Fediverse Trust & Safety
- citizensandtech.org Re-imaging power and care in content moderation - CSCW Liveblog - Citizens and Technology Lab
How can research help us better understand online hatred and manage it effectively? Whose voices should we center in that […]
- a16z.com The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz
We are told that technology is on the brink of ruining everything. But we are being lied to, and the truth is so much better. Marc Andreessen presents his techno-optimist vision for the future.
- www.reuters.com U.S. lawmaker seeks answers from Meta, X, Google, TikTok over Israel-Hamas false content
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet on Tuesday sought information on how tech giants Meta , X, TikTok and Google were trying to stop the spread of false and misleading content about the Israel-Hamas conflict on their platforms.
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Analysis | Think you could make a safer social media site? This game lets you try
‘Trust & Safety Tycoon’ challenges players to safeguard social media.
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Digital safety: how a multi-faceted approach can help tackle real-world harm
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Akash Pugalia, Global President, Trust &…
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Supreme Court will look at new state laws that attempt to control social media content
Based on the Court's decisions, companies could be exposed to more content moderation lawsuits.
- digitalcitizens.uk CDC Launches New Report Tackling Platform Governance Inequalities In Collaboration With The World Wide Web Foundation
What would platform governance look like if users affected by it could get a seat at the table to design the policies that will govern their social media experience? We talked with Innovation Fellow Carolina Are.
- www.thepinknews.com 'Kids Online Safety Act' will deliberately target trans content, senator admits
Senator Marsha Blackburn has said the Kids Online Safety Act will 'protect minor children from the transgender in our culture'.
- www.claytoncountyregister.com #BanTheADL: Twitter Users Call Out Anti-Defamation League, Elon Musk Supports Attacks
#BanTheADL: Twitter Users Call Out Anti-Defamation League, Elon Musk Supports Attacks - Clayton County Register
\#BanTheADL: Twitter Users Call Out Anti-Defamation League, Elon Musk Supports Attacks - Clayton County Register
- www.straitstimes.com X community notes: Weapon against fake news or free speech?
The moderation tool has disappointed experts and irritated politicians over corrections judged abusive. Read more at straitstimes.com.
- theintercept.com Meta Overhauls Controversial “Dangerous Organizations” Censorship Policy
Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, overhauled a controversial censorship policy for “Dangerous Organizations” — but is it enough?
- www.commoncause.org Election Disinformation in 2022 and What We Learned for 2024
Election disinformation continues to pose a major threat to our democracy. We’ve taken a look back at election disinformation in 2022 and what we’ve learned for moving forward into the 2024 elections. Here’s what you need to know.
- blogs.lse.ac.uk The interest group politics of online content regulation
Civil society actors and interest groups play an important role in influencing the rules that govern online content. Max Heermann highlights what the battle to adopt the EU’s 2019 Copyright Directi…
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Fediverse Trust and Safety Needs Assessment
This survey will gauge the level of effort spent on moderation; the awareness of legal and regulatory concerns; and the desire for additional resources.
- www.forbes.com Council Post: How To Ethically Navigate Content Moderation In A User-Generated World
The ethics of content moderation are an important consideration for companies that rightly value the employee experience of their agents.
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LemmyModBot - A Lemmy bot written in Python to detect and report toxic written content.
lemmy.world [Showcase] - LemmyModBot - Lemmy.worldWritten in Python. Originally started to flag toxic content for Mod followup, but it’s growing to do other things too. Still very much a work in progress. Currently in use in !asklemmy https://github.com/noenfugler/LemmyModBot [https://github.com/noenfugler/LemmyModBot]
Written in Python. Originally started to flag toxic content for Mod followup, but it’s growing to do other things too. Still very much a work in progress. Currently in use in !asklemmy
https://github.com/noenfugler/LemmyModBot [https://github.com/noenfugler/LemmyModBot]
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Convert Mastodon blocklists to Pixelfed and visa versa
mastodon.social pixelfed (@[email protected])⚡ Introducing masto2pixel, a blocklist converter https://dansup.github.io/masto2pixel Easily convert blocklists between Mastodon & Pixelfed format, and share blocklists in url format! ✨ Open source (https://github.com/dansup/masto2pixel) ✨ Self-hostable ✨ Support for other platforms is planne...
⚡ Introducing masto2pixel, a blocklist converter https://dansup.github.io/masto2pixel Easily convert blocklists between Mastodon & Pixelfed format, and share blocklists in url format! ✨ Open source (https://github.com/dansup/masto2pixel) ✨ Self-hostable ✨ Support for other platforms is planned
- www.katc.com Poll: Most Americans favor restrictions on certain online content
A poll from the Pew Research Center shows that 55% of U.S. adults favor the federal government restricting false information online.
- securityboulevard.com Top takeaways from TrustCon 2023
Discover insights from TrustCon 2023, including generative AI's role in fraud prevention and content moderation. The post Top takeaways from TrustCon 2023 appeared first on Sift Blog.
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New report finds an increasingly decentralized social media landscape offers users more choice, but poses technical challenges for addressing child exploitation and other online abuse.
- techcrunch.com Bluesky is under fire for allowing usernames with racial slurs | TechCrunch
It's the latest miss for Bluesky, which has already gotten backlash for being slow to respond to hate speech and threats.
- www.engadget.com Bluesky allowed people to include the n-word in their usernames | Engadget
Before this week, Bluesky did not have an automated system in place to prevent people from including the n-word in their handle..
- techpolicy.press Content Moderation, Encryption, and the Law
Legal and computer science scholar James Grimmelmann on the legality of content moderation techniques on encrypted apps.
- www.adl.org Six Things ADL is Watching Following Meta's Threads Launch
Threads raises concerns similar to other Meta platforms on user safety, policies on hate, harassment, and extremism, transparency, and election integrity.
- www.brookings.edu We shouldn't turn disinformation into a constitutional right | Brookings
An injunction against federal officials contacting tech companies about possible disinformation stymies mitigation and jeopardizes elections.
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Hate is surging online — and social media companies are in denial
thehill.com Hate is surging online — and social media companies are in denial. Congress can help protect usersFor years, social media companies assured users, advertisers and the public that they were doing everything possible to provide a safer and friendlier experience. Even as hatred and disinformation …
New data from my team at ADL Center for Technology and Society shows that online hate and harassment have risen to critical levels. Just over half of U.S. adults say they have experienced online hate and harassment in their lifetimes. And it’s not just adults: 51 percent of teenagers say they’ve experienced some form of online harassment in the past 12 months, compared to 36 percent the year before.
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Domain Name Registries and Registrars: The New Digital Trust and Safety Wardens in Bluesky
Just recently, Bluesky -- the decentralized social network running on an open protocol called AT Protocol -- announced that as a mechanism for supporting its business financially, it will directly sell domain names as handles for its users. The sales will be processed through an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) accredited registrar, called Namecheap. Currently, the handles on social media platforms are internal handles and not independent domain names.
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Sift's new report shows a rise in AI-enabled fraud
Sift has released a new report that highlights a surge in AI-powered fraudulent activities.
- www.barrons.com French MPs Urge TikTok Ban Ultimatum
French MPs on Thursday called on the government to ban video-sharing platform TikTok unless it clarifies its links to China, days after the government blamed social media for fuelling recent riots.
- www.eff.org Preliminary Injunction Limiting Government Communications with Platforms Tackles Illegal “Jawboning,” But Fails to Provide Guidance on What’s Unconstitutional
A July 4 preliminary injunction issued by a federal judge in Louisiana limiting government contacts with social media platforms deals with government “jawboning”—urging private persons and entities to censor another’s speech—a serious issue deserving serious attention and judicial scrutiny.The...
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U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here's what it means
Under a judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech."
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‘Why I quit Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council’ – ex-moderator talks ahead of Cambridge Disinformation Summit
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk ‘Why I quit Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council’ – ex-moderator talks ahead of Cambridge Disinformation SummitAs rival Threads launches, Eirliani Abdul Rahman discusses the Elon Musk era.
As rival Threads launches, Eirliani Abdul Rahman discusses the Elon Musk era.
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Seeking antidotes for disinformation and declining trust
wan-ifra.org Science and journalism working together to combat scepticismSeeking antidotes for disinformation and declining trust
- www.nytimes.com How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published
The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire.
- apnews.com Australian online safety watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate
Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge in online hate since Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought the platform. On Thursday, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said she has receiv...
- www.axios.com Facebook's content-review black hole: the flagged posts that never get read by a human
The company said it would rely more on automation during the pandemic. It never went back.
- www.reuters.com Content moderator in Germany put on leave after testifying over work conditions
A social media content moderator in Germany has been put on paid leave pending an internal investigation by his employer TELUS International, the union Verdi said, after he publicly called on lawmakers to improve industry working conditions in Germany.
