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Trust & Safety

Platform policy, moderation decisions, and the thankless work of keeping the internet from eating itself.

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Trust & Safety

Platform Rolls Out New Anti-Harassment Policy, Immediately Uses It To Ban The Journalist Who Reported On The Harassment

// The irony is doing heavy lifting this week

In a move that surprised absolutely no one familiar with how these things go, a major social platform's freshly minted anti-harassment policy claimed its first high-profile victim: the reporter who spent six months documenting the harassment problem that led to the policy.

Feb 19, 2026·4 min read
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New Study Finds Content Moderators Are Burned Out. The Study Was Conducted By Surveying Content Moderators. They Were Not Surprised.

// Groundbreaking research, as always

A peer-reviewed paper published this week confirms what every Trust & Safety professional has known since approximately their third week on the job: reviewing graphic content all day is bad for you. The paper has 34 citations.

Feb 14, 2026·5 min read