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Children and Adolescents

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The Stanford Adolescents and Social Media Initiative

AI Image Generation Research

Research by SIO finds AI image generation models trained on child abuse

AI Image Generation Research

Generative Machine Learning and Online Sexual Exploitation

The Stanford Internet Observatory and Thorn find rapid advances in generative machine learning make it possible to create realistic imagery that is facilitating child sexual exploitation.

Generative Machine Learning and Online Sexual Exploitation

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Federal Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force

Convening with the Biden-Harris Administration’s Kids Online Health & Safety Task Force and leading experts

Federal Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force

Safeguarding Democracy

Safeguarding Democracy Project

The Safeguarding Democracy Project brings together in dialogue scholars, election administrators, legislators, lawyers, voting rights advocates, and concerned citizens to develop practical solutions to urgent problems.

Safeguarding Democracy Project

President Barack Obama Delivers Keynote Address

Challenges to Democracy in the Digital Information Realm

Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a keynote address about how information is created and consumed, and the threat that disinformation poses to democracy.

Challenges to Democracy in the Digital Information Realm

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The 2020 Elections Oral History Project

Following election day, narrative after bad-faith narrative took aim at election officials, often culminating in months of personal threats against their lives and the lives of their family members.

The 2020 Elections Oral History Project

Securing American Elections

Prescriptions for Enhancing the Integrity and Independence of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and Beyond

Securing American Elections

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3rd Annual Trust & Safety Research Conference announced for September 26-27, 2024

Call for proposals is open. Presentation proposals and abstracts due April 30, 2024

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JOURNAL OF ONLINE TRUST & SAFETY

The Journal of Online Trust and Safety is a no fee, fast peer review, and open access journal. Authors may submit letters of inquiry to assess whether their manuscript is a good fit.

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MODERATED CONTENT

Moderated Content from Stanford Law School is podcast content about content moderation, moderated by assistant professor Evelyn Douek. The community standards of this podcast prohibit anything except the wonkiest conversations about the regulation—both public and private—of what you see, hear and do online.

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THE TRUST & SAFETY TEACHING CONSORTIUM

The Trust & Safety Teaching Consortium is a coalition of academic, industry and non-profit experts in online trust and safety problems. Our goal is to create content that can be used to teach a variety of audiences about trust and safety issues in a wide

RECENT IMPACT OF OUR WORK

Platformer Highlights Findings from Journal Commentary

A February 2024 Platformer article highlighted a Journal of Online Trust and Safety commentary titled: “Burden of Proof: Lessons Learned for Regulators from the Oversight Board’s Implementation Work.”

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Wall Street Journal Highlights Findings from Journal Article

A February 2024 article in the Wall Street Journal on talking to kids about sexting discussed a Journal of Online Trust and Safety article titled "American Parents’ Perceptions of Child Explicit Image Sharing."

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New York Times Discusses Journal Commentary

An September 2023 article in the New York Times about fact checking discussed a Journal of Online Trust and Safety commentary titled "Future Challenges for Online, Crowdsourced Content Moderation: Evidence from Twitter’s Community Notes."

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Children and Adolescents

Safeguarding Democracy

3rd Annual Trust & Safety Research Conference announced for September 26-27, 2024

JOURNAL OF ONLINE TRUST & SAFETY

MODERATED CONTENT

THE TRUST & SAFETY TEACHING CONSORTIUM

RECENT IMPACT OF OUR WORK

PUBLICATIONS

The Stubborn, Misguided Myth that Internet Platforms Must Be ‘Neutral’

Build Your Own Intermediary Liability Law: A Kit for Policy Wonks of All Ages

A Research Agenda for Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance

Genetically Modified Organisms: A Precautionary Tale for AI Governance

Who Do You Sue?

Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech

Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech

Cyber Security Derailed? Recommendations for Smarter Investments in Infrastructure

The Right Tools: Europe's Intermediary Liability Laws and the EU 2016 General Data Protection Regulation

The Right Tools: Europe's Intermediary Liability Laws and the EU 2016 General Data Protection Regulation

NYT Op Ed by Daphne Keller | Making Google the Censor