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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#TSRConf is in 1 week! Your first TSRC? Here’s what to expect. Start the day with breakfast and a keynote, then make the conference your own: choose from research presentations, lightning talks, panels, and interactive workshops across a wide range of #TrustAndSafety topics.

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Ben Lyons @benlyons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m excited to be on a panel at the Trust & Safety Research Conference @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social on Oct 1, w @ryanmoore.bsky.social, @nadiabrashier.bsky.social & Doug Shadel. We'll be talking all about older adults & untrustworthy info online. #TSRConf #TrustAndSafety #OnlineSafety #TechPolicy

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Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 23/09/2026

Next week, I will be sharing 'Moderation for the People: How Blacksky Is Building Community Safety from the Inside Out' at #TSRConf 2026. Looking forward to conversations on the future of online trust and safety. @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social #TSRConf #TrustAndSafety #OnlineSafety #TechPolicy

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Stephanie Wang @stephanietwang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2608.18352 discusses implications for the sustainability of the open web, and for user agency as AI increasingly mediates their access to information. We’ll also be presenting at the Trust & Safety Conference on Oct 1–2 @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social #TRSConf 9/9

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AI in Search Reduces Publisher Referrals Without Improving User Experience: Experimental Evidence

The integration of generative AI into web search delivers synthesized answers to user queries, changing how people navigate and assess information, while raising concerns about the downstream impacts ...

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📝 New Report! #AICompanions are rapidly emerging as a new form of interaction with #AI systems that users increasingly engage with not only as tools, but also as sources of emotional support, companionship, mentorship, role-play, and intimacy. 🔗 stanford.io/4dJrvJI

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At #TSRConf, ideas don’t stop at publication, they move into practice. Soniya Agrawal of UC Berkeley reflects on what makes the conference distinct: a rare opportunity for academic research to connect with the #TrustAndSafety practitioners building real-world safeguards.

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Dhanaraj Thakur @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A new journal paper from me - “Our Content Should Be Treated Differently”: Race, Gender, Language, and the Experiences of Quechua Women on Social Media, published in the Journal of Online Trust and Safety by the @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social tsjournal.org/index.php/jo...

“Our Content Should Be Treated Differently”:
Race, Gender, Language, and the Experiences
of Quechua Women on Social Media
Dhanaraj Thakur
I examine online gender-based violence (GBV) targeted at Quechua
women social media users who post in Quechua and how trust and safety
systems address this problem. This builds on previous research on how
such systems operate in low-resource languages (Elswah, Bhatia, and
Thakur 2025) and the literature on online GBV in the Majority World. I
use an intersectional framework to examine how the overlapping identi-
ties of race, gender, and language shape who has power when posting
in a low-resource language (i.e., Quechua). Using a 2024/25 survey of
Quechua social media users; interviews with content moderators, lin-
guistic activists, and others (Thakur 2025b); and social media comments
about Quechua women influencers on TikTok and YouTube during 2025,
I find that Quechua women are targeted with online GBV because of
their race, gender, and language. The analysis also suggests that trust
and safety systems fail to provide protection for these women, in part
because moderation and reporting policies are ineffective and because
the AI-based tools used by social media companies perform worse in
Quechua. I argue that social media platforms should treat the content of
historically oppressed groups differently—with greater protection, com-
munity engagement, and investmen

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Registration for #TSRConf closes in less than one week! If you’ve been thinking about joining us, this is your last chance to be part of this year’s conference. Sign up by Sunday, September 20! ⤵️ 🎟️ stanford.io/3SgrmWl

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Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m thrilled to have our paper published in this fantastic JOTS’s special issue on Digital Intersectionality and Marginalization in the Majority World. Read more about our paper on “Queering Cybersecurity in the Age of Digital Transnational Repression” in this thread🧵 bsky.app/profile/nour...

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Journal of Online Trust and Safety is thrilled to release its new special issue: Digital Intersectionality and Marginalization in the Majority World. 🌏 🔗 tsjournal.org/index.php/jo... #JOTS #TrustAndSafety #MajorityWorld #GlobalSouth

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What if we used #ethics as a tool to strengthen structured, scalable ways to make #TrustAndSafety decisions? Presented in partnership with @ethicsinsociety.bsky.social, this pre-conference workshop of #TSRConf will equip you to build #ethics into your decision-making, workflows, and team processes.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

As #TrustAndSafety continues to evolve, strong research has never been more important. For Avi Jager, #TSRConf stands out because of its commitment to advancing rigorous, interdisciplinary research that helps shape the future of the field.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What happens when agentic systems no longer show their work? In a post for @lawfaremedia.org, @rer.bsky.social and @noupside.bsky.social shared takeaways from their analysis of the edit logs of Grokipedia, offering insights into the governing practices of an AI-generated reference system. ⤵️

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Grokipedia Stopped Reviewing Edits in April. It Didn’t Tell Anyone.

A halt in Grokipedia’s edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

California teens are often described as isolated, screen-dependent, or disconnected. But new research suggests something more hopeful: they want more time together, in person, in places where they feel they belong.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

TIP Center Director Jeff Hancock traveled to Seattle this month to present research and participate in a panel discussion on Australia's #SocialMediaDelay and the implications for policymakers, platforms, and young people around the world. Learn more via @seattletimes.com ⤵️

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Australia banned social media for youth under 16. What can WA learn?

Australia’s law puts the burden on social media providers to take “reasonable steps” to prevent people under age 16 from having accounts on the platforms.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What does #AI look like in the future of online trust and safety? This year, #TSRConf will feature multiple sessions exploring AI and its growing role in #TrustAndSafety, including the new risks these systems create and how they can be evaluated, governed, and used to make digital spaces safer.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Planning to attend #TSRConf with colleagues? Save 10% by purchasing 5 or more General Admission or Late Bird tickets in a single order! Begin by completing the registration for one attendee. Then select “Add Member” to add the remaining members of your group. 📩 🔗 stanford.io/3SgrmWl

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In 2025, 89% of survey respondents said #TSRConf helped them make meaningful connections. ✨ As TSRC turns 5, we’re reflecting on the conversations and community that shape the future of online #TrustAndSafety. Tag or share this with someone who should attend TSRC 2026! 🔗 stanford.io/3SgrmWl

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Three months after Australia's Social Media Minimum Age (#SMMA) restrictions took effect, the first wave of evidence is in, and it complicates the story we've all been telling ourselves about kids and compliance. 🔗 stanford.io/4bAkREO

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 05/08/2026

Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24. @noupside.bsky.social and @rer.bsky.social explore why it matters that the encyclopedia hasn’t edited itself or processed edits from humans in more than 3 months. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...

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Grokipedia Stopped Reviewing Edits in April. It Didn’t Tell Anyone.

A halt in Grokipedia’s edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content.

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Matt DeVerna @matthewdeverna.com · 05/08/2026

Really excited for this! We have an amazing program lined up! 🤩🤩🤩

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The 2026 #TSRConf agenda is now live! Join us at Stanford on October 1–2, 2026 for conversations on platform accountability, #AI governance, online harms, transparency, #DigitalPolicy, and other key #TrustAndSafety issues. Explore the agenda ⤵️ 🔗 bit.ly/3SgzmXP

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

As #misinformation has become a defining threat to public life, traditional #MediaLiteracy training has not kept pace with how young people today consume information. How can we capture young people’s attention and help them critically and skillfully navigate today’s information ecosystem?

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The #TSRConf 2026 agenda is coming soon! Don’t miss the opportunity to join researchers and practitioners from across academia, industry, government, and civil society to tackle the most pressing questions and issues in #TrustAndSafety. Registration is open now. 🔗 stanford.io/3SgrmWl

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Bingxu Han @hanbingxu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Register to join us in this gathering of great minds to talk about the most frontier practices in tech and society. I look forward to welcoming all in the field of AI communication, to explore how AI reshapes the phenomenology of how we perceive, believe, and act.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

As #TSRConf turns 5, we’re looking ahead to the major conversations shaping #TrustAndSafety in 2026.

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Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 16/07/2026

Excited to present at #TSRConf at Stanford (@techimpactpolicy.bsky.social) Oct 1–2. I will be discussing @blackskyweb.xyz's moderation! 🔗 Visit the Conference Website for more details. Register here! #TSRConf #TrustAndSafety #OnlineSafety #TechPolicy tip.fsi.stanford.edu/evergreen-tr...

Photo of a multicolored poster that says join me at the Trust and Safety research conference with Dr. Kay's photo on it.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#TSRConf is a community in the truest sense! For Kassadi Smith of the University of Central Florida, the conference is a valuable opportunity to connect with the broader #TrustAndSafety community. Early-bird pricing for TSRC 2026 ends TODAY! Register now ⤵️ 🔗 stanford.io/3SgrmWl

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The Tech Impact and Policy Center is thrilled to have been selected as one of 30 @safeonlinefund.bsky.social grantees. Our project, Co-Designing a Child-Safe LLM, was chosen for its potential as an innovative model to address urgent child protection challenges in the digital age.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Early-bird registration for #TSRConf 2026 closes soon! Join us for interdisciplinary conversations on: ➤ AI governance ➤ platform accountability ➤ online harms ➤ and other key #TrustAndSafety issues Register by July 15 for reduced pricing! 🎟️ stanford.io/3SgrmWl

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Trust & Safety Research Conference is more than a conference. #TSRConf is a global space where people working across research, practice, policy, and journalism come together to learn from one another and broaden how we understand #TrustAndSafety across different regional contexts.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We are thrilled to announce Crystal Abidin as one of our keynote speakers for #TSRConf 2026! A professor of Internet Studies at Curtin University, Crystal is an anthropologist of vernacular internet cultures, focusing on internet celebrity and social media pop cultures in the Asia Pacific region.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We are thrilled to announce @dgrand.bsky.social as one of our keynote speakers for #TSRConf 2026! David is a professor at Cornell University, where his research draws on computational social science and cognitive science to understand how people form beliefs and decide what to share online.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

"AI platforms have the potential to create a completely different economic model by the incentive being: Is this useful for you?" TIP Center Director Jeff Hancock spoke with @npr.org about #AI subscriptions and the potential shift to an advertisement model, as social media platforms have done.

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What do you actually get when you pay for AI?

Just 3% of U.S. households pay for AI for personal use. Sign ups are growing — even though Americans have subscription fatigue.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In an evolving digital world, how can parents help their children avoid harms, mitigate risks, and develop safe and healthy online habits? The new Parent's Guide to #DigitalSafety from @famonlinesafety.bsky.social, California Partners Project, and our Stanford Social Media Lab is here to help!

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A Parent’s Guide to Digital Safety

Created in partnership with the Stanford University Social Media Lab & California Partner’s Project, this guidebook is written specifically for parents of teens and preteens who are using, or consider...

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Registration is now open for #TSRConf 2026! Join us at Stanford University for conversations on platform accountability, #AI governance, online harms, transparency, and digital policy. Sign up by July 15 for early-bird pricing! 🔗 stanford.io/3SgrmWl #TrustAndSafety #OnlineSafety

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The Trust & Safety Research Conference brings together people working on some of the most important questions in online #TrustAndSafety. From emerging research to real-world platform #governance challenges, #TSRConf creates space for interdisciplinary exchange and practical conversation.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

What would it look like to bring #governance to #blockchain — a technology deliberately engineered to resist the intermediaries and territorial anchors on which #regulation depends?

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🚨 Less than one week left to submit your commentary! 🚨 #JOTS invites commentary submissions for the Conference Proceedings Issue—offering authors the opportunity to present their work at #TSRConf and share their research with a broad audience of #TrustAndSafety professionals and academics.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Join us on May 26 for the final talk in our #SpringSeminarSeries, featuring Ying Xu of @harvardeducation.bsky.social. Xu will explore the role and impact of #AI on children’s cognitive and social development, including how children interact with, perceive, and learn from AI systems. RSVP ⤵️

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Ying Xu | AI and the Developing Child: Myths, Evidence, and Open Questions

AI and the Developing Child: Myths, Evidence, and Open Questions

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

What makes #TSRConf valuable? For many attendees, it’s the chance to connect across disciplines, sectors, and perspectives. For Laura McLester, Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it was the lightning talks presentations. #TrustAndSafety #OnlineSafety #TechPolicy

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

How is digital technology reshaping modern #morality? Join us on Tuesday, May 19 for a seminar with @jayvanbavel.bsky.social to explore how today's moral ecosystem—driven by the attention economy—is often mismatched with our evolved adaptations for social living. Join us online or at Stanford! ⤵️

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Jay Van Bavel | Morality in the Anthropocene

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SemicolonExpected OwO @semicolonexpected.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

OwO Whats this? 📣 NEW PAPER DROPPED 📣 The wait is over and the embargo has lifted! Im so happy to announce I’ve been published in The Journal of Online Trust and Safety (JoTS) Spring 2026 “The Report Button is Just for Decoration” Moderation Practices and Needs of YouTube Creators

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Could bad actors game #SocialProof metrics to induce the use of malign #software? New in #JOTS, a study by Lucas Shen, @soodoku.bsky.social, and @danweitzel.net draws on two field experiments on the largest developer platform, #GitHub, to examine the impact of social proof on developer adoption.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

What does #TrustAndSafety look like in #XR? Out now in #JOTS, a new study by Dennis Redeker, Nikolas Pfannenschmidt, Manuel Baron Romero, Gabriel Durán, and Ana Sofia Villa Hernandez examines how Social #ExtendedReality platforms govern the unique risks presented by embodied, immersive interaction.

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

New in the Spring 2026 issue of #JOTS, a study by Victoria Zhong, Meghna Nair, Susan McGregor, Damon McCoy, and Rachel Greenstadt draws on interviews with 19 #YouTube #ContentCreators to identify #ContentModeration practices and needs for creators on the platform. 🔗 bit.ly/4dHj3v4

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

As adolescence becomes increasingly #digital, what happens to youth social life when the outside world contracts? Join us on Tuesday, May 12 for a seminar exploring how young people navigate #belonging amid shrinking real-world options. RSVP to attend in person at Stanford or online!

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Jennifer Heifferon & Alanna Powers-O'Brien |Belonging in a Digital Age

Belonging in a Digital Age: Teens, Tech, & Third Places

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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

New in the Spring 2026 issue of #JOTS, a study by Kelly Barker, Katelin Neufeld, Jacques Marcoux, and Oleksandr Podprugin shares findings on how offenders exploit file hosts for child sexual abuse material and child sexual exploitation material (CSAM/CSEM) distribution purposes. #TrustAndSafety

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