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John Starr
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Thorn and Twitter T&S Alum.
Our first Safe Space episode of the year is live!

Check out my conversation with Bluesky’s Head of T&S, @aaron.bsky.team

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Aaron Rodericks: Scaling Safety During Rapid Growth
Podcast Episode · Safe Space - Talking Trust and Safety · 05/28/2025 · 42m
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May 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Safe Space is back!

As you can see, we’re putting the finishing touches on the home studio.

We kick off our season next week by sitting down with @aaron.bsky.team, Head of Trust & Safety @bsky.app!

We’ll touch on his T&S journey, lessons learned along the way, and much more.
March 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Excited to share this piece authored by Thorn’s @jstarr.bsky.social and @bsky.app’s @aaron.bsky.team about how Bluesky is committed to safety as it grows, incl thru its use of @saferbythorn.bsky.social! 🙌 Read it here and share thoughts ⬇️ #trustandsafety #contentmoderation #childsafety
How Thorn’s Safer helps Bluesky scale CSAM detection
As Bluesky welcomes 7M+ new users, Thorn's Safer technology helps protect its growing community from CSAM. Learn how safety by design enables responsible platform growth.
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November 27, 2024 at 1:36 PM
This conversation was a lot of fun and truly had a little bit of everything!

@bsky.app’s journey to scale T&S as they grow
The scale and impact of @saferbythorn.bsky.social
@caseynewton.bsky.social
Bluesky’s Head of T&S, @aaron.bsky.team
And, an alleged 9,000 year old dragon
November 26, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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Safer is now on Bluesky! Celebrating with a HUGE thanks to @caseynewton.bsky.social for highlighting the critical work happening behind the scenes at @bsky.app to keep its platform safer for everyone. We're proud to play a role in tackling child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as this community grows.
Some news: amid rapid growth and some over-enforcement of its community guidelines, Bluesky trust and safety chief @aaron.bsky.team tells me the company will quadruple the size of its content moderation team www.platformer.news/bluesky-grow...
November 26, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Reposted by John Starr
Some news: amid rapid growth and some over-enforcement of its community guidelines, Bluesky trust and safety chief @aaron.bsky.team tells me the company will quadruple the size of its content moderation team www.platformer.news/bluesky-grow...
November 26, 2024 at 1:21 AM
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Good interview with Yoel by John Starr on the challenges and opportunities within trust and safety youtu.be/v14ySyJhbwo
Safe Space: Talking Trust & Safety with Yoel Roth
YouTube video by Thorn
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August 14, 2024 at 8:46 AM
👋 Bluesky! I sat down with @yoyoel.com at TrustCon to talk T&S. Specifically, his journey, what he has learned along the way and thoughts on the future.

Perhaps you’ll find it interesting.

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Safe Space: Talking Trust & Safety with Yoel Roth
Transcript John Starr 0:00 I am super excited to be joined by my friend and the current VP of Trust and Safety at Match Group. Yoel Roth, we are here for TrustCon.
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August 14, 2024 at 2:44 PM
👋SF

Been a minute.
July 11, 2023 at 6:02 AM