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Ravi Iyer

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Finn Lützow-Holm Myrstad @finnmyrstad.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we! Today we are publishing our new report, Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future. vimeo.com/1168468796?f...
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The Enshittificator
Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases. This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 20/06/2025
Young people are online more than ever — but not always safely. Here’s how EU countries want to protect them: 🔒 safer digital spaces 📱 healthy screen habits 🧠 better digital skills 📌 Click for more: europa.eu/!Kq4T8q #MentalHealth #YouthOnline #Cyberbullying #EPSCO
A person in a gray shirt types on a laptop, with illustrated emojis and social media icons floating above and around them.A graphic states "1 in 4 young people in the EU suffered from cyberbullying," with a sad emoji and abstract digital design elements.
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Council on Tech and Social Cohesion @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
EXPO 2025: Two Hybrid Events, Global Programming 📅 June 26 | 🌎 Americas | EMEA | Asia Pacific How can tech foster trust, cohesion, and collaboration—instead of fueling division and violence? Join global voices shaping the future of prosocial tech. techandsocialcohesion.org/ctsc-expo
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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Charles Montgomery @charlesincities.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Just as we need to design roads to limit harm, we must legislate rules to stop the social harms caused by digital technology. @iyerland.bsky.social nails it: www.afterbabel.com/p/eight-poli...
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Eight Policy Principles to Guide our Relationship with Digital Technology
Policies have enabled cars and airplanes to be used safely. No such policies exist for social media or AI. Progress is being made to fix this gap—beginning with protecting our kids.
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Judges have a warning about Trump’s rapid deportations: Americans could be next
Judges across the country continue to note that if courts don’t protect the rights of the least popular and most vulnerable, everyone is at risk.
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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Opinion | This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...
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Opinion | The Trump Victim I Can’t Stop Thinking About
It’s a moral imperative to try to rescue people like Andry Hernández Romero.
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
ICE truly dedicated to stochastic terror
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved. * very unconstitutional
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
this is why shipping migrants to third party countries is inherently a due process violation. it very literally removes them from the realm of legal process entirely.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If the government’s position is that being trafficked to El Salvador by Donald Trump and Stephen Miller amounts to a final and irreversible deprivation of all rights, then it seems to me every federal court has a duty to permanently enjoin the practice as soon as it possibly can.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/04/2025
Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized US President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’ reut.rs/4iRDMfK
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Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa
Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like "a Roman emperor."
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trump is already behaving like a dictator. This case is designed to silence anyone who challenges this administration. If Mahmoud Khalil is deported, that precedent will take the United States down a very dark and dangerous road. apnews.com/article/colu...
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Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be 'first of many'
President Donald Trump is warning that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first “of many to come” as his administ...
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Opinion | The Dark Precedent in the Tufts Student’s Arrest
Any noncitizen, regardless of legal status in the United States, could be detained under an increasingly opaque set of laws.
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Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This is dystopian. The govt does not even allege this woman played a major role in the pro-Palestine protests, like Khalil did. And yet they're trying to expel her to South Korea, where she hasn't lived since she was 7. I don't see how anyone can defend this. It's un-American.
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Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I continue to be extremely dismayed by the number of people who say they passionately support the First Amendment, only to throw that out the window the moment they find expression they dislike. That is not how this is supposed to work.
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
ICE Official Admits Many Venezuelan Deportees to El Salvador Had No Criminal Record But Calls Them 'Terrorists' Anyway. Trump admin admitted in a federal court document that some accused Venezuelan gang members actually had no criminal record. #MomSky www.latintimes.com/ice-official...
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ICE Official Admits Many Venezuelan Deportees to El Salvador Had No Criminal Record But Calls Them 'Terrorists' Anyway
The administration has admitted that "many" Venezuelan deportees hold no criminal records in the U.S. but defended its decision to deport them anyway
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
When a government can send people to a hellish foreign jail without telling anyone who they are or what evidence they have - what stops them from taking you and me? There is no process or transparency. There isn’t even a list of all the people taken.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The Trump administration is insisting a man they sent to an El Salvador prison is in a Venezuelan gang even though he’s a youth soccer coach and pro goalie with no criminal record and the tattoo they said was a gang tattoo is a soccer team he likes. www.dropsitenews.com/p/venezuelan...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The most basic freedom we all have is that the government can't just arrest us and throw us in jail. This shouldn't just apply to US citizens unless we expect similar treatment when we cross borders. shouldn't be partisan at all. A truly awful story: medium.com/@jasminemoon...
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You’re Not a Criminal, But You’re Going to Jail: My ICE Detention Story as a Canadian Citizen
By Jasmine Mooney.
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I’ve been enjoying reading thoughtful articles that mix traditional right/left issues in order to defend free speech in a less partisan way. This is one of the more thoughtful articles I’ve read: open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p...
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Donald Trump’s War on Anti-Semitism is the Last Thing We Jews Need
Not long ago, conservatives laughed at the idea that words are violence. Now, they're embracing the same concept. Is that a good idea, morally or politically?
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Under the Bush administration the demand was “we must have the unreviewable power to kill or secretly imprison any person on the face of the Earth based on undisclosed criteria that leads us to conclude the person is an enemy combatant.” We were invited to trust the government to make that call./1
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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 14/03/2025
On Lawfare Daily, @noupside.bsky.social spoke to @glenweyl.bsky.social, @mchangama.bsky.social, and @iyerland.bsky.social about design vs moderation in social media, designing a prosocial media for the future and the potential for an online world without Caesars. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.” The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
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Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Tired of calls for unlocking AI's full potential. Time to unlock the full potential of investing in public health and public education so nurses and teachers are no longer underpaid and overworked.
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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🚨 WEBINAR ALERT 🚨 Join KGI on March 25th for a live discussion on designing algorithmic feeds that put people first. As legislation and litigation around algorithms heats up, it’s never been more important to learn how they can be improved.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New podcast! @justinhendrix.bsky.social spoke to @audreyt.org, @iyerland.bsky.social, and @bgoldberg.bsky.social about the opportunities and risks of deploying AI in online spaces. What design options are there to improve collective dialogue? www.techpolicy.press/promising-op...
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Promising Opportunities, Distinct Risks: AI and Digital Public Squares | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Taiwan Cyber Ambassador Audrey Tang, USC Marshall School Neely Center's Ravi Iyer, and Jigsaw's Beth Goldberg.
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Jesús Alvarado @jesusalv.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We then turn to Jessica Tighe and her teenage son to learn about the house rules they have in place for social media use. Plus, @iyerland.bsky.social at USC says the many in-app settings on some of these platforms are "hard to use" for some parents. www.marketplace.org/shows/market...
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Parents want their kids to be social, but with less social media - Marketplace
We talk to a mom who's feeling the stress of regulating her children's social media use. Ravi Iyer, a technologist and psychologist, says the industry should better accommodate parents' preferences.
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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🚨 NEW REPORT – Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First 🚨 As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives. bit.ly/3QzxVzq
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Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First – Knight-Georgetown Institute
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Shower Cat @shower-cat.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I cannot even begin to explain all the ways in which this is bad. It’s not just about immigration. Once it’s established that they can pull taxpayer data for an entire class of people for “national security”, it’s a tool in their toolbox and they will find reasons to use it again and again.
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caitlin ⊬ @slowtowncaitlin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
BLUEJACKETS WIN
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Fanbrandz @fanbrandz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Gear up for an epic 2025 Stadium Series, program inspired by the legendary Ohio Stadium and iconic Buckeyes helmets! 🏒🏟️ #stadiumseries #nhl #bluejackets #redwings #osu #buckeyes
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Today, Tech Policy Press joins EL CLIP in exposing alarming patterns of child endangerment in Spanish-language Facebook groups. The journalistic collaboration includes a report from Prof. Lara Putnam documenting the groups and articles from Spanish-language news organizations across Latin America.
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Inocencia en Juego: An Investigation into Groups Targeting Children on Facebook | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press collaborated with Lara Putnam and the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (EL CLIP) to investigate child safety on Facebook.
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Council on Tech and Social Cohesion @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New research shows a paradox: many feel harmed by social media—and would pay $24 to wipe out TikTok and $6 for Instagram. Is addictive design trapping us? Read more. techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/ill-pay-mo...
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"I'll pay money to get rid of social media"
American college students say they’d prefer social media didn’t exist, according to new research by the National Bureau of Economic Research
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Plurality Institute @pluralityinstitute.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Plurality Institute’s Rose Bloomin and Jeff Fossett will present Bridging Bot: Large Language Models for De-Escalation & Bridging, examining how AI can facilitate conflict resolution. February 27th | 6:30 pm PT / 9:30 pm ET lu.ma/2aaufseh?tk=...
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LLMs & Public Discourse: Livestream · Luma
About the event: Please join us for a showcase on LLMs and Public Discourse, co-hosted by Plurality Institute and The Council on Technology and Social Cohesion…
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
30-50% of Gen Z wishes Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and Twitter had never been invented (per www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/o...) Yet they are locked into these platforms by network effects. Utah's Digital Choice Act (HB 418 - le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/...) would free consumers to choose better
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Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Is this normal that social platforms pay sports teams to exist on their site? Does Twitter pay the NFL? awfulannouncing.com/nfl/rift-blu...
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NFL rift with Bluesky is reportedly over money
The NFL's prohibition of official team accounts on the social media platform Bluesky is reportedly over money.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Meta’s recent announcements include two changes in its moderation efforts and one change to its algorithm design. The algorithm design changes are the least clear and likely the most impactful, writes Ravi Iyer (@iyerland.bsky.social).
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To Evaluate Meta’s Shift, Focus on the Product Changes, Not the Moderation | TechPolicy.Press
The algorithm design changes are the least clear and likely the most impactful, writes Ravi Iyer.
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 26/12/2024
The BLM has stepped up adoption efforts and is looking for landowners to keep wild horses on long-term pasture after unprecedented removals
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Where will the wild horses go? Federal land managers are seeking long-term pastures
The BLM has stepped up adoption efforts and is looking for landowners to keep wild horses on long-term pasture after unprecedented removals
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Joyojeet Pal @joyojeet.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Announcing Social Media & Society in India, April 4-5, 2025 at the University of Michigan featuring talks, workshops, and student papers on how social media impacts life in India from travel and food to politics and finance. influencers.conference.si.umich.edu Thread:
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Social Media and Society in India 2025
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