Director of Kids Web Services at Epic Games
London, England
Joined October 2012
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Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
Vendors like Epic's Kids Web Services help developers achieve compliance with as minimally invasive verification practices as possible. But the market is also filled with shady surveillance-oriented firms and novice app developers doing it themselves.
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Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
we back fam
Fortnite is BACK on the App Store in the U.S. on iPhones and iPads... and on the Epic Games Store and AltStore in the E.U! It’ll show up in Search soon!
Get Fortnite on the App Store in the U.S. ➡️ fn.gg/US-AppStore
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
Today the Epic Games Store is available for download on iPhones in the European Union and on Android devices worldwide. 📲 We’re launching on iOS devices in the European Union thanks to the Digital Markets Act, but Apple is still blocking all other iOS users outside of Europe from accessing Fortnite and Epic Games Store for iOS. epic.gm/egs-mobile
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
Ofcom study reveals video sharing platform users need advanced reading skills to understand their terms and conditions.
Ts&Cs for sites like Twitch, Snap and OnlyFans include safety information but can be complex, some taking over an hour to read.
More:ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/202…
ALT Video sharing platforms need advance reading skills to understand Ts and Cs the image shows the readability of 6 of these VSPs; BitChute, Brand New Tube, OnlyFans, Snapchat, TikTok and Twitch.
NEW: @Ofcom is seeking evidence from online platforms to help inform the categorization process under the future Online Safety regime 📢
Category 1, 2A, and 2B services will have additional duties, including transparency reporting.
ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/202…
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
Check out our new @Ofcom report looking at how to evaluate the impact of recommender systems. Sets out a menu of options inc. A/B tests, user surveys and debugging exercises. Useful for trust & safety teams and anyone who wants to create a safer internet ofcom.org.uk/research-and-da…
Thanks @EiMdotco for including @Ofcom paper on transparency!
We argue that platforms failing to prioritise user safety can have immediate impacts on user numbers, advertising spend, and share prices.
Targeted transparency requirements can be a major tool for driving change.
In this week’s Everything in Moderation (#190):
▪️ India announce grievance committees
▪️ Safety tech 'to hit £1bn'
▪️ Yelp's incentivised review problem
▪️ @ellagirwin
Tweets c/o @jason_kint, @asharling + @_FelixSimon_
everythinginmoderation.co/in…
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
In this week’s Everything in Moderation (#190):
▪️ India announce grievance committees
▪️ Safety tech 'to hit £1bn'
▪️ Yelp's incentivised review problem
▪️ @ellagirwin
Tweets c/o @jason_kint, @asharling + @_FelixSimon_
everythinginmoderation.co/in…
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
It's time to rethink platform transparency reporting.
@Ofcom's new paper in the Journal of Online Trust & Safety sets out our thinking around:
📈metrics
🌐international alignment
🦾changing industry behavior
tsjournal.org/index.php/jots…
Feedback welcome! Thanks @journalsafetech
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
We are so excited to publish this commentary, "Transparency Reporting: The UK Regulatory Perspective," by @asharling, Declan Henesy, and Eleanor Simmance of @ofcom.
tsjournal.org/index.php/jots…
It's time to rethink platform transparency reporting.
@Ofcom's new paper in the Journal of Online Trust & Safety sets out our thinking around:
📈metrics
🌐international alignment
🦾changing industry behavior
tsjournal.org/index.php/jots…
Feedback welcome! Thanks @journalsafetech
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
This is a fascinating article revealling the transparency challenges regulators are grappling with. The questions raised about the intersection between the goals and metric of transparency are so important to consider. Great piece
It's time to rethink platform transparency reporting.
@Ofcom's new paper in the Journal of Online Trust & Safety sets out our thinking around:
📈metrics
🌐international alignment
🦾changing industry behavior
tsjournal.org/index.php/jots…
Feedback welcome! Thanks @journalsafetech
It's time to rethink platform transparency reporting.
@Ofcom's new paper in the Journal of Online Trust & Safety sets out our thinking around:
📈metrics
🌐international alignment
🦾changing industry behavior
tsjournal.org/index.php/jots…
Feedback welcome! Thanks @journalsafetech
Earlier this year we sent information requests to a 16 tech platforms regulated by @Ofcom. Today, we're publishing the information we received, and reflect on our first year of regulation!
It's a first step towards greater online safety transparency ⬇️
ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/i…
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
Are video-sharing platforms doing enough to protect users from online harm? Our latest research reveals some of the measures they’re taking and what else needs to be done.
▶️ Watch Anna-Sophie Harling, our online safety principal, explain some of the findings in today’s report.
Following the tragic terrorist attack in Buffalo, NY earlier this year we engaged with 3 platforms regulated by @Ofcom: @Twitch, where the attack was livestreamed, @tiktok_uk, and @Bitchute.
Today we publish our findings and the implications for the future Online Safety regime👇
We’ve examined how online platforms responded to the livestreamed terrorist attack carried out in Buffalo, New York on 14 May 2022.
Our report reveals how we expect tech platforms to learn from this tragic incident.
Read our findings ⬇️
ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/202…
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
On Thurs, we are having an IRL talk about the role of regulation in mitigating the harmful impacts of misinfo. The panel discussion includes @RebekahKTromble , @markscott82 @asharling @geomblog. Sign up here for ticket or livestream info eventbrite.com/e/can-regulat…
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
We've set out our plans for the first 100 days as the UK's online safety regulator. And we're now calling for evidence from tech firms and other organisations involved in online safety, covering issues such as illegal content.
Read more and respond. ⬇️ ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/202…
Anna-Sophie Harling retweeted
Today - since nothing else is going on 😁 - Ofcom has published a Call for Evidence on online safety regulation, and a Roadmap explaining our plan for implementing the UK Online Safety Bill ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/i…
Today is my last day at @NewsGuardRating. Next week I’ll be joining @Ofcom’s new Online Safety unit, where I’ll be working on transparency and disinformation!
I’m excited for the challenge ahead, and feeling very lucky that I got to spend 3 years with the most incredible team.
NewsGuard contacts:
@Alexcadier and @Bron_Maher for all things UK 🇬🇧
@Leparisdechine for France 🇫🇷
@Marie_E_Richter for Germany 🇩🇪
Virginia Padovese for Italy 🇮🇹
And the Partnerships team @VeenaMcCoole @Sarah_J_Brandt @mskibinski
Full team at newsguardtech.com/about/team…