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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Cupertino d’État
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/12/ctrl-alt-speech-cupertino-detat/
Trust & safety isn’t just cleaning up after harm — it’s protecting people before harm happens. Yoel Roth, SVP at Match Group, shares how AI tools and proactive tech are reshaping how platforms keep us safe. Curious about the future of digital safety? Dive in with us. #TrustAndSafety #DigitalSafety #ContentModeration
Watch on YouTube ▶️ https://youtube.com/shorts/9qNbBohgvpo
Today we're releasing Coop 1.0, the world’s first free, open source content review & enforcement system that any platform can self-host and build on. For the first time, any organization—whatever its size or budget—can review, act on, and report CSAM and other harms end to end, for free.
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Generous To A Default
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/05/ctrl-alt-speech-generous-to-a-default/
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Deus vs. Machina
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/29/ctrl-alt-speech-deus-vs-machina/
(sorry, didn't link earlier, was actually away from screens, gasp)
Plenty of people don't have a problem with harassment on Mastodon but this does not mean that harassment on Mastodon isn't a massive, massive issue. I've been thinking about this more and more, the longer I'm here (Oct 22)
Sincere thanks as always to everyone who helps keep others safe here and also everyone who thinks on the hard problems 💚
https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/6644
I'm posting Sinders' quote today because I'm continuing to reflect on architecture here, not least due to experiences I continue to have with targeted harassment
This is annoying, obviously
Far worse, though, *I cannot in good faith recommend Mastodon to anyone who's likely to be targeted*--and folks who use this place comfortably may want to think about this, as well
Here's what I wrote last year (🔗 in next post)
"I’m on Mastodon, begrudgingly.... My harassers are also on Mastodon; some have multiple accounts. The blocking feature is like horror house anxiety game- I block when I see their new account, hoping I’ve now blocked all of them but knowing I probably never will. Because it’s a federated system, and you can have accounts on multiple servers, it means there’s multiple accounts I have to block to create some digital safety and distance."
-Caroline Sinders (🔗 next post)
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Message In A Bottleneck
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/21/ctrl-alt-speech-message-in-a-bottleneck/
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