The podcasting industry has experienced an explosive growth in recent years, with millions of episodes being published across various platforms every day. As the volume of audio content surges, ensuring a safe and trustworthy podcast environment becomes a paramount concern. Podcast moderation plays a crucial role in filtering and managing podcast episodes to prevent the

Content moderation has become an essential aspect of managing online platforms and ensuring a safe user experience. Behind the scenes, content moderators play a crucial role in reviewing user-generated content, filtering out harmful or inappropriate materials, and upholding community guidelines. However, the task of content moderation is not without its challenges, as it exposes moderators

In today's interconnected world, text-based communication has become a fundamental part of our daily lives. However, with the exponential growth of user-generated text content on digital platforms, ensuring a safe and inclusive online environment has become a daunting task. Text moderation plays a critical role in filtering and managing user-generated content to prevent harmful or

In today's digitally-driven world, audio content has become an integral part of online platforms, ranging from podcasts and audiobooks to user-generated audio clips on social media. With the increasing volume of audio content being generated daily, audio moderation has become a critical aspect of maintaining a safe and positive user experience. Audio moderation involves systematically

 In 1993 The United Nations declared May 3 as World Press Freedom Day recognizing that a free press is critical to a healthy, functioning democracy. According to the UN, media freedom and individual access to information is key to empowering people with control over their own lives. It seems the global population mostly believes it

Trust and Safety professionals play a major role in creating secure, welcoming online environments. To excel in this field, it's essential to have access to high-quality learning materials that cover a wide range of topics, from content moderation to cybersecurity. In this article, we'll explore some of the best resources available for individuals looking to

Combating misleading information, hoaxes, half-truths and outright lies is a discouraging business and can feel like a losing battle. However, many researchers and media experts continue to keep up the fight. This past October a group of technologists, academics, and platform owners got together for the second meeting of the Conference for Truth and Trust Online to

The birth of the digital public sphere This article is contributed by Ahmed Medien. Online forums and social marketplaces have become a large part of the internet in the past 20 years since the early bulletin boards on the internet and AOL chat rooms. Today, users moved primarily to social platforms, platforms that host user-generated content. These

In the digital age, video content has become a driving force across online platforms, shaping the way we communicate, entertain, and share experiences. With this exponential growth, content moderation has become a critical aspect of maintaining a safe and inclusive online environment. The sheer volume of user-generated videos poses significant challenges for platforms, necessitating advanced

This month we’ve added a new “Expert’s Corner” feature starting with an interview with our own Kyle Dent, who recently joined Checkstep. He answers questions about AI ethics and some of the challenges of content moderation. 1. With your extensive work around AI ethics, how would you address the topic of efficiency & AI? Particularly when

Preslav Nakov has established himself as one of the leading experts on the use of AI against propaganda and disinformation. He has been very influential in the field of natural language processing and text mining, publishing hundreds of peer reviewed research papers. He spoke to us about his work dealing with the ongoing problem of

Early stage startup gets funding for R&D effort to develop advanced content moderation technology We’re thrilled to announce that Checkstep recently closed a $1.8m seed funding round to further develop our advanced AI product offering contextual content moderation. The round was carefully selected to be diverse, international, and with a significant added value to our business. Influential personalities

This month’s expert is Checkstep’s CEO and Co-Founder Guillaume Bouchard. After exiting his previous company, Bloomsbury AI to Facebook, he’s on a mission to better prepare online platforms against all types of online harm. He has a PhD in applied mathematics and machine learning from INRIA, France. 12 years of scientific research experience at Xerox

Checkstep interviews expert in online community building Todd Nilson leads transformational technology projects for major brands and organizations. He specializes in online communities, digital workplaces, social listening analysis, competitive intelligence, game thinking, employer branding, and virtual collaboration. Todd has managed teams and engagements with national and global consultancy firms specialized in online communities and the

Wondering what all the fuss is around the Facebook Papers? Get the lowdown here. A large trove of recently leaked documents from Meta/Facebook promises to keep the social platform in the news, and in hot water, for some time to come. While other recent “Paper” investigations (think Panama and Paradise) have revealed fraud, tax evasion,