Jeff Allen
@jeffallen.bsky.social
Now: Building smaller but better things @Integrity_Inst integrityinstitute.org
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Physics: @LBNLphysics - @augerobs
Tech: @dotdashco - @Facebook - @DNC
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💬 Can AI break the engagement trap?
In August, our co-founder @jeffallen.bsky.social reflected on the evolution of Trust & Safety, and why regulatory pressure—and transparency—still matter most.
▶️ Read the full conversation on the @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social Substack: bit.ly/4neJfi5
In August, our co-founder @jeffallen.bsky.social reflected on the evolution of Trust & Safety, and why regulatory pressure—and transparency—still matter most.
▶️ Read the full conversation on the @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social Substack: bit.ly/4neJfi5
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
💬 Can AI break the engagement trap?
In August, our co-founder @jeffallen.bsky.social reflected on the evolution of Trust & Safety, and why regulatory pressure—and transparency—still matter most.
▶️ Read the full conversation on the @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social Substack: bit.ly/4neJfi5
In August, our co-founder @jeffallen.bsky.social reflected on the evolution of Trust & Safety, and why regulatory pressure—and transparency—still matter most.
▶️ Read the full conversation on the @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social Substack: bit.ly/4neJfi5
Great article by @issielapowsky.bsky.social about the impact AI content is already having. Even if the "dead internet theory" isn't 100% true, if platforms don't properly disencentivize AI content, it can still hurt online publishing and content creators.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Maybe AI Slop Is Killing the Internet, After All
The assertion that bots are choking off human life online has never seemed more true.
www.bloomberg.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Great article by @issielapowsky.bsky.social about the impact AI content is already having. Even if the "dead internet theory" isn't 100% true, if platforms don't properly disencentivize AI content, it can still hurt online publishing and content creators.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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🚨 NEW REPORT – Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First 🚨
As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives.
bit.ly/3QzxVzq
As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives.
bit.ly/3QzxVzq
Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First – Knight-Georgetown Institute
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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨 NEW REPORT – Better Feeds: Algorithms That Put People First 🚨
As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives.
bit.ly/3QzxVzq
As policymakers around the globe grapple with addressing concerns about algorithms, KGI’s new report offers guidance on improving the design of algorithmic systems that shape billions of users’ digital lives.
bit.ly/3QzxVzq
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Excited to share 3 new resources designed to advance transparency & improve risk assessment practices in the platform ecosystem. These reports analyze current transparency efforts & provide guidance on how to obtain meaningful transparency from social platforms.
Read here: integrityinstitute.o...
Read here: integrityinstitute.o...
Integrity Institute Releases New Transparency Resources — Integrity Institute
The Integrity Institute is excited to share three new resources designed to advance transparency and improve risk assessment practices in the platform ecosystem. These reports analyze current transparency efforts and provide guidance on how to obtain meaningful transparency from social platforms.
integrityinstitute.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Excited to share 3 new resources designed to advance transparency & improve risk assessment practices in the platform ecosystem. These reports analyze current transparency efforts & provide guidance on how to obtain meaningful transparency from social platforms.
Read here: integrityinstitute.o...
Read here: integrityinstitute.o...
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New from me: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed: www.propublica.org/article/face...
As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of...
www.propublica.org
February 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New from me: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed: www.propublica.org/article/face...
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👀🔎 Last week Big Tech companies published their first reports of how they assess the systemic risks of their platforms to users under the EU’s Digital Services Act. Here’s what we’ve found so far: 🧵
December 3, 2024 at 1:32 PM
👀🔎 Last week Big Tech companies published their first reports of how they assess the systemic risks of their platforms to users under the EU’s Digital Services Act. Here’s what we’ve found so far: 🧵
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We're assembling a starter pack of Tech Policy Press contributors on Bluesky! Follow the folks in our community for perspectives on a range of issues at the intersection of technology and democracy!
November 11, 2024 at 9:28 PM
We're assembling a starter pack of Tech Policy Press contributors on Bluesky! Follow the folks in our community for perspectives on a range of issues at the intersection of technology and democracy!
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Platform design choices impact the privacy, safety, and security of minors online. Independent research shows that content-agnostic design changes can support prosocial interactions and user well-being.
Learn more in KGI’s recent submission to the European Commission: shorturl.at/B00Jz
Learn more in KGI’s recent submission to the European Commission: shorturl.at/B00Jz
KGI Comments to the European Commission on Guidelines to Enforce the Protection of Minors Online - Knight–Georgetown Institute
October 29, 2024By Peter Chapman and Zander Arnao The European Commission recently requested evidence to inform the development of Guidelines on the protection of minors online under the Digital Servi...
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October 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Platform design choices impact the privacy, safety, and security of minors online. Independent research shows that content-agnostic design changes can support prosocial interactions and user well-being.
Learn more in KGI’s recent submission to the European Commission: shorturl.at/B00Jz
Learn more in KGI’s recent submission to the European Commission: shorturl.at/B00Jz
New piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social from me and others the Integrity Institute!
Want a safer social media? Then we need more transparency from the platforms about the scale, cause, and nature of harms. A key way to change the incentives of the companies.
www.techpolicy.press/making-socia...
Want a safer social media? Then we need more transparency from the platforms about the scale, cause, and nature of harms. A key way to change the incentives of the companies.
www.techpolicy.press/making-socia...
Making Social Media Safer Requires Meaningful Transparency | TechPolicy.Press
The authors argue that meaningful transparency requires companies to disclose the total number of exposures to violating content, not just the prevalence.
www.techpolicy.press
October 2, 2024 at 3:07 PM
New piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social from me and others the Integrity Institute!
Want a safer social media? Then we need more transparency from the platforms about the scale, cause, and nature of harms. A key way to change the incentives of the companies.
www.techpolicy.press/making-socia...
Want a safer social media? Then we need more transparency from the platforms about the scale, cause, and nature of harms. A key way to change the incentives of the companies.
www.techpolicy.press/making-socia...
Check out the Safe by Default report from Panoptykon, which discusses concrete changes platforms can make to move from engagement based design and ranking towards more human centric recommender systems.
panoptykon.org/sites/defaul...
panoptykon.org/sites/defaul...
panoptykon.org
March 6, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Check out the Safe by Default report from Panoptykon, which discusses concrete changes platforms can make to move from engagement based design and ranking towards more human centric recommender systems.
panoptykon.org/sites/defaul...
panoptykon.org/sites/defaul...
Really excited to see the Non-Engagement Con paper come out! This represents broad consensus views about ranking and recommendations from a lot of experts on all kinds of ranking and recommendation systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2402.06831
arxiv.org/abs/2402.06831
February 13, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Really excited to see the Non-Engagement Con paper come out! This represents broad consensus views about ranking and recommendations from a lot of experts on all kinds of ranking and recommendation systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2402.06831
arxiv.org/abs/2402.06831
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Searching for sensitive topics on Instagram often surfaces harmful content, but doing the same search on Google doesn't. Why? One ranks search results based on engagement, and one ranks them based on quality and relevance. Interesting analysis here from the Integrity Institute's Jeff Allen 👇
Why is Instagram search so much more harmful than Google search?
New article from me on Instagram's decision to completely block searches for sensitive topics, on the Integrity Institute blog.
integrityinstitute.org/blog/why-is-...
New article from me on Instagram's decision to completely block searches for sensitive topics, on the Integrity Institute blog.
integrityinstitute.org/blog/why-is-...
February 13, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Searching for sensitive topics on Instagram often surfaces harmful content, but doing the same search on Google doesn't. Why? One ranks search results based on engagement, and one ranks them based on quality and relevance. Interesting analysis here from the Integrity Institute's Jeff Allen 👇
Why is Instagram search so much more harmful than Google search?
New article from me on Instagram's decision to completely block searches for sensitive topics, on the Integrity Institute blog.
integrityinstitute.org/blog/why-is-...
New article from me on Instagram's decision to completely block searches for sensitive topics, on the Integrity Institute blog.
integrityinstitute.org/blog/why-is-...
February 13, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Why is Instagram search so much more harmful than Google search?
New article from me on Instagram's decision to completely block searches for sensitive topics, on the Integrity Institute blog.
integrityinstitute.org/blog/why-is-...
New article from me on Instagram's decision to completely block searches for sensitive topics, on the Integrity Institute blog.
integrityinstitute.org/blog/why-is-...
The EC cited Integrity Institute work multiple times in their guidance to platforms on protecting elections!
Exciting moment! That is the result of a year of work by our community putting together our recommended best practices on election integrity.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Exciting moment! That is the result of a year of work by our community putting together our recommended best practices on election integrity.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
February 8, 2024 at 10:48 PM
The EC cited Integrity Institute work multiple times in their guidance to platforms on protecting elections!
Exciting moment! That is the result of a year of work by our community putting together our recommended best practices on election integrity.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Exciting moment! That is the result of a year of work by our community putting together our recommended best practices on election integrity.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
The Integrity Institute has been very active on all things child safety, leading into the Senate hearing yesterday. Check out the recap!
integrityinstitute.org/blog/child-s...
And the preread ICYMI:
integrityinstitute.org/blog/child-s...
integrityinstitute.org/blog/child-s...
And the preread ICYMI:
integrityinstitute.org/blog/child-s...
Exploring the Depths of Online Safety: A Critical Analysis from the US Senate Judiciary Hearing — ...
On January 31, 2024, the US Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on
child safety online. Prior to the hearing, Integrity Institute released a
list of recommendations on how platforms could bett...
integrityinstitute.org
February 1, 2024 at 5:56 PM
The Integrity Institute has been very active on all things child safety, leading into the Senate hearing yesterday. Check out the recap!
integrityinstitute.org/blog/child-s...
And the preread ICYMI:
integrityinstitute.org/blog/child-s...
integrityinstitute.org/blog/child-s...
And the preread ICYMI:
integrityinstitute.org/blog/child-s...
What do we do about Telegram?
New research investigation from the Integrity Institute and Wired out today:
www.wired.com/story/telegr...
and our summary here
integrityinstitute.org/news/institu...
New research investigation from the Integrity Institute and Wired out today:
www.wired.com/story/telegr...
and our summary here
integrityinstitute.org/news/institu...
Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren't Really Bans
A WIRED analysis of more than 100 restricted channels shows these communities remain active, and content shared within them often spreads to channels accessible to the public.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2023 at 6:09 PM
What do we do about Telegram?
New research investigation from the Integrity Institute and Wired out today:
www.wired.com/story/telegr...
and our summary here
integrityinstitute.org/news/institu...
New research investigation from the Integrity Institute and Wired out today:
www.wired.com/story/telegr...
and our summary here
integrityinstitute.org/news/institu...