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information•society•cats•knightfoundation.org Opinions my own
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💡 A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
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Better Access: Data for the Common Good – Knight-Georgetown Institute
https://kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and-commentary/better-access/
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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)
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📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data:
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Reuters
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Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show
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💡 A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
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Better Access: Data for the Common Good – Knight-Georgetown Institute
https://kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and-commentary/better-access/
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WIRED
3 days ago
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.
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Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.
https://www.wired.com/story/scam-ads-are-flooding-social-media-these-former-meta-staffers-have-a-plan/
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Brian Cutts
9 days ago
Anthony Hopkins recitant un fragment del poema The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock de T.S.Eliot, al programa del Stephen Colbert 😍
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Pew Research Center
11 days ago
Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
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Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
Those who report often encountering inaccurate news are more likely than those who rarely or never do to say it’s hard to know what is true (59% vs. 31%).
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/29/many-americans-say-they-often-come-across-inaccurate-news-and-have-a-hard-time-knowing-whats-true/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Main
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Carl T. Bergstrom
17 days ago
1. We (
@jbakcoleman.bsky.social
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@cailinmeister.bsky.social
,
@jevinwest.bsky.social
, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv. There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
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The Atlantic
22 days ago
American students are falling behind, and the most common explanations overlook the main problem, Idrees Kahloon argues.
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America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy
Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.
https://bit.ly/4hhsgdH
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Rebecca Tushnet
24 days ago
New copyright scenario: lawyers threaten researchers over cryptographic solution found in Smithsonian archive
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A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/science/kryptos-cia-solution-sanborn-auction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t08.FZur.qIkL6RU8d8tt&smid=url-share
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Lunch today: Taqueria El Califa de León, CDMX
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Mark G. Sheppard
30 days ago
Even without jobs data, Google Search Results for "Unemployment Benefits" being at a post-Covid high is probably —and I hate to use such labor econ/technical jargon here, but it's probably— "not good."
#EconSky
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Jay 🦋
about 1 month ago
Are you a lawyer? Do you enjoy working on small teams tackling big things? We’re hiring a senior counsel.
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
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Bluesky Jobs
Bluesky Jobs
https://jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9icG9zdDr7QATfxcidzeZbR_fZyJIZ
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DOLLY PARTON :: AppleJack
YouTube video by Dean Hammons
https://youtu.be/e1poXIyaoEQ?si=aj1Jsl9o8078Qc-6
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CBS News
about 1 month ago
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding.
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to raise money for public TV stations after funding cuts
Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations after federal funding cuts.
https://cbsn.ws/46TW6jI
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Justin Hendrix
about 1 month ago
For this week's podcast, I spoke to John Wihbey, an associate professor at Northeastern University and the author of a new book titled Governing Babel: The Debate Over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—And What Comes Next. Listen here:
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Governing Babel: John Wihbey on Platforms, Power, and the Future of Free Expression | TechPolicy.Press
Wihbey is the author of Governing Babel: The Debate over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—and What Comes Next, a book from MIT Press.
https://www.techpolicy.press/governing-babel-john-wihbey-on-platforms-power-and-the-future-of-free-expression/
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The New Yorker
about 1 month ago
An absurdly simple trick for choosing between “who” and “whom.”
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The Comma Queen’s Lesson on “Who” Versus “Whom”
Does civilization depend on the proper use of “who” and “whom”?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/comma-queen-to-whom-it-may-concern?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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Justin Hendrix
about 1 month ago
"This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s resilience against future quantum computing threats while maintaining our existing security guarantees of forward secrecy and post-compromise security." Fascinating
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
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Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets
We are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s...
https://signal.org/blog/spqr/
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alice e marwick
about 1 month ago
This was such a great convo and thrilled to be part of a whole series on scams and schemes. Thanks
@alixdunn.com
!
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Social Media Lab
about 1 month ago
Bravo 👏 to
@jay.bsky.team
,
@pfrazee.com
and the other folks behind
@bsky.app
! They just released the Bluesky software SDKs and reference implementations under open source licenses and are also making a patent non-aggression pledge.
bsky.social/about/blog/1...
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Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky
Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-01-2025-patent-pledge
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derek guy
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online style accounts that try to look rich vs actual rich people
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Inga Saffron
about 1 month ago
Can we install updated versions of this on all of Philly’s surface parking lots?
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Zander Arnao
about 2 months ago
Tune in as I live tweet
@stanfordcyber.bsky.social
’s Trust and Safety Research Conference!!
#TSRConf
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Katie Drummond
about 2 months ago
I loved talking to Signal's
@meredithmeredith.bsky.social
, who is such a consistent, clear voice of sanity (and always a great interview). We talked about (of course) SignalGate, what AI means for Signal, why tech bros continue to be such a disappointment, and much more. Read, listen, etc!
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How Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Remembers SignalGate: ‘No Fucking Way’
The Signal Foundation president recalls where she was when she heard Trump cabinet officials had added a journalist to a highly sensitive group chat.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-meredith-whittaker-signal/
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Alondra Nelson
about 2 months ago
Appreciate these insights from
@emollick.bsky.social
. But the "wizard problem" isn't that AI is too opaque. It's that we're designing systems that hide their processes. We could build AI that shows its work, explains, and lets us intervene. Instead we're choosing black boxes and calling it magic.
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Robin Berjon
about 2 months ago
The internet's in a bad place. We're not winning. How can we turn things around? We need money. What parts of the internet 1) are still under democratic control and 2) are in a position to produce significant revenue? It's mostly down to Wikipedia. But there's more… 🧵
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How Wikipedia Can Save the Internet With Advertising | TechPolicy.Press
Robin Berjon explores how principled advertising on Wikipedia could fund a democratic digital future.
https://www.techpolicy.press/how-wikipedia-can-save-the-internet-with-advertising/
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Garrett M. Graff
about 2 months ago
In a kinder, gentler time, Marilyn Hagerty’s very earnest review of the Olive Garden was an internet sensation. The internet used to bring us joy. RIP to one of the greats:
www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
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Marilyn Hagerty, Herald reporter and columnist for nearly 70 years, dies at age 99
She wrote for the Herald for more than 60 years and became nationally famous for her work as a food critic.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyin-hagerty-herald-reporter-and-columnist-for-nearly-70-years-dies-at-age-99
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Bradford Pearson
about 2 months ago
The city of Philadelphia spends only $104 per resident annually on parks and recreation, a paltry amount when compared to other major cities: New York: $226; Chicago: $262; Seattle: $412?! We must invest more in them before it's too late, writes Kyle Bagenstose for
@phillymag.com
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The High Cost of Underfunding Philly’s Parks
Philly’s parks are huge, historic, and woefully underfunded. The future of the city depends on fixing them.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2025/09/12/parks-funding-philadelphia/
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Emily Chamlee-Wright
about 2 months ago
Grateful to
@rstreet.bsky.social
for the chance to share my perspective on how we can “fireproof” the foundations of a free society. These are challenging times, but I believe resilience is built when we stay true to the liberal principles that underlie those foundations. Link in the replies👇
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Curious whether any publishers have updates on data points like this…
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A. Feder Cooper
2 months ago
After 2 years in press, it's published! "Talkin' 'Bout AI Generation: Copyright and the Generative-AI Supply Chain," is out in the 72nd volume of the Journal of the Copyright Society
copyrightsociety.org/journal-entr...
written with
@katherinelee.bsky.social
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@jtlg.bsky.social
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TALKIN' 'BOUT AI GENERATION: COPYRIGHT AND THE GENERATIVE-AI SUPPLY CHAIN | The Copyright Society
We know copyright
https://copyrightsociety.org/journal-entries/talkin-bout-ai-generation-copyright-and-the-generative-ai-supply-chain/
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Andres Guadamuz
2 months ago
I found this explanation of the Bartz v Anthropic settlement quite useful.
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/09/07/t...
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The Anthropic Settlement – what it is and isn’t (and who could get paid)
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com EDIT: On Sunday evening, Judge Alsup granted the motion for a hearing on Monday, September 8th, but expressed disappointment over lack of details, mostly on the…
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2025/09/07/the-anthropic-settlement-what-it-is-and-isnt-and-who-could-get-paid/
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Justin Hendrix
2 months ago
"The report is part of a trove of documents from inside Meta that was recently disclosed to Congress by two current and two former employees who allege that Meta suppressed research that might have illuminated potential safety risks to children and teens on the company’s [VR] devices and apps..."
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Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
The company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/09/08/meta-research-child-safety-virtual-reality/
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The vaccine panel in Diego Rivera’s spectacular mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts
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PBS News
2 months ago
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center. That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents.
https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
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1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. workforce under Trump, preliminary data shows
As parades and other events celebrating the contributions of workers in the U.S. are being held for the Labor Day holiday, experts say President Donald Trump’s stepped-up immigration policies are impa...
https://to.pbs.org/46d1uiJ
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Some light reading for Labor Day (Cc
@lageneralista.ca
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2 months ago
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Renee DiResta
2 months ago
New work by
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
&
@jasonreifler.bsky.social
shows further evidence of positive impact of prebunking This is why EIP wrote What to Expect rumor guides for certain periods in elections! And it’s why election deniers reframe this as “brainwashing”
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims
New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say
https://www.science.org/content/article/trust-elections-rises-after-inoculations-meant-preempt-false-fraud-claims
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman
2 months ago
Architectural historians, assemble…
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Bluesky
3 months ago
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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“Ms. Wadsworth, a former publisher of USA Today, has urged foundations to act with urgency — to ‘move philanthropy at the speed of news’.”
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The Authors Guild
3 months ago
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info:
authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
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Ben Mullin
3 months ago
new: inside the $100 million race to rescue PBS and NPR stations (🎁🔗)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
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The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/business/the-race-to-rescue-pbs-and-npr-stations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.BeL0.mnR-gkHU6_jF&smid=url-share
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Bonnie Honig
3 months ago
Excellent long read by Adam Sitze! “A democracy that can’t look ahead can’t survive, & the university is the watchtower where democracy goes to scan the horizon. It offers depth & perspective where electoral politics demands immediacy, continuity where democratic contestation brings frequent change”
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The Strange History of University Autonomy — and Why We Need It More Than Ever
Academic freedom from the Middle Ages to apartheid South Africa to now.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-strange-history-of-university-autonomy-and-why-we-need-it-more-than-ever
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“Ms. Wadsworth, a former publisher of USA Today, has urged foundations to act with urgency — to ‘move philanthropy at the speed of news’.”
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How the audiences of 30 major news sources differ in their levels of education
The share of regular news consumers with college degrees ranges from 62% for The Atlantic to 15% and 16%, respectively, for Univision and Telemundo.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/18/how-the-audiences-of-30-major-news-sources-differ-in-their-levels-of-education/
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