Did you catch the latest edition of Safe Space Digest? Each month we gather the top headlines in trust & safety news and give a quick summary of the stories impacting online child safety.

Here's the latest from Cassie Coccaro, Communications Lead at Thorn.

https://teamthorn.co/4c4Ob7c

Did you catch the latest edition of Digital Defenders Digest? Each month we gather the top headlines in trust & safety news and give a quick summary of the stories impacting online child safety.

Here's the latest from Cassie Coccaro, Communications Lead at Thorn.

https://teamthorn.co/4ji75JI

Seema embodies the spirit of the Safer team, leading with kindness, compassion, and a deep desire to do good. She’s helping build technology that creates digital spaces where safety comes first. The online world kids are growing up in needs people like Seema to help power trust and safety.

Emily and her team are proving what’s possible when technology is used for good. From identifying previously unreported CSAM to detecting online grooming early, every advancement helps platforms deliver safer experiences and protect the most vulnerable users.

At its core, T&S work is grounded in care, compassion, and a global commitment to user safety.

John Buckley, Director and Head of Child Rights and Safety at The LEGO Group, joined Safe Space to discuss what it takes to advocate for children inside some of the world’s largest tech companies.

In trust and safety, the job can feel *very* personal—and that makes switching off tricky.

In this clip from Safe Space, @aaron.bsky.team (Head of Trust & Safety at @bsky.app) shares how he protects his well-being while working in one of the internet’s most emotionally demanding roles.

As Dr. Rebecca Portnoff reminds us, a model’s effectiveness depends on everything around it: the humans, the processes, and the safeguards that hold it accountable.

🎧 Hear Dr. Portnoff expand on this topic in our Humans in the Loop webinar: https://teamthorn.co/3WXqFQZ

You can design for an ideal community. But you have to moderate the real one. That means moderators need to learn from the community that exists, not necessarily the one they planned for.

🎧 Learn more in our webinar Humans in the Loop: Building Ethical AI for Content Moderation teamthorn.co/3WXqFQZ

Not every moderation decision needs a human, but every system still needs human judgment.

As Dave Willner puts it, the real question is at what level can people add the most value?

🎧 Hear more from Dave in our Humans in the Loop webinar: https://teamthorn.co/3WXqFQZ

“Humans vs. AI” is the wrong question.

It’s about designing balance in your system, where humans bring context, and AI brings scale. How are you building checks and balances into your content moderation process today?

https://teamthorn.co/3WXqFQZ

The same curiosity and problem-solving instinct that drives founders can also fuel meaningful progress in child protection. But in this space, practitioners must keep an eye on building carefully, learning continuously, and acting with care for the people their technology impacts most.

In the latest Safe Space episode, Ryn Linthicum from Anthropic perfectly captures what effective trust & safety work really looks like: it's about building robust, multi-layered protections. Listen to the full conversation and Ryn’s thoughtful approach to T&S: https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8

For many T&S professionals, the field didn’t even exist when they were growing up. Like Ryn, surfing early social networks was the real-life experience they would later put into practice professionally. Hear how Ryn's unconventional path is shaping the future of AI safety: youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8

Did you catch the latest edition of Digital Defenders Digest? Each month we gather the top headlines in trust & safety news and give a quick summary of the stories impacting online child safety.

Here's the latest from Cassie Coccaro, Communications Lead at Thorn.

https://teamthorn.co/42jMkGb