Stefanie Felsberger
@flsbrgr.bsky.social
sociologist of tech & gender | femtech, menstrual & data justice | Trust in AI & disinfo | Associate Researcher at MCTD | PhD from University of Cambridge 🍉
I had such a great time recording this! Thank you, Mél!
Please listen to this amazing episode with Stefanie Felsberger @flsbrgr.bsky.social
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Tracking, with Stefanie Felsberger | The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan
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November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I had such a great time recording this! Thank you, Mél!
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i learned from @flsbrgr.bsky.social that data for pregnant people is worth much more to advertisers!! find out why companies want your period data & what to do about it in this excellent report 👇🏻
Menstrual cycle tracking apps are a “gold mine” for consumer data.
Diet, meds, moods, sex life, and cravings gets packaged and sold, posing risks like job bias, insurance discrimination, and even threats to abortion access.
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Diet, meds, moods, sex life, and cravings gets packaged and sold, posing risks like job bias, insurance discrimination, and even threats to abortion access.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report
Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.
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June 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
i learned from @flsbrgr.bsky.social that data for pregnant people is worth much more to advertisers!! find out why companies want your period data & what to do about it in this excellent report 👇🏻
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Women are being encouraged to share enormous amounts of intimate information with menstrual tracking apps, providing a 'gold mine' for consumer profiling, according to research by Darwin alumna @flsbrgr.bsky.social, published by @mctd.bsky.social.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report
Cambridge researchers urge public health bodies like the NHS to provide trustworthy, research-driven alternatives to platforms driven by profit.
www.cam.ac.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Women are being encouraged to share enormous amounts of intimate information with menstrual tracking apps, providing a 'gold mine' for consumer profiling, according to research by Darwin alumna @flsbrgr.bsky.social, published by @mctd.bsky.social.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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so proud of my friend & colleague @flsbrgr.bsky.social whose vital work on period tracking apps is featured on women’s hour!! what a star 😍 @cambridgegender.bsky.social
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Woman's Hour - Ultrarunner Stephanie Case, Alice Figueiredo, Women's Super League, Cycle tracking apps - BBC Sounds
Winning a 100km race six months postpartum and breastfeeding along the way.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Really looking forward to this report being out in the world.
Join the convo on #femtech and hear from @flsbrgr.bsky.social and experts on tracking apps and how your health data is commodified...
Join the convo on #femtech and hear from @flsbrgr.bsky.social and experts on tracking apps and how your health data is commodified...
TOMORROW 💬 A new report on #Femtech!
@flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, and Andrea Ford will discuss the paradox at the heart of menstrual health tech: tracking apps have become indispensable for millions yet they can expose us to privacy risks.
Register ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
@flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, and Andrea Ford will discuss the paradox at the heart of menstrual health tech: tracking apps have become indispensable for millions yet they can expose us to privacy risks.
Register ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
June 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Really looking forward to this report being out in the world.
Join the convo on #femtech and hear from @flsbrgr.bsky.social and experts on tracking apps and how your health data is commodified...
Join the convo on #femtech and hear from @flsbrgr.bsky.social and experts on tracking apps and how your health data is commodified...
Thank you, Louise!
Much deserved signal boast for @flsbrgr.bsky.social report on The High Stakes of Tracking Menstruation. Out today.
NEW REPORT 🩸
Menstrual tracking apps turn personal health info into data points to be collected, analysed, and sold. In a new report, we investigate the governance of Femtech apps and map the existing and future harms of tracking menstruation by private companies.
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/femtech-high...
Menstrual tracking apps turn personal health info into data points to be collected, analysed, and sold. In a new report, we investigate the governance of Femtech apps and map the existing and future harms of tracking menstruation by private companies.
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/femtech-high...
June 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thank you, Louise!
Join us tomorrow!
TOMORROW 💬 A new report on #Femtech!
@flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, and Andrea Ford will discuss the paradox at the heart of menstrual health tech: tracking apps have become indispensable for millions yet they can expose us to privacy risks.
Register ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
@flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, and Andrea Ford will discuss the paradox at the heart of menstrual health tech: tracking apps have become indispensable for millions yet they can expose us to privacy risks.
Register ➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
June 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Join us tomorrow!
So excited for this to come out and extremely excited to have such amazing people joining the event! Please come!
UPCOMING🩸The High Stakes of Menstrual Tracking
Join us at the launch of our report on femtech and improving access to menstrual knowledge and care. Hear from self-tracking and reproductive justice experts @flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, & Andrea Ford.
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
Join us at the launch of our report on femtech and improving access to menstrual knowledge and care. Hear from self-tracking and reproductive justice experts @flsbrgr.bsky.social, @wernimont.bsky.social, & Andrea Ford.
➡️ www.mctd.ac.uk/events/repor...
May 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
So excited for this to come out and extremely excited to have such amazing people joining the event! Please come!
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The roots of Facebook was Zuckerberg and his college buddies wanting to find a way to rank hot girls…
But sure, yeah. Free expression.
But sure, yeah. Free expression.
It’s not even subtle. Good for him not feeling any sense of shame in going full bootlicker, I suppose.
January 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The roots of Facebook was Zuckerberg and his college buddies wanting to find a way to rank hot girls…
But sure, yeah. Free expression.
But sure, yeah. Free expression.
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I am currently hiring a Post-Doc Researcher for a project on user trust in #FemTech. If you are passionate about women's health and digital equity, please consider applying! @uccresearch.bsky.social #Postdocs #jobfairy tinyurl.com/3pv8vvhs
November 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I am currently hiring a Post-Doc Researcher for a project on user trust in #FemTech. If you are passionate about women's health and digital equity, please consider applying! @uccresearch.bsky.social #Postdocs #jobfairy tinyurl.com/3pv8vvhs
Reposted by Stefanie Felsberger
The sequence of events as described here is playing out in so many workplaces across academia, nonprofits, and tech. Organizations would rather implode than call for a ceasefire or acknowledge the role of tech in genocide
‘Progressive except for Palestine’: how a tech charity imploded over a statement on Gaza | Technology | The Guardian
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December 3, 2024 at 8:30 PM
The sequence of events as described here is playing out in so many workplaces across academia, nonprofits, and tech. Organizations would rather implode than call for a ceasefire or acknowledge the role of tech in genocide