Anita Gohdes
@argohdes.bsky.social
Studying repression, the internet, and contentious politics. Professor @thehertieschool. Consultant @hrdag. she/her.
Wrote a book on repression in the digital age: https://www.anitagohdes.net/book.html
Wrote a book on repression in the digital age: https://www.anitagohdes.net/book.html
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⚠️ Update: It has now been 24 hours since #Iran implemented a nationwide internet shutdown, with connectivity flatlining at 1% of ordinary levels. The ongoing digital blackout violates the fundamental rights and liberties of Iranians while masking regime violence ⏱
January 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
⚠️ Update: It has now been 24 hours since #Iran implemented a nationwide internet shutdown, with connectivity flatlining at 1% of ordinary levels. The ongoing digital blackout violates the fundamental rights and liberties of Iranians while masking regime violence ⏱
As of January '26 I've joined @psrm.bsky.social as an AE, focusing on IR and conflict submissions - I'm excited to join the team and to receive your manuscripts!
January 5, 2026 at 1:43 PM
As of January '26 I've joined @psrm.bsky.social as an AE, focusing on IR and conflict submissions - I'm excited to join the team and to receive your manuscripts!
Thank you Federica!
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thank you Federica!
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Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
Fantastic news, congrats Tore!
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Fantastic news, congrats Tore!
👏🏻👏🏻 amazing! By the way, we just read some of your work in one of my courses, more pertinent than ever!
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
👏🏻👏🏻 amazing! By the way, we just read some of your work in one of my courses, more pertinent than ever!