Naomi Shiffman
@naomishiffman.bsky.social
data & implementation at the Oversight Board | formerly academics + researchers at CrowdTangle / Meta | fellow at the Integrity Institute and Atlantic Council’s DFRLab | advisor at Connect Humanity, a fund for digital equity
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Two years into Europe’s Digital Services Act, data access for researchers is on life support, write Mark Scott and LK Seiling. Yet an alternative future is possible—one built on openness, interoperability, and platforms that treat data access as a civic and scientific good.
In Critical Condition – How To Stabilize Researcher Data Access? | TechPolicy.Press
Mark Scott and LK Seiling discuss the struggle for researcher access to social media data and an alternative future where transparency is seen as a civic good.
www.techpolicy.press
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Two years into Europe’s Digital Services Act, data access for researchers is on life support, write Mark Scott and LK Seiling. Yet an alternative future is possible—one built on openness, interoperability, and platforms that treat data access as a civic and scientific good.
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Not sure about everyone else, but I’m encouraged today (elated?) that we learned last night that we can beat candidates/parties of bullshit, AI slop, corruption, and authoritarianism without emulating them and without tacking towards a false center between us and them.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Not sure about everyone else, but I’m encouraged today (elated?) that we learned last night that we can beat candidates/parties of bullshit, AI slop, corruption, and authoritarianism without emulating them and without tacking towards a false center between us and them.
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Just thinking back to how I was feeling a year ago.
This is better.
This is better.
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Just thinking back to how I was feeling a year ago.
This is better.
This is better.
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Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.
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Who can take advantage of the DSA’s protections for researchers? Ultimately, protecting legitimate online research overall will require navigating legal barriers beyond the DSA, writes Daphne Keller.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Who can take advantage of the DSA’s protections for researchers? Ultimately, protecting legitimate online research overall will require navigating legal barriers beyond the DSA, writes Daphne Keller.
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing GreenEarth
We're building advanced open source algorithms for social media
greenearthsocial.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
GreenEarth is creating open source AI-driven recommender infrastructure for BlueSky. Type a prompt, see your feed change. We are here for the users, the builders, the dreamers. Join us.
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
greenearthsocial.substack.com/p/introducin...
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🖥️ 📈 The SMM market thrives on secrecy. Some tools have privileged access, most scrape, few disclose. We need standards that put the public interest first. Read the report by @cmilez.bsky.social, @brandonsilverman.bsky.social, and @annalenhart.bsky.social
at iddp.gwu.edu/dashboard-data-acquisition
at iddp.gwu.edu/dashboard-data-acquisition
From Dashboard to Data Acquisition | Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University
Researchers increasingly require data from social media companies to better understand the information environment, technology product design, & social issues.
iddp.gwu.edu
September 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🖥️ 📈 The SMM market thrives on secrecy. Some tools have privileged access, most scrape, few disclose. We need standards that put the public interest first. Read the report by @cmilez.bsky.social, @brandonsilverman.bsky.social, and @annalenhart.bsky.social
at iddp.gwu.edu/dashboard-data-acquisition
at iddp.gwu.edu/dashboard-data-acquisition
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"Because the wolfhound century is on us now, and we have to choose how to face it."
"The country we knew isn’t here anymore except to the extent that we knew it, and if anyone is going to remember what it meant or what it could have been, it will only be because people like you and me find a way to tell them." buttondown.com/theswordandt...
The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting
Welcome back to Culture Club, a feature where David and I discuss what we’ve been reading, watching, playing, and listening to, for paid subscribers. As...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"Because the wolfhound century is on us now, and we have to choose how to face it."
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I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
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August 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
New report out from IDDP on using pervasive data ethically in research — I was grateful for the opportunity to contribute. Congrats to @annalenhart.bsky.social!
GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...
Ethical Use of Pervasive Data for Research | Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University
The IDDP Council for Pervasive Data Ethics - Next Steps for the U.S convened to chart a set of actions to advance ethical practices in computing research.
iddp.gwu.edu
July 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New report out from IDDP on using pervasive data ethically in research — I was grateful for the opportunity to contribute. Congrats to @annalenhart.bsky.social!
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🚨 Workshop update 🚨
We're excited to announce that @naomishiffman.bsky.social will be joining to share her experience with designing and passing implementable tech policy.
Our half-day agenda is up (ci-x-tp.github.io) and early registration for @acmci.bsky.social ends on 23 June — don’t miss out!
We're excited to announce that @naomishiffman.bsky.social will be joining to share her experience with designing and passing implementable tech policy.
Our half-day agenda is up (ci-x-tp.github.io) and early registration for @acmci.bsky.social ends on 23 June — don’t miss out!
(1/4) Ever wondered what tech policy might look like if it were informed by research on collective intelligence and complex systems? 🧠🧑💻
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
Join @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lukethorburn.com, and myself in San Diego on Aug 4th for the Collective Intelligence x Tech Policy workshop at @acmci.bsky.social!
June 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚨 Workshop update 🚨
We're excited to announce that @naomishiffman.bsky.social will be joining to share her experience with designing and passing implementable tech policy.
Our half-day agenda is up (ci-x-tp.github.io) and early registration for @acmci.bsky.social ends on 23 June — don’t miss out!
We're excited to announce that @naomishiffman.bsky.social will be joining to share her experience with designing and passing implementable tech policy.
Our half-day agenda is up (ci-x-tp.github.io) and early registration for @acmci.bsky.social ends on 23 June — don’t miss out!
A really excellent, clear guide with concrete scenarios and potential alternatives to AI.
Public agencies are embracing AI to improve service delivery, but is AI always the right solution? CDT’s report, “To AI or Not to AI,” outlines a 4-step framework to help agencies assess whether AI is the best fit—or if alternatives should be considered. cdt.org/insights/to-...
July 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A really excellent, clear guide with concrete scenarios and potential alternatives to AI.
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This new report from @brandonsilverman.bsky.social and @naomishiffman.bsky.social is great. It documents numerous concrete cases in which platform transparency (or scraping-based research) has had significant real-world impact.
iddp.gwu.edu/sites/g/file...
iddp.gwu.edu/sites/g/file...
iddp.gwu.edu
May 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This new report from @brandonsilverman.bsky.social and @naomishiffman.bsky.social is great. It documents numerous concrete cases in which platform transparency (or scraping-based research) has had significant real-world impact.
iddp.gwu.edu/sites/g/file...
iddp.gwu.edu/sites/g/file...
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"Platform transparency has had significant positive impact for public awareness and civic engagement, academic understanding [of] platforms, government and regulatory action [and for] platforms themselves" @naomishiffman.bsky.social & @brandonsilverman.bsky.social write iddp.gwu.edu/case-transpa...
The Case for Transparency | Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University
This report makes the 'case for transparency' by presenting a series of influential social media research efforts.
iddp.gwu.edu
May 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Platform transparency has had significant positive impact for public awareness and civic engagement, academic understanding [of] platforms, government and regulatory action [and for] platforms themselves" @naomishiffman.bsky.social & @brandonsilverman.bsky.social write iddp.gwu.edu/case-transpa...
New report out from @brandonsilverman.bsky.social and myself making the case for platform transparency and the ways it leads to real-world change— not only in the public sphere, but also for the platforms themselves. Check it out!
This morning, @naomishiffman.bsky.social and I published a report that helps make the case for why online platform transparency is so important by looking at *specific, concrete case studies* where data sharing led to real-world impact.
Link to the report and 🧵 with more details below!
Link to the report and 🧵 with more details below!
May 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
New report out from @brandonsilverman.bsky.social and myself making the case for platform transparency and the ways it leads to real-world change— not only in the public sphere, but also for the platforms themselves. Check it out!
This level of transparency about content moderation decisions, and specifically about the recall vs precision tradeoff, should be a model for other platforms.
1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network.
As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.
November 26, 2024 at 1:52 AM
This level of transparency about content moderation decisions, and specifically about the recall vs precision tradeoff, should be a model for other platforms.
@jacobsilver.bsky.social is here, everyone say hi!
June 6, 2023 at 4:07 AM
@jacobsilver.bsky.social is here, everyone say hi!
Excited to share a paper led by @lageneralista.bsky.social and @samlai.bsky.social that I was lucky enough to co-author! https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/05/18/operational-reporting-by-online-services-proposed-framework-pub-89776
May 21, 2023 at 9:14 PM
Excited to share a paper led by @lageneralista.bsky.social and @samlai.bsky.social that I was lucky enough to co-author! https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/05/18/operational-reporting-by-online-services-proposed-framework-pub-89776