An article by @samlai.bsky.social @yoyoel.com @noupside.bsky.social @klonick.bsky.social @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy and @aaron.bsky.team?!?!?! Basically the Wu-Tang Clan of the fediverse right here... Well played, @carnegieendowment.org

Defederation on decentralized social media offers new possibilities for online governance. How can it be used responsibly, in a way that balances speech and safety? Read more here:

Our very own @samlai.bsky.social will be speaking at this panel next Wednesday. Learn more here:

Governments are intervening in information ecosystems with very little understanding of how they work. That leads to a belief that there are lessons learned in one that can be applied to others. But what might work in Finland could be disastrous elsewhere: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

@lageneralista.ca, @samlai.bsky.social and John Hicks propose a framework for assessing national information ecosystems that can help policymakers understand the operating environment where threats like foreign interference exist. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

In a new publication, @samlai.bsky.social, @benimmo.bsky.social, Derek Ruths and @lageneralista.ca lay out four key questions that underpin successful measurement of changes caused by GenAI:

Congrats to @samlai.bsky.social and a big thank you to everyone who contributed. Shout out to Jon Bateman for his help on the final stretch. @ieproject.bsky.social takes a village to be sure.

Each info ecosystem is different. But often researchers/policymakers look at their own and devise frameworks to apply elsewhere. @samlai.bsky.social has put many months into this piece for @ieproject.bsky.social highlighting why we need a more inductive approach to understand the info environment.

Phenomenal work by @samlai.bsky.social at CEIP - featuring my comments on public health communication in Vietnam and the persistence of legacy media infrastructure, in particular the loudspeaker network.

What is interesting about this excellent article by @samlai.bsky.social is that many of these concerns also apply in global minority countries. Understanding better how the context affects the demand of information quality is probably the next research question carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

In what ways do Global North approaches to research and policymaking on the information environment fall short at addressing Majority World concerns? How can they be improved? I spoke with 54 experts around the world to learn more: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

I did a podcast on the fediverse -- especially Bluesky -- with @samlai.bsky.social. Quite timely, if I say so myself! Check it out. podcast.techfreedom.org/episodes/391...

Thanks @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social for inviting me on to chat about decentralized social media, Bluesky, and the trust and safety challenges associated with the space!

I compile these weekly threads on jobs and opportunities on all things related to the information environment. Hoping it’s useful to some folks out there, please do check it out!

The project I work on at CEIP joined Bluesky today. Give us a follow to get regular updates on publications and opportunities in the space!

Periodic reminder that I made a #trustandsafety starter pack. Let me know about new arrivals who should be added to this list!

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media on decentralized platforms, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth. www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write @samlai.bsky.social and @yoyoel.com.

More than anything else I’ve written, my new piece about the “compliance-ization” of Trust and Safety felt like news reporting. It describes major changes in platform content moderation that are self-evident to many people inside platforms, and largely invisible to everyone else. t.co/pwriZQqZhM

Decentralized social media platforms offer the promise of alternative governance, but remain ill-equipped to address threats to online safety. How can we change that? Here’s the latest from @yoyoel.com and I: www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...

And some news! Hurst is publishing my first book, drawing on more than 5 years of work. “The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition for Reality” argues the need to understand the system to address fears of new tech in the info environment: www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-inf...

Oh hey it’s @aaron.bsky.team, @mmasnick.bsky.social @samlai.bsky.social @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy and Liz Arcamona from threads talking T&S in the fediverse

Should be a really interesting discussion. I'm moderating, but will have representatives from Bluesky, Threads & ActivityPub talking about decentralized moderation...

Very excited to attend the third annual Trust and Safety Research Conference hosted by the Stanford Internet Observatory, where I’ll be speaking on a panel about decentralized platforms and trust & safety with @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, @aaron.bsky.team, Liz Arcamona and @mmasnick.bsky.social!

The @stanfordio.bsky.social #TrustandSafety Research Conference is next week, and the agenda is *stacked* A few things I am particularly excited about ⬇️

So @tinysubversions.bsky.social and I spent a big chunk of this year talking to great people who run Mastodon and Hometown servers about how they govern their parts of the network. We learned SO MUCH. erinkissane.com/fediverse-go...

I had a really great time chatting with Jaz Michael-King and @mmccue.bsky.social on Dot Social @flipboard.com about the state of trust and safety on the fediverse: dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/sam...

Decentralization gives people the freedom to create their own forms of governance, rules and communities. @samlai.bsky.social and Jaz-Michael King talk #fediverse trust and safety hopes and fears on the latest episode of Dot Social: about.flipboard.com/fediverse/sa...

As people flee X in search of something safer and more sane the fediverse is scaling. Will we be able to scale moderation too? In this episode of Dot Social I ask two well known trust and safety experts: @samlai.bsky.social and Jaz-Michael King. flipboard.video/w/tqZTbSmU8v...

Kathleen Searles and I have been researching how to better support and protect colleagues who face backlash when they share their expertise publicly. We prepared this tip sheet for academics who are likely to be doing public-facing engagement this election season. Please share widely.

This story is horrifying on multiple levels. (1) It very likely cost lives in Philippines and around the world, including here in the US due to diminished trust in vaccines. (2) When democratic govs employ this kind of info operation, they undermine the values and trust that sustain democracies.

This is the beginning of something I've been working on for a while - if you read it, answer the question at the end. It's like a choose-your-own-adventure, except in this instance, I'll be deciding what to do next: lageneralista.com/the-informat...

Today's Lawfare Podcast is a live conversation from Verify 2024 between @benjaminwittes.bsky.social, @lageneralista.bsky.social, and Chinmayi Sharma, about information ecology and 19th-century naturalism.

Policymakers from the White House to the United Nations have turned to “information integrity” as the approach for bettering their information ecosystems. But how can it be applied in the context of democracies? Read more here from @kamyayadav.bsky.social and me:

As democracies grapple with how to combat disinformation, Kamya Yadav and @samlai.bsky.social ask how policymakers can build secure and resilient information ecosystems:

Decentralized social media platforms face significant challenges to robust and scalable governance. @yoyoel.com and I explore what it will take to change that: Out now in the Journal of Online Trust & Safety: tsjournal.org/index.php/jo...

New paper from me and @samlai.bsky.social out today in the Journal of Online Trust and Safety, looking at the moderation capabilities of federated and decentralized social media, and what needs to happen to make these platforms resilient to online harms. doi.org/10.54501/jot...

How to counter disinformation, based on science: Jon Bateman and Dean Jackson produced a must-read report for the Carnegie Endowment that looks at ten interventions against disinformation. www.techpolicy.press/how-to-count...

How can democracies fight disinformation? A new report by Jon Bateman and Dean Jackson assesses the effectiveness of 10 proposals, including supporting journalism, fact-checking and media literacy education. Read more here: carnegieendowment.org/2024/01/31/c...

Companies have submitted two sets of reports for the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. How can reporting be improved going forward? Had the absolute pleasure of working with @kamyayadav.bsky.social on this: carnegieendowment.org/2023/11/21/o...

Delighted to see this paper published at HKS Misinformation Review with Gillian Murphy (not yet on BlueSky!) and a fantastic group of post docs and RAs. This was a huge review examining all misinfo studies published since 2016 misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/what...

We know way too little about mis- and disinformation from the Global South. Our studies are too US and Europe focused. Big shout out to @sumitra.bsky.social and @simonchauchard.bsky.social for this piece 👏 ⬇️ commsky polcomm polisky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“Calls grow louder to regulate artificial intelligence, counter disinformation, and social media. But how can democracies govern the information environment if they don’t know how it affects people’s thinking and behavior?” More from @lageneralista.bsky.social: www.oecd-forum.org/amp/posts/se...

How can emergency management concepts help government policymakers combat efforts to undermine information integrity? Learn more from the latest publication by the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations: carnegieendowment.org/2023/11/09/e...

✨Do you study online safety in non-Western countries? Apply for up to $15,000 for your research. cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/call...

GW IDDP launched a new project tracking platform transparency globally and attempting to measure the Brussels effect of new EU transparency policies. We hope this will be a tool for advocates, and researchers. (Thanks techpolicypress and @justinhendrix.bsky.social)

Do we pay too much attention to disinformation? On the latest Tech Policy Podcast, we're joined by @lageneralista.bsky.social of Carnegie Endowment to discuss how to study and better understand the overall information environment. Full episode below: podcast.techfreedom.org/episodes/358...