Meet Osprey V1.0, a new open source online safety tool designed to help platforms investigate and address their priority threats at scale, without sacrificing data privacy or performance. roost.tools/blog/introdu...
A promotional image for Deloitte's 2025 US Digital Platform Trust Forum, taking place on Thursday, November 13, 2025 in Mountain View, CA. The blurb mentions Del Harvey, Board Chair of the Trust & Safety Professional Association, as a featured speaker.
Unsurprisingly, I have thoughts. You'll find me at Deloitte's US Digital Platform Trust Forum on November 13, where I'll be delivering the opening keynote on this very topic.
Register here: deloi.tt/4haBpEP.
What happens when both the private and public sector no longer trust digital platforms to self-regulate? How should platforms respond when regulators demand auditability of and visibility into Trust & Safety systems? And what role does Compliance have in this scenario?
🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location.
ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her.
This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.
trans rights btw this isn't up for debate
Post from "alt national park service" account reading "From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered. Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance." The 12.1 million figure is 300 percent more than every estimate produced by experts and scholars who carefully went through nationwide reports.
I know a lot of folks like this account. But this is a wild, and unhelpful, exaggeration--it's a resistance version of sean spicer. It veers into #resistanceporn and trades accuracy for clout, like other "blue maga" grifters on here. Pls consider finding other sources of inspiration/news/motivation
Yesterday a guy asked one of my kids if we were going to the baseball game in SF later, then realized their hat was actually leopard print w/an orange panel, then noticed the Pride posters we were carrying. He paused and said: “oh, that diversity and equality stuff is great too!” Kind of adorable.
For Dallas protesters: I'm on the Police Oversight Board. If you'd like to file a complaint against an officer for behaving unprofessionally or abusively, let me know and I'll connect you to the right folks.
At the same time, if you'd like to commend an officer for being helpful, also let me know.
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY
Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.
Dealing with law enforcement can be stressful, so it’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents.
While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⤵️
UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
The notion of a Trust & Safety improv group called “The Threat Actors” has entered my mind and now it won’t leave.
Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
Does anyone know a expert in South Pacific languages? This is why I miss Twitter. I used to be able to just ask this and someone would be like “I am!” But seriously, is anyone? I need an expert on South Pacific languages.
Just bumping one more time that we're hiring. We need more applicants, so please help us spread the word.
We especially need more applicants for the technical partnerships manager. It's an interesting role with a blend of technical and interpersonal skills. You folks are out there — apply!
Given the reference to “next Saturday,” there are 13 days (at absolute maximum) to complete all relevant pre-party tasks.
Good luck finding a nearby kids’ birthday party venue that has availability for a Saturday slot less than two weeks out!
"On Wednesday, May 28th... meteorologists and climate scientists from across the country will give virtual 20-minute talks continuously as we share our work and why it matters for every American.”
- Prof. Marshall Shepherd
*Without looking anything up*, what do you know about the federal hiring freeze and what happens with hiring afterward? (Did you know there was a freeze?)
No feds or fed-adjacents, please, you'll blow the curve.
Sinners dropping just 6% in its second weekend merits a much bigger headline than its $48 million opening. It is actual box-office news--news as in "This never happens." Just a giant thing, for Ryan Coogler and for the future of original material.
I have a new post on Techdirt about the Privacy Act litigation with respect to DOGE attacking the Social Security Administration, but in it I highlight a court's observation that there's a "probable cause" problem with what DOGE wants to do.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/25/e...
I'm listening in on the Perkins Coie hearing in DDC. (I made it onto the call!) Judge Howell is just recapping where everything is at - 3 pending motions, she hasn't ruled on sections 2 and 4 previously, so she's going to focus on that.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!
Putting out an APB: Is there an immigration attorney who is currently awake and can speak for a few minutes? A student of mine has an emergency situation. DMs are open.
cc @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @mjsdc.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social
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The DC Circuit's decision in Thaler v. Perlmutter is out, ruling that copyright law requires that authors be human, not AI, reasoning to this conclusion from the structure of the copyright statute (e.g., duration is based on the lifetime of the author) media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
If you need a palate cleanser to everything going on, consider treating yourself to a read of this thread.
"ROOST aims to ensure that developers at all levels can implement best practices in safety."
Whether your team is 👤,👥, or 🏢 sized... we aim to build safety tools for everyone. Thanks @commoncrawl.bsky.social, let's protect the shared resource of the internet!
commoncrawl.org/blog/opening...
