X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

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X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety te…

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Techdirt: Everyone Hates Trust & Safety. Everyone Needs Trust & Safety. This Is A Problem.. “Everyone thinks trust & safety professionals are either censorial scolds or corporate lackeys, but everyone expects them to magically solve the inherent problems of human behavior at scale. I spent last week at TrustCon, the premier annual conference for the trust and safety industry (you can see our […]

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Techdirt: Everyone Hates Trust & Safety. Everyone Needs Trust & Safety. This Is A Problem. | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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Can AI (GPT-4o-mini) #TrustSafety guardrails be easily circumvented via age-old human mechanisms of persuasion? Yes, in this extremely elegant experiment by @emollick.bsky.social‬ & team (incl. Cialdini aka Mr. Persuasion). Also: nicely presented on this page! gail.wharton.upenn.edu/research-and...

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Ethan Mollick (@emollick.bsky.social)

Professor at Wharton, studying AI and its implications for education, entrepreneurship, and work. Author of Co-Intelligence. Book: https://a.co/d/bC2kSj1 Substack: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/ Web: https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick

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ICYMI: Microsoft Advertising removes over one billion ads in 2024 trust safety drive: Microsoft's comprehensive enforcement efforts target deepfake scams and financial fraud while strengthening advertiser protections across its platform. https://ppc.land/microsoft-advertising-removes-over-one-billion-ads-in-2024-trust-safety-drive/ #MicrosoftAdvertising #DigitalMarketing #TrustSafety #AdFraud #DeepfakeScams
Microsoft Advertising removes over one billion ads in 2024 trust safety drive

Microsoft's comprehensive enforcement efforts target deepfake scams and financial fraud while strengthening advertiser protections across its platform.

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Microsoft Advertising removes over one billion ads in 2024 trust safety drive: Microsoft's comprehensive enforcement efforts target deepfake scams and financial fraud while strengthening advertiser protections across its platform. https://ppc.land/microsoft-advertising-removes-over-one-billion-ads-in-2024-trust-safety-drive/ #MicrosoftAdvertising #TrustSafety #DigitalAds #AdFraud #DeepfakeScams
Microsoft Advertising removes over one billion ads in 2024 trust safety drive

Microsoft's comprehensive enforcement efforts target deepfake scams and financial fraud while strengthening advertiser protections across its platform.

PPC Land

The Fediverse’s premiere Trust & Safety organization is struggling to make ends meet, and needs help with meeting its goals.

https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/iftas-funding-crisis/

Mastodon Engineering has announced a new network-wide effort to create a framework for service providers offering a variety of capabilities.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/fediverse-discovery-providers/

Mastodon Announces Fediverse Discovery Providers - We Distribute

Mastodon Engineering has announced a new network-wide effort to create a framework for service providers offering a variety of capabilities.

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The dedicated Trust and Safety organization launched their community platform for moderation support last week. Here’s what it does.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/06/iftas-connect-launches/

IFTAS Launches Moderator Resource Portal

The dedicated Trust and Safety organization launched their community platform for moderation support last week. Here's what it does.

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The European Union Digital Services Act is upon us! But don’t worry – our favorite Trust & Safety organization is here to demystify compliance.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/iftas-dsa-guide/

IFTAS Publishes DSA Guide for the Fediverse

The European Union Digital Services Act is upon us! But don't worry - our favorite Trust & Safety organization is here to demystify compliance.

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The popular Reddit alternative’s user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can’t delete images.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/lemmy-image-problem/

Lemmy's Image Problem

The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can't delete images.

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