Zeynep Tufekci

Zeynep Tufekci (/ˈzeɪnɛp tʊˈfɛktʃi/ ZAY-nep tuu-FEK-chee; Turkish: Zeynep Tüfekçi) is a Turkish[1] writer, academic, and techno-sociologist known primarily for her research on the social implications of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data in the context of politics and corporate responsibility. She is an associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University in Massachusetts. Tufekci is a monthly contributor for The New York Times op-ed page on topics related to technology's social impact... She worked as a computer programmer before becoming an academic and turning her attention to social science.[4] Her research and publications include topics such as the effect of big data on politics and the public sphere,[5] how social media affects social movements, and the privacy and security vulnerabilities exposed by the coming Internet of Things. In general, she has sought to outline the potential negative societal consequences of social media and big data, while not rejecting these phenomena outright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeynep_Tufekci