I’m excited about these six books too www.everythinginmoderation.co/trust-safety...

T&S workers are picking up the pen

For years, academics and lawyers have written the books that explain T&S to the public. A run of new titles from people who've done the work could change that. Here are six we're reading

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Really excited to announce a new open weights safety model from Musubi: PolicyLM-1.7B: www.musubilabs.ai/blog/introdu...

Introducing PolicyLM-1.7B: a small, fast, open model that reads your content policy | Musubi

PolicyLM-1.7B is a small, open-weights model that reads your content policy and returns a score for every category in under 100 ms, at classifier speed and cost.

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Hate to break it to you, tech bros, but punks claimed grindcore eons ago.

What’s next for EiM in 2026? More reporting on T&S roles, AI and the shifting online safety landscape. We’re also creating more chances for the community to connect. 'Cos we need it. Read @benwhitelaw.bsky.social & @aagh.bsky.social's plan: www.everythinginmoderation.co/everything-i...

What you can expect from EiM in 2026

2025 was not for the faint-of-hearted but we got through it, mostly unscathed. Here, Alice and Ben reflect on what they learnt and what they’re hoping to achieve — for themselves and the T&S community...

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Happy Halloween! I do an online safety costume every year. This year, I’ve gone phishing.

The 47th president proudly spoke against trans people and anti-racism in his inauguration speech: people will now feel more empowered to spew hate. If you manage support, marketing, trust & safety, etc. create a playbook NOW to support & empower your team to respond to hateful customers. 🧵

Many of us working at tech companies are having to make moral and ethical decisions when it comes to where we work, what we work on, and what we speak up about. It's super difficult to know what to do, or even what your options are! 🧵 with resources

Every t&s professional I know this week. ❤️ to those who are doing their best in wild times.

One thing I haven’t seen anyone talk about with Meta’s moderation changes: now relying on manual user reports for “less severe” issues that still violate their policies, rather than using a combination of user reports and automated detection. It’s bad. Here’s why: 🧵

Meta says they will "censor less" - including more speech about gender identity (allow hate speech against trans people) WHILE ALSO Today User Mag reports Instagram restricting content on searches for things like queer and nonbinary for teenagers who had the "sensitive content" filter turned on.

Now this is a holiday card I can get behind… @heatherrasley.bsky.social trained ai on old Victorian holiday cards. Genius. glif.app/@Heather/gli... for more

🔮 Behold: 2025 will bring change to the realm of trust & safety, yet it will feel exactly the same (chaotic and stressful). My predictions for next year (with wisdom from other t&s leaders): www.everythinginmoderation.co/2025-predict...

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EiM & Anchor Change Survey 2024

Help improve EiM and Anchor Change at a crucial moment for content moderation and online speech

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Block the Negative Nancys! (They might be bots)

DuendeonFuego@duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 2y ago

So about ten years ago I found a small network of bots on Reddit dedicated to spreading hate. The thing about it is that these weren't even responding to political topics - they were just responding to random keywords with insults and hate. The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵

I made a T&S zine! My question for folks at TrustCon was: What does the T&S community need to hear right now? Of course, the T&S community delivered. 21662382.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/216623...

Could a more transparent, collaborative, and adaptable policy enforcement model combat cries of 'censorship' and empower diverse online communities to self-moderate? Open-source policy documents and AI-driven auditability might hold the key. Read more www.everythinginmoderation.co/fighting-com...

Fighting complexity with auditability

Could a more transparent, collaborative, and adaptable policy enforcement model combat cries of 'censorship' and empower diverse online communities to self-moderate? Open-source policy documents and A...

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The expert of t&s 🧵strikes again! Such an important read.

rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 2y ago

We have a live example of why they're called "pig-butchering" scammers! They're called that because they use the whole pig, ie, they don't just take a little money from their victims, they slaughter them and use them all. I'm gonna be slow on this thread because I'm doing exhaustive alt text, but:

Full room this morning at #IAPP #DPC24 for a panel discussing “Implications and Expectations for Digital Policy of the new US Administration”, with US digital policy heavyweights - Cameron Kerry, @JulesPolonetsky.bsky.social (@FutureofPrivacy.bsky.social) & Caitlin Fennessy (IAPP). 1/

this essay is full of actual research showing trans women pose no threat to cis women in restrooms & other sex-segregated spaces. if you encounter any cis ppl discussing/debating the Mace/McBride/congressional restroom fuckery, pls share this link with them: juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...

Transgender People, Bathrooms, and Sexual Predators: What the Data Say

Content Warning: while I will not be describing any actual instances of sexual violence or child sexual abuse, these issues (and false…

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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Trans lives matter. Trans rights matter.

This seems appropriate for these times… (I searched for comics with “AAGH” in them because those are my initials 😁. From 1954).

My son is in first grade at a school that just banned phones. A parent of one of his classmates sent out an email asking if anyone wants to talk about our kids and digital safety. Welllll.... ask a T&S expert about social media policy and you'll get a LOT of words! 🧵1 of who knows how many

In case you think it's easy to run trust & safety for a rapidly growing social media platform... give it a shot.

Spencer M Ross@srossmktg.com · 2y ago

The glut of new folks here seems to need a revival of @mmasnick.bsky.social's Trust and Safety Tycoon game. Building this place runs the double-edged sword risks same as any open source platform. It's not perfect, but it's community that's continually pushing for it to work. trustandsafety.fun

When I worked at dating apps, I got so frustrated with "good users" (read: not trolls or bad actors) making bad choices (i.e. being brutally mean to other people because they "had a bad day"). Whyy? @newpublic.substack.com brings the research I always wanted. newpublic.substack.com/p/social-med...

⚖️📲 Social media punishment does not need to be a Kafkaesque nightmare

Matt Katsaros on procedural justice and our case studies with the Social Media Governance Initiative

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THANKSGIVING STUFFING FLAVORED CANDY! www.pd.net/products/loo...

My parents and I are Buddhist, but the rest of my family is Christian(ish). Winter holidays were just... whatever we were in the mood for. Sometimes we had a christmas tree, or a winter shrine, or we did Icelandic yule. Last year I didn't do much. This year: BRING ON ALL THE HOLIDAY STUFF!!!!

It’s clear that trust & safety/ moderation at platforms is moving from “follow the ethics and priorities of the ceo” to “follow the ethics and priorities of the government” (aka compliance-based). This is bad when it’s an authoritative government that believes LGBTQ+ content is porn.

What are the best joyful feeds to follow here, for when I need a break from doom and gloom? 🙏🏻

I've spoken to many people who point out that things were bad when we grew up, homophobia and transphobia were endemic, and we survived. What people need to remember is how many of us didn't, and that this is a generation that has seen a better world already— one being taken from them violently.

My 7 year old: “So mom, how’s Trust & Safety going?” Me: 😩