Yoel Roth

Wrote about what this means for two-party consent states: bsky.app/profile/nata...

Apple quietly dropped a ton of detail about the Apple Watch’s new always-on don’t-call-it-transcription feature and it is FASCINATING. support.apple.com/en-us/148354

How the email found me

How the email found me

Yoel Roth : « Les réseaux sociaux se sont vraiment éloignés de la modération »

I asked Claude to generate a book jacket blurb for a novel inspired by Heated Rivalry and the Lumen database, and, umm…

Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.

@yoyoel.com at TrustCon making the key point that big platforms can weather storms and absorb blows (litigation, regulatory churn) that kill their smaller rivals. The legal threat may look the same to an array of platforms, but the real question is who can survive it.

This is an extraordinary and courageous piece of writing that wrestles with one of the great challenges of this moment: How do you decide whether to remain a part of broken institutions to try to fix them from within?

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

Genuinely baffled by the unempirical assertion that Community Notes “works.” Does it? How do Meta know? The best available research is pretty mixed on this point. And as they go all-in on an unproven concept, will Meta commit to publicly releasing data so people can actually study this?

Community Notes don't work by themselves. So many things don't get labeled because people don't reach "consensus" on them, which is really what Community Notes optimize for, not factuality What an utter failure. So disappointing

One of the things we all really need from platform T&S teams — honest, authentic, human conversations about the impossible tradeoffs involved in this work — is made effectively impossible by the deranged ways a small number of people treat platform staff when they speak publicly. Ask me how I know.

Oh no, the Signal icon very subtly changed colors and now it’s setting off my “what is weird right now” alarms every time I unlock my phone

How the email found me

How the email found me

For recent migrants from other corners of the internet who might be wondering what makes Bluesky different (and imho better), I'm resurfacing this terrific conversation from earlier this year between @bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team, @mmasnick.bsky.social, and @yoyoel.com. 🫶

Reminder for corporate folks: It’s oh-crap-I-haven’t-spent-my-annual-learning-stipend season — and most companies allow you to use your learning budget on newspaper/newsletter subscriptions. Good opportunity to support (and expand your access to) independent journalism.

Election Day timeline cleanse, featuring Toast and Rye

Decentralized social media platforms offer the promise of alternative governance, but remain ill-equipped to address threats to online safety. How can we change that? Here’s the latest from @yoyoel.com and I: 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.

Look at these tiny little penguins!

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

This is going to be a really great @knightcolumbia.org symposium--about the TikTok ban, foreign disinfo, surveillance at the border, selective deportation, and the exchange of ideas across borders--check out the amazing list of contributors. knightcolumbia.org/events/regar...

a brief guide to terms used in profiles for new site admins: * professional blogger = spammer * digital marketer = spammer * SEO expert = spammer * professional reviewer = spammer * affiliate marketer = spammer * marketing enthusiast = spammer * passionate about blogging = spammer

And if you think this is fun, I dare you to find a way to report abuse originating from a Google Voice number. (Spoiler: It doesn't exist!)

Just spent half an hour digging around Google's support pages to see if there's a form for reporting abuse originating from a Gmail account. Turns out — there is! Submitted a report of the weirdo who sends me very sexually graphic abuse every day. Genuinely curious if Google will do anything.

We shall call her Toast, destroyer of gardens

The corgis wish you a happy Friday.

Good interview with Yoel by John Starr on the challenges and opportunities within trust and safety youtu.be/v14ySyJhbwo

An especially happy Friday to Rye, who is doing a remarkably good job not eating Toast for lunch despite her constant barking and face-biting.

This is the face of someone who just chewed up a bunch of the irrigation system and feels no remorse whatsoever.

I had a really great time chatting with Jaz Michael-King and @mmccue.bsky.social on Dot Social @flipboard.com about the state of trust and safety on the fediverse: dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/sam...

IF HUMANS CAN SLEEP ON A WATER BED THIS PUP CAN USE HER BOWL TO REST HER SLEEPY HEAD CASE CLOSE

She fell asleep in her water bowl.

Update: Rye and Toast have reached a peaceful coexistence.

Meet Toast!