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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · Mar 26

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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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Mar 26

Super grateful that I got to explore these questions with @yoyoel.com, @noupside.bsky.social, @klonick.bsky.social, @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy, @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, and @aaron.bsky.team!

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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Mar 26

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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The Information Environment Project @ieproject.bsky.social · Mar 14

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

Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social · Mar 14

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

Reckoning with the Evolving Social Media Landscape – Knight-Georgetown Institute

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · Feb 12

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:
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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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The Information Environment Project @ieproject.bsky.social · Feb 12

@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.

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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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The Information Environment Project @ieproject.bsky.social · Jan 9

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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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · Dec 13

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.

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Alicia Wanless @lageneralista.ca · Dec 13

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 · Dec 12

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:

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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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Dang Nguyen @digitaldang.bsky.social · Dec 12

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 · Dec 12

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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Alberto Fernández Gibaja 🇪🇺 @gibajaalberto.bsky.social · Dec 12

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

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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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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Dec 12

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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Corbin Barthold @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social · Dec 4

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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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Dec 2

It’s a bit more complicated than that! I liked what @dustyweb.bsky.social and @bnewbold.net had to say about it:

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Reply on Bluesky and Decentralization | bryan newbold

This is a reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber's thoughtful (and widely read) "How decentralized is Bluesky really?" blog post. I am so happy and grateful that Christine took the time to write up her tho...

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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Dec 2

If you’d like to read more about what governance looks like in the fediverse, I have to recommend @kissane.bsky.social and @tinysubversions.bsky.social’s report:
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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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Dec 2

Of course we had to mention @mmasnick.bsky.social’s paper on “Protocols, Not Platforms”, which inspired this very platform:
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Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech

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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Dec 2

And here are some links to works I referenced in the podcast. A lot of what I cover here draws from my past work with @yoyoel.com:
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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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Dec 2

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 · Dec 2

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.

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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Nov 20

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 · Nov 20

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

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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Nov 13

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 · Nov 13

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...

Information Environment Project

Carnegie’s Information Environment Project is a multistakeholder effort to help policymakers understand the information environment, think through the impact of efforts to govern it, and identify prom...

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · Oct 23

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

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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Oct 20

Thank you! @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, Mallory Knodel and @tomcoates.bsky.social would be the folks to chat with about that!

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 17

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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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Oct 17

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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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · Oct 17

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.

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https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-rise-of-the-compliant-speech-platform

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