Meet Osprey V1.0, a new open source online safety tool designed to help platforms investigate and address their priority threats at scale, without sacrificing data privacy or performance. roost.tools/blog/introdu...

Introducing Osprey V1.0: Open Source Infrastructure for Real-Time Abuse Mitigation

Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

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What happens when both the private and public sector no longer trust digital platforms to self-regulate? How should platforms respond when regulators demand auditability of and visibility into Trust & Safety systems? And what role does Compliance have in this scenario?

🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location. ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her. This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.

trans rights btw this isn't up for debate

I know a lot of folks like this account. But this is a wild, and unhelpful, exaggeration--it's a resistance version of sean spicer. It veers into #resistanceporn and trades accuracy for clout, like other "blue maga" grifters on here. Pls consider finding other sources of inspiration/news/motivation

Yesterday a guy asked one of my kids if we were going to the baseball game in SF later, then realized their hat was actually leopard print w/an orange panel, then noticed the Pride posters we were carrying. He paused and said: “oh, that diversity and equality stuff is great too!” Kind of adorable.

Hey, MSM: Teen Vogue is carrying the water for all y'all www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood

Here’s a step-by-step guide.

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For Dallas protesters: I'm on the Police Oversight Board. If you'd like to file a complaint against an officer for behaving unprofessionally or abusively, let me know and I'll connect you to the right folks. At the same time, if you'd like to commend an officer for being helpful, also let me know.

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows

Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.

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Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

Dealing with law enforcement can be stressful, so it’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents. While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⤵️

What Are My Rights During an ICE Raid?

Immigration law can be tricky, but here's what you should know.

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UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

The notion of a Trust & Safety improv group called “The Threat Actors” has entered my mind and now it won’t leave.

Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out. Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it. This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights. Take it here:

To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.

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Just bumping one more time that we're hiring. We need more applicants, so please help us spread the word. We especially need more applicants for the technical partnerships manager. It's an interesting role with a blend of technical and interpersonal skills. You folks are out there — apply!

Free Law Project ⚖@free.law · last yr.

We are hiring for two new positions! Please amplify and spread the word. We're looking for exceptional candidates to serve as our first Operations Manager and our first Technical Partnerships Manager. Both roles are full time and remote! Read all about it! free.law/hiring/

"On Wednesday, May 28th... meteorologists and climate scientists from across the country will give virtual 20-minute talks continuously as we share our work and why it matters for every American.” - Prof. Marshall Shepherd

100-Hour Streaming Marathon To Highlight Value Of Weather Expertise

A 100-hour streaming marathon before hurricane season seeks to raise awareness of cuts to the weather-climate enterprise and why that expertise matters to us all.

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*Without looking anything up*, what do you know about the federal hiring freeze and what happens with hiring afterward? (Did you know there was a freeze?) No feds or fed-adjacents, please, you'll blow the curve.

Sinners dropping just 6% in its second weekend merits a much bigger headline than its $48 million opening. It is actual box-office news--news as in "This never happens." Just a giant thing, for Ryan Coogler and for the future of original material.

I have a new post on Techdirt about the Privacy Act litigation with respect to DOGE attacking the Social Security Administration, but in it I highlight a court's observation that there's a "probable cause" problem with what DOGE wants to do. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/25/e...

Enter The Fourth Amendment, Yet One More Reason DOGE Is Such A Constitutional Nightmare

This post is about two things: that it looks like DOGE has violated an injunction, at least in spirit if not letter, and why it matters. The injunction in question arose in the hybrid case, America…

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I'm listening in on the Perkins Coie hearing in DDC. (I made it onto the call!) Judge Howell is just recapping where everything is at - 3 pending motions, she hasn't ruled on sections 2 and 4 previously, so she's going to focus on that.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia. They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!

Putting out an APB: Is there an immigration attorney who is currently awake and can speak for a few minutes? A student of mine has an emergency situation. DMs are open. cc @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @mjsdc.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social

The DC Circuit's decision in Thaler v. Perlmutter is out, ruling that copyright law requires that authors be human, not AI, reasoning to this conclusion from the structure of the copyright statute (e.g., duration is based on the lifetime of the author) media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...

If you need a palate cleanser to everything going on, consider treating yourself to a read of this thread.

Lucy V@lucyvilchis.bsky.social · 2y ago

Judge Reyes is asking if the DoD cited a Beyonce album in their anti-trans policy, would the attorney demand she ignore common sense and just listen to the album. DoJ attorney has no idea how to respond.

"ROOST aims to ensure that developers at all levels can implement best practices in safety." Whether your team is 👤,👥, or 🏢 sized... we aim to build safety tools for everyone. Thanks @commoncrawl.bsky.social, let's protect the shared resource of the internet! commoncrawl.org/blog/opening...

Common Crawl - Blog - Opening the Gates to Online Safety

Last week in Paris, at the AI Action Summit, a coalition of major technology companies and foundations announced the launch of ROOST: Robust Online Open Safety Tools.

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I wrote about Musk and this bureaucratic coup as plainly as I could. There's reporting in here & the particulars are overwhelming but what's happening is so clear: He's not trying to run the federal govt like a software company He's trying to turn it into a political weapon. (gift link)

Elon Musk’s Bureaucratic Coup

Welcome to the “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of the United States government.

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Frustrated there's not more I can do directly, but for now I can just try to document reality. Elon is bringing his Twitter destruction playbook to the US government, and it's impossible to explain just how serious and bad this is. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...

Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous

Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…

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Listen to three of my favorite people & must trusted sources on the governance of online speech and how we got here @nicolewong.bsky.social @dwillner.bsky.social @delbius.bsky.social in ON w/ @karaswisher.bsky.social It's like a New Governors reunion! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Social Media’s Original Gatekeepers On Moderation’s Rise And Fall

Podcast Episode · On with Kara Swisher · 01/27/2025 · 1h 11m

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