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David Sullivan retweeted
Apr 30
Building a global standard for trust & safety is a breakthrough, thanks to the Digital Trust & Safety Partnership Safe Framework, which includes a first-of-its-kind voluntary, industry-led standard, ISO/IEC 25389, via ISO/IEC JTC 1. It proves that voluntary standards can scale globally, align practices, and advance human rights without prescriptive regulation. @FarzanehBadiei @David_MSullivan @AEItech #Privacy #Digitalsecurity aei.org/technology-and-innov…
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David Sullivan retweeted
Apr 24
On #ExplaintoShane, @ShaneTews is joined by @dtspartnership’s @David_MSullivan and @farzanehbad to discuss best practices for protecting human rights in digital services through digital trust and safety.
Listen to the full episode here: aei.org/multimedia/title-tru…
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Didn’t expect the political scientist whose blog I read obsessively in 2009 for research on mass atrocities to turn out to be the leading claude code evangelist, but on the other hand why not???
Feb 26
4w ago I was a Claude Code skeptic. I'm not a coder. None of the use cases were relevant. I managed teams & projects, drowning in email & overdue reminders. So I tried creating tools that would help me and... holy crap.
Now I'm sharing the tools I built:
claudeblattman.com/
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31 Dec 2025
Get rich somewhere else and move to Switzerland for tax avoidance
31 Dec 2025
Most people copy Americans to get rich.
Big mistake. 🚨
In Switzerland, every 1 in 7 adults is a millionaire , 5x more than the US.
I dug into how they actually build this wealth.
Here are 7 Swiss money rules that quietly beat every hustle culture: 🧵
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22 Dec 2025
I'm not used to seeing my byline in a tabloid, but nonetheless glad to see the @bostonherald publish our op-ed on State's stupid and counterproductive visa policy for trust and safety workers.
ALT clip of Boston Herald op-ed by Charlotte Willner and David Sullivan, "Visa misstep will help predators, scammers" available at https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/19/willner-and-sullivan-visa-misstep-will-help-predators-scammers/
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David Sullivan retweeted
18 Dec 2025
"Americans want their kids safe and their bank accounts secure. Denying visas to trust and safety experts puts those fundamentals at risk while giving predators and scammers a leg up."
dcjournal.com/state-dept-vis…
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David Sullivan retweeted
A cable directs diplomats to deny visas to T&S experts.
While it intends to protect free speech, it risks leaving the door open for online abuse.
In a new piece @David_MSullivan argues: "Let’s not mistake the people fighting online abuse for the ones who cause it."
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18 Dec 2025
"State Dept. Visa Misstep Will Aid Predators, Scammers, Traffickers"
New from me and Charlotte Willner for @InsideSourcesDC
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David Sullivan retweeted
17 Dec 2025
Psst: Notice where this wind/weather data is coming from. It's coming from NCAR.
One tiny blip of the kajillion things NCAR does to improve/advance weather forecasting.
#COwx
17 Dec 2025
The wind has arrived...
60 mph gusts at the Mesa Lab in Boulder, all kicking up within the last half hour.
This moves into the rest of the metro area in the next few hours.
#COwx
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David Sullivan retweeted
With children increasingly online and using more devices, age assurance has become a critical tool for protection against online harms.
DTSP ED @David_MSullivan co-authored a piece in @the_iapp that explores and outlines different methods for implementing age assurance.
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David Sullivan retweeted
7 Oct 2025
Really important conversation with David and Ravi. Very much encourage you to give this a listen.
7 Oct 2025
What can AI safety learn from Trust & Safety?
No better folks than @David_MSullivan (@dtspartnership) and @RaviDataIyer to answer that very important question.
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David Sullivan retweeted
To build a safer AI product, where should companies focus their governance efforts?
On @lawfare's Scaling Laws podcast DTSP ED @David_MSullivan emphasizes how AI companies must break down the silos between AI safety and Trust & Safety teams.
lawfaremedia.org/article/sca…
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David Sullivan retweeted
7 Oct 2025
What can AI safety learn from Trust & Safety?
No better folks than @David_MSullivan (@dtspartnership) and @RaviDataIyer to answer that very important question.
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David Sullivan retweeted
29 Sep 2025
In this DigiPod episode, I spoke to @David_MSullivan, ED @dtspartnership. He discussed DTSP’s framework & how it became an ISO international standard, why trust & safety should be seen as a growth driver - not just compliance - & the Standford conference.
youtube.com/watch?v=4L6Cttng…
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David Sullivan retweeted
🚨 New from DTSP: we’re launching a Working Group on Out-of-Court Dispute Settlement under Article 21 of the #DSA.
Goal: ensure online platforms resolve disputes openly and fairly to deliver benefits for all users. 👉
dtspartnership.org/press-rel…
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David Sullivan retweeted
Currently, AI usage is expanding and shaping our daily technologies.
In a new @Wef blog post, @David_MSullivan explains why the fields of responsible AI and trust & safety should collaborate more.
weforum.org/stories/2025/08/…
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David Sullivan retweeted
17 Jul 2025
Congrats to the @DTSPartnership on the release of the Safe Framework Specification. This is a major step forward for online safety!
DTSP is excited to announce that its Safe Framework Specification has been formally published as an international standard, ISO/IEC 25389.
This is a landmark achievement, reflecting a sustained commitment to advancing online safety on a global scale.
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David Sullivan retweeted
17 Jul 2025
Congrats to @dtspartnership & partners on today’s publication of the SAFE Framework as ISO/IEC 25389. This 1st-of-its-kind int'l standard marks years of pioneering work by online safety professionals to establish processes & best practices for mitigating online risk.
DTSP is excited to announce that its Safe Framework Specification has been formally published as an international standard, ISO/IEC 25389.
This is a landmark achievement, reflecting a sustained commitment to advancing online safety on a global scale.
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David Sullivan retweeted
DTSP is excited to announce that its Safe Framework Specification has been formally published as an international standard, ISO/IEC 25389.
This is a landmark achievement, reflecting a sustained commitment to advancing online safety on a global scale.
dtspartnership.org/press-rel…
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David Sullivan retweeted
Policy debates around content moderation do not account for the many entrepreneurial efforts to contend with harmful content.
@David_MSullivan’s article in the Colorado Technology Law Journal examines how evaluating “de facto regulation” can inform content governance debates.
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