Katie Harbath
@katieharbath.bsky.social
Work at intersection of tech and democracy. Fmr Facebook. Newsletter writer: anchorchange.substack.com
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Content policies are usually private, one-off efforts. You build yours, I build mine, we don't share much about what works or why. This makes sense given products can (and should) set different policies based on their communities, but it leaves us reinventing the wheel. 🧵 1/5
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Content policies are usually private, one-off efforts. You build yours, I build mine, we don't share much about what works or why. This makes sense given products can (and should) set different policies based on their communities, but it leaves us reinventing the wheel. 🧵 1/5
Excited to have @daphnek.bsky.social join me on the Anchor Change podcast this week to talk about the law and online speech including how trust and safety is becoming a compliance function.
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How Law Shapes Online Speech
Watch now | Exploring the intersection of how the law and technology influences the way expression is managed on digital platforms with Stanford's Daphne Keller
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November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Excited to have @daphnek.bsky.social join me on the Anchor Change podcast this week to talk about the law and online speech including how trust and safety is becoming a compliance function.
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Just dropped my latest on the 10 Political Digital Trends for 2026.
Key trends include:
-> More platforms = more content.
-> YouTube > Websites.
-> AI video gloves are off.
-> Websites optimizing for LLMs.
What are your 2026 predictions?
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Key trends include:
-> More platforms = more content.
-> YouTube > Websites.
-> AI video gloves are off.
-> Websites optimizing for LLMs.
What are your 2026 predictions?
anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-10-pol...
The 10 Political Digital Trends I’m Watching for 2026
The only thing I can guarantee is change. The best election campaigns will evolve and pivot quickly.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just dropped my latest on the 10 Political Digital Trends for 2026.
Key trends include:
-> More platforms = more content.
-> YouTube > Websites.
-> AI video gloves are off.
-> Websites optimizing for LLMs.
What are your 2026 predictions?
anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-10-pol...
Key trends include:
-> More platforms = more content.
-> YouTube > Websites.
-> AI video gloves are off.
-> Websites optimizing for LLMs.
What are your 2026 predictions?
anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-10-pol...
I didn’t plan to break news. I just looked out the window.
I was flying out of DCA and saw the East Wing being demolished. I took a photo, posted it, and by the time I landed, it was on CNN.
It's wild how fast one moment can move — and how something so ordinary can make the world pay attention.
I was flying out of DCA and saw the East Wing being demolished. I took a photo, posted it, and by the time I landed, it was on CNN.
It's wild how fast one moment can move — and how something so ordinary can make the world pay attention.
From Seat 1D to CNN: My Viral White House Photo
What a last-minute upgrade and a quick instinct taught me about transparency, timing, and the power of noticing.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I didn’t plan to break news. I just looked out the window.
I was flying out of DCA and saw the East Wing being demolished. I took a photo, posted it, and by the time I landed, it was on CNN.
It's wild how fast one moment can move — and how something so ordinary can make the world pay attention.
I was flying out of DCA and saw the East Wing being demolished. I took a photo, posted it, and by the time I landed, it was on CNN.
It's wild how fast one moment can move — and how something so ordinary can make the world pay attention.
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
$7 Latte Problem Killing Community
Sarah Stamper from Murmuration joins me this week to discuss how Gen Z is redefining civic engagement and the decline of third spaces that are crucial to civic life, but disappearing partly due to the cost of entry.
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Sarah Stamper from Murmuration joins me this week to discuss how Gen Z is redefining civic engagement and the decline of third spaces that are crucial to civic life, but disappearing partly due to the cost of entry.
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Gen Z Redefines Civic Engagement
Watch now | Exploring the Unique Perspectives and Impact of a New Generation with Sarah Stamper of Murmuration
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October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
$7 Latte Problem Killing Community
Sarah Stamper from Murmuration joins me this week to discuss how Gen Z is redefining civic engagement and the decline of third spaces that are crucial to civic life, but disappearing partly due to the cost of entry.
open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...
Sarah Stamper from Murmuration joins me this week to discuss how Gen Z is redefining civic engagement and the decline of third spaces that are crucial to civic life, but disappearing partly due to the cost of entry.
open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...
Same Wi-Fi. Five screens. Five different worlds.
👵 A Boomer watching the evening news
👩💻 A Gen Xer on YouTube
👩🎤 A Millennial reading a newsletter while half-watching Netflix
🧑🎓 A Gen Zer scrolling TikTok + Discord
🧒 A Gen Alpha remixing a video on a tablet
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👵 A Boomer watching the evening news
👩💻 A Gen Xer on YouTube
👩🎤 A Millennial reading a newsletter while half-watching Netflix
🧑🎓 A Gen Zer scrolling TikTok + Discord
🧒 A Gen Alpha remixing a video on a tablet
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From Boomers to Gen Alpha: Five Generations, Five Internets
Why understanding how each generation experiences the web is key to the next phase of communications
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October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Same Wi-Fi. Five screens. Five different worlds.
👵 A Boomer watching the evening news
👩💻 A Gen Xer on YouTube
👩🎤 A Millennial reading a newsletter while half-watching Netflix
🧑🎓 A Gen Zer scrolling TikTok + Discord
🧒 A Gen Alpha remixing a video on a tablet
anchorchange.substack.com/p/how-each-g...
👵 A Boomer watching the evening news
👩💻 A Gen Xer on YouTube
👩🎤 A Millennial reading a newsletter while half-watching Netflix
🧑🎓 A Gen Zer scrolling TikTok + Discord
🧒 A Gen Alpha remixing a video on a tablet
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AI isn’t replacing editors or journalists—it’s redefining how we work together.
On Anchor Change, I talk with Cory Ondrejka, CTO of SmartNews, about balancing AI and human judgment, designing for trust, & reimagining how we consume news.
🎧 Listen: anchorchange.substack.com/p/balancing-...
On Anchor Change, I talk with Cory Ondrejka, CTO of SmartNews, about balancing AI and human judgment, designing for trust, & reimagining how we consume news.
🎧 Listen: anchorchange.substack.com/p/balancing-...
Balancing AI and Human Insight in News: A Conversation with Cory Ondrejka
Watch now | The role of editors and journalists isn’t going away, but it is evolving
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October 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
AI isn’t replacing editors or journalists—it’s redefining how we work together.
On Anchor Change, I talk with Cory Ondrejka, CTO of SmartNews, about balancing AI and human judgment, designing for trust, & reimagining how we consume news.
🎧 Listen: anchorchange.substack.com/p/balancing-...
On Anchor Change, I talk with Cory Ondrejka, CTO of SmartNews, about balancing AI and human judgment, designing for trust, & reimagining how we consume news.
🎧 Listen: anchorchange.substack.com/p/balancing-...
Why The Future of Feeds Will Change Your Marketing Strategy
→ The feed escaped social media
→ AI is curating content across the internet
→ Video dominates, but text trains LLMs
→ AI-Driven Advertising
→ The 2026 midterms will spike your ad costs
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→ The feed escaped social media
→ AI is curating content across the internet
→ Video dominates, but text trains LLMs
→ AI-Driven Advertising
→ The 2026 midterms will spike your ad costs
anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-future...
The Future of Feeds Will Change Your Marketing Strategy
How we consume information is evolving — here's how your content plan needs to change with it
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October 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Why The Future of Feeds Will Change Your Marketing Strategy
→ The feed escaped social media
→ AI is curating content across the internet
→ Video dominates, but text trains LLMs
→ AI-Driven Advertising
→ The 2026 midterms will spike your ad costs
anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-future...
→ The feed escaped social media
→ AI is curating content across the internet
→ Video dominates, but text trains LLMs
→ AI-Driven Advertising
→ The 2026 midterms will spike your ad costs
anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-future...
I use AI every day—and still have complicated feelings about it.
Am I using it too much in my writing? Do I understand the privacy trade-offs? Why does it still make me uneasy?
Shira Ovide captures this tension beautifully in her new Washington Post piece.
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Am I using it too much in my writing? Do I understand the privacy trade-offs? Why does it still make me uneasy?
Shira Ovide captures this tension beautifully in her new Washington Post piece.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Analysis | Americans have become more pessimistic about AI. Why?
Four theories to explain the surveys that keep showing sour public opinion about AI.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I use AI every day—and still have complicated feelings about it.
Am I using it too much in my writing? Do I understand the privacy trade-offs? Why does it still make me uneasy?
Shira Ovide captures this tension beautifully in her new Washington Post piece.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Am I using it too much in my writing? Do I understand the privacy trade-offs? Why does it still make me uneasy?
Shira Ovide captures this tension beautifully in her new Washington Post piece.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
A quick pulse check:
The ground keeps shifting on speech, AI & 2026. Old playbooks don’t cut it anymore.
So tell me—what’s really keeping you up at night? Not the “shoulds,” but the real stuff: politics at work, what AI means for your job, or planning when nothing feels certain.
The ground keeps shifting on speech, AI & 2026. Old playbooks don’t cut it anymore.
So tell me—what’s really keeping you up at night? Not the “shoulds,” but the real stuff: politics at work, what AI means for your job, or planning when nothing feels certain.
A Pulse Check On the Tech Scene: Where Are You on Free Speech, AI, and Year-End Decision-Making?
3 short polls about what's keeping you up at night
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October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A quick pulse check:
The ground keeps shifting on speech, AI & 2026. Old playbooks don’t cut it anymore.
So tell me—what’s really keeping you up at night? Not the “shoulds,” but the real stuff: politics at work, what AI means for your job, or planning when nothing feels certain.
The ground keeps shifting on speech, AI & 2026. Old playbooks don’t cut it anymore.
So tell me—what’s really keeping you up at night? Not the “shoulds,” but the real stuff: politics at work, what AI means for your job, or planning when nothing feels certain.
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When @wired asked me to look at Silicon Valley in the age of Trump, I saw the crash of the idealism that originally drew founders--and me--to the tech revolution. Selling out the dream will not serve those moguls (or us) well. www.wired.com/story/silico...
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
When @wired asked me to look at Silicon Valley in the age of Trump, I saw the crash of the idealism that originally drew founders--and me--to the tech revolution. Selling out the dream will not serve those moguls (or us) well. www.wired.com/story/silico...
Nick Clegg's new book, How to Save the Internet, is a clear policy manifesto—strong on fallacies, tradeoffs, and global context. But it sidesteps the political + leadership choices shaping tech today. My review: anchorchange.substack.com/p/a-policy-b...
A Policy Book in a Political World
Nick Clegg’s new book is substantive and clear on policy, but sidesteps the political and leadership questions that matter most
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September 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Nick Clegg's new book, How to Save the Internet, is a clear policy manifesto—strong on fallacies, tradeoffs, and global context. But it sidesteps the political + leadership choices shaping tech today. My review: anchorchange.substack.com/p/a-policy-b...
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When I hit a wall writing my book, Chelsey Pippin Mizzi helped me find my way back to my voice.
Her book Tarot for Creativity became a tool I returned to again and again—not to predict the future, but to get unblocked.
🎧 Listen to our conversation!
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Her book Tarot for Creativity became a tool I returned to again and again—not to predict the future, but to get unblocked.
🎧 Listen to our conversation!
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Tarot for Creativity
Watch now | How Chelsey Pippin Mizzi helps creatives unlock their voice, reframe their blocks, and play with possibility through the magic of tarot
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August 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
When I hit a wall writing my book, Chelsey Pippin Mizzi helped me find my way back to my voice.
Her book Tarot for Creativity became a tool I returned to again and again—not to predict the future, but to get unblocked.
🎧 Listen to our conversation!
anchorchange.substack.com/p/tarot-for-...
Her book Tarot for Creativity became a tool I returned to again and again—not to predict the future, but to get unblocked.
🎧 Listen to our conversation!
anchorchange.substack.com/p/tarot-for-...
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For 17 years working in trust and safety, I've watched talented people burn out on impossible tasks. The problem isn't the people, it's the systems. Traditional moderation requires months of retraining for every policy change. Only big companies can afford it, and even then it works poorly. 🧵 1/9
July 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
For 17 years working in trust and safety, I've watched talented people burn out on impossible tasks. The problem isn't the people, it's the systems. Traditional moderation requires months of retraining for every policy change. Only big companies can afford it, and even then it works poorly. 🧵 1/9
So honored to have Kate Hill on the pod this week. From puppeteer to barge captain to retreat host, she’s crafted a life of reinvention. Her story is proof we don’t pivot once—we pivot forever. Your best chapter may still be ahead. anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-journe...
The Journey of a Storyteller
Watch now | From barge captain to Substack writer, Kate Hill’s life is a masterclass in creative reinvention.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
So honored to have Kate Hill on the pod this week. From puppeteer to barge captain to retreat host, she’s crafted a life of reinvention. Her story is proof we don’t pivot once—we pivot forever. Your best chapter may still be ahead. anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-journe...
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Good piece from Ireland on what Meta's political ad ban in the EU will lead to, and how citizens, campaigns and democracy will lose out. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Meta's ban on political ads will mean less transparency and more slop for users
Ireland's presidential election could get a lot more interesting than expected, if Meta goes ahead with removing transparency and filtration tools, says Facebook’s first Political Ads representative i...
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July 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Good piece from Ireland on what Meta's political ad ban in the EU will lead to, and how citizens, campaigns and democracy will lose out. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Some think trust & safety workers should speak out more. And while we do need voices, we also need quiet work—the kind done with care, without credit. I want you to know: I see you. You are the ones in the arena. And that’s what still gives me hope.
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In the Arena: What I Saw at TrustCon 2025
What I saw, what I’m struggling with, and why I’m still showing up
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July 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Some think trust & safety workers should speak out more. And while we do need voices, we also need quiet work—the kind done with care, without credit. I want you to know: I see you. You are the ones in the arena. And that’s what still gives me hope.
anchorchange.substack.com/p/in-the-are...
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Ofcom tomorrow morning.
July 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Ofcom tomorrow morning.
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Mark your calendars for *Friday, Sept. 26* and join us for "Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing World," our free conference focused on journalism ethics in the face of fragmentation, increasing authoritarianism and disappearing and unreliable data.
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“Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing World” to take place Sept. 26, 2025
Center for Journalism Ethics hosting its annual ethics conference, “Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing World,” with support from craig newmark philanthropies and the Evjue Foundation Madison, Wisconsin...
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July 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Mark your calendars for *Friday, Sept. 26* and join us for "Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing World," our free conference focused on journalism ethics in the face of fragmentation, increasing authoritarianism and disappearing and unreliable data.
ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025/07/28/j...
ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025/07/28/j...
Meta banning political and issue ads in Europe due to new regulations. about.fb.com/news/2025/07...
Ending Political, Electoral and Social Issue Advertising in the EU in Response to Incoming European Regulation
From early October 2025, we will no longer allow political, electoral and social issue ads on our platforms in the EU. This is a difficult decision - one
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July 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Meta banning political and issue ads in Europe due to new regulations. about.fb.com/news/2025/07...
Super important report out of Muck Rack about what sources - including Substacks - different AI models are citing in their results.
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What news sources AI chat bots read
The outlets most cited include Reuters, the Financial Times, Time, Axios, Forbes and the Associated Press, per the Muck Rack report.
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July 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Super important report out of Muck Rack about what sources - including Substacks - different AI models are citing in their results.
www.axios.com/2025/07/23/a...
www.axios.com/2025/07/23/a...
What if your business could be both wildly successful and soulfully aligned? In this episode, I talk with Rachael James, the founder of Wild Alabaster and Urban Alchemy Coffee Co., about building brands that are beautiful and healing.
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The World Needs Your Brand of Magic
Watch now | Building a Business That Feels Like You With Rachael James of Wild Alabaster
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July 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
What if your business could be both wildly successful and soulfully aligned? In this episode, I talk with Rachael James, the founder of Wild Alabaster and Urban Alchemy Coffee Co., about building brands that are beautiful and healing.
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Ahead of TrustCon, I’m excited to have my friend Charlotte Willner on the podcast this week to talk all things trust and safety.
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Building a Community in Trust and Safety
Charlotte Willner on the early days of safety online, evolving careers, and why connection matters more than ever in a high-stakes field
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July 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of TrustCon, I’m excited to have my friend Charlotte Willner on the podcast this week to talk all things trust and safety.
open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...
open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...