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boo-liet shen 👻 @julietshen.bsky.social · 1d

we hirin

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.

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ROOST @roost.tools · 1d

we are, in fact, growing the flock

Email [email protected] with the title if you think you're a good fit!

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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ROOST @roost.tools · 1d

a person is holding a small yellow chick in their hands

Alt: a person is letting the belly of a small yellow chick on that grass

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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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hailey @hailey.at · 6d

there's some more to do here in the repo to get it where i want, but will probably write a leaflet soon on making moderation work for people that are not Bluesky PBC. hoping that this will be a good step in that direction.

GitHub - bluesky-social/osprey-atproto: A set of packages, UDFs, and rules to use Osprey with ATProto

A set of packages, UDFs, and rules to use Osprey with ATProto - bluesky-social/osprey-atproto

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hailey @hailey.at · 6d

huge kudos to @roost.tools for all the effort they are putting into getting these tools like osprey out there for anyone to use

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ROOST @roost.tools · 13d

Our Head of Product, @julietshen.bsky.social, did a live demo of our Osprey tool, and led a feedback session with fellow ROOSTer Felix Wang at this official side event alongside the UN General Assembly. We will be digitizing and publishing this feedback under the Chatham House Rules soon!

Felix Wang from ROOST stands in front of a crowded room, holding a microphone, with a demo of the Osprey rules engine up on the screen.

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ROOST @roost.tools · 13d

Today, the @christchurchcall.bsky.social announced 2 new programs in their mission to prevent and counter violent extremism. ROOST is proud to be the builder partner for Elevate, their program on emerging technology and open source safety tools.

Together, we can bridge civil society and tech!

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ROOST @roost.tools · 13d

If you're at the Trust & Safety Research Conference, check out the @roost.tools and @discord.com workshop on open source happening at 11:30am PT TODAY!

Fisher Conference Center, Barnes/McDowell/Cranston

#TSRConf #TrustAndSafety

A graphic flyer for a workshop at the Trust & Safety Research Conference called "Towards Technical Standards: Safety By Design & Open Source" featuring Savannah Badalich (senior director of product policy at Discord), Ethan Breder (engineer at discord), and Vinay Rao (CTO at ROOST). The conference takes place September 25-26 at Stanford University Alumni Center.

Advancing research in trust and safety while fostering the exchange of ideas across various disciplines including computer science, communication, policy, law, and political science.

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verdverm @verdverm.com · 25d

Next week I'll work our other comment subtree into atmunge and benchmark things out. We're trying to see what it takes for some open weight trust & safety models to keep up with the @atproto.com firehose (i.e. and with a number of people around @roost.tools, there's a discord if you're interested)

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pjmfdn.bsky.social @pjmfdn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our youth are growing up in an age where AI shapes how we think, communicate, and make decisions. The guardrails protecting them must match pace. PJMF partner @roost.tools ensures our digital future is a safe place for generations to come: https://loom.ly/ISu4OyU

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ROOST @roost.tools · Aug 28

Catch ROOST's Head of Product, Juliet Shen, at this year's INHOPE Summit on October 14th. This event will explore the links between CSAM & broader criminal networks, & share tools to help combat this crisis.

Learn more here: inhope.org/EN/inhope-su...

INHOPE - Association of Internet Hotline Providers | Summit 2025

We are the global network of member hotlines, leading the fight against child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online.

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boo-liet shen 👻 @julietshen.bsky.social · Aug 22

for anyone at the #ATProto_NYC, the
@roost.tools Discord server can be joined here: discord.gg/5Csqnw2FSQ

and Hasher-matcher-actioner is at github.com/facebook/Thr...

Join the ROOST: Robust Open Online Safety Tools Discord Server!

ROOST is a new non-profit organization that brings together the expertise, resources, and investments of major technology companies and philanthropies to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastru...

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ROOST @roost.tools · Aug 22

Join our Head of Product, @julietshen.bsky.social, in NYC at the Marketplace Risk 2025 conference.

Her panel will explore how organizations can manage competing demands amidst an evolving Trust & Safety landscape.

Learn more here: www.marketplacerisk.com/event-detail...

Marketplace Risk New York Conference 2025 - #MRNYC25 | Marketplace Risk

The Marketplace Risk New York Conference 2025 (MRNYC25) is the most comprehensive source of education, networking and information sharing for the marketplace platform ecosystem to learn risk managemen...

www.marketplacerisk.com

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ROOST @roost.tools · Aug 19

hello fellow skeeters, we have our initial draft Contribution flow up for discussion on Github. This will definitely evolve along the way, but we want to get community feedback and consistency across ROOST repos!

github.com/roostorg/com...

Creating initial ROOST contribution flow · Issue #1 · roostorg/community

ROOST needs to an initial contribution flow across its projects (eg CONTRIBUTING.md file). Projects might need to make project-specific adjustments as they grow, but we should start with a standard...

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ROOST @roost.tools · Aug 13

🔒Advanced safety tools shouldn’t be locked behind high costs.

ROOST and Discord recently shared that Osprey is coming soon.

This open-source investigation tool, originally designed by Discord’s team, democratizes access to powerful safety capabilities.

Learn more here: roost.tools/blog/roost-a...

ROOST Announces “Coop” and “Osprey”: Free, Open-Source Trust and Safety Infrastructure for the AI Era

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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ROOST @roost.tools · Aug 13

ROOST is picking up speed, so we're looking for an experienced open source community manager and a communications manager to join the flock! 🐔

OSS Community Manager: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
Communications Manager: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

ROOST.tools hiring Open Source Community Manager in United States | LinkedIn

Posted 6:48:12 PM. About ROOSTROOST is a community effort to build scalable and resilient safety infrastructure for…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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ROOST @roost.tools · Aug 7

We’re proud to carry forward the legacy of Cove.

Their work helped report 120K+ cases of child exploitation — and now their IP will live on as open source, stewarded by ROOST.

Learn more about the announcement of our new tool “Coop” below: roost.tools/blog/roost-a...

#TrustAndSafety #OpenSource

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ROOST @roost.tools · Jul 23

#ICYMI: ROOST is at TrustCon 2025!

We kicked off the conference with a keynote address from our CTO, Vinay Rao, who shared that a safer digital landscape can be achieved through increased awareness, community engagement and technological advancements.

#TrustandSafety #TrustCon

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ROOST @roost.tools · Jul 23

New from our partner @roblox.com: RoGuard is now open source!

RoGuard 1.0 is an open-source safety toolkit for developers and platforms. It’s a flexible framework for adding real-time safety guardrails to LLMs.

Learn more about the full toolkit here: corp.roblox.com/newsroom/202...

State-of-the-Art LLM Helps Safeguard Unlimited Text Generation on Roblox

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ROOST @roost.tools · Jul 21

Hope you caught ROOST CTO Vinay Rao's talk at #TrustCon this morning, talking about our newly announced tools and why he joined the team. Our whole team is thrilled to be at the conference this week and looking to connect!

Vinay Rao, ROOST CTO, stands on a stage at TrustCon, giving a presentation.

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ROOST @roost.tools · Jul 21

🚨ROOST is announcing Coop and Osprey: two new, open-source online safety tools.

✅ Customizable
✅ Open source
✅ Trusted integrations

A better way to handle online harm, built by people who get it.

More here: roost.tools/blog/roost-a...

#TrustandSafety

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ROOST @roost.tools · Jul 17

ROOST is excited to welcome two renowned open source and safety veterans to our leadership team! ‪

@annebdh.bsky.social‬ is our Chief Operating Officer and Vinay Rao is our Chief Technology Officer.

Learn more about the full announcement here: roost.tools/blog/tech-ve...

#Welcome #ROOST

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ROOST @roost.tools · Jul 16

Are YOU attending #TrustCon 2025?

ROOST's Head of Product @julietshen.bsky.social will be participating in several sessions next week, including "Trust the Mods!" a workshop on best practices for content review systems on July 21st at 11:00 am PT.

Learn more here: www.trustcon.net/event/0f932a...

Speaker graphic - Juliet Shen (TrustCon 2025)

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ROOST @roost.tools · Jun 27

“Small to medium tech companies are working hard just to have basic Trust and Safety...there’s a difference in reality when it comes to resourcing, team sizes, and ability,” ROOST's Juliet Shen told Platformocracy. @jbellack.bsky.social

🧩Read the full piece: www.platformocracy.com/p/reader-mai...

Reader Mailbag #1: A Role For Blockchain? Plus Ad Fraud Debate And The Small Platform Struggle

Current and former luminaries from Harvard, ROOST, and the ad tech world weigh in on my first few weeks.

www.platformocracy.com

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