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Business Case Template:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qLOf6MODCpLxoD3Ayp9yLLUaOoO6byy39q2L4lEgke4/copy
Tooling Scorecard Template:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SiWE0saDLyyps71RDWgqJnJ4uxhLWygqqZyv4raCMyY/copy
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qLOf6MODCpLxoD3Ayp9yLLUaOoO6byy39q2L4lEgke4/copy
Tooling Scorecard Template:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SiWE0saDLyyps71RDWgqJnJ4uxhLWygqqZyv4raCMyY/copy
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Business Case Template:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qLOf6MODCpLxoD3Ayp9yLLUaOoO6byy39q2L4lEgke4/copy
Tooling Scorecard Template:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SiWE0saDLyyps71RDWgqJnJ4uxhLWygqqZyv4raCMyY/copy
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qLOf6MODCpLxoD3Ayp9yLLUaOoO6byy39q2L4lEgke4/copy
Tooling Scorecard Template:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SiWE0saDLyyps71RDWgqJnJ4uxhLWygqqZyv4raCMyY/copy
We’re sharing two free templates to help trust & safety teams accelerate their 2026 planning:
🔧 A Trust & Safety Business Case Template — communicate risk, resourcing needs, and ROI to leadership
🧰 A Tooling Scorecard Template — evaluate detection, triage, and reporting solutions with clarity
🔧 A Trust & Safety Business Case Template — communicate risk, resourcing needs, and ROI to leadership
🧰 A Tooling Scorecard Template — evaluate detection, triage, and reporting solutions with clarity
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
We’re sharing two free templates to help trust & safety teams accelerate their 2026 planning:
🔧 A Trust & Safety Business Case Template — communicate risk, resourcing needs, and ROI to leadership
🧰 A Tooling Scorecard Template — evaluate detection, triage, and reporting solutions with clarity
🔧 A Trust & Safety Business Case Template — communicate risk, resourcing needs, and ROI to leadership
🧰 A Tooling Scorecard Template — evaluate detection, triage, and reporting solutions with clarity
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
Here's the latest from Cassie Coccaro, Communications Lead at Thorn.
https://teamthorn.co/4ji75JI
December 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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
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.
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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.
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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.
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.
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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.
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.
This year, platforms powered by Safer processed more than 317 billion files. That’s “billion” – with a “B.” That number is incredible, and we’re proud of such broad implementation. Safer also detected over 4.4 million suspected CSAM files, helping protect children more effectively than ever before.
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This year, platforms powered by Safer processed more than 317 billion files. That’s “billion” – with a “B.” That number is incredible, and we’re proud of such broad implementation. Safer also detected over 4.4 million suspected CSAM files, helping protect children more effectively than ever before.
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.
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.
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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.
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.
Trust & Safety is evolving fast. From AI-driven abuse and deepfakes to rising standards, user expectations, and new regulations, 2025 demands proactive detection and hybrid safety models. These trends reflect the collective challenges and opportunities ahead for every trust & safety team.
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trust & Safety is evolving fast. From AI-driven abuse and deepfakes to rising standards, user expectations, and new regulations, 2025 demands proactive detection and hybrid safety models. These trends reflect the collective challenges and opportunities ahead for every trust & safety team.
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
🎧 Hear Dr. Portnoff expand on this topic in our Humans in the Loop webinar: https://teamthorn.co/3WXqFQZ
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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
🎧 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
🎧 Learn more in our webinar Humans in the Loop: Building Ethical AI for Content Moderation teamthorn.co/3WXqFQZ
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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
🎧 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
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
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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
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
When it comes to designing technology for teens, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.
In our latest Safe Space episode, Lauren Jonas, Head of Youth Wellbeing at OpenAI, shares how her team approached new parental controls for ChatGPT.
https://youtu.be/s9QMo5LJS1Y
In our latest Safe Space episode, Lauren Jonas, Head of Youth Wellbeing at OpenAI, shares how her team approached new parental controls for ChatGPT.
https://youtu.be/s9QMo5LJS1Y
Safe Space, a Trust & Safety Podcast: Lauren Jonas | EP 9
YouTube video by Safer by Thorn
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November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
When it comes to designing technology for teens, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.
In our latest Safe Space episode, Lauren Jonas, Head of Youth Wellbeing at OpenAI, shares how her team approached new parental controls for ChatGPT.
https://youtu.be/s9QMo5LJS1Y
In our latest Safe Space episode, Lauren Jonas, Head of Youth Wellbeing at OpenAI, shares how her team approached new parental controls for ChatGPT.
https://youtu.be/s9QMo5LJS1Y
“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
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
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“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
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
Lauren Jonas from OpenAI jumps into the Safe Space Lightning Round and blows through our list of questions. She had an answer for everything and knew exactly where she was going.
⚡Check it out!⚡
https://youtu.be/tREx481sygA
⚡Check it out!⚡
https://youtu.be/tREx481sygA
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Lauren Jonas from OpenAI jumps into the Safe Space Lightning Round and blows through our list of questions. She had an answer for everything and knew exactly where she was going.
⚡Check it out!⚡
https://youtu.be/tREx481sygA
⚡Check it out!⚡
https://youtu.be/tREx481sygA
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.
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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 episode of Safe Space, we sit down w/ Lauren Jonas, Head of Youth Wellbeing at OpenAI.
If you care about how tech, design, & child protection intersect, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/s9QMo5LJS1Y
#SafeSpacePodcast #ChildSafety
If you care about how tech, design, & child protection intersect, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/s9QMo5LJS1Y
#SafeSpacePodcast #ChildSafety
Safe Space, a Trust & Safety Podcast: Lauren Jonas | EP 9
YouTube video by Safer by Thorn
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October 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In the latest episode of Safe Space, we sit down w/ Lauren Jonas, Head of Youth Wellbeing at OpenAI.
If you care about how tech, design, & child protection intersect, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/s9QMo5LJS1Y
#SafeSpacePodcast #ChildSafety
If you care about how tech, design, & child protection intersect, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/s9QMo5LJS1Y
#SafeSpacePodcast #ChildSafety
In our latest Safe Space episode, Ryn Linthicum from Anthropic explains why wellness for trust & safety professionals is essential to user safety. When you protect your team, they can better protect users. Tell us - what's working for your team?
https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
Safe Space, a Trust & Safety Podcast: Ryn Linthicum | EP 8
YouTube video by Safer by Thorn
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October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In our latest Safe Space episode, Ryn Linthicum from Anthropic explains why wellness for trust & safety professionals is essential to user safety. When you protect your team, they can better protect users. Tell us - what's working for your team?
https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
⚡LIGHTNING ROUND guest Ryn Linthicum provides an insightful take on our fast-paced trust and safety questions. With an extensive background in academia and human behavior, Ryn takes a thoughtful approach to these fun topics.
https://youtu.be/YbLA-G_CKl0
https://youtu.be/YbLA-G_CKl0
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
⚡LIGHTNING ROUND guest Ryn Linthicum provides an insightful take on our fast-paced trust and safety questions. With an extensive background in academia and human behavior, Ryn takes a thoughtful approach to these fun topics.
https://youtu.be/YbLA-G_CKl0
https://youtu.be/YbLA-G_CKl0
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
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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
October 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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
Here's the latest from Cassie Coccaro, Communications Lead at Thorn.
https://teamthorn.co/42jMkGb
October 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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
Here's the latest from Cassie Coccaro, Communications Lead at Thorn.
https://teamthorn.co/42jMkGb
Anthropic’s Ryn Linthicum highlights how building safety into the process, Safety by Design, is a much more effective, proactive solution for user protection.
Listen to Ryn’s episode to learn about their journey from aspiring astronaut to data-driven, human-centered T&S expert: youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
Listen to Ryn’s episode to learn about their journey from aspiring astronaut to data-driven, human-centered T&S expert: youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
October 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Anthropic’s Ryn Linthicum highlights how building safety into the process, Safety by Design, is a much more effective, proactive solution for user protection.
Listen to Ryn’s episode to learn about their journey from aspiring astronaut to data-driven, human-centered T&S expert: youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
Listen to Ryn’s episode to learn about their journey from aspiring astronaut to data-driven, human-centered T&S expert: youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
New Safe Space Episode!
We enjoyed an insightful conversation with Ryn Linthicum of Anthropic. Ryn’s research driven approach to user experience, human psychology, & emotional well-being provides a fascinating point of view on the future of AI technology & user safety.
https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
We enjoyed an insightful conversation with Ryn Linthicum of Anthropic. Ryn’s research driven approach to user experience, human psychology, & emotional well-being provides a fascinating point of view on the future of AI technology & user safety.
https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
Safe Space, a Trust & Safety Podcast: Ryn Linthicum | EP 8
YouTube video by Safer by Thorn
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New Safe Space Episode!
We enjoyed an insightful conversation with Ryn Linthicum of Anthropic. Ryn’s research driven approach to user experience, human psychology, & emotional well-being provides a fascinating point of view on the future of AI technology & user safety.
https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
We enjoyed an insightful conversation with Ryn Linthicum of Anthropic. Ryn’s research driven approach to user experience, human psychology, & emotional well-being provides a fascinating point of view on the future of AI technology & user safety.
https://youtu.be/rrhdY7bppr8
Thorn's 2024 Youth Perspectives data shows online sexual interactions reported by 1 in 3 boys aged 9-to-12.
The data suggests perpetrators are targeting demographics typically considered lower-risk.
Learn more data & insights that can strengthen your safety operations: https://teamthorn.co/4pjIRRW
The data suggests perpetrators are targeting demographics typically considered lower-risk.
Learn more data & insights that can strengthen your safety operations: https://teamthorn.co/4pjIRRW
September 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thorn's 2024 Youth Perspectives data shows online sexual interactions reported by 1 in 3 boys aged 9-to-12.
The data suggests perpetrators are targeting demographics typically considered lower-risk.
Learn more data & insights that can strengthen your safety operations: https://teamthorn.co/4pjIRRW
The data suggests perpetrators are targeting demographics typically considered lower-risk.
Learn more data & insights that can strengthen your safety operations: https://teamthorn.co/4pjIRRW