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Call for Proposals: Trust and Safety Research Conference 2023

News March 14, 2023

Call for Proposals: Trust and Safety Research Conference 2023

News March 14, 2023

Apply to present at the Trust and Safety Research Conference! Abstracts due April 30, 2023.

President Sauli Niinistö of Finland participates in a panel of Finnish and Stanford scholars at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

President Sauli Niinistö of Finland Discusses Security Cooperation and Defense with FSI Scholars

News March 13, 2023

President Sauli Niinistö of Finland Discusses Security Cooperation and Defense with FSI Scholars

News March 13, 2023

As the war in Ukraine continues to reshape security needs in Europe and globally, scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute agree that Finland can play a unique leadership role in defense and cybersecurity alliances.

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TikTok just announced the data it’s willing to share. What’s missing?

Blogs February 24, 2023

TikTok just announced the data it’s willing to share. What’s missing?

Blogs February 24, 2023

We watched 100 hours of TikTok videos while waiting for a research API. Will it be worth the wait?

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Trust & Safety Research Conference Announced for September 28-29, 2023

Blogs January 30, 2023

Trust & Safety Research Conference Announced for September 28-29, 2023

Blogs January 30, 2023

The second annual Trust & Safety Research Conference, sponsored by the Stanford Internet Observatory, will take place at the Alumni Center at Stanford University

Two Supreme Court Cases That Could Break the Internet

News January 25, 2023

Two Supreme Court Cases That Could Break the Internet

News January 25, 2023

A cornerstone of life online has been that platforms are not responsible for content posted by users. What happens if that immunity goes away? Daphne Keller spoke with Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker about how the Supreme Court may change how the Internet functions.

Jeff Hancock Named Co-Director of the Cyber Policy Center and FSI Senior Fellow

News January 25, 2023

Jeff Hancock Named Co-Director of the Cyber Policy Center and FSI Senior Fellow

News January 25, 2023

Forecasting potential misuses of language models for disinformation campaigns—and how to reduce risk

Blogs January 11, 2023

Forecasting potential misuses of language models for disinformation campaigns—and how to reduce risk

Blogs January 11, 2023

Authors: Josh A. Goldstein, Girish Sastry, Micah Musser, Renée DiResta, Matthew Gentzel, Katerina Sedova

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The Stanford Internet Observatory Turns Three

News January 9, 2023

The Stanford Internet Observatory Turns Three

News January 9, 2023

SIO releases its annual report summarizing its first three years of research, teaching and policy and laying the path for the years to come.

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Content Moderation Survivor Bias

Blogs December 19, 2022

Content Moderation Survivor Bias

Blogs December 19, 2022

Pitfalls analyzing emerging events on Twitter

The Twitter Files Are a Missed Opportunity

Commentary December 15, 2022

The Twitter Files Are a Missed Opportunity

Commentary December 15, 2022

No one really knows what Elon Musk’s company is doing to free speech. (From The Atlantic)

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Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC

News November 17, 2022

Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC

News November 17, 2022

Moderated Content host Evelyn Douek discusses Twitter’s data security problems and what this says about privacy regulation more generally with Whitney Merrill, the Data Protection Officer and Privacy Counsel at Asana and long-time privacy lawyer including as an attorney at the FTC, and Riana Pfefferkorn, a Research Scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory.

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The Midterms Revealed the Real Challenges Facing Our Elections

Commentary November 17, 2022

The Midterms Revealed the Real Challenges Facing Our Elections

Commentary November 17, 2022

Large-scale voting fraud may be a chimera, but counting a rising number of ballots quickly will require investments in state and local election administration. Published in the Wall Street Journal.

TikTok Is the Canary in the U.S.-China Coal Mine

Commentary November 16, 2022

TikTok Is the Canary in the U.S.-China Coal Mine

Commentary November 16, 2022

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The Stanford Internet Observatory Joins the Coalition for Independent Technology Research

News November 15, 2022

The Stanford Internet Observatory Joins the Coalition for Independent Technology Research

News November 15, 2022

SIO is now part of the new Coalition for Independent Technology Research to share independent, trustworthy research on digital technology and online harms.

Arizona’s ‘Tricky Voting Machines’ Sounds Suspiciously Familiar

Commentary November 12, 2022

Arizona’s ‘Tricky Voting Machines’ Sounds Suspiciously Familiar

Commentary November 12, 2022

In political conspiracy theories, as in television shows, the plot elements are always the same. (From The Atlantic)

Why Elon Musk’s Twitter Purchase Is a National Security Concern

Commentary November 9, 2022

Why Elon Musk’s Twitter Purchase Is a National Security Concern

Commentary November 9, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter deal reveals loopholes in U.S. national security oversight.

The EU’s new Digital Services Act and the Rest of the World

Blogs November 7, 2022

The EU’s new Digital Services Act and the Rest of the World

Blogs November 7, 2022

Daphne Keller of the Program on Platform Regulation writes about the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a major milestone in the history of platform regulation. Other governments are now asking themselves what the DSA’s passage means for them. The post briefly discusses that question, with a focus on platforms like Facebook or YouTube and their smaller would-be rivals. Published in Verfassungsblog.

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