John Sands
@iohn.bsky.social
information•society•cats•knightfoundation.org
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A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
Better Access: Data for the Common Good – Knight-Georgetown Institute
kgi.georgetown.edu
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
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📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
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Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH
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A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
Better Access: Data for the Common Good – Knight-Georgetown Institute
kgi.georgetown.edu
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
A new KGI expert report lays out a framework to facilitate access to high-influence public platform data—“the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.”
kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
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Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem. www.wired.com/story/scam-a...
Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Rob Leathern and Rob Goldman, who both worked at Meta, are launching a new nonprofit that aims to bring transparency to an increasingly opaque, scam-filled social media ecosystem. www.wired.com/story/scam-a...
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Anthony Hopkins recitant un fragment del poema The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock de T.S.Eliot, al programa del Stephen Colbert 😍
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Anthony Hopkins recitant un fragment del poema The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock de T.S.Eliot, al programa del Stephen Colbert 😍
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Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
Those who report often encountering inaccurate news are more likely than those who rarely or never do to say it’s hard to know what is true (59% vs. 31%).
www.pewresearch.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
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1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
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American students are falling behind, and the most common explanations overlook the main problem, Idrees Kahloon argues.
America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy
Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
American students are falling behind, and the most common explanations overlook the main problem, Idrees Kahloon argues.
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New copyright scenario: lawyers threaten researchers over cryptographic solution found in Smithsonian archive
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New copyright scenario: lawyers threaten researchers over cryptographic solution found in Smithsonian archive
Lunch today: Taqueria El Califa de León, CDMX
October 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Lunch today: Taqueria El Califa de León, CDMX
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Even without jobs data, Google Search Results for "Unemployment Benefits" being at a post-Covid high is probably —and I hate to use such labor econ/technical jargon here, but it's probably— "not good."
#EconSky
#EconSky
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Even without jobs data, Google Search Results for "Unemployment Benefits" being at a post-Covid high is probably —and I hate to use such labor econ/technical jargon here, but it's probably— "not good."
#EconSky
#EconSky
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Are you a lawyer? Do you enjoy working on small teams tackling big things? We’re hiring a senior counsel.
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Bluesky Jobs
Bluesky Jobs
jobs.gem.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Are you a lawyer? Do you enjoy working on small teams tackling big things? We’re hiring a senior counsel.
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
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Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding.
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to raise money for public TV stations after funding cuts
Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations after federal funding cuts.
cbsn.ws
October 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding.
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For this week's podcast, I spoke to John Wihbey, an associate professor at Northeastern University and the author of a new book titled Governing Babel: The Debate Over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—And What Comes Next. Listen here:
Governing Babel: John Wihbey on Platforms, Power, and the Future of Free Expression | TechPolicy.Press
Wihbey is the author of Governing Babel: The Debate over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—and What Comes Next, a book from MIT Press.
www.techpolicy.press
October 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
For this week's podcast, I spoke to John Wihbey, an associate professor at Northeastern University and the author of a new book titled Governing Babel: The Debate Over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—And What Comes Next. Listen here:
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An absurdly simple trick for choosing between “who” and “whom.”
The Comma Queen’s Lesson on “Who” Versus “Whom”
Does civilization depend on the proper use of “who” and “whom”?
www.newyorker.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
An absurdly simple trick for choosing between “who” and “whom.”
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"This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s resilience against future quantum computing threats while maintaining our existing security guarantees of forward secrecy and post-compromise security." Fascinating @meredithmeredith.bsky.social!
Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets
We are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s...
signal.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s resilience against future quantum computing threats while maintaining our existing security guarantees of forward secrecy and post-compromise security." Fascinating @meredithmeredith.bsky.social!
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This was such a great convo and thrilled to be part of a whole series on scams and schemes. Thanks @alixdunn.com !
How is AI changing the nature of scams? @lanalanalana.bsky.social & @alicetiara.bsky.social spoke to @alixdunn.com on @themaybe.org to explain how AI automates & scales the work already being done in massive, exploitative “cybercrime compounds” around the world. www.themaybe.org/podcast/gotc...
The Maybe
www.themaybe.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This was such a great convo and thrilled to be part of a whole series on scams and schemes. Thanks @alixdunn.com !
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Bravo 👏 to @jay.bsky.team, @pfrazee.com and the other folks behind @bsky.app!
They just released the Bluesky software SDKs and reference implementations under open source licenses and are also making a patent non-aggression pledge. bsky.social/about/blog/1...
They just released the Bluesky software SDKs and reference implementations under open source licenses and are also making a patent non-aggression pledge. bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky
Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.
bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Bravo 👏 to @jay.bsky.team, @pfrazee.com and the other folks behind @bsky.app!
They just released the Bluesky software SDKs and reference implementations under open source licenses and are also making a patent non-aggression pledge. bsky.social/about/blog/1...
They just released the Bluesky software SDKs and reference implementations under open source licenses and are also making a patent non-aggression pledge. bsky.social/about/blog/1...
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online style accounts that try to look rich vs actual rich people
September 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
online style accounts that try to look rich vs actual rich people