Content Policy & Society Lab (CPSL)

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Partnership on AI Inclusive data guidelines "Right to reasonable inference" Use least biased algorithms Distinguish data types Resistance tech (Nightshade) Harmful data uses protected Missing stakeholders: governments Global discourse needed #DataEthics #Bias #Regulation

Coming Up! A conversation on “The Anti-Bias Dilemma: Optimizing for Both Diversity and Accuracy” #diversity #acuracy

Questions: 1. How will we protect youth participants exposed to sensitive counter-terrorism issues from public retaliation or targeting? 2. How can we ensure our counter-terrorism project doesn’t unintentionally help governments target minorities, like Muslims, more effectively?

“We are failing across many metrics of privacy. LLMs rely on proprietary and public data harvested by companies for years, raising serious ethics issues. We must protect vulnerable populations.” #Privacy #Ethics #AI #LLM

Focus on marginalized communities to include folks from underrepresented groups and regions. For example: the creation of the first LLM with a focus on Black history &culture

Policy vulnerability discussion: Commitment to Safety from big companies such as @Meta or @AnthropicAI using Policy Vulnerability Testing (PVT) with external experts. Small startup don't have the resources compared to big companies

What is PVT? “A form of in-depth qualitative testing conducted in collaboration with external subject matter experts on a variety of policy topics covered under their Usage Policy.”

“Five elements of a healthy information system ◦Identity assurance ◦Information fidelity  ◦Information quality  ◦Fair distribution ◦Rights and accountability”

🛡️ Provenance & Info Integrity 🛡️ Labeling AI content boosts trust in unlabelled content. Labels useful short-term, coalition needed for long-term. Verification: metadata, content analysis, source credibility. Provenance critical in legal/journalism. #Misinformation #Provenance

The roundtable discussed Search functionalities and AI: balancing #humanrights & #privacy, civil society's role, fact-checking in #elections, & environmental impacts. Ensuring multilingual info & #DigitalLiteracy, addressing misinformation, & cultural heritage. #AI #Privacy

🚨HAPPENING TODAY! AI, Search, and Democracy A Multistakeholder roundtable to delve into what #Ai powered #technologies functionalities could mean for #democracy? We are proud to organize this event with @hrcberkeley More Infos ⏩ aisearchdemocracy.tech

🚨AI, SEARCH AND DEMOCRACY: an exclusive multistakeholder roundtable will take place in @hrcberkeley tomorrow, June 13, from 9 am to 6 pm. Organized by @ContentPSL & @hrcberkeley, with support from @Google, @Meta & @tiktok_us Infos➡️ bit.ly/4bXPthI #AISearch #Democracy

Our Executive Director @JulieOwono at @VanderbiltU for @SpeechFuture conference. She discussed Improving Linguistic Inclusion in Large Language Models with Irene Mwendwa for @PollicyOrg, @GabeNicholas and @jbspence Watch Livestream ➡️ bit.ly/3ZPjZVP #FreeSpeech

This mock deliberation is no joke! @OversightBoard @BKCHarvard #socialmedia #techpolicy #contentmoderation linkedin.com/posts/paulocar…

That's a wrap! Thanks to all the attendees, panelists @zittrain @evelyndouek @JulieOwono @EvelynAswad @SuzanneNossel @nighatdad @EllenLWeintraub @rachelwolbers, Jessica Lindemann from @Meta and Emi Palmor Thanks, @OversightBoard, @BKCHarvard for hosting this exciting event!

Closing remarks by James Mickens from @BKCHarvard! #platform #contentmoderation #Nowandnextconference

Which case should the board members select?

Mock Oversight board deliberation! - Case 1: DeathSantis - Case 2: Migrant Boats in Italy - Case 3: # MenAreTrash

Don't miss out on the opportunity to watch a live deliberation between @OversightBoard board members @EvelynAswad @JulieOwono @nighatdad @SuzanneNossel and Emi Palmor Moderator: @rachelwolbers Live here: rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/now-nex… @BKCHarvard