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by Matthew Soeth, on October 2, 2021
On September 29th, 2021 Kris McGuffie, Director of Research, Spectrum Labs, Lisa Thee, Launch Consulting, and Roo Powell, Founder, SOSA, came together to discuss online best practices to protect underage …
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by Ashley Pierson, on September 17, 2021
With the rise of online users and changes in legislation, internet-based companies are being forced to remove unexpected content, moderate ongoing engagement, and ensure the platform is used for good! …
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by Ashley Pierson, on September 13, 2021
Spectrum Labs is happy to announce its new partnership with Founder of SOSA - Safe from Online Sex Abuse, Roo Powell. Meet Roo! Roo Powell is an award-winning writer, child …
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by Lee Davis, on September 1, 2021
Contextual AI can help communities detect early signs of nefarious behaviors, such as grooming or recruitment, at scale. This branch of AI analyzes data within its context, meaning it looks …
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by Lee Davis, on August 25, 2021
Beginning in 2015, AI trust and safety initiatives took on a new urgency. Prior to 2015 efforts focused on identifying problematic images and video. The world was beginning to realize …
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by Lee Davis, on August 11, 2021
Supercomputers can crunch through data at enormous velocity, enabling them to recognize patterns and warning signals well before a human can. A content moderation algorithm can also be deployed on …
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by Lee Davis, on August 9, 2021
I recently received a call from a teacher at my son’s school. He detailed to me an incident from that day, in which my son made some poor choices and …
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by Lee Davis, on August 4, 2021
The car was designed to provide transportation, not to harm people. But a sad side effect of the rise in automobile usage is that accidents happen all the time. While …
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by Lee Davis, on October 15, 2020
Survey Keeping kids safe on the Internet has never been more challenging. Young people now spend more hours online than ever before, on a variety of different websites and platforms …
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by Lee Davis, on July 28, 2020
Survey This episode of The Brief originally aired on July 7, 2020. You can listen to this episode of The Brief on Spotify or watch the live recording on YouTube. Vernon …
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