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What does it take to get non-consensual nudity removed online? UMSI research finds legal pressure matters

05/19/2026

New research co-authored by UMSI finds platforms ignore many non–consensual nudity reports filed through internal systems, but respond quickly when the same content is reported as copyright infringement. 

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Using AI to Make a Century of Congressional Speeches Searchable and Analyzable

05/05/2026

UMSI assistant professor Dallas Card uses AI to transform the Congressional Record into a searchable dataset, expanding access to more than a century of political speech and enabling new insights into public discourse and accountability.

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UMSI Research Roundup. Emoji use, reporting intimage image abuse. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Emoji Use | Reporting intimate image abuse: UMSI Research Roundup

02/09/2026

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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UMSI Research Roundup in a magnifying glass. Survival. Contentious Times. Grand Challenges. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Survival | Contentious Times | Grand Challenges: UMSI Research Roundup

11/24/2025

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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Quoted by the Washington Post. Assistant professor Ben Green. Towns are saying no to AI data centers

Green: Communities are growing more skeptical of AI infrastructure projects

10/14/2025

UMSI assistant professor Ben Green discusses the rising backlash against AI data centers across the U.S. 

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Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

08/19/2025

For the Conversation, UMSI professor Maggie Levenstein talks about the websites and datasets disappearing from the federal government.

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Quoted by Politico. Assistant Professor Ben Green. AI powers a new smart-city wave.

Green: In adopting AI, cities risk repeating mistakes

08/18/2025

UMSI assistant professor Ben Green says city leaders should be wary of adopting AI too quickly. 

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Quoted by Communications of the ACM. Lecturer Merve Hickok. The rise of the AI-enabled agentic internet.

Hickok: AI agents raise new ethical questions

06/24/2025

UMSI lecturer Merve Hickok discusses how autonomous AI systems could create unintended risks. 

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UMSI Reearch Roundup. Social Identity, Digital Divide Dynamics. Techno-Mediated Justice. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Social Identity | Digital Divide Dynamics | Techno-Mediated Justice: UMSI Research Roundup

06/09/2025

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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Quoted by The Guardian. Associate Professor Joyojeet Pal. How social media fueled a rush to war between India and Pakistan.

Pal: Misinformation campaign brought India and Pakistan closer to war

06/02/2025

Digital falsehoods during the India-Pakistan conflict escalated tensions between two nuclear-armed nations, says UMSI associate professor Joyojeet Pal. 

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