Robert W. Gehl

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I am very happy to talk to reporters about social media, Internet culture, open source software, and computers and surveillance.

2024. “The Dark Web and the Fediverse.” Logos Podcast with Jarrad Hope. 24 April.
2024. Conexiznes. “¿Qué encontramos en la Deep Web?” TV Ciudad, Montevideo, Uruguay. 12 April.
2023. The Michael Tully Show. “Social Engineering.” 27 Nov.
2023. Observador. “Acusações de antissemitismo leva anunciantes a sair (outra vez) do X e deixa CEO sob pressão. Conseguirá Linda Yaccarino ‘domar’ Musk?” Inês Capucho. 26 Nov.
2023. QR Calgary. “AI and manipulative content.” 20 July.
2023. Nikkei Asia. “'Post-Twitter' decentralized social media struggles for way forward.” Ryohtaroh Satoh. 1 July.
2023. Observador. “Rumble, a plataforma de vídeo que acolhe os ‘incanceláveis’ afastados do YouTube.” Cátia Rocha. 1 April.
2023. Washington Post. “Splitting Up Social Media May Be Its Only Hope.” Tim Culpan. 21 Feb.
2023. Wired. “The Mastodon Bump is Now a Slump.” Amanda Hoover. 7 Feb.
2022. Radio Noon Montreal (CBC). “Why do you care what happens to Twitter?” 21 Dec.
2022. Make Me Smart (Marketplace). “Unpacking Mastodon.” 15 Nov.
2022. 9 to Noon (Radio New Zealand). “Twitter users seek alternative to Musk-run platform.” 13 Nov.
2022. Wired. “Twitter Users Have Caused a Mastodon Meltdown.” Amanda Hoover. 9 Nov.
2022. Forbes. “Mastodon Isn’t A Replacement For Twitter—But It Has Rewards Of Its Own.” Rashi Shrivastava. 4 Nov.
2021. Rational Ignorance Podcast. “Alternative Social Media with Robert Gehl.” 7 July.
2021. Meat and Three Podcast. “Episode 104 Trading Futures: Borders, Automation, the Dark Web, and the New Silk Road.” 19 February.
2018. VICE: Motherboard. “Facebook.gov.” 2 April.
2018. Washington Examiner. "Trump Administration is Again Losing the War Against Dark Web Drugs." Steven Nelson. 6 March.
Nelson, Steve. 2017. "Fake Russia Connection? Cybercrime Takedown Reveals Assumptions Were Wrong." U.S. News and World Report. 21 July.
Leovy, Jill. 2017. "AlphaBay sold drugs, guns and hacking tools online — until a sting operation shut it down." L.A. Times. 20 July.
Locke, Charley. 2016. "The Dark Web Has Its Own Lit Magazine." Wired.
2016. "A Literary Magazine for the Dark Web." CBC Spark with Nora Jones.
2016. "The Torist: Das Literaturmagazin im Darknet." Breitband (Deutschlandradio).
Smith, Nathan. 2016. The Atlantic. "The Literary Magazine of the Dark Web." 6 April.
Brady, Amy. 2016. "What Kind of Literature Lives on the Dark Web? An Interview with the Founders of The Torist." Literary Hub.
Smith IV, Jack. 2016. "The 'Torist' Is a Literary Magazine You Can Only Find Hidden on the Dark Web." Mic.
Cox, Joseph. 2016. "The Dark Web Now Has a Literary Journal." VICE: Motherboard.
Clemmett, Marcia. 2016. "The Dark Web." CQ Researcher, Vol 26, Issue 3.
Astri, Lućia el. 2015. "La cara amable de la 'deep web': 'Todos son bienvenidos, limpien sus pies al entrar.'" El Confidential.
Bammes, Dan. 2014. "U Professor: How Social Media, Socialbots Exploit the Unwary." KUER.
2014. "Eye Spy." Big Picture Science. 4 August.
2014. "Balancing Life and Privacy with Google Glass." KQED Forum.
Harris, Paul. 2014. Radio interview about online cookies. America Weekend.
Swan, Rachel. 2013. "UC Berkeley Helps Facebook Be as Emotionally Rich as Possible." SF Weekly.
Clemmett, Marcia. 2012. "Internet Regulation." (Paywall). CQ Researcher, vol. 24, issue 13.
Horiuchi, Vince. 2012. "Teens are texting more, study finds, but is it addictive?" Salt Lake Tribune
Israelsen-Hartley, S., 2011. Facebook 'friends' college campuses, Mark Zuckerberg visits BYU. Deseret News.
Iyamba, N., 2011. Social media creates hundreds of friends, shallow relationships. KSL.com.
Elliott, C., 2010. Spy vs. spy: Travelers join surveillance fray. MSNBC.
2010. PTSD, Internet comment boards. Sunday Edition with Bruce Lindsay.

Robert W Gehl

Ontario Research Chair

Department of Communication and Media Studies

York University

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