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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · 5d

Not to mention removing the entire portion dedicated to understanding the role social media played in J6…

Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · 9d

I’ve been a professor for a little over a month now and I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve been mistaken for a student…

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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · 11d

There was a lot in that interview. And I’m still struck by Ezra Klein saying that “there was a politics of content moderation that took hold that was more about enforcing boundaries of what were and were not ideas we should be engaged with - rather than about engaging them.” Like. Whet.

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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · 13d

I spend a inordinate amount of my time as an Auntie asking nibblings to turn the volume down on various digital devices

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Columbia Journalism School @columbiajournalism.bsky.social · 21d

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · 22d

Once upon a time, I told one of these CEOs that the intersection of gaming and politics on his platform was going to be dangerous enough to lead to offline violence and get him dragged before Congress. He told me that I had “a problem hypothesizing issues.”

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 22d

Rep Comer hauling in tech CEOs to talk about content moderation and radicalization 💀

Welcome to the “moderation isn’t censorship” club, nuance is good actually.

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Chairman Comer Invites CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to Testify on Radicalization of Online Forum Users - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Sep 7

In the latest episode of her podcast series, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli discusses how to center youth in tech policy debates with Vaishnavi J, founder and principal of VYS Strategies, a firm that advises on youth product, engineering, and policy solutions.

Through to Thriving: Centering Young People with Vaishnavi J | TechPolicy.Press

In the latest in her podcast series, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli speaks to Vaishhnavi J, founder of VYS Strategies.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Sep 7

In the latest episode of her podcast series, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli discusses how to center youth in tech policy debates with Vaishnavi J, founder and principal of VYS Strategies, a firm that advises on youth product, engineering, and policy solutions.

Through to Thriving: Centering Young People with Vaishnavi J | TechPolicy.Press

In the latest in her podcast series, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli speaks to Vaishhnavi J, founder of VYS Strategies.

www.techpolicy.press

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢2026 Fellowship applications are OPEN!📢
If you are someone looking to inform technology policy through rigorous original reporting or policy analyses, we want to hear from you!
Apply here: airtable.com/appIrc1F9M5d...

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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · Aug 30

Today I learned that I’m the kind of auntie who yells “CHECK THE FOOTWORK!!” at a soccer tournament for first graders.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 18

In the latest episode in her series of podcasts, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Navaroli talks with Jasmine McNealy & Naomi Nix about the evolving role of journalism in tech accountability and what it will take to reimagine trust in media in the age of influencers and AI.

Through to Thriving: Pursuing The Truth with Dr. Jasmine McNealy and Naomi Nix | TechPolicy.Press

A conversation about journalism and tech accountability hosted by Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli.

www.techpolicy.press

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 11

Tech Policy Press fellow @anikacolliernavaroli.com spoke with @dairinstitute.bsky.social's @timnitgebru.bsky.social about what it would look like to build technology that honors our elders.
➡️ www.techpolicy.press/through-to-t...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Aug 4

In the latest episode of her special podcast series Through To Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli dives into the nuances of the fight for platform accountability, the future of activism, and the contradictions around "woke AI" with Nora Benavidez of Free Press:

Through to Thriving: Advocating for Change with Nora Benavidez | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli hosts a conversation about tech accountability, activism, and the future.

www.techpolicy.press

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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · Aug 4

Dedicated to Brandi Collins-Dexter, it felt right to spend this @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast with @anikacolliernavaroli.com discussing how the people treated as lowest rung users online can reclaim platforms & tools for us.

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 4

In the latest episode of her special podcast series Through To Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow @anikacolliernavaroli.com dives into the nuances of the fight for platform accountability, the future of activism, and the contradictions around "woke AI" with @attorneynora.bsky.social of Free Press:

Through to Thriving: Advocating for Change with Nora Benavidez | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli hosts a conversation about tech accountability, activism, and the future.

www.techpolicy.press

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 4

In the latest episode of her special podcast series Through To Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow @anikacolliernavaroli.com dives into the nuances of the fight for platform accountability, the future of activism, and the contradictions around "woke AI" with @attorneynora.bsky.social of Free Press:

Through to Thriving: Advocating for Change with Nora Benavidez | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli hosts a conversation about tech accountability, activism, and the future.

www.techpolicy.press

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ahead of TrustCon, a conference for Trust & Safety professionals, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli caught up with two practitioners in the notoriously difficult field: Alice Hunsberger, head of Trust & Safety at Musubi; and Jerrel Peterson, the director of content policy at Spotify.

Through to Thriving: Finding Balance and Resilience in the Trust & Safety Field | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli spoke to Musubi's Alice Hunsberger and Spotify's Jerrel Peterson.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ahead of TrustCon, a conference for Trust & Safety professionals, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli caught up with two practitioners in the notoriously difficult field: Alice Hunsberger, head of Trust & Safety at Musubi; and Jerrel Peterson, the director of content policy at Spotify.

Through to Thriving: Finding Balance and Resilience in the Trust & Safety Field | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli spoke to Musubi's Alice Hunsberger and Spotify's Jerrel Peterson.

www.techpolicy.press

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Columbia Journalism School @columbiajournalism.bsky.social · Jul 17

💻 Welcome back, Anika Collier Navaroli, ’13 M.S.! A leading expert in tech policy and digital rights, she's serving as Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Journalism School.

Read the full announcement: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2025-na...

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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · Jul 17

Some personal news, as they say

Columbia Journalism School @columbiajournalism.bsky.social · Jul 17

💻 Welcome back, Anika Collier Navaroli, ’13 M.S.! A leading expert in tech policy and digital rights, she's serving as Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Journalism School.

Read the full announcement: journalism.columbia.edu/news/2025-na...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Jul 14

Remembering Brandi Collins-Dexter

Brandi Collins-Dexter was a force of nature who spent her entire career serving others.

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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · Jul 4

Once upon a time, I wrote a policy about race, ethnicity, and national origin for a global social media company. I’ll always remember that the US recognizes exactly 2 ethnicities (Hispanic & non-Hispanic) and realizing how using American binary constructs doesn’t work for the majority of the planet.

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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · Jul 3

This Tesla image of a robot watering a snake plant seems too perfect of a representation of the usefulness of AI.

Image from Tesla of a family chilling in a living room playing games while a robot is bending awkwardly in the back corner watering a snake plant

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Anika Collier Navaroli @anikacolliernavaroli.com · Jun 30

Precisely!

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Jun 30

I know I'm not the first person or even the millionth person to point this out; it's not even the first time *I* have said it, but this is what actual First Amendment violations look like and the fact that none of the supposed free speech warriors are saying anything about it tells us everything.

David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · Jun 27

Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jun 23

In the special podcast series Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli explores futures beyond the current moment. For the latest episode, she spoke to Dr. Timnit Gebru about honoring our elders, imagination, and building technology that uplifts rather than exploits:

Through to Thriving: Honoring Our Elders with Dr. Timnit Gebru | TechPolicy.Press

Anika Collier Navaroli is hosting a series of discussions designed to help envision possible futures—for tech and tech policy, for democracy, and society

www.techpolicy.press

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