Kyle Beadle
@kylebeadle.bsky.social
PhD Researcher @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk Cybersecurity CDT // queer security and privacy // coercive behaviour in online communities // he/him 🏳️🌈
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I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds
Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report.
The report, by Prof Alice Sullivan of University College London, recommends that students and staff “taking part in freedom-restricting harassment should face consequences commensurate with the seriousness of the offence”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.
Check out my blog post about our paper presented at IEEE S&P this week!
On our new paper published at IEEE Security and Privacy – “A Privacy Framework for Research Using Social Media Data”, a summary by Kyle Beadle. www.benthamsgaze.org/2025/05/15/a...
A Privacy Framework for Research Using Social Media Data
Social media data enables researchers to understand current events and human behavior with unprecedented ease and scale. Yet, researchers often violate user privacy when they access, process, and stor...
www.benthamsgaze.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Check out my blog post about our paper presented at IEEE S&P this week!
📣Our paper: “SoK: A Privacy Framework for Security Research Using Social Media Data” just got accepted to #ieeesp2025!
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
April 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
📣Our paper: “SoK: A Privacy Framework for Security Research Using Social Media Data” just got accepted to #ieeesp2025!
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Watch my recent talk at Cambridge, "Downvoted to Oblivion: Censorship in Online, LGBTQ+ Communities," here: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/sec...
www.cl.cam.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Watch my recent talk at Cambridge, "Downvoted to Oblivion: Censorship in Online, LGBTQ+ Communities," here: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/sec...
Our work is impacting policy! 🎉 Ofcom recently cited a consultation I contributed to (as part of UCL's Gender and Tech Group). Particularly, I argue that trusted flaggers should be rooted in the communities being moderated and should be audited to prevent coercive behaviour. 🧵 (1/3)
March 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our work is impacting policy! 🎉 Ofcom recently cited a consultation I contributed to (as part of UCL's Gender and Tech Group). Particularly, I argue that trusted flaggers should be rooted in the communities being moderated and should be audited to prevent coercive behaviour. 🧵 (1/3)
I will be at Cambridge on Tuesday 25 February talking about my research, "Downvoted to Oblivion: Censorship in Online, LGBTQ+ Communities."
Watch along, here:
talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...
Watch along, here:
talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...
talks.cam : Downvoted to Oblivion: Censorship in Online, LGBTQ+ Communities
talks.cam.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I will be at Cambridge on Tuesday 25 February talking about my research, "Downvoted to Oblivion: Censorship in Online, LGBTQ+ Communities."
Watch along, here:
talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...
Watch along, here:
talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...
Excited to be chairing this incredibly important lecture next Tuesday (11/02) by Dr. Kata Kyrölä. The event will be broadcast on Zoom and YouTube 👀🏳️🌈
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...
Lunch Hour Lecture | 'Cancel culture' in queer and trans online worlds
Dr Kyrölä explores what happens when conflict or disagreement arises within queer and transgender communities online.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Excited to be chairing this incredibly important lecture next Tuesday (11/02) by Dr. Kata Kyrölä. The event will be broadcast on Zoom and YouTube 👀🏳️🌈
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...
📣Our paper: “‘Edit: I’m sorry for being offensive, this is getting downvoted and i feel terrible’: Implicit Social Norms as Governance in Identity-Based Communities” just got accepted to #CSCW2025 @acm-cscw.bsky.social @docwarner.bsky.social!
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
"Edit: I'm sorry for being offensive, this is getting downvoted and I feel terrible": Implicit Social Norms as Governance in Identity-Based Communities
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UCL Discovery
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January 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
📣Our paper: “‘Edit: I’m sorry for being offensive, this is getting downvoted and i feel terrible’: Implicit Social Norms as Governance in Identity-Based Communities” just got accepted to #CSCW2025 @acm-cscw.bsky.social @docwarner.bsky.social!
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Pre-print here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...