What I've been reading:
- A nuanced discussion of intent vs. behavior in extremist content online from Glitterpill, using a recent disturbing incident on YouTube as an example. Wired covers the incident in detail as well.
- The rise of techno-authoritarianism (The Atlantic)
- The Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence is running a Prosocial Ranking Challenge, with $60,000 in prizes for submissions with better social media algorithms.
Recently released resources
Last, but not least: one of my favorite things about working in Trust & Safety/ Integrity is how willing folks are to share research, insights, and best practices. Here are four resources launched recently:
- A framework for promoting online prosocial behavior via digital interventions (from the Prosocial Design Network)
- Global Elections Playbook: AI Edition (from the Integrity Institute)
- While not strictly a T&S resource, for anyone working on policy or enforcement teams around elections this year, Africa’s 2024 Elections: Challenges and Opportunities to Regain Democratic Momentum from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies outlines election issues to watch country-by-country.
- A Digital Pandemic: Uncovering the role of "Yahoo Boys" in the surge of social media-enabled financial sextortion targeting minors (Network Contagion Research Institute)
Coming up
- The UK Trust & Safety Summit is next month in London, March 13-14.
- Trust & Safety Forum in Lille, France is March 26-28.
- Tickets for TrustCon 2024 (July 22-24, San Francisco) are now on sale, and the panel submission deadline has ended.