Defederation on decentralized social media offers new possibilities for online governance. Experts consider how it can be used responsibly, in a way that balances speech and safety.

Defederation on decentralized social media offers new possibilities for online governance. Experts consider how it can be used responsibly, in a way that balances speech and safety.

To know how a system has changed, one must first know what constitutes the system and its prior state.

To know how a system has changed, one must first know what constitutes the system and its prior state.

Informed policy that leads to beneficial change is extremely challenging to develop without being able to measure the material impacts of GenAI.

Researchers around the world address shortcomings and provide recommendations on Global North approaches to research and policymaking.

Researchers around the world address shortcomings and provide recommendations on Global North approaches to research and policymaking.

Samantha Lai (Carnegie Endowment) discusses the state of federated social media (Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, etc.). Topics include: - A map of the fediverse - What makes Bluesky new? - Tools for tin...

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth.

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth.

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth.

Humanity has always craved, and feared, information. Alicia Wanless offers a fresh understanding of the relationship between people, technology and knowledge, today and throughout history.

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The fediverse is an opportunity to rethink how trust and safety works in social media. But how...and what should we still be worried about?

The fediverse offers an opportunity to rethink how trust and safety works in social media. In a decentralized environment, creating safe and welcoming places relies on community moderation, transpa...

What does Prussian naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt have to do with cybersecurity?

Disinformation is only a symptom of a much larger problem.

Disinformation is only a symptom of a much larger problem.

Journal of Online Trust and Safety

Jon Bateman and Dean Jackson produced a report for the Carnegie Endowment that looks at ten interventions against disinformation.

A high-level, evidence-informed guide to some of the major proposals for how democratic governments, platforms, and others can counter disinformation.

Companies have submitted two sets of reports for the new EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. To date, reports have only offered limited insight.

Scholarly literature on misinformation has insufficiently captured the experience of the majority of the world’s population: those in the Global South…

From COVID-19 misinformation to authoritarian crackdowns on democratic protests or hybrid warfare involving information manipulation, the negative impacts that crises have on the information environme...

A new research initiative offers funding to researchers studying trust and safety in the majority world. Applications due January 30, 2024

Anna Lenhart on the launch of a new Platform Researcher Access Tools & The Brussels Effect Tracker