:
The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.
The slow & deliberate labor of untangling a theoretical knot that's been quietly guiding my work for years is both exhilarating & excruciatingly painful.
Reposted by Dr Tiera Tanksley
I'm the friend who comments under your post about AI to remind you that it is killing the planet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates | Mariana Mazzucato
Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:49 PM
I'm the friend who comments under your post about AI to remind you that it is killing the planet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hey fam!! Just wanted to introduce myself :
I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI.
My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity
#BlackEduSky
I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI.
My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity
#BlackEduSky
November 27, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Hey fam!! Just wanted to introduce myself :
I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI.
My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity
#BlackEduSky
I'm a critical technologist that studies algorithmic bias in social media platforms, EdTech solutions, robotics and GenAI.
My area of interests include digital resistance/activism, AI literacies, critical pedagogies & STEM equity
#BlackEduSky
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👋🏿 new to BlueSky and still figuring it out🙃, but here is a quick intro:
- Assistant Prof. at Penn State
- #creative (performance poetry)
- I read, write, and study at the nexus of #BlackStudies and #Education
- ΚΑΨ ♦️
- #author of #newbook 💫
#academicsky #blacksky #edusky #blackademic #blackbooksky
- Assistant Prof. at Penn State
- #creative (performance poetry)
- I read, write, and study at the nexus of #BlackStudies and #Education
- ΚΑΨ ♦️
- #author of #newbook 💫
#academicsky #blacksky #edusky #blackademic #blackbooksky
November 25, 2024 at 3:17 PM
👋🏿 new to BlueSky and still figuring it out🙃, but here is a quick intro:
- Assistant Prof. at Penn State
- #creative (performance poetry)
- I read, write, and study at the nexus of #BlackStudies and #Education
- ΚΑΨ ♦️
- #author of #newbook 💫
#academicsky #blacksky #edusky #blackademic #blackbooksky
- Assistant Prof. at Penn State
- #creative (performance poetry)
- I read, write, and study at the nexus of #BlackStudies and #Education
- ΚΑΨ ♦️
- #author of #newbook 💫
#academicsky #blacksky #edusky #blackademic #blackbooksky
This Thanksgiving break I'm looking forward to (finally) having some time to read ! 🥹
November 25, 2024 at 5:13 PM
This Thanksgiving break I'm looking forward to (finally) having some time to read ! 🥹
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#Disability Fam - I am still looking for 2 participants who identify as disabled graduate students of color to participate in a pilot study. Compensation is provided. Please share and have them email me at [email protected]
a cat holding a sign that says help
Alt: A sad orange cat holding a sign that says help
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:07 PM
#Disability Fam - I am still looking for 2 participants who identify as disabled graduate students of color to participate in a pilot study. Compensation is provided. Please share and have them email me at [email protected]
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Oh my god. I had no idea:
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
"92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI"
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...
this is a damning report
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Oh my god. I had no idea:
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making
Reposted by Dr Tiera Tanksley
Reposted by Dr Tiera Tanksley
A start on who to follow for the science on social media and adolescent mental health! Who else is here?
go.bsky.app/2PqckAy
go.bsky.app/2PqckAy
November 19, 2024 at 4:15 AM
A start on who to follow for the science on social media and adolescent mental health! Who else is here?
go.bsky.app/2PqckAy
go.bsky.app/2PqckAy
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 13, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
As AI proliferates in higher ed, we must ask how (& if) these tools - riddled w biases, rooted in carceral violence, used for surveillance more often than for learning, & reliant upon environmental destruction - can manifest the equitable futures Big Tech promises us
All this & more on Nov 15 💪🏽
All this & more on Nov 15 💪🏽
November 14, 2024 at 3:29 AM
As AI proliferates in higher ed, we must ask how (& if) these tools - riddled w biases, rooted in carceral violence, used for surveillance more often than for learning, & reliant upon environmental destruction - can manifest the equitable futures Big Tech promises us
All this & more on Nov 15 💪🏽
All this & more on Nov 15 💪🏽
Thanks for the share !!
Teaching the class AI, Equity, & Public Education again means discussing work from the past year. Excited for "The Internet Doesn’t Exist in the Sky: Literacy, AI, and the Digital Middle Passage" by @miasshaw.bsky.social, S. R. Toliver, & @drtanksley.bsky.social www.tieratanksley.com/_files/ugd/e...
www.tieratanksley.com
November 10, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Thanks for the share !!