T&S Insider

Fractional T&S leadership sounds good on paper. But if safety is the product, is part-time influence ever enough? Here's my response to a question from a T&S Insider reader

Meta’s refusal to follow the Board’s recommendations on LGBTQ+ hate speech could be the beginning of the end for this much-debated platform accountability experiment

I recently learned that even thoughtful, well-intentioned schools often lack strong safeguards on internet-connected devices. Here’s a list of questions to ask — and a template you can use to start the conversation

Large Language Models are being tested for everything from transparency to content review. But could they help modernise one of the oldest T&S processes — how users report harm and appeal moderation decisions?

Despite their ubiquitous use, user reports don't always drive effective moderation or meaningful change in platform policy. Is there a better approach?

As the Trust & Safety industry matures, we're seeing new types of role emerge that didn't exist five years ago. For each of them, a working knowledge of AI is the bare minimum.

There's a plethora of under-the-radar tools built by small teams solving big safety challenges. Here are five that I recommend knowing about (or revisiting).

New research on wellness programs for moderators shows we’re still far from ensuring that the people doing this emotionally demanding work are truly supported.

Trust & Safety work is often invisible, emotionally demanding, and regularly misunderstood. But, as the responses of dozens of EiM readers over the last week have demonstrated, it’s also deeply meaningful, transformative, and collaborative.

Newcomers to the Trust & Safety world often ask me what's it like to work in the industry and the things I wish I'd know before I started. So here are my ten hard-won lessons for the next generation of online safety professionals