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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

On this episode of the Tech Policy Press podcast, contributing editor Dean Jackson discusses the evolution of trust and safety with law scholars Danielle Keats Citron and Ari Ezra Waldman and Jeff Allen, chief research officer at the Integrity Institute. Listen:

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Considering Trust and Safety's Past, Present, and Future | TechPolicy.Press

Dean Jackson discusses the field's future with law professors Danielle Keats Citron and Ari Ezra Waldman and Jeff Allen from the Integrity Institute.

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Integrity Institute @integrity-inst.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

💬 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

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Jeff Allen @jeffallen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Great article by @issielapowsky.bsky.social about the impact AI content is already having. Even if the "dead internet theory" isn't 100% true, if platforms don't properly disencentivize AI content, it can still hurt online publishing and content creators. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Maybe AI Slop Is Killing the Internet, After All

The assertion that bots are choking off human life online has never seemed more true.

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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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Integrity Institute @integrity-inst.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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...

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Integrity Institute Releases New Transparency Resources — Integrity Institute

The Integrity Institute is excited to share three new resources designed to advance transparency and improve risk assessment practices in the platform ecosystem. These reports analyze current transparency efforts and provide guidance on how to obtain meaningful transparency from social platforms.

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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

New from me: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed: www.propublica.org/article/face...

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As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content

Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of...

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People Vs Big Tech @peoplevsbigtech.eurosky.social · 03/12/2024

👀🔎 Last week Big Tech companies published their first reports of how they assess the systemic risks of their platforms to users under the EU’s Digital Services Act. Here’s what we’ve found so far: 🧵

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

We're assembling a starter pack of Tech Policy Press contributors on Bluesky! Follow the folks in our community for perspectives on a range of issues at the intersection of technology and democracy!

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Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Platform design choices impact the privacy, safety, and security of minors online. Independent research shows that content-agnostic design changes can support prosocial interactions and user well-being. Learn more in KGI’s recent submission to the European Commission: shorturl.at/B00Jz

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KGI Comments to the European Commission on Guidelines to Enforce the Protection of Minors Online - Knight–Georgetown Institute

October 29, 2024By Peter Chapman and Zander Arnao The European Commission recently requested evidence to inform the development of Guidelines on the protection of minors online under the Digital Servi...

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Jeff Allen @jeffallen.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

New piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social from me and others the Integrity Institute! Want a safer social media? Then we need more transparency from the platforms about the scale, cause, and nature of harms. A key way to change the incentives of the companies. www.techpolicy.press/making-socia...

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Making Social Media Safer Requires Meaningful Transparency | TechPolicy.Press

The authors argue that meaningful transparency requires companies to disclose the total number of exposures to violating content, not just the prevalence.

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Jeff Allen @jeffallen.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

Check out the Safe by Default report from Panoptykon, which discusses concrete changes platforms can make to move from engagement based design and ranking towards more human centric recommender systems. panoptykon.org/sites/defaul...

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Jeff Allen @jeffallen.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Really excited to see the Non-Engagement Con paper come out! This represents broad consensus views about ranking and recommendations from a lot of experts on all kinds of ranking and recommendation systems. arxiv.org/abs/2402.06831

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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 13/02/2024

Searching for sensitive topics on Instagram often surfaces harmful content, but doing the same search on Google doesn't. Why? One ranks search results based on engagement, and one ranks them based on quality and relevance. Interesting analysis here from the Integrity Institute's Jeff Allen 👇

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Jeff Allen @jeffallen.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Why is Instagram search so much more harmful than Google search? New article from me on Instagram's decision to completely block searches for sensitive topics, on the Integrity Institute blog. integrityinstitute.org/blog/why-is-...

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Jeff Allen @jeffallen.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

The EC cited Integrity Institute work multiple times in their guidance to platforms on protecting elections! Exciting moment! That is the result of a year of work by our community putting together our recommended best practices on election integrity. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...

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Jeff Allen @jeffallen.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

What do we do about Telegram? New research investigation from the Integrity Institute and Wired out today: www.wired.com/story/telegr... and our summary here integrityinstitute.org/news/institu...

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Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren't Really Bans

A WIRED analysis of more than 100 restricted channels shows these communities remain active, and content shared within them often spreads to channels accessible to the public.

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