Zander Arnao
@zanderarnao.bsky.social
arkansas raised, commanders fan, working on tech and competition policy at the knight-georgetown institute
I've been looking forward to this panel on AI companions with @meetalijain.bsky.social all day. This one is going to be spicy 🔥 #TSRConf
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I've been looking forward to this panel on AI companions with @meetalijain.bsky.social all day. This one is going to be spicy 🔥 #TSRConf
Lunch over! Now I'm attending a set of lightning talks on "AI and Algorithm Auditing" - starting with Rafal Kocielnik's talk on democratizing AI auditing #TSRConf
September 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Lunch over! Now I'm attending a set of lightning talks on "AI and Algorithm Auditing" - starting with Rafal Kocielnik's talk on democratizing AI auditing #TSRConf
Complicated live skeeting logistics! I'm in the "Understanding Online Environments" lightning talks, where KGI's @alissacooper.bsky.social will be presenting, and then I'm scurrying over to the workshop a workshop led by my colleague @leticiabode.bsky.social on publicly available data #TSRConf
September 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Complicated live skeeting logistics! I'm in the "Understanding Online Environments" lightning talks, where KGI's @alissacooper.bsky.social will be presenting, and then I'm scurrying over to the workshop a workshop led by my colleague @leticiabode.bsky.social on publicly available data #TSRConf
Next up at #TSRConf! Research presentations on online harms. Missed the first couple of presentations (lost track of time having great conversations!) But now we're back in action
September 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Next up at #TSRConf! Research presentations on online harms. Missed the first couple of presentations (lost track of time having great conversations!) But now we're back in action
Day 2 at #TSRConf! @stanfordcyber.bsky.social's Jeffrey Hancock is interviewing Australia eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, a true rock star of online safety ⭐ I'll try to cover this conversation as I eat breakfast
September 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Day 2 at #TSRConf! @stanfordcyber.bsky.social's Jeffrey Hancock is interviewing Australia eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, a true rock star of online safety ⭐ I'll try to cover this conversation as I eat breakfast
Wonderful day 1 at #TSRConf. Fascinating and needed discussions of AI and content moderation, risks to youth, and new tools for trust and safety. Always really nice running into familiar faces as well.
September 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Wonderful day 1 at #TSRConf. Fascinating and needed discussions of AI and content moderation, risks to youth, and new tools for trust and safety. Always really nice running into familiar faces as well.
Awesome research talk by ROOST about Discord open-sourcing a trust and safety tool called Osprey. It can be used by any platform on a permissive license. Love the spirit of sharing 🎄 #TSRConf
September 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Awesome research talk by ROOST about Discord open-sourcing a trust and safety tool called Osprey. It can be used by any platform on a permissive license. Love the spirit of sharing 🎄 #TSRConf
I think the TLDR is you can tell a chatbot that a prohibited request is for a benign purpose (eg writing a story about building a bomb for English class) to short circuit the model’s safeguards
September 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I think the TLDR is you can tell a chatbot that a prohibited request is for a benign purpose (eg writing a story about building a bomb for English class) to short circuit the model’s safeguards
Next up! Live skeeting “Content Moderation and AI Alignment” with the brilliant @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social. Great line up so far @stanfordcyber.bsky.social 💡 #TSRConf
September 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Next up! Live skeeting “Content Moderation and AI Alignment” with the brilliant @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social. Great line up so far @stanfordcyber.bsky.social 💡 #TSRConf
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KGI's @zanderarnao.bsky.social will be live posting from #TSRConf - be sure to tune into his account to follow along!
September 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
KGI's @zanderarnao.bsky.social will be live posting from #TSRConf - be sure to tune into his account to follow along!
Tune in as I live tweet @stanfordcyber.bsky.social’s Trust and Safety Research Conference!! #TSRConf
September 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tune in as I live tweet @stanfordcyber.bsky.social’s Trust and Safety Research Conference!! #TSRConf
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The just-announced $2.5 BILLION settlement between FTC Consumer Pretection Bureau and Amazon should rattle Live Nation pretty hard.
September 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The just-announced $2.5 BILLION settlement between FTC Consumer Pretection Bureau and Amazon should rattle Live Nation pretty hard.
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🚨Antitrust & digital competition are in the news almost daily – from decisions issued in cases against Google search and ad tech to DMA enforcement actions involving Apple and Meta and new private litigation in multiple jurisdictions. 👇
September 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🚨Antitrust & digital competition are in the news almost daily – from decisions issued in cases against Google search and ad tech to DMA enforcement actions involving Apple and Meta and new private litigation in multiple jurisdictions. 👇
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We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation
Social media platforms have been widely linked to societal harms, including rising polarization and the erosion of constructive debate. Can these problems be mitigated through prosocial interventions?...
arxiv.org
August 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
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🚨New op-ed in @newsweek.com by KGI’s @alissacooper.bsky.social and Eric Rescorla: Yes, Chrome really *can* survive without Google.
This article breaks down how the proposed Chrome divestiture as part of the US v. Google search antitrust case is technically feasible www.newsweek.com/yes-chrome-r...
This article breaks down how the proposed Chrome divestiture as part of the US v. Google search antitrust case is technically feasible www.newsweek.com/yes-chrome-r...
Yes, Chrome Really Can Survive Without Google | Opinion
The idea that only Google can run Chrome is false.
www.newsweek.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🚨New op-ed in @newsweek.com by KGI’s @alissacooper.bsky.social and Eric Rescorla: Yes, Chrome really *can* survive without Google.
This article breaks down how the proposed Chrome divestiture as part of the US v. Google search antitrust case is technically feasible www.newsweek.com/yes-chrome-r...
This article breaks down how the proposed Chrome divestiture as part of the US v. Google search antitrust case is technically feasible www.newsweek.com/yes-chrome-r...
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🚨NEW Report: The Technical Feasibility of Divesting Google Chrome 🚨
Our report shows a Google Chrome divestiture is technically feasible and offers an engineering assessment of what it would take to separate Chrome from Google – and succeed: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and... #USvGoogle
Our report shows a Google Chrome divestiture is technically feasible and offers an engineering assessment of what it would take to separate Chrome from Google – and succeed: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and... #USvGoogle
The Technical Feasibility of Divesting Google Chrome – Knight-Georgetown Institute
kgi.georgetown.edu
July 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🚨NEW Report: The Technical Feasibility of Divesting Google Chrome 🚨
Our report shows a Google Chrome divestiture is technically feasible and offers an engineering assessment of what it would take to separate Chrome from Google – and succeed: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and... #USvGoogle
Our report shows a Google Chrome divestiture is technically feasible and offers an engineering assessment of what it would take to separate Chrome from Google – and succeed: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and... #USvGoogle
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Former AG Barr: "This isn’t a case in which a company has gotten power over the production of vacuum cleaners. Google’s dominance allows it to operate as a gateway to the internet, the digital world through which Americans engage in almost all interactions."
Opinion | Google Faces Its Monopoly Reckoning
The Justice Department’s proposal that the company share data, shed its Chrome browser, and cease exclusionary contracts deserves broad support.
www.wsj.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Former AG Barr: "This isn’t a case in which a company has gotten power over the production of vacuum cleaners. Google’s dominance allows it to operate as a gateway to the internet, the digital world through which Americans engage in almost all interactions."
The #USvGoogle remedies trial is about to start!
Anyone can dial in to Judge Mehta's courtroom to listen the opening statements 👀
www.dcd.uscourts.gov/public-acces...
Anyone can dial in to Judge Mehta's courtroom to listen the opening statements 👀
www.dcd.uscourts.gov/public-acces...
Public Access Teleconference Information | District of Columbia | United States District Court
www.dcd.uscourts.gov
April 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The #USvGoogle remedies trial is about to start!
Anyone can dial in to Judge Mehta's courtroom to listen the opening statements 👀
www.dcd.uscourts.gov/public-acces...
Anyone can dial in to Judge Mehta's courtroom to listen the opening statements 👀
www.dcd.uscourts.gov/public-acces...
what privacy? how would it degrade quality? and what about the fact that Google is already rife with ad fraud?
April 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
what privacy? how would it degrade quality? and what about the fact that Google is already rife with ad fraud?
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Very bad that mainstream media keeps accepting the premise the Trump admin is “cracking down on antisemitism”. Everyone knows none of this has anything to do with “antisemitism” it has to do with snuffing out any dissent over Israel’s genocide in Gaza and purging brown people from society
On campuses nationwide, many students are saying that the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on antisemitism have caused a chilling effect on speech and political activity. By @elenamoore.bsky.social
For some students who protested war in Gaza, fear and silence is a new campus reality
On campuses nationwide, many students are saying that the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on antisemitism have caused a chilling effect on speech and political activity.
www.npr.org
April 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Very bad that mainstream media keeps accepting the premise the Trump admin is “cracking down on antisemitism”. Everyone knows none of this has anything to do with “antisemitism” it has to do with snuffing out any dissent over Israel’s genocide in Gaza and purging brown people from society
Wrapping up this live tweet. this guy is tired #StiglerAntitrust2025
April 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wrapping up this live tweet. this guy is tired #StiglerAntitrust2025
UChicago's Randy Picker calls @matthewstoller.bsky.social
a "smart entrant" into the news media market. Anti-monopoly is good attentional business strategy 💵 #StiglerAntitrust25
a "smart entrant" into the news media market. Anti-monopoly is good attentional business strategy 💵 #StiglerAntitrust25
April 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
UChicago's Randy Picker calls @matthewstoller.bsky.social
a "smart entrant" into the news media market. Anti-monopoly is good attentional business strategy 💵 #StiglerAntitrust25
a "smart entrant" into the news media market. Anti-monopoly is good attentional business strategy 💵 #StiglerAntitrust25
@competitionprof.bsky.social asks - would George Stigler approve of regulating big tech?
See Stigler's foundational paper 👇
www.jstor.org/stable/3003160
#StiglerAntitrust25
See Stigler's foundational paper 👇
www.jstor.org/stable/3003160
#StiglerAntitrust25
www.jstor.org
April 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@competitionprof.bsky.social asks - would George Stigler approve of regulating big tech?
See Stigler's foundational paper 👇
www.jstor.org/stable/3003160
#StiglerAntitrust25
See Stigler's foundational paper 👇
www.jstor.org/stable/3003160
#StiglerAntitrust25