Council on Tech and Social Cohesion
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We are catalyzing a robust, interconnected field of technology for social cohesion.
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As deepfakes and disinformation threaten public trust, a new generation of civic technologists is using AI for something different: to help us listen, reflect, and connect.
Read the Blog: techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/heres-how-...
Read the Blog: techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/heres-how-...
Here's how AI makes online conversations better
Civic technologists are harnessing AI to foster trust and support healthy public discourse.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
As deepfakes and disinformation threaten public trust, a new generation of civic technologists is using AI for something different: to help us listen, reflect, and connect.
Read the Blog: techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/heres-how-...
Read the Blog: techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/heres-how-...
New evidence shows AI’s promise for peace processes — but without steering, it could drive us toward peril.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/ai-hope-or...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/ai-hope-or...
AI: Hope or Hazard for Peace?
New evidence shows AI’s promise for peace processes — but without steering, it could drive us toward peril.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New evidence shows AI’s promise for peace processes — but without steering, it could drive us toward peril.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/ai-hope-or...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/ai-hope-or...
What happens when thousands of Americans from every congressional district share their views on freedom and equality, with the help of an AI?
That’s the promise of We the People, a new initiative from Jigsaw and the Napolitan Institute.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/the-ai-lis...
That’s the promise of We the People, a new initiative from Jigsaw and the Napolitan Institute.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/the-ai-lis...
The AI listening to 'We the People'
Jigsaw is deploying Gemini AI to listen to over 2,500 Americans in a historic experiment to make sense of where Americans stand—and what they share.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What happens when thousands of Americans from every congressional district share their views on freedom and equality, with the help of an AI?
That’s the promise of We the People, a new initiative from Jigsaw and the Napolitan Institute.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/the-ai-lis...
That’s the promise of We the People, a new initiative from Jigsaw and the Napolitan Institute.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/the-ai-lis...
Trust in chatbots is 30% higher than in elected officials — and 38% of people feel that AI could make better decisions on their behalf than government representatives.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/more-peopl...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/more-peopl...
More people trust chatbots than elected leaders
What new research reveals about our evolving relationship with AI—and how chatbots are filling the trust gap in the social contract.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trust in chatbots is 30% higher than in elected officials — and 38% of people feel that AI could make better decisions on their behalf than government representatives.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/more-peopl...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/more-peopl...
Normsy.ai blends human judgment with AI speed—empowering users to counter toxic speech at scale and build healthier civic dialogue online.
Hear more in @civichealthproject.bsky.social’s episode of Outrage Overload on the topic: Is There Still Hope for the Internet? 🎧
Hear more in @civichealthproject.bsky.social’s episode of Outrage Overload on the topic: Is There Still Hope for the Internet? 🎧
August 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Normsy.ai blends human judgment with AI speed—empowering users to counter toxic speech at scale and build healthier civic dialogue online.
Hear more in @civichealthproject.bsky.social’s episode of Outrage Overload on the topic: Is There Still Hope for the Internet? 🎧
Hear more in @civichealthproject.bsky.social’s episode of Outrage Overload on the topic: Is There Still Hope for the Internet? 🎧
Should peacebuilders consider using AI for mediation? Two chatbots—Akord AI in Sudan and Cocorico in the Democratic Republic of Congo—show that customization and ethical guidelines can transform AI into effective peacebuilding tools.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/peace-by-p...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/peace-by-p...
Peace by Prompt
Custom AI chatbots are supporting peacebuilders in Sudan and offering Congolese audiences an antidote to bias.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Should peacebuilders consider using AI for mediation? Two chatbots—Akord AI in Sudan and Cocorico in the Democratic Republic of Congo—show that customization and ethical guidelines can transform AI into effective peacebuilding tools.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/peace-by-p...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/peace-by-p...
📣 Can AI finally break the engagement trap? At #TrustCon2025, Integrity Institute’s Jeff Allen saw signs of hope.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/can-ai-bre...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/can-ai-bre...
Can AI break the engagement trap?
Integrity Institute Co-Founder Jeff Allen reflects on TrustCon 2025, the evolution of trust and safety, and why regulatory pressure—and transparency—still matter most.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
📣 Can AI finally break the engagement trap? At #TrustCon2025, Integrity Institute’s Jeff Allen saw signs of hope.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/can-ai-bre...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/can-ai-bre...
On Nextdoor, crime posts dominate your feed thanks to engagement-driven algorithms. In Vermont, Front Porch Forum updates just once a day—fostering trust and civic engagement instead of fear.
www.afterbabel.com/cp/170467486
www.afterbabel.com/cp/170467486
The Algorithm Next Door
How local digital platforms like Nextdoor and Facebook are fraying the fabric of neighborhood trust — and what we can build instead.
www.afterbabel.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On Nextdoor, crime posts dominate your feed thanks to engagement-driven algorithms. In Vermont, Front Porch Forum updates just once a day—fostering trust and civic engagement instead of fear.
www.afterbabel.com/cp/170467486
www.afterbabel.com/cp/170467486
Google’s AI Overview puts summaries at the top of search results. Helpful? Maybe. But it also makes AI an unaccountable gatekeeper—shaping what we see, and what we don’t. What’s your take?
"As AI overviews become the default gateway to information, we risk creating a generation of users who consume knowledge without question, publishers who cannot sustain quality journalism, and a public sphere increasingly shaped by the statistical patterns embedded in large language models."
How AI-Driven Search May Reshape Democracy, Economics, and Human Agency | TechPolicy.Press
Cameron Pattison, Vance Ricks, and John P. Wihbey see differences in kind, as well as in degree, from the pre-generative model-based online search environment.
www.techpolicy.press
August 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Google’s AI Overview puts summaries at the top of search results. Helpful? Maybe. But it also makes AI an unaccountable gatekeeper—shaping what we see, and what we don’t. What’s your take?
The data is in: bridging works. 📊
From SCIM to the Peace Impact Framework, we can measure reduced polarization & stronger trust offline — and now bring those same indicators into tech design.
If we can measure it, we can design for it.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
From SCIM to the Peace Impact Framework, we can measure reduced polarization & stronger trust offline — and now bring those same indicators into tech design.
If we can measure it, we can design for it.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
The Science of Trust
Bridging work delivers measurable results. Now let’s use these metrics and design tech to scale it.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The data is in: bridging works. 📊
From SCIM to the Peace Impact Framework, we can measure reduced polarization & stronger trust offline — and now bring those same indicators into tech design.
If we can measure it, we can design for it.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
From SCIM to the Peace Impact Framework, we can measure reduced polarization & stronger trust offline — and now bring those same indicators into tech design.
If we can measure it, we can design for it.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/the-scienc...
There’s no shortage of ideas to make social media better.
But testing them? Still way too hard.
We need real support for independent experimentation into what actually improves online behavior.
Make it easier to do — and harder to ignore.
🔗 techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/testing-be...
But testing them? Still way too hard.
We need real support for independent experimentation into what actually improves online behavior.
Make it easier to do — and harder to ignore.
🔗 techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/testing-be...
July 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There’s no shortage of ideas to make social media better.
But testing them? Still way too hard.
We need real support for independent experimentation into what actually improves online behavior.
Make it easier to do — and harder to ignore.
🔗 techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/testing-be...
But testing them? Still way too hard.
We need real support for independent experimentation into what actually improves online behavior.
Make it easier to do — and harder to ignore.
🔗 techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/testing-be...
What if tech didn’t divide us—but helped rebuild trust?
On June 26, the Global EXPO on Tech & Social Cohesion. Demos, policy convos, tools for healthy online spaces, and more.
Join in DC, Kathmandu, or online.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/join-us-fo...
On June 26, the Global EXPO on Tech & Social Cohesion. Demos, policy convos, tools for healthy online spaces, and more.
Join in DC, Kathmandu, or online.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/join-us-fo...
Join us for the global EXPO on Technology and Social Cohesion
Practical tools, emerging evidence and global insights will be featured in this HYBRID event on June 26
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What if tech didn’t divide us—but helped rebuild trust?
On June 26, the Global EXPO on Tech & Social Cohesion. Demos, policy convos, tools for healthy online spaces, and more.
Join in DC, Kathmandu, or online.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/join-us-fo...
On June 26, the Global EXPO on Tech & Social Cohesion. Demos, policy convos, tools for healthy online spaces, and more.
Join in DC, Kathmandu, or online.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/join-us-fo...
EXPO 2025: Two Hybrid Events, Global Programming
📅 June 26 | 🌎 Americas | EMEA | Asia Pacific
How can tech foster trust, cohesion, and collaboration—instead of fueling division and violence?
Join global voices shaping the future of prosocial tech.
techandsocialcohesion.org/ctsc-expo
📅 June 26 | 🌎 Americas | EMEA | Asia Pacific
How can tech foster trust, cohesion, and collaboration—instead of fueling division and violence?
Join global voices shaping the future of prosocial tech.
techandsocialcohesion.org/ctsc-expo
June 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
EXPO 2025: Two Hybrid Events, Global Programming
📅 June 26 | 🌎 Americas | EMEA | Asia Pacific
How can tech foster trust, cohesion, and collaboration—instead of fueling division and violence?
Join global voices shaping the future of prosocial tech.
techandsocialcohesion.org/ctsc-expo
📅 June 26 | 🌎 Americas | EMEA | Asia Pacific
How can tech foster trust, cohesion, and collaboration—instead of fueling division and violence?
Join global voices shaping the future of prosocial tech.
techandsocialcohesion.org/ctsc-expo
🌍✨ How can we use AI to support—not replace—what makes us human?
We’re excited to see events like Human + Tech Week 2025 (June 14–20, San Francisco) leading the conversation around wellness, innovation, and the intersection of human potential with the future of AI.
🔗 Learn more: humantechweek.com
We’re excited to see events like Human + Tech Week 2025 (June 14–20, San Francisco) leading the conversation around wellness, innovation, and the intersection of human potential with the future of AI.
🔗 Learn more: humantechweek.com
HUMAN TECH WEEK 2025 | Home
Join Human Tech Week 2025, the premier event uniting innovators, investors, and thought leaders to explore the latest in human-centric technology.
www.humantechweek.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🌍✨ How can we use AI to support—not replace—what makes us human?
We’re excited to see events like Human + Tech Week 2025 (June 14–20, San Francisco) leading the conversation around wellness, innovation, and the intersection of human potential with the future of AI.
🔗 Learn more: humantechweek.com
We’re excited to see events like Human + Tech Week 2025 (June 14–20, San Francisco) leading the conversation around wellness, innovation, and the intersection of human potential with the future of AI.
🔗 Learn more: humantechweek.com
🚨 We know what we want to stop: disinformation, polarization, exploitation. But naming the harms isn’t enough.
New Blueprint for Prosocial Tech Design Governance lays out how we can shift the deeper systems—governance + design—that shape our digital lives.
techandsocialcohesion.org/wp-content/u...
New Blueprint for Prosocial Tech Design Governance lays out how we can shift the deeper systems—governance + design—that shape our digital lives.
techandsocialcohesion.org/wp-content/u...
techandsocialcohesion.org
June 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚨 We know what we want to stop: disinformation, polarization, exploitation. But naming the harms isn’t enough.
New Blueprint for Prosocial Tech Design Governance lays out how we can shift the deeper systems—governance + design—that shape our digital lives.
techandsocialcohesion.org/wp-content/u...
New Blueprint for Prosocial Tech Design Governance lays out how we can shift the deeper systems—governance + design—that shape our digital lives.
techandsocialcohesion.org/wp-content/u...
Most people online aren’t arguing—they’re watching.
Our latest piece explores how vicarious contact—simply watching respectful political dialogue—can reduce polarization. Civility can be contagious.
📖 Read Contagious Civility: techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/contagious...
Our latest piece explores how vicarious contact—simply watching respectful political dialogue—can reduce polarization. Civility can be contagious.
📖 Read Contagious Civility: techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/contagious...
Contagious Civility
Simply WATCHING respectful conversation can depolarize us, new research finds
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Most people online aren’t arguing—they’re watching.
Our latest piece explores how vicarious contact—simply watching respectful political dialogue—can reduce polarization. Civility can be contagious.
📖 Read Contagious Civility: techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/contagious...
Our latest piece explores how vicarious contact—simply watching respectful political dialogue—can reduce polarization. Civility can be contagious.
📖 Read Contagious Civility: techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/contagious...
What if we could simulate peace deals before they’re signed—and see how groups respond? Digital twins, once used to model engines and cities, are now applied to divided societies, giving peacebuilders a powerful way to forecast conflict dynamics.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/will-the-p...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/will-the-p...
Will the peace deal hold? Ask the digital twins
Digital twins are transforming industries. Now they’re being used to understand—and help resolve—real-world conflicts.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
What if we could simulate peace deals before they’re signed—and see how groups respond? Digital twins, once used to model engines and cities, are now applied to divided societies, giving peacebuilders a powerful way to forecast conflict dynamics.
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/will-the-p...
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/will-the-p...
📣 Mark your calendars for this upcoming Webinar on TFGBV and Platform Design!
Join us for an engaging solutions-based webinar to discuss our latest report, Prevention by Design: Tackling TFGBV at the Source.
May 14 11:15 EDT (New York)
Registration link: lu.ma/gagkjlbf
Join us for an engaging solutions-based webinar to discuss our latest report, Prevention by Design: Tackling TFGBV at the Source.
May 14 11:15 EDT (New York)
Registration link: lu.ma/gagkjlbf
May 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📣 Mark your calendars for this upcoming Webinar on TFGBV and Platform Design!
Join us for an engaging solutions-based webinar to discuss our latest report, Prevention by Design: Tackling TFGBV at the Source.
May 14 11:15 EDT (New York)
Registration link: lu.ma/gagkjlbf
Join us for an engaging solutions-based webinar to discuss our latest report, Prevention by Design: Tackling TFGBV at the Source.
May 14 11:15 EDT (New York)
Registration link: lu.ma/gagkjlbf
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Join II, Search for Common Ground, & @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social for a webinar on how platforms can prevent TFGBV.
We’ll unpack insights from our report, Prevention by Design, exploring behavioral and design strategies to build safer digital spaces for women.
🗓️ May 14, 2025
🔗 lu.ma/gagkjlbf
We’ll unpack insights from our report, Prevention by Design, exploring behavioral and design strategies to build safer digital spaces for women.
🗓️ May 14, 2025
🔗 lu.ma/gagkjlbf
April 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join II, Search for Common Ground, & @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social for a webinar on how platforms can prevent TFGBV.
We’ll unpack insights from our report, Prevention by Design, exploring behavioral and design strategies to build safer digital spaces for women.
🗓️ May 14, 2025
🔗 lu.ma/gagkjlbf
We’ll unpack insights from our report, Prevention by Design, exploring behavioral and design strategies to build safer digital spaces for women.
🗓️ May 14, 2025
🔗 lu.ma/gagkjlbf
🌍 If you're working at the intersection of tech, creativity, and conflict transformation — Build Peace 2025 is worth a serious look. 🌍
This year's theme: "Towards a Pluriverse of Peace." Happening this November near Barcelona.
This year's theme: "Towards a Pluriverse of Peace." Happening this November near Barcelona.
April 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🌍 If you're working at the intersection of tech, creativity, and conflict transformation — Build Peace 2025 is worth a serious look. 🌍
This year's theme: "Towards a Pluriverse of Peace." Happening this November near Barcelona.
This year's theme: "Towards a Pluriverse of Peace." Happening this November near Barcelona.
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Americans are spending less time on social media—
but when they stay, they want more than noise.
📉 Use is down
🧠 Learning is up
🤝 Real connection is rising
The message is clear: Design for trust, or lose it.
psychoftech.substack.com/p/social-med...
but when they stay, they want more than noise.
📉 Use is down
🧠 Learning is up
🤝 Real connection is rising
The message is clear: Design for trust, or lose it.
psychoftech.substack.com/p/social-med...
Social Media Experiences Across Nearly 2 Years Since Launching the Social Media Index
With new data through January 2025, we find that social media use is decreasing, bad experiences are mostly holding steady, and positive experiences are increasing on some platforms
psychoftech.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Americans are spending less time on social media—
but when they stay, they want more than noise.
📉 Use is down
🧠 Learning is up
🤝 Real connection is rising
The message is clear: Design for trust, or lose it.
psychoftech.substack.com/p/social-med...
but when they stay, they want more than noise.
📉 Use is down
🧠 Learning is up
🤝 Real connection is rising
The message is clear: Design for trust, or lose it.
psychoftech.substack.com/p/social-med...
“Friends without friction” might sound nice—but at what cost?
A new paper by Kim Malfacini asks what happens when AI chatbots always agree with us. Are they helping us connect—or slowly deskilling our ability to handle disagreement?
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/friends-wi...
A new paper by Kim Malfacini asks what happens when AI chatbots always agree with us. Are they helping us connect—or slowly deskilling our ability to handle disagreement?
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/friends-wi...
Friends without friction
Companion chatbots may weaken our ability to navigate conflict and difference—unless we make key design choices, says a new report
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“Friends without friction” might sound nice—but at what cost?
A new paper by Kim Malfacini asks what happens when AI chatbots always agree with us. Are they helping us connect—or slowly deskilling our ability to handle disagreement?
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/friends-wi...
A new paper by Kim Malfacini asks what happens when AI chatbots always agree with us. Are they helping us connect—or slowly deskilling our ability to handle disagreement?
techandsocialcohesion.substack.com/p/friends-wi...
This isn’t just a moderation issue—it’s a design issue.
Our new report with @integrity-inst.bsky.social and Search for Common Ground highlights upstream solutions: nudges, filters, privacy-by-default, and better platform architecture.
👉 techandsocialcohesion.org/prevention-b...
Our new report with @integrity-inst.bsky.social and Search for Common Ground highlights upstream solutions: nudges, filters, privacy-by-default, and better platform architecture.
👉 techandsocialcohesion.org/prevention-b...
March 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This isn’t just a moderation issue—it’s a design issue.
Our new report with @integrity-inst.bsky.social and Search for Common Ground highlights upstream solutions: nudges, filters, privacy-by-default, and better platform architecture.
👉 techandsocialcohesion.org/prevention-b...
Our new report with @integrity-inst.bsky.social and Search for Common Ground highlights upstream solutions: nudges, filters, privacy-by-default, and better platform architecture.
👉 techandsocialcohesion.org/prevention-b...
The 016 in Worcester blends local news with social networking, enhancing community engagement and social cohesion. A promising model for strengthening local ties through technology.
newpublic.substack.com/p/blurring-b...
newpublic.substack.com/p/blurring-b...
March 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The 016 in Worcester blends local news with social networking, enhancing community engagement and social cohesion. A promising model for strengthening local ties through technology.
newpublic.substack.com/p/blurring-b...
newpublic.substack.com/p/blurring-b...
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📣 New Report Calls for Proactive Solutions to Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV)
We teamed up with @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social on new report advocating for design-focused solutions to TFGBV. Let’s shift the burden off victims and build safer digital spaces. bit.ly/4ixrFo0
We teamed up with @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social on new report advocating for design-focused solutions to TFGBV. Let’s shift the burden off victims and build safer digital spaces. bit.ly/4ixrFo0
March 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📣 New Report Calls for Proactive Solutions to Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV)
We teamed up with @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social on new report advocating for design-focused solutions to TFGBV. Let’s shift the burden off victims and build safer digital spaces. bit.ly/4ixrFo0
We teamed up with @socialcohesiontech.bsky.social on new report advocating for design-focused solutions to TFGBV. Let’s shift the burden off victims and build safer digital spaces. bit.ly/4ixrFo0