trust and safety

English

Noun

trust and safety (uncountable)

  1. (computer security, social media) The policies and practices ensuring that users can trust and feel safe while using a service or participating in an online community.
    Synonym: T&S
    • 2025 August 10, Dara Kerr, “TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      TikTok workers in Germany are holding strikes over mass layoffs of the company’s trust and safety team. The social media behemoth said it is planning to dismantle its entire Berlin moderation team, which removes harmful content from the platform, and outsource the work to artificial intelligence and contract workers.

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