The Fourth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Lowers offers an important reminder for providers navigating Trust & Safety and law enforcement requests, clarifying that provider access under a platform’s terms of service does not automatically extend to government access, and strengthens support for a broad, practical approach to reporting suspected CSAM. #TrustAndSafety

https://www.zwillgen.com/law-enforcement/fourth-circuit-clarifies-two-important-points-providers-united-states-v-lowers/

Fourth Circuit Clarifies Two Important Points for Providers in United States v. Lowers

Lowers provides more clarity on providers’ Trust & Safety rights and responsibilities—both of which ultimately prioritize user safety.

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Posts like this are why #IFTAS is not a trustworthy source of fedi moderation. Olifant was the instance admin who's moderators coordinated an attack on a trans leftist, slandering her repeatedly until she left the instance and then continuing to claim it was a 'both sides' situation.

IFTAS was formed soon after, but continued to work with people like Oli, take advisement from abusers and bring on people who defended the attack (including the cc in this message).

#TrustAndSafety #moderation

Balancing transparency in AI content moderation is a complex challenge: explaining decisions helps accountability but can aid bad actors. As regulations tighten, platforms must find ways to explain at scale without compromising security.
Discover more at https://smarterarticles.co.uk/the-transparency-trap-when-explaining-ai-moderation-helps-bad-actors?pk_campaign=rss-feed
#HumanInTheLoop #AIinContentModeration #RegulatoryTech #TrustAndSafety
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We are still hiring engineers, with a bit more well-scoped job descriptions now. Come work with us on open source trust and safety tools. 👀

We are a global, remote organization so let us know if you’re interested and have relevant experience!

https://roost.tools/infrastructure-engineer/

#OpenSource #TrustAndSafety #getFediHired

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Domain Bugs Cost More Than Code Bugs

Domain-Driven Design, ubiquitous language, and bounded contexts matter because product teams ship the wrong workflow when legal, product, and engineering mean different things by the same word.

🔗 Read more at ryanw.eu

In addition to our two flagship open source projects, we maintain a simple list of open source safety tools:

https://github.com/roostorg/awesome-safety-tools

If you're building an online platform or community, you don't have to reinvent everything from scratch; lean on what has come before.

Tell us if you discover a new or interesting tool from this list, or if you think there's something missing!

#OpenSource #TrustAndSafety #ROOST

GitHub - roostorg/awesome-safety-tools: Directory of open source tools for online safety

Directory of open source tools for online safety. Contribute to roostorg/awesome-safety-tools development by creating an account on GitHub.

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RE: https://mastodon.blaede.family/@cassidy/116288502597156855

In the (admittedly unlikely) event you happen to be following us here on the fediverse but are also attending ATmosphereConf, be sure to find our ROOSTers @cassidy and @julietshen! They're giving a talk about Coop, our open source trust moderation and review dashboard, and will also be attending other talks and hanging out with folks to help spread the word about open source trust & safety tools.

Even if you're not attending, they can be your line of communication between the fediverse and ATproto. What should they talk to ATproto folks about? We're all ears!

#OpenSource #TrustAndSafety #ATproto #Bluesky

@strypey I nearly joined #Chatroulette, but then Covid and the Ukraine war started, so that never went anywhere. I had a different direction I wanted to take them, though.

#Bumble #TrustAndSafety ? Well, the industry isn't exactly full of dating site whistleblowers, but safety workers in the industry do talk to me. I know more than I would ever want to know about the inside workings of most dating sites, and sadly. It's not really an amazing revelation that Bumble is as bad as the rest, though.

None of the dating sites puts more than a veneer of effort into T&S. They weigh the cost of litigation against the cost of actually doing the work, and so far, litigation costs have always been lower.

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