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Robust Open Online Safety Tools (ROOST) is a new non-profit entity providing open source, accessible, high-quality, transparent safety tools for digital organizations of all kinds. roost.tools
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It's been a while since we posted so just popping in to say we're hard at work and writing code! More to come soon

Congrats to our friends at Roblox on their latest open source launch! Roblox understands that sharing AI safety advances benefits our entire industry. By supporting Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, and Japanese their voice model is even better. corp.roblox.com/newsroom/202...

Chris DiBona @cdibona.bsky.social Introduced us to @roost.tools - Robust Open Online Safety Tools Enhance Child Safety, Fight NCII and Violent Content, Provide core safety infrastructure and review workflow, reduce the engineering load on civil society orgs. #ATmosphereConf

do geese roost #ATmosphereConf

TOOLS TOOLS TOOLS TOOLS TOOLS TOOLS SAFETY TOOLS FOR EVERYONE

@trav.page shouting out @cdibona.bsky.social and the Google summer of code program for getting him started in software development at #atmosphereconf

not the "non-sexual nudity" label 💀

@cdibona.bsky.social explaining @roost.tools 's goals and non-goals at #atmosphereconf

As @cdibona.bsky.social mentioned, we're looking for guidance on ATproto development and pilot testing as we develop tools with bluesky and others! Our goal is to build for everyone, AT Protocol and beyond 🚀 #ATmosphereConf and we're hiring!

The open source stuff that's out there, Hasher-Matcher-Actioner from Meta, is really good! There's just not a lot of it. @cdibona.bsky.social #AtmosphereConf cc @dcallies.bsky.social

We're excited to be at #ATmosphereConf represented by @cdibona.bsky.social! Lightning talk NOW ⚡

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/atprotocol.dev Introducing Roost: Robust Open Online Safety Tools. Christopher DiBona

ROOST sighted at #ATmosphereConf!

Hi bsky I'm hiring a TPM for @roost.tools! This person will coordinate our growing ecosystem of partners and community members, and organize various ongoing technical and non-technical projects. Email [email protected] if you have ~5 years of community management, pgm management, or TPM experience

Our (very new, very limited) GitHub is now linked on ROOST.tools, thanks for everyone's patience! We're a v small team but we have bigger things hatching soon 🐣

In an op-ed for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, IST Ecosystem Trust and Safety Associate Fatima Faisal Khan explains why the #TrustandSafety community needs @roost.tools, a newly launched non-profit open source tooling hub. 🔐 Read “ROOST Reminds Us Why Open Source Tools Matter:” bit.ly/4bxC9Bb

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We know this is incomplete, and some might organize the tools differently. We want to hear from everyone on what it needs so we can add more (while we build our stuff) 🐣

*bird noises* We heard from many developers and organizations that even finding open source tools that can be used for online safety is a challenge. Our first baby step is putting together this curated list of awesome safety tools. We welcome contributions and feedback! github.com/roostorg/awe...

Earlier this month, Charlotte Bacchetta MIA '26 attended the AI Action Summit in Paris to take part in roundtable discussions and witness Professor @camillefrancois.bsky.social launch @roost.tools, a groundbreaking online safety initiative incubated at @columbiaigp.bsky.social. roost.tools

"ROOST aims to ensure that developers at all levels can implement best practices in safety." Whether your team is 👤,👥, or 🏢 sized... we aim to build safety tools for everyone. Thanks @commoncrawl.bsky.social, let's protect the shared resource of the internet! commoncrawl.org/blog/opening...

"I think they can build very, very strong tools. They have built super strong tools in the past. They know what goes into this." 🥹 thanks for the kind words, @mmasnick.bsky.social @benwhitelaw.bsky.social. Excited to build stuff that people can contribute to! www.buzzsprout.com/2315966/epis...

@compiler.news featured our head of Product, @julietshen.bsky.social in their latest newsletter: “Open-source tools are here to earn trust from the general public and policymakers so that everyone has a say in the online experience.” Read more about the AI summit: www.compiler.news/ai-action-ed...

From @columbiaigp.bsky.social: "By making robust safety tools accessible through open source, we’re creating a more pluralistic and secure digital future in the age of AI" @camillefrancois.bsky.social, President of ROOST and assoc. professor of practice at SIPA www.sipa.columbia.edu/news/columbi...

ICYMI: ROOST, a new non-profit entity incubated at @columbiasipa.bsky.social and Columbia IGP, launched at last week’s #AIActionSummit in Paris. @roost-tools.bsky.social provides accessible, open source, high-quality, transparent safety tools for digital companies of all kinds. roost.tools

"When foundational technology is open and accessible, the internet becomes safer, more resilient, more democratic, and more human." Thanks for the newsletter shout-out @projectliberty.bsky.social! email.projectliberty.io/a-turning-po...

Announced at the #AIActionSummit this week, @ROOST-tools.bsky.social is a non-profit dedicated to building open source & scalable infrastructure for the AI landscape, empowering digital companies to build software that is #SafebyDesign. Congrats to the team for launching this much needed tool!