Making the Case for Actionable Prosocial Design Research
Regulating harmful design is only half the equation — attention must also go toward how platforms can build prosocial design, and toward the research that shows them how.
author: Audrey Hingle
Why Ofcom Objects to TikTok's Age Assurance Methods
Ofcom's new investigation asks whether TikTok's inference-based age checks are "highly effective" enough. Audrey Hingle uses a new Internet-Draft on age verification architecture to show how every age assurance method trades efficacy against privacy, and where TikTok's choice sits on that curve
Due Process: Why Fair Moderation Builds Healthier Communities
Research suggests fair moderation can reduce harm and foster healthier engagement.
Creators Need AI Opt-Out Tools They Can Actually Use
If opt-out tools exist, but no creator can use them, do they really protect anything?
Internet Standards and Age Verification Architecture
A new IETF working draft sets out a technology-neutral framework for age assurance on the internet, comparing methods across service, device, and network enforcement layers.
What the El Mencho Killing Deepfakes Revealed About Information in a Crisis
When news broke that one of Mexico's most powerful cartel leaders had been killed, the violence that followed spilled into two spaces at once. The streets of Guadalajara, and the internet.
Getting Bots to Respect Boundaries
Publisher content is being scraped at scale for AI training and services without clear consent, attribution, or compensation, while also degrading site performance and diverting engineering resources away from human users.