Watermarked words, OpenAI's very ethical exit another Reddit revolt?
The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #348
Indian apologies, beware the ‘takedown extortionists’ and Schneider on becoming CEO
The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #347
Should regulators attend TrustCon?
Regulation as a topic might have retreated into the background at this year's TrustCon but there's still plenty of reasons for regulators to attend. Owen and Ben debate whether government watchdogs have a place at the industry's biggest event
Zuck joins AI regulation debate, Meta rolls out verification and abortion censorship
The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #346
Are we entering Trust and Safety’s builder era?
In contrast to the precarity facing many T&S workers, most TrustCon attendees were energised by what AI now allows them to build and the impact they can have with it
Europe bears its teeth, political panic about OpenAI hack and YouTube refines partner policy
The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #345
Why telling the T&S story is harder than it seems
Trust & Safety’s difficulty explaining itself reflects deeper tensions between the people doing the work, comms teams tasked with protecting company reputation and the journalists trying to hold platforms to account.
Teen ban details emerge, how LLMs view autocracies and The Lancet on misinfo
The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #344
What TrustCon's agenda says about T&S in 2026
The Trust & Safety industry's largest professional event tells tell us a lot about the current feeling within industry and where it’s heading
The proliferation of bad ads, Kaley Glenn speaks and EU revives Chat Control 1.0
The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #343