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This week I speak with Liz Repking of Cyber Safety Consulting. As a parent and educator, Liz became aware of the concerns, anxiety, and lack of knowledge parents and educators feel when it comes to online safety which led her to launch Cyber Safety Consulting with the goal of educating parents, children, and educators to be safe and savvy online. We touch on a myriad of topics from what we are see...

This week is a special episode, it’s a keynote from my talk at the School Climate Conference in Southern California. This is an education conference for anyone directly involved with community health in a school or district. In this keyonte, I was asked to speak to the current trends around AI and education, concerns about screen time and mental health, cheating and phone bans. I got to share some...

This week I speak with Patricia Cartes Andres, a pioneer in the trust and safety space. She was there for the early work at Google, Facebook, the global team at Twitter, Postmates, and so many more. We discuss the future of trust and safety, regulation, and look at new vectors of harm that happen when you use technology online to connect humans offline such as marketplace apps. This is a great epi...

Welcome to Safety is Sexy, a podcast that features experts in the world of online safety. In each episode, we will break down complex safety issues and discuss why things work the way they do to better understand the systems and thinking behind building healthy communities online. This week I am joined by Louisa Bartolo to discuss all things algorithms. She recently finished her PhD on this very t...

This week I speak with Majalise Tolan, an educator and administrator with 20 years of experience. We discuss the evolution of technology in education from computer labs to AI, and the importance of integrating these advancements into the classroom. Majalise shares insights on the successful use of social media for district-wide communication, managing student behavior with tech tools like the Yond...

This week, I’m joined by Sean Herman, founder and CEO of Kinzoo Messenger , blogger at ThatDigitalDad.com , and author of Screen Captured: Helping Families Explore the Digital World in The Age of Manipulationan and I dive into the foundational principles of Kinzoo, where Sean wanted to create positive screen time experiences for under 13. We also discuss the importance of open parent-child convers...

In this episode of the 'Safety is Sexy' podcast, I am rebroadcasting an episode from the 'Go Reboot Your Life' podcast featuring Lisa Thee. We discuss my career journey from education to becoming a trust and safety professional and everything in between. The conversation delves into pivotal moments in my career, balancing work with personal values, and the importance of building a positive communi...

This week, I speak with Dr. Robin Henderson, or Doc Rob as she likes to be called, about the impact of digital technology on youth mental health. Doc Rob is the Chief Executive of Behavioral Health for Providence Health in Oregon. We discuss the importance of accessible mental health resources and the need for critical thinking regarding screen time and social media use. We also discuss how tech p...

In this episode of Safety is Sexy, Dave Byrne and I talk about the intersection of trust and safety with brand safety, revenue impact, the role of AI, the importance of communication and education across teams, and the evolving landscape of trust and safety in the coming year. Dave Byrne is founder of TrustRaise ( trust-raise.com ). Expert in navigating the landscape of digital safety and advertis...

This weeks episode is a reflection on my professional journey from teaching to working in the realm of online trust and safety. I’ll shares insights on building healthy online communities, developing policies, working with schools to address online safety issues, and the importance of operationalizing theory & policy into practice. I’ll also emphasize the challenges of scale in ensuring online...

This episode delves into the complexities of tech regulation through a conversation between former TikTok colleagues Jun Young Ro & Matthew Soeth where they focus on the challenges posed by the Digital Services Act (DSA). It explores the need for proactive compliance practices, concerns over potential over-moderation impacting freedom of expression, and the necessity of a societal effort to en...

This episode features a discussion on the importance of trust and safety policies in online platforms. Alice Hunsbger is VP of Trust & Safety and Content Moderation at PartnerHero. She shares her experiences working on policy enforcement and emphasizes the need for clear communication with users and shares the impacts of policy on community. Additionally, Hunsberger provides insights about eng...

Welcome to Safety is Sexy, a podcast that features the professionals, technology experts, educators, designers and researchers who are doing the work behind the scenes called trust and safety. Each week we will break down complex safety issues and discuss why things work the way they do to better understand the systems and thinking behind this work.  What does that mean? Trust and safety help...