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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 10h

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hailey @hailey.at · 1d

an interesting note re: scaling image moderation. in the past 24 hours:

at least 500 thousand images in posts (not considering # of images, just if an image was in the post)
86 thousand avatars
500 thousand url thumbnails
58 thousand videos.

that's a lot to moderate!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Digital Trust & Safety Partnership @dtspartnership.bsky.social · 14h

To build a safer AI product, where should companies focus their governance efforts?

On @lawfaremedia.org's Scaling Laws podcast DTSP ED @davidsullivan.bsky.social emphasizes how AI companies must break down the silos between AI safety and Trust & Safety teams.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scal...

Scaling Laws: AI Safety Meet Trust & Safety with Ravi Iyer and David Sullivan

Discussing trust & safety's relevance to artificial intelligence.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Anne Bertucio @annebdh.bsky.social · 1d

Want to work on open source full time? The @roost.tools engineering team is starting to hatch! Come build OSS tools making a difference in Trust & Safety.

This is a fully remote role, though some schedule overlap with North American time zones is expected.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

ROOST.tools hiring Staff Software Engineer in United States | LinkedIn

Posted 8:52:18 PM. About ROOSTROOST is a community effort to build scalable and resilient safety infrastructure for…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

www.linkedin.com

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder: *everyone* uses AI for content moderation.

Much more about how this works here:

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 1d

my 2 cents is that you're shooting yourself in the foot if you don't use any AI in your workflows, including editing, but you're shooting yourself in the brain if you use it too much, and it's not clear where exactly anyone should draw the line.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 1d

This was a fun conversation, thanks @kevintfrazier.bsky.social for having me on the pod!

There's a real chance for mutual gains when responsible AI and T&S folks work together to focus on safer products.

predator handshake meme: trust and safety + responsible AI = product safety

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Scaling Laws @scalinglaws.bsky.social · 1d

What can AI safety learn from Trust & Safety?

@davidsullivan.bsky.social & Ravi Iyer join @kevintfrazier.bsky.social to tackle this important question.

Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/a...

AI Safety Meet Trust & Safety with Ravi Iyer and David Sullivan

Podcast Episode · Scaling Laws · 07/10/2025 · 47m

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

seems like a great opportunity for the authors of the twitter files

Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social · 2d

Great piece from @dell.bsky.social at @wired.com about ICE's newest foray into social media monitoring: the agency is putting out feelers for contractors who can do on-site, open source intel 24/7 for ICE's Targeting Operations Division (TOD). 1/ www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

cc @aaron.bsky.team

Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Whoops—Ohio Accidentally Excludes Most Major Porn Platforms From Anti-Porn Law

File this under “lawmakers trying to regulate tech and the internet without understanding tech and the internet."

reason.com/2025/10/06/w...

Whoops—Ohio accidentally excludes most major porn platforms from anti-porn law

Ohio lawmakers set out to block minors from viewing online porn. They messed up.

reason.com

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Whoops—Ohio Accidentally Excludes Most Major Porn Platforms From Anti-Porn Law

File this under “lawmakers trying to regulate tech and the internet without understanding tech and the internet."

reason.com/2025/10/06/w...

Whoops—Ohio accidentally excludes most major porn platforms from anti-porn law

Ohio lawmakers set out to block minors from viewing online porn. They messed up.

reason.com

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

I too just read this report and can say that Mike is not exaggerating this even slightly.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

It would be impressive if Ted Cruz could figure out who was President from 2018 to 2020, because he seems to think it was Biden.

He also seems to have difficulty understanding what words mean, because he thinks "monitor and correct" false statements is "censorship."

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 2d

Senator Cruz Figure Out Who Was President From 2018 To 2020 Challenge; Impossible

I have a simple question for Senator Ted Cruz: Who was president in 2018? How about 2020? I ask because Cruz just released a “bombshell” report claiming that the Biden administration "converted" CISA into "the…

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

i am forever grateful to be a juvenile Gen Xer, having lived through the time when finding out stuff took going to very specific places and working with tactile things.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

I have been trying to explain a microfiche machine to one of my dear, brilliant, talented, but clearly too young to be alive collaborators. And it is taking the last of my soul.

“Micro…fish?? I have never heard that word in my life.” I recorded the timestamp so it can be put on my tombstone.

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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 5d

Alex Givens & Karen Kornbluh make a compelling case that "AI Must not Ignore Human Rights." As they note, existing frameworks for responsible business conduct such as GNI's already exist & "leading AI companies that are not yet part of GNI could benefit from its framework and network."

AI Must Not Ignore Human Rights

Alexandra Reeve Givens & Karen Kornbluh worry that the industry is not being held to the same standards as others.

www.project-syndicate.org

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Jason Isbell, Cast Iron Skillet, 100% of the time

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 5d

Name a Song that makes you Cry.

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI, highly recommend this human rights impact assessment of @wikimediafoundation.org AI/ML work by @royapak.bsky.social (w/ @farzdusa.bsky.social and david liu)

upload.wikimedia.org

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 6d

it physically hurts to see emails in my inbox that use the DoW acronym

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 7d

Correction: this episode was hosted by @alanrozenshtein.com not Kevin!

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 7d

Literally no one is thinking you're not cool. but this is amazing! DJ Spooky!

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 7d

I'm late to this, but wanted to commend @jmiers230.bsky.social for modeling intellectual honesty and self-reflection in her discussion about chatbots and section 230 with @noupside.bsky.social and @kevintfrazier.bsky.social on the Scaling Laws pod. Good stuff!