Tech & Consent

Independent outlet sharing Trust and Safety news and resources. Discussing digital harm prevention and awareness, focus on IBSA and CSAM

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

On a platform chock full of mis/disinformation, this thread is great, and hilarious

[Vincent Flibustier 👽 @vinceflibustier]

🔥 How I broke the internet today and what lessons can we learn from it? #Crowdstrike 🧐

Several things that make it a good fake that worked: 👇
1. No culprit named yet, I bring it on a platter, people like to have a culprit.
2- The culprit seems completely stupid, he is proud of his stupidity, he... takes his afternoon off on... the first day of work...
3- This falls right into a huge buzz in which people absolutely need to have new information, and a fake is by nature new, you won't read it anywhere else
4- In English = very easy to share internationally, with the vast majority of people who have no idea who I am.
5- Baby fingers are stupid, but they distract people from other things (like the fact that I have a horn on my head because of bad clipping)
6- Confirmation bias: People want to believe it, it's so funny. “I like the information, so it is true.”
7- The information is pushed ironically by people who know that it is a joke, and then it arrives in the litteral zone which amplifies it even stronger.

[gabsmashh @gabsmashh]

5 years ago today, I gave my first conference talk in front of 1000 people with less than a year of tech and security experience under my belt.

When my talk got accepted, I was terrified. I thought it would take a lot longer to get a speaking engagement anywhere; I wasn't convinced that people would find my content relevant. Most importantly, I felt ridiculous for having the overblown ego to think I could talk about security less than a year into my career.

It was one of the best things I could have done. It opened the door for my first two publications, one in conjunction with an incredible mentor at the NSA. I went on to speak at additional regional conferences that year. Since that talk, I've published a textbook chapter, written articles for publications and magazines, and spoken onstage at Defcon and Black Hat.

I've learned that you should give yourself more credit. People want to hear about the things you're passionate about, and you don't have to be an expert to share them. Most importantly, it's okay to be afraid, but you should do things that you're afraid to do. Growth rarely comes from a place of comfort.

[Norma Buster @normabuster]

We need IBSA/victims rights activists/orgs to ally, work with, and uplift SW rights orgs. We all advocate for consent. We all want to prevent and provide recourse for abuse.

Inclusive victims rights advocacy is about preventing violence, NOT restricting speech.

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

In light of Open AI Voice Gen preview release - now's a great time to have these conversations with family and friends

[Michael Johnson @onemoremichael]

@polynoamial My fam has secret key phrases now to share in an emergency for validation

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

@austinkleon I find there's still sooome thoughtful discourse here, (deep under the sea of reactive rage tweets), depending on your niches and algo gods. But I appreciate the reminder to amplify the positive. Important to remember we can choose where to place our focus.

[#NotYourPorn @NotYourPorn]

Check out our amazing @leejoanm in this new podcast episode on the #OnlineSafetyAct and measures needed to protect survivors and potential victims of IBSA👇

🎙️ https://t.co/nB052uoD9c

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

Thinking about family content creators...

[I appreciate you. @DeeLaSheeArt]

#QuietOnSet also highlights why it’s so dangerous for children to be financial providers for their families. These parents don’t want to admit it but when your lifestyle depends on your child being employed, it becomes easier to neglect their safety. It’s a clear conflict of interest

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

Progress! Reminder, CSAM is not a "sexting scandal."

[Carrie Goldberg @cagoldberglaw]

Just won a Title iX investigation with the US Dept of Ed Office of Civil Rights . . . that i filed Dec 21, 2015. Turns out the school was in violation of TIX against my 14 yo client who was filmed by a peer in a sex act w/o her knowledege. The vid went viral. . .

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

Great to connect with brilliant minds at @stanfordio Trust and Safety Research Conference. I’ve done consulting and advocacy work around #IBSA #CSAM #contentmoderation since 2020, and now feeling more inspired than ever!

Opening keynote on misinformation research @katestarbird

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

@Integrity_Inst @stanfordio @katestarbird Great to connect with some of your team!

[Journal of Online Trust and Safety @journalsafetech]

👩🏽‍🏫Today the Trust & Safety Teaching Consortium released trust & safety teaching materials. Check them out: https://t.co/CjFs9QLMu5

[SchoolSafety.gov @SchoolSafetyGov]

Launched this year, @MissingKids’ Take It Down is a free tool to support victims of online child exploitation. This platform helps users remove or stop online sharing of sexually explicit photos & videos taken of them while under the age of 18. Learn more: https://t.co/7jTzJWAc3O

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

People who share sex tapes & intimate photos without a person's consent will now face jail sentences, whether they meant to cause distress or not.

Before the change in the law, inspired by @georgiaharisonx, prosecutors had to prove that it was an act of 'revenge porn'.

[INHOPE @INHOPE_PR]

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[Safer, Built by Thorn @GetSaferio]

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[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

@roo_pow @sosatogether 👏

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

Thank you @sosatogether for sharing what you do on #UndercoverUnderage - preventing and spreading awareness of CSAM and how skillfully perps blend in all around us. A rare proactive, *solution-based* outlier in the True Crime genre, IMO

[Tech & Consent @techandconsent]

@heymrsbond Thank you. This distinction is important. The word is misused so often that I notice peers roll their eyes when it's said in conversation. It's harmful to those who are legitimately experiencing gaslighting.