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📣 Event Happening This Friday! Don't miss an opportunity to hear from Trust & Safety expert Nicholas Shen, currently leading T&S for Tools for Humanity, about the impact of technology on American democracy. 📅 Friday, 11/14 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time ▶️ RSVP here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

💡 Member Spotlight: Ilamosi Ekenimoh Ilamosi is a regulatory & tech policy expert with a decade of experience shaping digital governance, AI policy, & regulatory strategy in Africa & globally. At Flutterwave she manages global public policy & ESG framework development. #TechPolicy #AI #ESG #Meta

📣 Happening TOMORROW! Recent AI chatbot incidents show youth are at risk online. Join experts Vaishnavi J, Alison Lee, and Ariel Colon as they share practical strategies for safer AI, including red-teaming, long-chat risks, and safety-by-design. Register here: bit.ly/47mmZ1f

Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Missed our event on Article 40: Researcher Access under the Digital Services Act in the EU? Check out the recording now on our YouTube channel! 🎦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gOK...

📲 New Event: Navigating Youth Safety in AI Applications Join to @vaishnavi.bsky.social, Alison Lee of the Rithm Project, and Ariel Colon of apgard ai to discuss the practical approaches the companies can take to address risks to young people! Nov. 4 at 3pm ET Register here: bit.ly/47sApaz

💬 Can AI break the engagement trap? In August, our co-founder @jeffallen.bsky.social reflected on the evolution of Trust & Safety, and why regulatory pressure—and transparency—still matter most. ▶️ Read the full conversation on the @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social Substack: bit.ly/4neJfi5

🌟 Announcing Our 2024 Annual Report! 🌟 The Integrity Institute is committed to tackling the negative impact of the social internet. Discover our achievement and key influences over the past year + our community of people dedicated to making the internet a safer place! Read here: bit.ly/42T0yOF

💡 Member Spotlight: Aditya Gautam! Aditya works at the intersection of AI safety and recommender systems, building trustworthy LLMs and agents. He was previously a ML lead at Meta and founding engineer at Google Area 120. Aditya is also a featured conference speaker + reviewer (NeurIPS, AAAI). 👏

📣 Tune in TODAY at 1pm ET! Don't miss this insightful conversation about the Trump Administration's New AI Action Plan with policy experts from the Integrity Institute. Event link here: bit.ly/47gB0xH

🧠💬 New Resource: AI Chatbots & Youth Mental Health There is an acute mental health crisis among teens. As T&S workers at platforms that develop or employ AI chatbots, we must understand how these two trends intersect. Read our research review and recommendations here: bit.ly/3GDbSGE

📢 New blog post: Protecting Kids from Abuse II members Abhi Chaudhuri, Dominique Wimmer, Jenna Dietz, ‪mattmotyl.bsky.social‬, & David Jay explore how Trust & Safety teams address online child abuse. We’re proud to spotlight the people doing the hard work to keep kids safe online. 👉

After a robust nomination process, we are excited to welcome two of our members, @vaishnavi.bsky.social and @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social , to the Integrity Institute’s Board of Directors! Learn more about them here: 🔗 integrityinstitute.org/vaishnavi-j 🔗 integrityinstitute.org/theo-skeadas

📺 Don't forget to check out our YouTube channel! 👉 www.youtube.com/@integrity.i... We cover a range of critical topics including global tech policy, AI governance, the Fediverse, platform accountability, and more. Subscribe and explore the conversations shaping the future of tech and integrity 🌐

On May 22, 2025, the Integrity Institute, @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social and ‪@marshall.usc.edu‬ Neely Center submitted a response to ‪@ofcom.bsky.social ‬'s draft guidance for creating a safer life online for women and girls. Read it here 👉

📣 We were referenced over 15 times in @ofcom.bsky.social's Statement on protecting children from online harms! Our insights helped shape the UK’s approach to child safety online, which wouldn’t have been possible without member contributions. Read the full Ofcom statement here 👉 bit.ly/3Fxryuv

💡 Member Spotlight: Olivia Conti Olivia is a T&S product expert (ex-Twitch/Twitter) focused on safety by design, LLM policy, and platform risk. She runs Conti Trust Strategies & publishes the Internet Poisoning newsletter. Her first workshop on safety by design is 6/26—sign up here bit.ly/3FubR7i

Weren't able to join our event last week? You can watch the full recording of “Prevention by Design: Tackling TFGBV at the Source” here bit.ly/3SLplhX This convo features insights on how to design platforms that prevent TFGBV before it starts #SearchforCommonGround @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social

💡 Member Spotlight: Dominique Wimmer! Dominique spent a decade at Google & Meta on AI, T&S, and product strategy. Since then, she’s been a fractional CPO, @stanford.edu cohort lead, & contributor to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 's GenAI playbook (bit.ly/44tS5TA). She is open to senior PM roles.

🎙️ Jeff Allen was quoted in @bloomberg.com on how “AI slop” (low-quality media generated by AI) negatively impacts users by spreading widely & rapidly. AI slop "is like the algae bloom that can blow up and suffocate the life you would want to have in a healthy ecosystem," he notes. bit.ly/43pjDbz

Worried about dark money in #elections, the power of #influencers, and #budgetdeficits? There are opportunities for a number of stakeholders including #tech, #regulators, and #influencers themselves to bring more transparency to the table.

🎉 Member spotlight: @devikamalik.bsky.social Devika recently wrote "Mapping Tech Design Regulation in the Global South" w/ @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social & Toda Peace Institute. Read here: bit.ly/4iF98p9 She will also speak at TrustCon2025, bringing a vital majority world lens to trust & safety🌍👏

Join II, Search for Common Ground, & @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social for a webinar on how platforms can prevent TFGBV. We’ll unpack insights from our report, Prevention by Design, exploring behavioral and design strategies to build safer digital spaces for women. 🗓️ May 14, 2025 🔗 lu.ma/gagkjlbf

✍ New blog post: @carolinenichols.bsky.social & Kay Spencer break down "online paid content" and explain why outdated rules aren’t sufficient in identifying such content, especially when political and electoral in nature. 💸 Read more: bit.ly/3RwDgIc

💡Member Spotlight: Founding Fellow & member Dylan M. authored a chapter in the 2025 Harvard Law Review: Developments in the Law issue on AI. He dives into platform transparency + the role of T&S in shaping safer online spaces. Proud to see Dylan push the conversation forward! 🔗 bit.ly/4cE5NFx

We're Hiring A Community Lead! 👫 This role will require both operational & relational excellence. Successful applicants can execute complex projects and build trust within a passionate & values-driven community. Read the job description: bit.ly/43NuWLE Apply: bit.ly/4jlrNa5

🔍 Tackling misinformation & pro-social platform design! Yesterday, @integrity-inst.bsky.social Jeff Allen & Sofia Bonilla met with GPCG Director @arvinngadgil.bsky.social to discuss the future of information integrity. Transparency and governance are key to healthier #digital spaces.

🚨 Misinformation in pregnancy, labor, and delivery is a growing safety risk. Our latest blog dives into the challenges of moderating labor & delivery misinformation online—and what Trust & Safety teams can do to mitigate harm while amplifying credible sources. Read more: https://bit.ly/4izjjMl

🚨 Misinformation in pregnancy, labor, and delivery is a growing safety risk. Our latest blog dives into the challenges of moderating labor & delivery misinformation online—and what Trust & Safety teams can do to mitigate harm while amplifying credible sources. Read more: https://bit.ly/4izjjMl

📣 New Report Calls for Proactive Solutions to Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) We teamed up with @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social on new report advocating for design-focused solutions to TFGBV. Let’s shift the burden off victims and build safer digital spaces. bit.ly/4ixrFo0

📢 Excited to share our Initial Analysis on the First Round of Risk Assessments under the EU Digital Services Act, in collaboration with the #DSA Civil Society Coordination Group! Read about key trends, practices, gaps and recommendations for better future reports. cdt.org/insights/dsa...

📢 Excited to share our Initial Analysis on the First Round of Risk Assessments under the EU Digital Services Act, in collaboration with the #DSA Civil Society Coordination Group! Read about key trends, practices, gaps and recommendations for better future reports 👇🏻 cdt.org/insights/dsa...

Last week, we attended the first-ever Marketplace Risk Conference in Austin! We caught an insightful session on misinformation & policy development led by the brilliant folks at @newsguard.bsky.social and Web Purify. Looking forward to more discussions like these with our T&S community!

Algorithmic systems are key components of major online platforms, but how they’re designed can either promote integrity or amplify harm. We joined @knightgtown.bsky.social to outline steps policymakers & platforms can take to improve feed algorithms for a healthier online ecosystem. Read more ⤵️

Excited to share 3 new resources designed to advance transparency & improve risk assessment practices in the platform ecosystem. These reports analyze current transparency efforts & provide guidance on how to obtain meaningful transparency from social platforms. Read here: integrityinstitute.o...

Meta’s shift to Community Notes marks a major change in its approach to fact-checking—and the potential consequences for viral misinformation are significant. jeffallen.bsky.social, weighs in on this shift in @craigsilverman.bsky.social's latest article for @propublica.org ⤵️

Great turnout for our first DSA Civil Society Coordination Group event of 2025! 📌 A key focus: DSA Risk Assessments, essential for a safer, more accountable digital space. Thanks to everyone who joined and shared insights. Here’s to a productive year ahead! #DSA #CivilSocietyCoordination