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by Alexis Palmer, on February 14, 2023
Last month, Spectrum Labs hosted a master class titled "Complying with Online Government Regulations." The conversation featured Wildlife's Trust & Safety Manager, Aoife McGuinness; Meta Oversight Board Deputy Head of …
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government
Masterclass
by Hetal Bhatt, on February 2, 2023
We've talked a lot about upcoming European regulations like the Digital Services Act (DSA), which seeks to establish continent-wide standards for online safety. The DSA is especially focused on protecting …
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by Hetal Bhatt, on January 12, 2023
Less than a year from now – on January 1, 2024 – any online platform or service with a presence in the European Union will need to comply with the …
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Digital Services Act
European Union
by Spectrum Labs, on January 6, 2023
Recently violations of GDPR have resulted in record fines for online platforms that have been ruled not to have adequately protected their user's privacy online. For any business – not …
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Privacy
by Alexis Palmer, on December 5, 2022
This month, Spectrum Labs hosted a master class titled "Using AI to Recognize & Reward Pro-Social Behaviors." The conversation featured Grindr's VP of Customer Experience, Alice Hunsberger; Together Labs' Sr …
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Technology
Masterclass
by Hetal Bhatt, on December 2, 2022
The World Cup is a global phenomenon that ignites passions everywhere as soccer fans cheer on their favorite teams. Soccer hooliganism is nothing new. But in the age of social …
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Trust and Safety
Hate Speech
by Alexis Palmer, on November 25, 2022
As the holiday season kicks off, the risk of online users being subjected to spam and fraud increases significantly. When we think of spam, our minds often wander toward thoughts …
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Spam
by Hetal Bhatt, on November 2, 2022
We've previously introduced healthy behavior as a Trust & Safety principle. Trust & Safety shouldn't end at removing toxicity. Incentivizing healthy behavior helps your users feel more welcome and makes …
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by Othmane Rifki, on October 30, 2022
super{set} companies have been very early to adopt data engineering, or leveraging software engineering to power data science workflows and solve business problems. Many of us have been on the …
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Technology
by Matthew Soeth, on October 24, 2022
Cyberbullying is no new challenge. It is an issue that seemingly comes with the territory of internet use. But does it have to? As young people spend more time online, …
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Trust and Safety
Policy