Social Media and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI Resources

• AI and Machine Learning in Libraries Interest Group (ALA Core)

• AI Literacy and Action Lab (University of Virginia)

• AI Resist List

• AI Use Across the North American Book Industry: Report (Book Industry Study Group, Booknet Canada, 2025)

• Blood in the Machine

• Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) Programs and Critical AI Resources (Library Freedom Project)

• Critical Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Librarianship. Tessa Withorn & Maria T. Accardi, editors (Library Juice Press, Forthcoming)

• Creative Commons Signals (CC Signals) Framework for the AI Era

• Ethical AI Assessment Tool and LibGuide (San Diego State University Library)

• Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (UNESCO)

• Faculty Guide to Generative A.I. (Pace University)

• Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) Conference

• Generative AI Resources Libguide (Georgetown University)

• Hastings, Robin. Creating Generative AI Policies: A Guide for Public and Academic Libraries. (ALA Editions, Forthcoming 2026)

• IFLA Statement on Libraries and AI (October 2020)

• Libraries and AI LibGuide (University of North Carolina)

• Popowich, Sam. Knowledge Capital: Class, Culture, and Artificial Intelligence. (Library Juice Press, Forthcoming 2026)

• Program for Cooperative Cataloging: AI and Metadata Resource List

  • PCC Task Group on AI and Machine Learning in Cataloging and Metadata (Final Report, 16 October 2025)

• Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence (Association of Research Libraries, April 2024)

• Riddance

• Stop Data Colonialism (Honor the Earth)

• Our Work on A.I. (Witness.org)

• Toronto Public Library AI Policy

Social Media Resources

• BookWyrm: Federated Social Network for Reading and Reviewing

• Doxxing and Online Harassment Prevention Tips (ACLU)

• Get Your Loved Ones Off Facebook- Tools for getting off of Facebook & making your Facebook data more secure 

• GrapheneOS: private and secure mobile operating system

• How to Change Your Settings to Make Yourself Less Valuable to Meta (John Oliver, February 2025)

• InfoSec for Activists

• MayFirst: encrypted hosting service 

• Orbot and Orfox- private browsing on your phone 

• ProtonMail: encrypted email 

• Signal: encrypted texting and calling 

• Tech Won't Save Us

• Tor - private browsing on your computer 

• Twitter Activist Security: Guidelines for Safer Resistance

• Unite: A Practical Guide for Using Social Media To Build Groups For Action: guide to grassroots organizing using social media 

Articles, Blog Posts, etc.

• Cheney, Matthew. "There is (Still) No Ethical Use of AI." Personal blog post, 15 August 2025.

• Davis, Wynne. “It’s Not Just the Park Service: ‘Rogue’ Federal Twitter Accounts Multiply.” npr.org, 27 Jan. 2017.

• Doctorow, Cory. “It’s Awesome to See All These ‘Rogue’ Government Agency Twitter Accounts, but What about Hoaxes?” boingboing.net, 26 Jan. 2017.

• Enis, Matt. "Setting AI Policy." Library Journal, 9 February 2026.

• Fox, Violet. "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." ACRLog, 11 June 2025.

• Koebler, Jason. "AI is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge." 404 Media, 6 November 2025.

• McCormick, Rich. “On the Internet, Nobody Knows if You’re a National Park.” theverge.com, 26 Jan. 2017. 

• Monnier, Ruth, Matthew Noe, and Ella Gibson. “AI in Academic Libraries, Part Two: Resistance and the Search for Ethical Uses”. College and Research Libraries News, Vol. 86, no. 5 (2025).

• Morgan, David. “Government Science Goes Rogue on Twitter.” cbsnews.com, 26 Jan. 2017. 

• Plunkett, James. "How to Leave Twitter: Be a Part of the Crumbling." Medium, 9 Aug. 2024.

• Slater, Kailyn “Kay.” “Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library.” Library Trends 73 (4), May 2025.