Build vs Buy: When Does It Make Sense?

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

Who Watches the (Automated) Watchmen?

Spoiler: it's not more automation.Last week Meta laid off some more people I used to work with, spec...

7 mins

My CEO Thinks The Under-16 Social Media Ban is Right. I Don't.

Like many of my colleagues in Trust & Safety, I've spent the weeks since the UK announced its un...

11 mins

Webinar: Moderating with Empathy at JustGiving

How JustGiving Balances AI and Human Judgement at Scale Join us on 8th July at 4pm BST for an excl...

An Interview with Checkstep's VP Trust & Safety, Deniz Atabey Alkan

Trust & Safety is one of those disciplines where the stakes are high, but the work is rarely vis...

13 mins

Why Most Platforms Get the AI-Human Moderation Balance Wrong

And what it actually takes to get it right - across confidence thresholds, policy design, human work...

12 mins

Webinar: Designing Moderation Systems That Actually Work

Balancing AI and human oversight at scale Join us on 21st May at 4pm BST when we’ll break down wha...

Checkstep Raises £3 Million to Scale AI-Powered Trust & Safety Infrastructure Globally

London, UK — April 29, 2026Checkstep, the AI content moderation platform transforming Trust and Safe...

4 mins

Checkstep Platform Spotlight: Real-Time Chat Moderation at Scale

The Checkstep Platform Spotlight is our regular deep dive into the features that power the Checkstep...

3 mins

Checkstep Platform Spotlight: Policies and ModBot

The Checkstep Platform Spotlight is our regular deep dive into the features that power the Checkstep...

3 mins

Checkstep Platform Spotlight: Tags

The Checkstep Platform Spotlight is a bi-weekly deep dive into the features that power the Checkstep...

2 mins