Samantha Lai

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

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

@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. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

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:

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.

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 carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

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...

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...

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 project I work on at CEIP joined Bluesky today. Give us a follow to get regular updates on publications and opportunities in the space!

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

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...

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.

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. t.co/pwriZQqZhM

Oh hey it’s @aaron.bsky.team, @mmasnick.bsky.social @samlai.bsky.social @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy and Liz Arcamona from threads talking T&S in the fediverse

Should be a really interesting discussion. I'm moderating, but will have representatives from Bluesky, Threads & ActivityPub talking about decentralized moderation...

Very excited to attend the third annual Trust and Safety Research Conference hosted by the Stanford Internet Observatory, where I’ll be speaking on a panel about decentralized platforms and trust & safety with @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, @aaron.bsky.team, Liz Arcamona and @mmasnick.bsky.social!

The @stanfordio.bsky.social #TrustandSafety Research Conference is next week, and the agenda is *stacked* A few things I am particularly excited about ⬇️

So @tinysubversions.bsky.social and I spent a big chunk of this year talking to great people who run Mastodon and Hometown servers about how they govern their parts of the network. We learned SO MUCH. erinkissane.com/fediverse-go...

Decentralization gives people the freedom to create their own forms of governance, rules and communities. @samlai.bsky.social and Jaz-Michael King talk #fediverse trust and safety hopes and fears on the latest episode of Dot Social: about.flipboard.com/fediverse/sa...

As people flee X in search of something safer and more sane the fediverse is scaling. Will we be able to scale moderation too? In this episode of Dot Social I ask two well known trust and safety experts: @samlai.bsky.social and Jaz-Michael King. flipboard.video/w/tqZTbSmU8v...

This story is horrifying on multiple levels. (1) It very likely cost lives in Philippines and around the world, including here in the US due to diminished trust in vaccines. (2) When democratic govs employ this kind of info operation, they undermine the values and trust that sustain democracies.

Today's Lawfare Podcast is a live conversation from Verify 2024 between @benjaminwittes.bsky.social, @lageneralista.bsky.social, and Chinmayi Sharma, about information ecology and 19th-century naturalism.

Policymakers from the White House to the United Nations have turned to “information integrity” as the approach for bettering their information ecosystems. But how can it be applied in the context of democracies? Read more here from @kamyayadav.bsky.social and me:

As democracies grapple with how to combat disinformation, Kamya Yadav and @samlai.bsky.social ask how policymakers can build secure and resilient information ecosystems:

Decentralized social media platforms face significant challenges to robust and scalable governance. @yoyoel.com and I explore what it will take to change that: Out now in the Journal of Online Trust & Safety: tsjournal.org/index.php/jo...

New paper from me and @samlai.bsky.social out today in the Journal of Online Trust and Safety, looking at the moderation capabilities of federated and decentralized social media, and what needs to happen to make these platforms resilient to online harms. doi.org/10.54501/jot...

How to counter disinformation, based on science: Jon Bateman and Dean Jackson produced a must-read report for the Carnegie Endowment that looks at ten interventions against disinformation. www.techpolicy.press/how-to-count...