Join us today at 12pm PT as our #FallSeminarSeries wraps up with a discussion on school smartphone bans. ⤵️

@robbwiller.bsky.social, Director of our #AI and the Future of #SocialScience program, spoke with the Stanford Report about his recent research showing that AI-generated political messages can be as persuasive as those developed by humans. Learn more ⤵️

What does the early evidence tell us about school #SmartphoneBans? Don’t miss the final seminar in our fall series, featuring Hunt Allcott, professor at @stanforddoerr.bsky.social. RSVP to join us in person or online on Tuesday, December 2! 🔗 stanford.io/47Sb7o3

One week left! Submit your paper for the Journal of Online Trust & Safety’s Spring 2026 general issue. ⤵️ 🗓 Key Dates ➤ Peer-reviewed research articles due: December 1, 2025 ➤ Commentaries due: March 1, 2026 ➤ Publication date: April 2026 👉 Submit Your Paper bit.ly/4oi8b97 #JOTS #TrustAndSafety

The Tech Impact and Policy Center is proud to celebrate Dr. Angela Lee, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Beyond the Digital Town Square: Identifying and Correcting Social Media Distortion Effects,” last week! 🎉

Read about our workshop on #AICompanions bringing together academic researchers, civil society experts, and members of industry to consider guidelines for the responsible deployment of #AI roleplaying chatbots and companions. ⤵️

I gave a talk at Stanford @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social on Tuesday, about my book "The Secret Life of Data" (written w @jesgilbert.bsky.social). Check it out here:

Many social media users are stuck in a social trap: they would prefer not to use social media but could only do so if others stopped using it too. Join us to hear from Leonardo Bursztyn about his research on the #SocialMediaTrap and potential tools to address it. 🎟️ stanford.io/4qWz05d

Cannot wait to meet with the Stanford folks to discuss “The Secret Life of Data"

Join us on Tuesday, November 11 for a seminar with @aramsinn.bsky.social, co-author of "The Secret Life of Data," to explore the unpredictable and often surprising ways in which data surveillance, #AI, and algorithms impact our culture and society. 🎟️ RSVP: stanford.io/3X6b8hM

New to the #TIPCenter team, 2025-26 Predoctoral Researcher Yuewen Yang spoke with us about her work, her journey into the world of Human-Computer Interaction, and what she hopes to accomplish through her research. Read the interview ⤵️ #MeetOurScholars

In the first in a series of posts about data scraping & researcher rights under the EU’s #DigitalServicesAct, Director of Platform Regulation @daphnek.bsky.social outlines who can take advantage of the DSA’s protections, comparing three categories of researchers. Read @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⤵️

Why do older adults engage more with #misinformation online, even when they often identify falsehoods correctly in surveys? In our next #FallSeminarSeries talk, @benlyons.bsky.social of the University of Utah will investigate that paradox. RSVP to join us in person or online on Tuesday, Nov. 4!

My latest with @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece on a key theme from the @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social's Trust and Research Conference. Includes @dwillner.bsky.social's keynote and presentations from @gligoric.bsky.social, @thejusticecollab.bsky.social's Matthew Katsaros and more.

Here is the first piece in a series of short articles I'm doing about the DSA and researcher access to publicly available information. It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/ verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...

The European Commission just announced that, under the new DSA rules, researchers will gain access to data from large online platforms. Here's Daphne Keller's take on what the rules have said thus far and what it means for platform accountability research in Europe.

Join us today at 12PM PT! 👉 stanford.io/3WQP9v6

One week left! Submit your abstract for the #JOTS special issue on Digital Intersectionality and Marginalization in the #MajorityWorld. 🗓️ Deadline: October 31, 2025 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4mZDjtb #TrustAndSafety

“It could mean that there might not be as much demand for this as we think because people actually like seeing authentic, real images of real people.” Director Jeff Hancock spoke with @wired.com about how the #AI video app #Sora fits into the current social media landscape.

Are today’s #EdTech policymakers overlooking student expertise and civic interests? Join us in person or online on Tuesday, October 28 for a seminar with @anterobot.bsky.social, who will examine current ed-tech policymaking around school buses, cell phones and generative #AI. 👉 stanford.io/3WQP9v6

I am forgetful about it self-promotion, so dropping a last minute link to note that I’m giving a talk Berkman Klein today. Come check it out if you’re free, or catch the recording later: cyber.harvard.edu/events/autom...

Pre-Doctoral Fellow Zac Smith-Russack, one of the newest members of the TIP Center team, spoke with us about his background in public health, his work on the Australian social media minimum age legislation evaluation, and what he does when he’s not at work digging into data. #MeetOurScholars

Join us today at Stanford or online! RSVP: stanford.io/43nrplQ

Are you the master of your digital life, or its slave? In our first #FallSeminarSeries talk, leading scholar Mariek Vanden Abeele tackled this central paradox of our "always on" society, revealing how our quest for #DigitalWellbeing is a complex interplay of forces. Watch the full video 🎥

Join us on Tuesday, October 21 for a #FallSeminarSeries talk by David Markowitz, who will draw on #NLP research to discuss how language patterns reveal underlying values in legacy and predict collective action, and how #AI can make science more accessible. RSVP: https://stanford.io/43nrplQ

'Workslop' is on the rise, and it's starting to cause serious issues with productivity. Researchers from @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social and Betterup Labs look at why this is happening and what can be done to keep poorly applied AI from running amok in the workplace. ow.ly/PFp550XbQQl

📢 Call for Proposals: #JOTS Special Issue on Digital Intersectionality and Marginalization in the Majority World 📢 We invite original research papers exploring #TrustAndSafety topics within the #MajorityWorld context. Learn more and submit your abstracts by October 31. 🗓️ 🔗 bit.ly/4mZDjtb

Join us today at 12PM PT for a talk by Fred Turner, who will argue that the recent moves of Silicon Valley companies and CEOs from California to Texas reflect a wider embrace of a set of beliefs anchored in the history of the Lone Star State: the Texas Ideology. Details & RSVP: stanford.io/47dkpt9

Coming up today at 12PM Pacific—join us in person or online! 🔗 stanford.io/3ISmlPu

Why and how should we build an infrastructure for #LocalNews? Join us on Tuesday, October 7 for a seminar with Cheryl Phillips of #BigLocalNews, a data-sharing platform and computational collaborative in support of local journalism. RSVP to join us at Stanford or online! 🔗 stanford.io/3ISmlPu

Join us today at 12PM PT! 🔗 stanford.io/4nT9qfd

I've been looking forward to this panel on AI companions with @meetalijain.bsky.social all day. This one is going to be spicy 🔥 #TSRConf

Today, @caltech.edu's Mitchell Linegar presented "The Persuasiveness of #AI: AI Interventions Increase Confidence in #ElectionIntegrity" at @stanfordcyber.bsky.social's Trust & Safety Research Conference. Mitchell Linegar, Betsy Sinclair, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

Lunch over! Now I'm attending a set of lightning talks on "AI and Algorithm Auditing" - starting with Rafal Kocielnik's talk on democratizing AI auditing #TSRConf

Now @alissacooper.bsky.social is speaking! ⚡ The focus: changing algorithms to align design with user interests

Complicated live skeeting logistics! I'm in the "Understanding Online Environments" lightning talks, where KGI's @alissacooper.bsky.social will be presenting, and then I'm scurrying over to the workshop a workshop led by my colleague @leticiabode.bsky.social on publicly available data #TSRConf

Next up at #TSRConf! Research presentations on online harms. Missed the first couple of presentations (lost track of time having great conversations!) But now we're back in action

Come hang out with us and talk about data access! #tsrconf

Also at 11:30am PT, @leticiabode.bsky.social cohosts a workshop w/ @naomishiffman.bsky.social, @angieholan.bsky.social & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social “Let’s Share: A Framework for Researcher Access to Publicly Available Platform Data” to preview our new framework! Be sure to join + say hello #TSRConf

We're speaking at two #TSRConf sessions today at 11:30am PT. @alissacooper.bsky.social's “Fixing the Feeds: A Policy Road Map to Address Algorithmic Recommender System Harms” will provide insights on how algorithms can be better designed to put user well-being and long term user value first.

Day 2 at #TSRConf! @stanfordcyber.bsky.social's Jeffrey Hancock is interviewing Australia eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, a true rock star of online safety ⭐ I'll try to cover this conversation as I eat breakfast

Our Fall Seminar Series kicks off on Tuesday, September 30 with a talk by Mariek Vanden Abeele of Ghent University, who will examine the recently emerged concepts of #DigitalWellbeing and #DigitalDisconnection. Register now to join us in person at Stanford or online! 🔗 stanford.io/4nT9qfd

Wonderful day 1 at #TSRConf. Fascinating and needed discussions of AI and content moderation, risks to youth, and new tools for trust and safety. Always really nice running into familiar faces as well.

Next up Youth Risks 2! (Turns out it's not tomorrow as I previously reported.) #TSRConf

Come check out my talk tomorrow and learn about the impact of age verification laws on user search behavior @stanfordcyber.bsky.social #TSRconf osf.io/4cjpw_v2/dow...

Awesome research talk by ROOST about Discord open-sourcing a trust and safety tool called Osprey. It can be used by any platform on a permissive license. Love the spirit of sharing 🎄 #TSRConf

If you're at the Trust & Safety Research Conference, check out the @roost.tools and @discord.com workshop on open source happening at 11:30am PT TODAY! Fisher Conference Center, Barnes/McDowell/Cranston #TSRConf #TrustAndSafety

KGI's @zanderarnao.bsky.social will be live posting from #TSRConf - be sure to tune into his account to follow along!

Next up! Live skeeting “Content Moderation and AI Alignment” with the brilliant @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social. Great line up so far @stanfordcyber.bsky.social 💡 #TSRConf

Tune in as I live tweet @stanfordcyber.bsky.social’s Trust and Safety Research Conference!! #TSRConf