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Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center
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Transforming research into real-world impact to advance human agency and well-being in the era of social media and AI.

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What does the early evidence tell us about school #SmartphoneBans?

Don’t miss the final seminar in our fall series, featuring Hunt Allcott, professor at @stanforddoerr.bsky.social.

RSVP to join us in person or online on Tuesday, December 2!
🔗 stanford.io/47Sb7o3
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One week left! Submit your paper for the Journal of Online Trust & Safety’s Spring 2026 general issue. ⤵️

🗓 Key Dates

➤ Peer-reviewed research articles due: December 1, 2025
➤ Commentaries due: March 1, 2026
➤ Publication date: April 2026

👉 Submit Your Paper
bit.ly/4oi8b97

#JOTS #TrustAndSafety
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Tech Impact and Policy Center is proud to celebrate Dr. Angela Lee, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Beyond the Digital Town Square: Identifying and Correcting Social Media Distortion Effects,” last week! 🎉
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Many social media users are stuck in a social trap: they would prefer not to use social media but could only do so if others stopped using it too.

Join us to hear from Leonardo Bursztyn about his research on the #SocialMediaTrap and potential tools to address it.

🎟️ stanford.io/4qWz05d
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Join us on Tuesday, November 11 for a seminar with @aramsinn.bsky.social, co-author of "The Secret Life of Data," to explore the unpredictable and often surprising ways in which data surveillance, #AI, and algorithms impact our culture and society.

🎟️ RSVP: stanford.io/3X6b8hM
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
One week left!

Submit your abstract for the #JOTS special issue on Digital Intersectionality and Marginalization in the #MajorityWorld.

🗓️ Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4mZDjtb

#TrustAndSafety
October 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Are today’s #EdTech policymakers overlooking student expertise and civic interests?

Join us in person or online on Tuesday, October 28 for a seminar with @anterobot.bsky.social, who will examine current ed-tech policymaking around school buses, cell phones and generative #AI.

👉 stanford.io/3WQP9v6
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Join us on Tuesday, October 21 for a #FallSeminarSeries talk by David Markowitz, who will draw on #NLP research to discuss how language patterns reveal underlying values in legacy and predict collective action, and how #AI can make science more accessible.

RSVP: https://stanford.io/43nrplQ
October 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
📢 Call for Proposals: #JOTS Special Issue on Digital Intersectionality and Marginalization in the Majority World 📢

We invite original research papers exploring #TrustAndSafety topics within the #MajorityWorld context.

Learn more and submit your abstracts by October 31. 🗓️

🔗 bit.ly/4mZDjtb
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Join us today at 12PM PT for a talk by Fred Turner, who will argue that the recent moves of Silicon Valley companies and CEOs from California to Texas reflect a wider embrace of a set of beliefs anchored in the history of the Lone Star State: the Texas Ideology.

Details & RSVP: stanford.io/47dkpt9
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Why and how should we build an infrastructure for #LocalNews?

Join us on Tuesday, October 7 for a seminar with Cheryl Phillips of #BigLocalNews, a data-sharing platform and computational collaborative in support of local journalism.

RSVP to join us at Stanford or online!
🔗 stanford.io/3ISmlPu
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our Fall Seminar Series kicks off on Tuesday, September 30 with a talk by Mariek Vanden Abeele of Ghent University, who will examine the recently emerged concepts of #DigitalWellbeing and #DigitalDisconnection.

Register now to join us in person at Stanford or online!
🔗 stanford.io/4nT9qfd
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Our Fall Seminar Series launches on September 30!

Mark your calendar to join us on (most) Tuesdays through 12/2 to explore work and research at the intersection of AI, free speech, democracy, security, and digital communication technologies.

📌 Stay tuned for details.
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Conference Proceedings of the Journal of Online Trust and Safety!

Explore the issue: bit.ly/3VmVnSL

#JOTS #TrustAndSafety #TSRConf
September 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Pricing for the Trust & Safety Conference goes up July 31st. Get your early bird ticket now!

sto.stanfordtickets.org/the-2025-tru...
July 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tickets are on sale now for the always sold out Trust & Safety Research Conference, with early bird pricing until July 31st. Join us for two days of networking, research, lightning talks, and more. #TSRConf

🔗🎟️
sto.stanfordtickets.org/the-2025-tru...
July 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Share your voice! Under two weeks left to submit commentary articles to the Journal of Online Trust & Safety for the Trust & Safety Research Conference proceedings in Sept. Authors of accepted commentaries are invited to present at the conference. DEADLINE JULY 1st 🔗
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June 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Registration is now open for the 4th Annual Trust & Safety Research Conference, hosted by the Stanford Cyber Policy Center, happening September 25–26. Lightning talks, panel discussions, networking events, and more. Early bird pricing through July 31: sto.stanfordtickets.org/the-2025-tru...
June 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Five days left to apply to present your research at the always sold out 2025 Trust & Safety Research Conference! Got an idea for a research presentation, participant-organized panel, science fair-styled poster or workshop? Show us what you got:

Apply: cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/content/trus...
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Tickets on sale for the third annual Trust & Safety Research Conference to be held September 26-27, 2024. Lock in early bird prices by registering before August 1.

🔗https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trust-and-safety-research-conference-tickets-897540125677
July 2, 2024 at 8:08 PM
The Winter Seminar Series at the Cyber Policy Center starts January 9th. We have a great lineup of speakers. In-person (Stanford affiliates), and on zoom.

To register:
cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/content/wint...
December 14, 2023 at 7:49 PM