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Your Speech, Their Rules: Meet the People Who Guard the Internet
As part of the 5th anniversary of the Digital Trust & Safety Partnership and to mark the fifth edition TrustCon, DTSP is pleased to republish our co-founder Alex Feerst’s 2019 article on the people charged with trust and safety inside technology companies. Originally published in OneZero at Medium, the article
World Economic Forum: Building safer systems for a changing digital future
A new report from the World Economic Forum’s Global Coalition for Digital Safety was co-chaired by DTSP Executive Director David Sullivan. “Safety by design principles are increasingly reflected in how regulators and institutions think about online safety and artificial intelligence. This approach puts user safety and rights at the heart
DTSP Contributes Chapter to New Book on Trust and Safety
DTSP Executive Director David Sullivan has co-authored a chapter in the newly published book from the Trust and Safety Foundation: Trust, Safety, and the Internet We Share: Multistakeholder Insights. The chapter, Online Safety Regulation: Righting Risks or Risking Rights?, is co-authored with Jason Pielemeier of the Global Network Initiative and
InsideSources: State Dept. Visa Misstep Will Aid Predators, Scammers, Traffickers
A cable from the State Department reportedly directs diplomats to deny visas to skilled workers in content moderation, fact-checking, and online safety. While intended to defend free speech, this policy risks leaving the most vulnerable users exposed to online abuse. For InsideSources, DTSP ED David Sullivan and Charlotte Willner of
Mind the Gap: Understanding Age Verification and Assurance
With children increasingly online and using more devices, age assurance has become a critical tool for protection against online harms. DTSP’s David Sullivan has co-authored a post for the IAPP that explores and outlines different methods for implementing age assurance. Read the post.
Online Safety Regulation: Righting Risks or Risking Rights?
DTSP Executive Director David Sullivan, together with GNI’s Jason Pielemeier, has co-authored a new paper on the future of online safety regulation: Online Safety Regulation: Righting Risks or Risking Rights? This paper will be included as a chapter as part of the Trust and Safety Foundation’s forthcoming edited volume entitled