Sarah Amos
@sarah3amos.bsky.social
Care about Responsible Tech / Trust & Safety / AI for Good / Ex-Tweep
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This reporting update is really exciting. I've seen other socials where you quite literally need to have worked in Trust & Safety to understand how to accurately flag issues.
Clearer reports = Better moderation + conversation
Clearer reports = Better moderation + conversation
v1.110 is live!
We’ve expanded post-reporting options from 5 → 39. This gives you more precise ways to flag issues and strengthens the signals our safety systems rely on. Clearer reports mean better moderation and higher-quality conversations across Bluesky. Learn more: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’ve expanded post-reporting options from 5 → 39. This gives you more precise ways to flag issues and strengthens the signals our safety systems rely on. Clearer reports mean better moderation and higher-quality conversations across Bluesky. Learn more: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This reporting update is really exciting. I've seen other socials where you quite literally need to have worked in Trust & Safety to understand how to accurately flag issues.
Clearer reports = Better moderation + conversation
Clearer reports = Better moderation + conversation
And that’s why you should only use Coco Lopez!!
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
And that’s why you should only use Coco Lopez!!
B2B SaaS SKO vibes
Feeling good vibes on the ground here in National Harbor!
This vote for DNC chair will reverberate for years—and even decades—to come.
To turn the tide against MAGA extremism, we need to out-organize, out-communicate, and out-fundraise the GOP. And it has to start right now.
This vote for DNC chair will reverberate for years—and even decades—to come.
To turn the tide against MAGA extremism, we need to out-organize, out-communicate, and out-fundraise the GOP. And it has to start right now.
February 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
B2B SaaS SKO vibes
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
January 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
In light of the sudden .gov takedowns, this team’s work (and all the independent web archivists!) is crucial for preserving history
Every US presidential election period we do a wide crawl of all federal websites.
YOU can contribute to the 2024 End of Term Web Archive eotarchive.org/contribute/
- Nominate Gov URLs
- Upload bulk seed lists
- Help surface database deep links
- Spread the word #EOT2024 #EOTArchive
YOU can contribute to the 2024 End of Term Web Archive eotarchive.org/contribute/
- Nominate Gov URLs
- Upload bulk seed lists
- Help surface database deep links
- Spread the word #EOT2024 #EOTArchive
Contribute
The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative initiative that collects, preserves, and makes accessible United States Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
eotarchive.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In light of the sudden .gov takedowns, this team’s work (and all the independent web archivists!) is crucial for preserving history
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I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13
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I've been told that political appointees delivered orders to CDC staff yesterday to either:
A) remove all references to “gender ideology” by 5pm today, OR
B) take down your website.
What is "gender ideology"? Not totally clear. Which could explain why so many sites are down.
A) remove all references to “gender ideology” by 5pm today, OR
B) take down your website.
What is "gender ideology"? Not totally clear. Which could explain why so many sites are down.
January 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I've been told that political appointees delivered orders to CDC staff yesterday to either:
A) remove all references to “gender ideology” by 5pm today, OR
B) take down your website.
What is "gender ideology"? Not totally clear. Which could explain why so many sites are down.
A) remove all references to “gender ideology” by 5pm today, OR
B) take down your website.
What is "gender ideology"? Not totally clear. Which could explain why so many sites are down.
Reposted by Sarah Amos
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
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A new era of government censorship has begun.
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A new era of government censorship has dawned
Donald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really?
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A new era of government censorship has begun.
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I couldn't resist.
January 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I couldn't resist.
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Get ready for the return of “Pope Endorses Donald Trump” and other similar viral bullshit.
This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””.
www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””.
www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
Meta just flipped the switch that prevents misinformation from spreading in the United States
The company built effective systems to reduce the reach of fake news. Last week, it shut them down
www.platformer.news
January 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Get ready for the return of “Pope Endorses Donald Trump” and other similar viral bullshit.
This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””.
www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””.
www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
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It should not be this easy to find pages and content on HuggingFace that promote non-consensual deepfake pornography. All I had to do was search for 'undress' and 'nudify' to find these.
This includes a space where you can nudify in-browser & promotions for other websites.
This includes a space where you can nudify in-browser & promotions for other websites.
January 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It should not be this easy to find pages and content on HuggingFace that promote non-consensual deepfake pornography. All I had to do was search for 'undress' and 'nudify' to find these.
This includes a space where you can nudify in-browser & promotions for other websites.
This includes a space where you can nudify in-browser & promotions for other websites.
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Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
brat summer turned into fascist fall
November 6, 2024 at 7:32 AM
brat summer turned into fascist fall
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11. Attempting to use a pure technology based solution to what is fundamentally a people problem has never once worked in all of history.
May 28, 2023 at 7:37 AM
11. Attempting to use a pure technology based solution to what is fundamentally a people problem has never once worked in all of history.
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Twitter has decided to leave the EU's disinformation code, a voluntary pact that groups together the major social platforms where they agree not to spread disinformation.
Just in time for 2024’s global collection of elections, in the US, UK, the EU, Ukraine, Russia, India, Mexico and Taiwan.
Just in time for 2024’s global collection of elections, in the US, UK, the EU, Ukraine, Russia, India, Mexico and Taiwan.
May 27, 2023 at 9:45 AM
Twitter has decided to leave the EU's disinformation code, a voluntary pact that groups together the major social platforms where they agree not to spread disinformation.
Just in time for 2024’s global collection of elections, in the US, UK, the EU, Ukraine, Russia, India, Mexico and Taiwan.
Just in time for 2024’s global collection of elections, in the US, UK, the EU, Ukraine, Russia, India, Mexico and Taiwan.
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Now that alt text is visible to sighted users, it's a good time to plug @alt-text.bsky.social. Tag the bot in a reply to a post that has one or more images without alt text, and then the bot uses OCR to extract the text and reply with the OCR'd text as alt text. (This only works for images of text.)
May 3, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Now that alt text is visible to sighted users, it's a good time to plug @alt-text.bsky.social. Tag the bot in a reply to a post that has one or more images without alt text, and then the bot uses OCR to extract the text and reply with the OCR'd text as alt text. (This only works for images of text.)
Apologies in advance for the earnestness, but I don’t think I’ve had this much fun on a social app in a looooong time. I’m liking / reply-guying and skeeting like it’s 2015.
April 29, 2023 at 5:30 AM
Apologies in advance for the earnestness, but I don’t think I’ve had this much fun on a social app in a looooong time. I’m liking / reply-guying and skeeting like it’s 2015.
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the hellthreads are extended gutters and the gutters are full of shitposts and the accumulated filth of all their replies and hot takes will foam up about their waists and all the deranged will look up and shout 'SAVE US!'...and I'll look down and whisper ‘No.’
April 29, 2023 at 4:53 AM
the hellthreads are extended gutters and the gutters are full of shitposts and the accumulated filth of all their replies and hot takes will foam up about their waists and all the deranged will look up and shout 'SAVE US!'...and I'll look down and whisper ‘No.’
Ok, who’s gonna make the “Best of Bluesky” twitter account?
April 29, 2023 at 4:48 AM
Ok, who’s gonna make the “Best of Bluesky” twitter account?
Instead of millennials “insisting” on work/life balance, try this headline instead:
Workers Take (Less Than) Their Legally-Entitled Work Break to Do Free Advertising for Multinational Corporation
https://artifact.news/s/3SyYKJ-17Fs=
Workers Take (Less Than) Their Legally-Entitled Work Break to Do Free Advertising for Multinational Corporation
https://artifact.news/s/3SyYKJ-17Fs=
April 29, 2023 at 4:32 AM
Instead of millennials “insisting” on work/life balance, try this headline instead:
Workers Take (Less Than) Their Legally-Entitled Work Break to Do Free Advertising for Multinational Corporation
https://artifact.news/s/3SyYKJ-17Fs=
Workers Take (Less Than) Their Legally-Entitled Work Break to Do Free Advertising for Multinational Corporation
https://artifact.news/s/3SyYKJ-17Fs=
I am shocked (in a good way) how quickly this small team shipped a valuable Trust and Safety feature after community feedback.
Bravo @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com
Bravo @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com
You needed blocks. We cleared our calendars to finish building out blocks.
Blocking has shipped to Bluesky web app users and will be available in mobile shortly (version 1.25, when it passes App/Play Store review — hopefully tomorrow morning).
You can access this feature now at staging.bsky.app.
Blocking has shipped to Bluesky web app users and will be available in mobile shortly (version 1.25, when it passes App/Play Store review — hopefully tomorrow morning).
You can access this feature now at staging.bsky.app.
April 29, 2023 at 4:02 AM
I am shocked (in a good way) how quickly this small team shipped a valuable Trust and Safety feature after community feedback.
Bravo @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com
Bravo @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com
Trying to explain to people not on this app that Jack is getting Quote-Skeeted rn
April 29, 2023 at 3:56 AM
Trying to explain to people not on this app that Jack is getting Quote-Skeeted rn