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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 2h

I submit that walking past the McLaren dealership to get to Walgreens is peak Silicon Valley

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Counterpart not being on the NYT list is a travesty

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Digital Trust & Safety Partnership @dtspartnership.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Eleven certified bodies now handle content moderation disputes under Article 21 of the DSA. None charges the nominal user fee the mechanism was designed around. New in @techpolicypress.bsky.social from DTSP's David Sullivan, Farzaneh Badiei and Jonny Shipp.

techpolicy.press

The Overlooked Issue Undercutting EU’s Out-of-Court Dispute System

David Sullivan, Jonny Shipp, and Farzaneh Badiei examine the EU’s DSA dispute system and how fee structures may affect content moderation appeals.

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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The EU DSA heard you liked box-checking exercises, so it put a box-checking exercise on your... well, you know. Out of court dispute processes for content moderation under Art 21 aren't censorship. But they're not looking like a great use of resources, either. www.techpolicy.press/the-overlook...

techpolicy.press

The Overlooked Issue Undercutting EU’s Out-of-Court Dispute System

David Sullivan, Jonny Shipp, and Farzaneh Badiei examine the EU’s DSA dispute system and how fee structures may affect content moderation appeals.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This anecdote--not the episode, which goes in a totally different direction--is hilarious& cute. But more importantly, it poignantly illustrates SO many things that I work on. 1) How endlessly creative kids will be in route around child restrictions, and how ineffective parental controls are. 1/

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest (with @farzdusa.bsky.social and @jonnyshipp.bsky.social) on why we need to take a closer look at the Digital Services Act's out-of-court dispute settlement system.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I didn't know him nearly as well as others, but i am nonetheless deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Bertrand de La Chapelle. We're losing the early voices of internet governance, who understood the critical need for a free and open internet, when it is most at threat.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you're reading the Meta settlement and wondering about the age assurance/verification contents, might I suggest you first read this new statement from the Internet Architecture Board: datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statemen... HT @farzdusa.bsky.social @johnperrino.com

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IAB Statement on Age-Based Restrictions and Online Safety

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Just used the "seems like AI slop" button on LinkedIn for the first time, on a Scott Galloway post. Feels good.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

One of the great misconceptions of trust and safety is that it is primarily about removing and suppressing communication. Thankfully @daphnek.bsky.social is putting freedom of expression at the center of T&S.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Masterful keynote. Anyone in T&S who couldn’t swing the budget or approval to make it to TrustCon should watch this on YouTube once it gets posted.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/07/2026

Once again, @charlottewillner.bsky.social is giving a wonderful opening talk for #trustcon, kicking it off around the theme of "what did you want to be when you grew up?" and connecting to that to how much the entire trust & safety field has grown up and matured.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

new report! with deep appreciation to everyone who joined us in Dublin for this event (which i was very sorry to have to miss).

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Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Hot off the presses! Today Canada released its Digital Safety Act, including a ban on social media accounts for under 16s. More commentary to come, but the age verification rules are likely to trigger significant debate. www.linkedin.com/posts/michae... @privacylawyer.ca @suziedunn.bsky.social

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Digital Safety Act | Michael Karanicolas

Hot off the presses: today the Government of Canada released its Digital Safety Act, including a requirement for social media services to prevent people under 16 from having accounts. More commentary...

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 15/04/2026

Countdown Standard xkcd.com/3232/

Comic. One... two... THREE! [text in red] X Deprecated [line break] One... two... three... GO! [text in red] Deprecated [red curly bracket around top two lines] Too easy to mix up [line break] Three... two... one... GO! [text in green] [check mark] ISO Standard [caption] If I were in charge of ISO, the first thing I’d do would be to standardize the way people count out loud before doing something in sync.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

this part is my favorite: "We did not find anything,” said one of the people. "It was not politically convenient that we could not find anything."

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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

So... the actual story reported here is that the administration set up a dedicated task force to document EU censorship and THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY. Not that you'd know that from the headline. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The weeks-long investigation, details of which have not previously been reported, uncovered no records indicating censorship, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.
“There is no evidence that Member States of the European Union are overreaching the DSA to censor and criminalize online content,” they wrote in conclusion.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Power restored in South Boulder for all of... 5 minutes. sigh. #cowx

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

An important and welcome intervention against the Trump administration weaponizing immigration policy against technology research and trust and safety workers.

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Follow closely this welcome and really important new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policy punishing social media misinformation and hate researchers with immigration consequences.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Important thread. One of the serious downsides of Bluesky's AI allergy is that what passes for nuanced discourse on this topic is currently happening within the dumpster fire that is X.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Extra bluesky panel with @masnick.com @jmiers230.bsky.social Matt Perault and @matt.bsky.team moderated by @jrhuddles.bsky.social. All about genAI and 230…

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Next up: Gary Shapiro, Billy Easley, Ashkhen Kazaryan, Ari Cohn, and David Inserra

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hello DC! Currently at @cato.org Listening to @ericgoldman.bsky.social on Section 230, noting how difficult it is to be anonymous online these days.

Panel discussion in Cato’s fancy auditorium

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

BREAKING: SUPREME COURT *REJECTS* PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

From the folks that brought you ubiquitous cookie banners, here comes unending pagination clicks...

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nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual

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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I don't think I can bring myself to watch the latest House hearing on "European censorship" but here's the link if you want to. It is starting in one minute. 1/ judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...

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Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part II

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Can we add RICO to the Rome Statute? Asking for the rules-based international order...

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This is such a great piece. 20 years since grad school and I'm going to need to reread Schelling.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Heading to Europe for work and fun later this week. I know January isn't exactly peak season for the Benelux, but damn if this seat map doesn't say something about the current state of transatlantic relations...

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Juliet Shen @julietshen.online · 13/01/2026

What I appreciate most about @dwillner.bsky.social and @samidh.bsky.social is their tendency towards action. A very timely labeler and prompt to detect non consensual intimate imagery (NCII) solicitation: zentropi.ai/labelers/eb6...

zentropi.ai

Zentropi - Build Custom Content Labelers Instantly

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Riana @riana.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I have an op-ed in the NYT today about the Grok scandal, sharing my research from last year finding that legal risk hinders AI companies from making their models safer against CSAM - an echo of the years where white-hat hackers were chilled from good-faith research. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

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Opinion | There’s One Easy Solution to the A.I. Porn Problem

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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Poland's President vetoed the implementing legislation for the DSA there?!? The DSA is a Regulation, not a Directive. So in principle it applies anyway. But Member States are still supposed to do things like designate a national level regulator (a DSC). Big h/t to @jeczjan.bsky.social on this one!

politico.eu

Polish president aligns with Trump to block Brussels’ Big Tech law

Nawrocki called EU social media law “Orwellian,” echoing Washington’s main line of attack.

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