Marked As Urgent: What next for Trust & Safety?

​The global Trust & Safety industry is at an inflection point. Some platforms are pulling back, others are doubling down. Questions around the use of AI to help scale responses to how best to cover a growing number of languages are now at the core to how the industry may scale worldwide.

​Into that mix are diverging ways that governments are tackling trust and safety questions, as well as how smaller platforms can meet new obligations that even their larger counterparts are struggling to handle.

​​Mark Scott, Ben Whitelaw and Georgia Iacovou are teaming up on this tech policy meetup in London to explore where Trust & Safety goes from here. Join us for the lightning talks (+ Q&A!), followed by drinks and networking:

​By Mark Scott, writer of Digital Politics

​Is Trust & Safety becoming a four letter world? In an era where some platforms and governments are becoming more adversarial to the topic/sector, how do professionals navigate an increasingly difficult balance between policymaking and politics?

​​By Ben Whitelaw, founder and writer at Everything in Moderation

​Moderation is becoming the job of users and users are (gradually) moving to smaller, niche spaces — but are we ready for these shifts? A exploration of community-led moderation, the tools making it possible, and the dynamics that make it harder.

​​By Georgia Iacovou, writer of Horrific/Terrific

​Networks and deep fandoms transcend centralised platforms — and since some recent (hateful) content policy changes, users are gasping for alternative spaces to feel safe in. How do communities find safety in federated social media?

​We may add other lightning talks - more soon!

​​TIMINGS:

​​18:30 – 19:00: Doors open; grab a drink, chat, find a seat

​​19:00 – 19:45: Intros, followed by lightning talks

​​19:45 – 20:30: Q&A 

​​20:30 - 22:00: Networking — drinks and conversation to continue until close