Congrats to Cinder cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer Brian F. for his keynote yesterday at the Terrorism and Social Media Conference at Swansea University. As Brian notes, we will put his remarks up on www.cinder.co in the next few days.
It's been a great time at the Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) conference at Swansea University in Wales. Tons of smart folks doing interesting research. Missed opportunity for tech companies and tech journalists not here to better understand how political/ideological violence manifests online... I was lucky enough to be invited to keynote. We'll get the written remarks up on the Cinder blog in the next week or so, but I hit a couple of key points: startups are aware of Trust & Safety earlier in their lifecycle than in the past; AI creates real opportunities for Trust & Safety (but will of course be used by violent actors as well); the shift in coverage of violent actors from national security reporters to technology reporters had pros and cons; and that predictably inconsistent regulatory enforcement protocols incentivize many companies to delay implementation. I also made a couple of mediocre jokes. A big thanks to Stuart Macdonald for the invite. And loads of fun to see old friends and colleagues, including: Erin Saltman, PhD, Sarah Pollack, Scott B., Bhavin Vyas, Dr Leah Farrall, Lisa McInerney, Murtaza Shaikh, PhD, Pujika Rathnayake...among many, many others. #tasmconference
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2wImportant insights from Brian F. and I’m sure the jokes were excellent 🤣