An article by @samlai.bsky.social @yoyoel.com @noupside.bsky.social @klonick.bsky.social @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy and @aaron.bsky.team?!?!?! Basically the Wu-Tang Clan of the fediverse right here... Well played, @carnegieendowment.org

New Paradigms in Trust and Safety: Navigating Defederation on Decentralized Social Media Platforms

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.

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Defederation on decentralized social media offers new possibilities for online governance. How can it be used responsibly, in a way that balances speech and safety? Read more here:

New Paradigms in Trust and Safety: Navigating Defederation on Decentralized Social Media Platforms

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.

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Our very own @samlai.bsky.social will be speaking at this panel next Wednesday. Learn more here:

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)@knightgtown.bsky.social · last yr.

Join @knightgtown.bsky.social for an essential discussion on the evolving social media landscape. Details, speakers (@noupside.bsky.social, @seanmartinmcdonald.bsky.social, & more), and registration link👇🏼 🔗 : bit.ly/4bNB1cI 📅 Mar 19 | ⏰ 10AM - 11:30 AM EST

Governments are intervening in information ecosystems with very little understanding of how they work. That leads to a belief that there are lessons learned in one that can be applied to others. But what might work in Finland could be disastrous elsewhere: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Assessing National Information Ecosystems

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

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@lageneralista.ca, @samlai.bsky.social and John Hicks propose a framework for assessing national information ecosystems that can help policymakers understand the operating environment where threats like foreign interference exist. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Assessing National Information Ecosystems

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

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In a new publication, @samlai.bsky.social, @benimmo.bsky.social, Derek Ruths and @lageneralista.ca lay out four key questions that underpin successful measurement of changes caused by GenAI:

Measuring Changes Caused by Generative Artificial Intelligence: Setting the Foundations

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

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Congrats to @samlai.bsky.social and a big thank you to everyone who contributed. Shout out to Jon Bateman for his help on the final stretch. @ieproject.bsky.social takes a village to be sure.

Each info ecosystem is different. But often researchers/policymakers look at their own and devise frameworks to apply elsewhere. @samlai.bsky.social has put many months into this piece for @ieproject.bsky.social highlighting why we need a more inductive approach to understand the info environment.

Samantha Lai@samlai.bsky.social · 2y ago

In what ways do Global North approaches to research and policymaking on the information environment fall short at addressing Majority World concerns? How can they be improved? I spoke with 54 experts around the world to learn more: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Phenomenal work by @samlai.bsky.social at CEIP - featuring my comments on public health communication in Vietnam and the persistence of legacy media infrastructure, in particular the loudspeaker network.

Samantha Lai@samlai.bsky.social · 2y ago

In what ways do Global North approaches to research and policymaking on the information environment fall short at addressing Majority World concerns? How can they be improved? I spoke with 54 experts around the world to learn more: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

What is interesting about this excellent article by @samlai.bsky.social is that many of these concerns also apply in global minority countries. Understanding better how the context affects the demand of information quality is probably the next research question carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Understanding the Information Environment: Insights from the Majority World

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

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In what ways do Global North approaches to research and policymaking on the information environment fall short at addressing Majority World concerns? How can they be improved? I spoke with 54 experts around the world to learn more: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Understanding the Information Environment: Insights from the Majority World

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

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I did a podcast on the fediverse -- especially Bluesky -- with @samlai.bsky.social. Quite timely, if I say so myself! Check it out. podcast.techfreedom.org/episodes/391...

391: Dispatch from the Fediverse | Tech Policy Podcast

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...

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Thanks @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social for inviting me on to chat about decentralized social media, Bluesky, and the trust and safety challenges associated with the space!

TechFreedom@techfreedom.org · 2y ago

It’s good to be on Bluesky! On the latest Tech Policy Podcast, @samlai.bsky.social of @carnegieendow.bsky.social discusses federated social media—the architecture, the vibes, the content moderation, and more. podcast.techfreedom.org/episodes/391...

I compile these weekly threads on jobs and opportunities on all things related to the information environment. Hoping it’s useful to some folks out there, please do check it out!

The Information Environment Project@ieproject.bsky.social · 2y ago

Welcome to #WorkWednesday! Read on for a thread of jobs and opportunities related to conflict and governance in the information environment.

The project I work on at CEIP joined Bluesky today. Give us a follow to get regular updates on publications and opportunities in the space!

The Information Environment Project@ieproject.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello, Bluesky! We're a team based at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace that advances the study of the information environment to inform policymaking. 1/2 carnegieendowment.org/projects/inf...

Periodic reminder that I made a #trustandsafety starter pack. Let me know about new arrivals who should be added to this list!

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media on decentralized platforms, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth. www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...

Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media | TechPolicy.Press

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.

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If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write @samlai.bsky.social and @yoyoel.com.

Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media | TechPolicy.Press

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.

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More than anything else I’ve written, my new piece about the “compliance-ization” of Trust and Safety felt like news reporting. It describes major changes in platform content moderation that are self-evident to many people inside platforms, and largely invisible to everyone else. t.co/pwriZQqZhM

Decentralized social media platforms offer the promise of alternative governance, but remain ill-equipped to address threats to online safety. How can we change that? Here’s the latest from @yoyoel.com and I: www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...

Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media | TechPolicy.Press

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.

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And some news! Hurst is publishing my first book, drawing on more than 5 years of work. “The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition for Reality” argues the need to understand the system to address fears of new tech in the info environment: www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-inf...

The Information Animal | Hurst Publishers

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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Oh hey it’s @aaron.bsky.team, @mmasnick.bsky.social @samlai.bsky.social @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy and Liz Arcamona from threads talking T&S in the fediverse

Should be a really interesting discussion. I'm moderating, but will have representatives from Bluesky, Threads & ActivityPub talking about decentralized moderation...

Samantha Lai@samlai.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very excited to attend the third annual Trust and Safety Research Conference hosted by the Stanford Internet Observatory, where I’ll be speaking on a panel about decentralized platforms and trust & safety with @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, @aaron.bsky.team, Liz Arcamona and @mmasnick.bsky.social!

Very excited to attend the third annual Trust and Safety Research Conference hosted by the Stanford Internet Observatory, where I’ll be speaking on a panel about decentralized platforms and trust & safety with @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, @aaron.bsky.team, Liz Arcamona and @mmasnick.bsky.social!

The @stanfordio.bsky.social #TrustandSafety Research Conference is next week, and the agenda is *stacked* A few things I am particularly excited about ⬇️

So @tinysubversions.bsky.social and I spent a big chunk of this year talking to great people who run Mastodon and Hometown servers about how they govern their parts of the network. We learned SO MUCH. erinkissane.com/fediverse-go...

Fediverse Governance Drop - Erin Kissane's small internet website

After a few months of prepping and conducting interviews and then many more months of analyzing and writing up what we found, we’re <a href=

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I had a really great time chatting with Jaz Michael-King and @mmccue.bsky.social on Dot Social @flipboard.com about the state of trust and safety on the fediverse: dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/sam...

Decentralization gives people the freedom to create their own forms of governance, rules and communities. @samlai.bsky.social and Jaz-Michael King talk #fediverse trust and safety hopes and fears on the latest episode of Dot Social: about.flipboard.com/fediverse/sa...

Rethinking Trust and Safety in the Fediverse, with Samantha Lai and Jaz-Michael King - Flipboard

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?

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As people flee X in search of something safer and more sane the fediverse is scaling. Will we be able to scale moderation too? In this episode of Dot Social I ask two well known trust and safety experts: @samlai.bsky.social and Jaz-Michael King. flipboard.video/w/tqZTbSmU8v...

The Fediverse’s Trust and Safety Warriors, with Samantha Lai and Jaz-Michael King

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...

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Kathleen Searles and I have been researching how to better support and protect colleagues who face backlash when they share their expertise publicly. We prepared this tip sheet for academics who are likely to be doing public-facing engagement this election season. Please share widely.