Build vs Buy: When Does It Make Sense?

User Generated Content Moderation: Risks, Methods, and Compliance

In BrightLocal's 2026 survey of 1,002 US consumers about local business reviews, 63% said revie...

13 mins

Video Moderation: A Practitioner's Guide for Platforms

Platforms submitted about 4.3 billion content moderation decisions to the EU's DSA Transparency...

13 mins

Checkstep Acquires Unitary's Trust & Safety Business, Bringing Platforms into one AI-and-Human Moderation Platform

London, UK — November 3rd, 2026Checkstep, the AI content moderation platform, today announced that i...

5 mins

Building Content Moderation for Trust: Things We Miss When We Talk About ‘Safety by Design’

When you’re building a product, the “safety by design” conversation usually centers on three things:...

8 mins

Why Should I Trust a Third-Party Vendor With my Content Moderation? A Security Lens

For most platforms, trusting a third-party vendor with your content moderation can feel like somethi...

9 mins

How AI Image Moderation Works

An estimated 1.95 trillion photos (more than 5 billion a day) will be taken in 2026, according to&nb...

13 mins

Best Content Moderation Companies, Tools and Software (2026)

The content moderation market reaches $13.31 billion in 2026 and is on track for $26.09 billion by 2...

6 mins

London Trust & Safety Meet Up Hosted by Checkstep

​Join us on Wednesday 23rd September 2026 in Farringdon, London, for an Online Trust & Safety meet-u...

[Webinar] Prove it, Don’t Promise it: DSA & Online Safety Act Readiness for 2027

Regulators aren't asking platforms to make promises about how safe they are anymore - they're asking...

Meet Georgio Anastasi, Checkstep's new COO/CFO

A couple of months ago, Georgio Anastasi joined Checkstep as our Chief Operating Officer and Chief F...

7 mins

DSA Compliance Isn't Optional Anymore: A Checklist for Online Marketplaces

Three fines in 8 months, each one bigger than the last. Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcement has m...

8 mins

Content Moderation: A Practical Guide for Platform Operators

On 5 December 2025, the European Commission issued its first fine under the Digital Services Ac...

19 mins

What is Trust and Safety?

Americans reported losing $2.1 billion to scams that started on social media in 2025, according...

11 mins

User Languages and the Digital Services Act: Important principles and painful tracking

Very large online platforms (VLOPs) completed the required ‘harmonised’ reporting template for trans...

23 mins

JustGiving Exclusive: The Balancing Act of AI and Human Moderation

Context is important, especially in Trust & Safety.In this exclusive interview with JustGiving, ...

5 mins