Kate Sim
@katejsim.bsky.social
COSPR - children's online safety and privacy research
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Kate Sim
@katejsim.bsky.social
· Feb 26
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COSPR - Children's Online Safety and Privacy Research investigates the intersection of children’s safety, privacy, tech policy.
The child safety conversation needs a fundamental reorientation. It needs to take both safety and privacy seriously.
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COSPR - Children's Online Safety and Privacy Research investigates the intersection of children’s safety, privacy, tech policy.
The child safety conversation needs a fundamental reorientation. It needs to take both safety and privacy seriously.
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The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
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Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
What do you mean you are she/her divine earth mother bill from cuomo's schoolhouse rock AI slop for halloween
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What do you mean you are she/her divine earth mother bill from cuomo's schoolhouse rock AI slop for halloween
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Every time.
So the $20,000 humanoid robot housekeeper actually just webcams your house to a random person in a call center with an Xbox controller www.wsj.com/tech/persona... @joannastern.bsky.social
I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.
1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you?
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every time.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
The wait is over. Cant wait to read this! @lalouverouge.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The wait is over. Cant wait to read this! @lalouverouge.bsky.social
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Excuse me what? The RIAA is now funding NCOSE to file bullshit amicus briefs before the Supreme Court?!?
That is way more fucked up than even usual RIAA nonsense.
Let me explain...
That is way more fucked up than even usual RIAA nonsense.
Let me explain...
October 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Excuse me what? The RIAA is now funding NCOSE to file bullshit amicus briefs before the Supreme Court?!?
That is way more fucked up than even usual RIAA nonsense.
Let me explain...
That is way more fucked up than even usual RIAA nonsense.
Let me explain...
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“The case shows how American law enforcement can use ChatGPT prompts to gather data on users suspected of criminal activity.”
OpenAI Ordered To Unmask ChatGPT User Behind 2 Prompts
First known warrant of its kind reveals the government can ask OpenAI to provide identifying information on anyone who enters specific prompts.
www.forbes.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“The case shows how American law enforcement can use ChatGPT prompts to gather data on users suspected of criminal activity.”
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The only "tech innovation" I want is in guillotines.
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The only "tech innovation" I want is in guillotines.
V moving interview from @palumboliu.bsky.social with the youth organizers of South Bay Youth Changemakers!
speakingoutofplace.com/2025/10/16/s...
speakingoutofplace.com/2025/10/16/s...
South Bay Youth Changemakers: Going Beyond the Stereotype of “Asian American” to Realize a Broad Sense of Community and Activism in Silicon Valley | Speaking Out OF Place
speakingoutofplace.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
V moving interview from @palumboliu.bsky.social with the youth organizers of South Bay Youth Changemakers!
speakingoutofplace.com/2025/10/16/s...
speakingoutofplace.com/2025/10/16/s...
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“…that Sora is being used for stalking and harassment will likely not be an edge case, because deepfaking yourself and others into videos is one of its core selling points.”
Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.
Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.
Stalker Already Using OpenAI's Sora 2 to Harass Victim
A journalist claims that her stalker used Sora 2, the latest video app from OpenAI, to churn out videos of her.
futurism.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“…that Sora is being used for stalking and harassment will likely not be an edge case, because deepfaking yourself and others into videos is one of its core selling points.”
Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.
Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.
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What could go wrong.
Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices
Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product ...
www.eff.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What could go wrong.
Thanks for having me @skipintroyt.bsky.social !
In case you missed it in the news churn yesterday, I have a new video out about Adolescence, the Online Safety Act, and how the police thrive on moral panics
Huge thanks to @katejsim.bsky.social and Peter Squires for lending me their expertise!!
Huge thanks to @katejsim.bsky.social and Peter Squires for lending me their expertise!!
🚨🚨 NEW VIDEO 🚨🚨
Netflix's Adolescence has taken the UK by storm, shining a light on the impact of internet misogyny on young boys.
But Adolescence and the discourse around it mirror moral panics of the past, from online predators to knife crime to mugging
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imLc...
Netflix's Adolescence has taken the UK by storm, shining a light on the impact of internet misogyny on young boys.
But Adolescence and the discourse around it mirror moral panics of the past, from online predators to knife crime to mugging
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imLc...
September 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thanks for having me @skipintroyt.bsky.social !
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“The memo — in the form of fresh guidelines on how to talk to and evaluate answers from Apple’s upcoming new artificial intelligence model — appeared to have been retooled following Trump’s return to the White House…”
The topics include “diversity,” “elections,” and “vaccines.”
The topics include “diversity,” “elections,” and “vaccines.”
Revealed: Apple is teaching its AI to adapt to the Trump era
Apple policy documents enacted by a subcontractor show how the company shifted its approach to fine-tuning its AI in March, two months after the U.S. president was inaugurated.
www.politico.eu
September 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“The memo — in the form of fresh guidelines on how to talk to and evaluate answers from Apple’s upcoming new artificial intelligence model — appeared to have been retooled following Trump’s return to the White House…”
The topics include “diversity,” “elections,” and “vaccines.”
The topics include “diversity,” “elections,” and “vaccines.”
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*ezra klein guy voice* The problem with the left is that they've lost the willingness to speak reasonably with their opponents, such as this guy I interviewed recently who easily conned me into supporting eugenics
September 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
*ezra klein guy voice* The problem with the left is that they've lost the willingness to speak reasonably with their opponents, such as this guy I interviewed recently who easily conned me into supporting eugenics
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NEW figures show that 61,226 people are currently in ICE detention — the highest number ever in US history.
According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
August 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW figures show that 61,226 people are currently in ICE detention — the highest number ever in US history.
According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
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To be clear: this is yet another reason why many of these laws are so problematic. If people want to run fediverse instances of any size, the fact that costly age verification requirements could put them in legal jeopardy, is very bad.
Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.
Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.
Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws
Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws | TechCrunch
Decentralized social network Mastodon says it cannot comply with age verification laws, like in Mississippi and elsewhere, and says it's up to individual server owners to decide.
techcrunch.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
To be clear: this is yet another reason why many of these laws are so problematic. If people want to run fediverse instances of any size, the fact that costly age verification requirements could put them in legal jeopardy, is very bad.
Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.
Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook.
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New: Flock, the ALPR company in thousands of U.S. communities and which ICE taps into, wants to partner with a firm that sells dashcams to ordinary drivers. Nexar gets "trillions" of images a month from the dashcams. Could turn cars into roaming surveillance devices www.404media.co/flock-wants-...
Flock Wants to Partner With Consumer Dashcam Company That Takes ‘Trillions of Images’ a Month
That dashcam in your car could soon integrate with Flock, the surveillance company providing license plate data to DHS and local police.
www.404media.co
August 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New: Flock, the ALPR company in thousands of U.S. communities and which ICE taps into, wants to partner with a firm that sells dashcams to ordinary drivers. Nexar gets "trillions" of images a month from the dashcams. Could turn cars into roaming surveillance devices www.404media.co/flock-wants-...
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Enabling more third party services could be good, but this law looks like it's just about getting more surveillance of kids, and history tells us that doesn't actually protect their safety, and could do the exact opposite.
Word on the Hill is that House GOP leaders are moving on from the sweeping and controversial Kids Online Safety Act, or at least no longer prioritizing it.
That has opened the gates for narrower safety bills, such as "Sammy's Law," which I wrote about today: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
That has opened the gates for narrower safety bills, such as "Sammy's Law," which I wrote about today: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | ‘Sammy’s Law’ would help parents monitor kids online. It’s gaining steam.
The parents of a teen fentanyl poisoning victim are finding allies in Congress for a bill intended to save others from the same fate.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Enabling more third party services could be good, but this law looks like it's just about getting more surveillance of kids, and history tells us that doesn't actually protect their safety, and could do the exact opposite.
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Jacob Lew, Biden’s former ambassador to Israel, told the New Yorker that the killing of Palestinian children in Gaza was justified.
August 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Jacob Lew, Biden’s former ambassador to Israel, told the New Yorker that the killing of Palestinian children in Gaza was justified.
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“Known as intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (Istar) systems, these tools, built by several companies, allow users to track, detain and, in the context of war, kill people at scale with the help of AI.”
Palantir’s tools pose an invisible danger we are just beginning to comprehend | Juan Sebastian Pinto
Weaponized AI surveillance platforms threaten human rights around the world. Here’s how they work
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“Known as intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (Istar) systems, these tools, built by several companies, allow users to track, detain and, in the context of war, kill people at scale with the help of AI.”
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"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual"
-Meta's actual, written policy for its AI chatbots
-Meta's actual, written policy for its AI chatbots
New reporting from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, who got hold of internal standards for chatbot behavior at Meta.
August 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual"
-Meta's actual, written policy for its AI chatbots
-Meta's actual, written policy for its AI chatbots
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Another insane surveillance story. DACA recipient pulled over in Colorado by police, then let go. Police tell a Signal group that includes dept that collabs with ICE. That dept then logs into an ALPR system from another department. Woman then arrested by ICE
therevolutionistgj.org/2025/08/12/g...
therevolutionistgj.org/2025/08/12/g...
GJPD Cameras Accessed Five Times During Goncalves Incident
by Jacob Richards On June 5, from when Deputy Zwinck first pulled over Caroline Dais Goncalves for following too close behind a semi truck, through her release and later arrest by ICE/HSI officers,…
therevolutionistgj.org
August 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another insane surveillance story. DACA recipient pulled over in Colorado by police, then let go. Police tell a Signal group that includes dept that collabs with ICE. That dept then logs into an ALPR system from another department. Woman then arrested by ICE
therevolutionistgj.org/2025/08/12/g...
therevolutionistgj.org/2025/08/12/g...
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NEW: This week, 2 politicians AIPAC spent millions supporting came out against sending weapons to Israel.
Germany — Israel’s second largest arms supplier & where someone was even convicted for holding a sign that said “Have we learned nothing from the Holocaust? — said it will stop sending weapons.
Germany — Israel’s second largest arms supplier & where someone was even convicted for holding a sign that said “Have we learned nothing from the Holocaust? — said it will stop sending weapons.
Is Israel Losing the Argument – and Its Supporters?
Benjamin Netanyahu may have the unwavering support of Donald Trump, but one-time AIPAC loyalists are beginning to jump ship while European allies are also turning against him.
zeteo.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW: This week, 2 politicians AIPAC spent millions supporting came out against sending weapons to Israel.
Germany — Israel’s second largest arms supplier & where someone was even convicted for holding a sign that said “Have we learned nothing from the Holocaust? — said it will stop sending weapons.
Germany — Israel’s second largest arms supplier & where someone was even convicted for holding a sign that said “Have we learned nothing from the Holocaust? — said it will stop sending weapons.
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Truly the thing that came out of this podcast that has me worried is: how many people are now going to be tricked into handing over sensitive information to a scammer posing as age verification?
August 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Truly the thing that came out of this podcast that has me worried is: how many people are now going to be tricked into handing over sensitive information to a scammer posing as age verification?