Reposted by Tim BernardDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Postal Service law is the original platform regulation.nytimes.comSupreme Court Rejects Trump’s Restrictions on Mail-In Ballots: Live UpdatesThe ruling is a major loss for the Trump administration, which wanted to dramatically change how Americans vote by mail in the midterm elections. 13510
Reposted by Tim BernardMor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026One note about OpenAI's latest impressive math feat: according to them, it involved a total of 300 billion output tokens. While it's hard to estimate input load (not reported, sometimes cached), the output math is easier: these alone would cost $15M* under current newest model GPT-6 Astra. 231
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Dean Jackson and Tim Bernard collect policy choices local governments can weigh while a data center moratorium is in effect, drawing on 17 publicly available resources from governments, researchers, and advocacy organizations.techpolicy.pressHow to Use Your Community’s Data Center MoratoriumDean Jackson and Tim Bernard collect policy choices that government bodies may choose to take surfaced from a variety of sources. 172
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Dean Jackson and Tim Bernard collect policy choices local governments can weigh while a data center moratorium is in effect, drawing on 17 publicly available resources from governments, researchers, and advocacy organizations.buff.lyHow to Use Your Community’s Data Center MoratoriumDean Jackson and Tim Bernard collect policy choices that government bodies may choose to take surfaced from a variety of sources. 155
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Tim Bernard reviews a new preprint study by Jeba Sania, Marta Ziosi, and Fazl Barez examining how six AI systems across democracies and autocracies embed features that can enable authoritarian practices.techpolicy.pressResearchers Detail How AI Systems Can Enable AuthoritarianismA new preprint study of authoritarianism-enabling AI presents another set of evidence of the gaps in safeguards, writes Tim Bernard. 01610
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 30/06/2026My latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social: This may be the biggest package of federal children's online safety legislation yet, and it's got further than many other attempts to pass similar laws. Check out my update if you want to know what's in it! 110
Reposted by Tim BernardJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 10/06/2026As the 2026 midterms approach, how are the biggest AI firms preparing? Tim Bernard breaks down the election-safety plans from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic—from voting-info partnerships to watermarking to cyber defense—and where the gaps still are. www.techpolicy.press/how-openai-g...techpolicy.pressHow OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic Plan to Handle the 2026 US MidtermsWith advances in the technology, each new election season brings novel AI risks, writes Tim Bernard. 1148
Reposted by Tim BernardJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This, by @smgrimes.bsky.social, is brilliant & so needed: a refutal of Jonathan Haidt's & Jean Twenge's moral panic by academics with evidence. It is brief, clear, accessible, and devastating. I, too, quoted those scholars in The Web We Weave. kidsplaytech.com/wp-content/u...kidsplaytech.comPanic First, Evidence Later — What Leading Experts Think About The Anxious Generation 310950
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 05/06/2026Nice work, Meta, at removing a FB page I reported... 360 days after I reported it?! 100
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 23/12/2025In a new paper in the journal Violence Against Women, researcher Kaylee Williams examines a set of “nudify” apps through the lens of tech-facilitated gender-based violence, evaluating their affordances, marketing material, and policies. Tim Bernard unpacks the findings:techpolicy.pressNew Study Examines Features and Policies for 29 AI ‘Undressing’ Apps | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard looks at findings from a new paper by Kaylee Williams published in the journal Violence Against Women. 0148
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 19/12/2025🧵 on the new TikTok deal memo and what it means for content policy on the platform: 100
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18/12/2025As the EU moves toward its first DSA fine against X, major platforms have published their 2025 systemic risk reports. Tim Bernard explores what’s changed since 2024, and what the shifting US–EU political climate reveals about how platforms now frame hate speech, information integrity, and DEI.buff.lyPlatforms Report to EU Regulators Under DSA With an Eye on US Politics | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard provides analysis of the 2025 DSA systemic risk reports, amid shifting US politics and EU enforcement pressure. 063
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 16/12/2025As the EU moves toward its first DSA fine against X, major platforms have published their 2025 systemic risk reports. Tim Bernard explores what’s changed since 2024, and what the shifting US–EU political climate reveals about how platforms now frame hate speech, information integrity, and DEI.buff.lyPlatforms Report to EU Regulators Under DSA With an Eye on US Politics | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard provides analysis of the 2025 DSA systemic risk reports, amid shifting US politics and EU enforcement pressure. 032
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 16/12/2025One tidbit here was that Meta claimed (complained?): "we cannot use our classifiers to proactively detect in Facebook groups, due to legal restrictions." Any ideas which law/s Meta is referring to here? @jtlg.bsky.social @daphnek.bsky.social @mathver.bsky.social 110
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 16/12/2025New from me @techpolicypress.bsky.social: How far did tech firms' 2025 realignment with the Republican party reach into their systemic risk reports to the European Commission (which hardly anyone even reads)? A fair bit, it turns out. www.techpolicy.press/platforms-re...techpolicy.pressPlatforms Report to EU Regulators Under DSA With an Eye on US Politics | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard provides analysis of the 2025 DSA systemic risk reports, amid shifting US politics and EU enforcement pressure. 0713
Reposted by Tim BernardJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 16/12/2025When the deal to sell it closes, TikTok’s share distribution may be consequential for the platform's future content policies. Tim Bernard draws insights from Paddy Leerssen's recent paper, "From Murdoch to Musk: Platform ownership and the political economy of online content governance."techpolicy.pressWho Will Own TikTok in the US and Why it Matters for Democracy | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard draws insights from Paddy Leerssen's paper, "From Murdoch to Musk: Platform ownership and the political economy of online content governance." 01710
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 15/12/2025Now an analysis piece @techpolicypress.bsky.social, summarizing the insights from @pjleerssen.bsky.social's paper and applying them to what we currently know about the TikTok deal: www.techpolicy.press/who-will-own...techpolicy.pressWho Will Own TikTok in the US and Why it Matters for Democracy | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard draws insights from Paddy Leerssen's paper, "From Murdoch to Musk: Platform ownership and the political economy of online content governance." 023
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 13/11/2025While we're still waiting on details of the TikTok deal, this paper by @pjleerssen.bsky.social opens up some crucial questions about platform ownership that are still tbd for any new US TikTok entity. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 012
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Platforms are accelerating the transition to AI for content moderation, laying off trust and safety workers and outsourced moderators in favor of automated systems, writes Tim Bernard. buff.ly/EvVEFfO 2123
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 30/10/2025My latest with @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece on a key theme from the @techimpactpolicy.bsky.social's Trust and Research Conference. Includes @dwillner.bsky.social's keynote and presentations from @gligoric.bsky.social, @thejusticecollab.bsky.social's Matthew Katsaros and more. 0175
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 12/09/2025New from me: the downsides of data centers are already being reckoned with by lawmakers across the US, even as competition for the biggest tax breaks continues apace. 096
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 17/07/2025Just updated my @techpolicypress.bsky.social article on spyware to add the effective legal moves against FinFisher that were initiated by a complaint by NGOs including @netzpolitik.org, @rsf.org & @ecchr.bsky.social. 022
Reposted by Tim BernardJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I thought the TikTok ban was an idiotic moral panic and a gross curtailment of expressive freedom, but I’m at least as uncomfortable about a scenario where a platform with 170m US users exists entirely on the personal sufferance of Donald Trump (or any president). 1340279
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 11/06/2025There were a couple of new pieces of information out last week about the TikTok ban (remember that?), so we've updated my @techpolicypress.bsky.social timeline. techpolicy.press/a-tiktok-ban...techpolicy.pressA TikTok Ban Timeline: From Rapid Passage to Truce With Trump | TechPolicy.PressIn a dizzying year, the TikTok ban was passed, challenged, upheld and halted. With the app's fate hinging on Trump, Tim Bernard reviews the twists and turns. 142
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 25/05/2025If ever a byline bio needed an asterisk... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 021
Reposted by Tim BernardJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 02/04/2025In a dizzying year, the TikTok ban-or-sale law was passed, challenged, upheld, and halted. Now, as the platform's fate hinges on President Trump's dealmaking, Tim Bernard (@timbernard.me) reviews the twists and turns. A development could come this week, given an April 5 deadline for a deal:techpolicy.pressA TikTok Ban Timeline: From Rapid Passage to Truce With Trump | TechPolicy.PressIn a dizzying year, the TikTok ban was passed, challenged, upheld and halted. With the app's fate hinging on Trump, Tim Bernard reviews the twists and turns. 1125
Reposted by Tim BernardEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Most researchers don’t believe AGI is coming any time soon. But policy makers are steering policy toward AGI anyway. In this article for Tech Policy Press, a look at the distortions the AGI Frame introduces to policymaking. #ai #criticalai #aipolicy In @techpolicypress.bsky.socialtechpolicy.pressMost Researchers Do Not Believe AGI Is Imminent. Why Do Policymakers Act Otherwise? | TechPolicy.PressTech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio says it is dangerous to the public interest for policymakers to center the pursuit of AGI in AI policy. 14919
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 29/01/2025My thoughts on Congress's theory about TikTok and misinformation: I don't think that's how any of this works. 100
Reposted by Tim BernardJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 09/01/2025When it comes to the TikTok case, a number of key questions emerge from a review of the petitioners’ and government’s briefs to the Supreme Court, outlined here by @timbernard.bsky.social. How the Justices engage with these questions may give a good indication as to how they will rule.techpolicy.pressA Guide to the Supreme Court Oral Arguments on the TikTok Case | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard considers the key arguments likely to play out before the bench. 1144
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 20/12/2024For Tech Policy Press, Tim Bernard (@timbernard.bsky.social) read a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024 in compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA), including those for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and X reports.techpolicy.pressReading the Systemic Risk Assessments for Major Speech Platforms: Notes and Observations | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. 055
Reposted by Tim BernardAndrej Savin @andrejsavin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024For those interested in #DSA VLOP systemic risk reports, here is a good summary for some of the big ones. @timbernard.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/reading-the-...techpolicy.pressReading the Systemic Risk Assessments for Major Speech Platforms: Notes and Observations | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. 054
Reposted by Tim BernardJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Tim Bernard (@timbernard.bsky.social) is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. Today's update includes TikTok.techpolicy.pressReading the Systemic Risk Assessments for Major Speech Platforms: Notes and Observations | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. 082
Reposted by Tim BernardJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Tim Bernard (@timbernard.bsky.social) is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. Today's update includes YouTube. www.techpolicy.press/reading-the-...techpolicy.pressReading the Systemic Risk Assessments for Major Speech Platforms: Notes and Observations | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. 0103
Reposted by Tim BernardJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 17/12/2024"By translating the risks into problem areas that already coincide with its policies, Meta may be missing some aspects and, in effect, putting its thumb on the scale to lead to a conclusion that it is already successfully performing mitigation efforts." - @timbernard.bsky.socialtechpolicy.pressReading the Systemic Risk Assessments for Major Speech Platforms: Notes and Observations | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. 1115
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Tim Bernard is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024 in compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). This first installment considers Facebook and Instagram reports: buff.lyReading the Systemic Risk Assessments for Major Speech Platforms: Notes and Observations | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard is reading a selection of the Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) systemic risk assessments released in late November 2024. 2133
Reposted by Tim BernardKate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Sorry for the long explainer, but the fact that we have demonized ads & behavioral advertising is one of the dumbest things to come out of the techlash. It fails to acknowledge advertisings crucial role in media pluralism for ALL OF HISTORY; our overcorrection for it is part of why we're here 5/5 54110
Reposted by Tim BernardArieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 22/11/2024This feed has posts from your followers without any of their retweets. 173
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 11/11/2024We'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! 1823092
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 11/11/2024If you want to keep track of online safety policy in the UK (and key developments beyond the UK), this newsletter is incredibly useful - and it doesn't hesitate to include commentary that deviates from the org's own perspective. 110
Reposted by Tim Bernardjordan kraemer phd @jordanaut.bsky.social · 04/11/2024@techpolicypress.bsky.social, @noupside.bsky.social & I put out an analysis of four major platforms' moderation policies for election day and beyond. Thanks @justinhendrix.bsky.social @timbernard.bsky.social Diane Chang & Gabby Miller!techpolicy.pressA Guide to Social Media Moderation Policies for the Post-Election Period | TechPolicy.PressIf there is unrest following the 2024 US elections, will major platforms be prepared to deliver on their stated policies? 1128
Tim Bernard @timbernard.me · 31/10/2024DSA speculation: Even big NGOs may prefer to just submit cases to ODS bodies instead of becoming trusted flaggers: similar benefit of forcing platforms to respond but *far* less burdensome (though may be slower) @daphnek.bsky.social @hutko.bsky.social @danielholznagel.bsky.social 410
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 29/10/2024For the past nearly four years, researchers from various disciplines have explored the relationship between social media and the January 6, 2021 insurrection in Washington DC. What does their work tell us? Dean Jackson, @justinhendrix.bsky.social, and @timbernard.bsky.social reviewed the findings:techpolicy.pressThe Science of Social Media's Role in January 6 | TechPolicy.PressFor the past nearly four years, researchers from various disciplines have explored the relationship between social media and the insurrection. 195
Reposted by Tim BernardTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10/10/2024Article 21 of the DSA sets out a mechanism by which tech platform users can resolve disputes over content moderation and other policy decisions through certified “Out-of-Court Dispute Settlement“ (ODS) bodies. The Oversight Board just launched one. @timbernard.bsky.social considers it.techpolicy.pressOversight Board Launches EU Out-of-Court Dispute Settlement Service | TechPolicy.PressTim Bernard considers the latest example of a new entity created under Article 21 of the Digital Services Act. 033
Reposted by Tim BernardSeth Miller @wandrme.paxex.aero · 29/09/2024Starter pack: go.bsky.app/UxQCnfV. Should have all 122 in there, but a couple of the handles are misbehaving in search so a chance something is amiss. 42536293
