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Trust in Tech
by Integrity Institute
The Trust in Tech podcast is a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank advancing the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals.
Episodes
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Trust and Safety Trade offs: Privacy versus Safety
In this episode, host Sarah Godlewski is joined by Theodora Skeadas to discuss the balance of privacy versus safety within Trust and Safety decision making. Building on a framework where safety, privacy, and creative self expression exist in tension with each other, the conversation reviews where...
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Building Trust and Safety Across Sectors
In this episode, host Olivia Conti discusses the Trust and Safety Foundation’s new edited volume: Trust, Safety, and the Internet We Share: Multi-Stakeholder Insights. The volume explores the evolution of trust and safety as a field, the challenges in improving and building safer online spaces…
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The Future of Trust & Safety: Navigating Challenges in a Shifting Industry
In this episode, Alice and Integrity Institute co-founder Jeff Allen, discuss the ever-evolving T&S landscape. With recent policy changes at Meta and increasing scrutiny on content moderation, they discuss T&S's evolving future, the critical role of integrity professionals, and the business case...
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Burnout in Trust & Safety: The Evolution of Wellness and Resilience in Integrity work
Hey, it’s been a while but we are kicking off 2025 with new Trust in Tech episodes! Trust and safety work is tough, but someone has to do it. In this episode, we’re joined by Cathryn Weems, T&S veteran and fellow II member, and wellness coach and consultant Stefania Pifer, to discuss the daily...
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It’s My Job To Yell At People - how social media can better protect the LGBTQ community
Happy Pride! In this episode we talk to Jenni Olsen, Senior Director of the Social Media Safety Program at GLAAD, about their work in promoting LGBTQ safety, privacy, and expression online. We talk about the recently released Social Media Safety Index, which evaluates social media platforms on...
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You really wanted us to answer more career questions (Featuring Cathryn Weems)
This episode is a listener Q&A featuring Cathryn Weems, seasoned Trust & Safety leader. We opened up our inbox to any possible question that anyone had aaaaand it was all about careers and job searching. It’s rough out there, and folks need help! We discuss networking as an introvert, how to…
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Bonus: Trust in Tech x Safety is Sexy (Policy edition)
Episode Description: This episode features a discussion on the importance of trust and safety policies in online platforms, between Alice Hunsbger (VP of Trust & Safety and Content Moderation at PartnerHero) and Matt Soeth (Head of Trust & Safety at All Tech is Human and Senior advisor at…
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Workplace ethics and activism with Nadah Feteih
Many of us working at tech companies are having to make moral and ethical decisions when it comes to where we work, what we work on, and what we speak up about. In this episode, we have a conversation with Nadah Feteih around how tech workers (specifically folks working in integrity and trust &...
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Careers in T&S: Job search special (you ask, we answer)
You asked, we answered! It’s a rough time out there in the tech industry as so many people in Trust & Safety are job searching or thinking about their career and what it all means. In this episode, Alice Hunsberger shares her recent job search experience and gives advice on job searching and…
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Building the Wikipedia of Integrity w/ Grady Ward
Integrity workers are missing a shared resource where they can easily point to a taxonomy of harms and specific interventions to mitigate those harms. Enter, Grady Ward, a visiting fellow of the Integrity Institute, who discusses how he is creating a Wikipedia for and by integrity workers. In...
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Child Safety on Online Platforms w/ Vaishnavi J.
With the Senate Child Safety Hearing on the horizon, we sit down with Vaishnavi, former head of Youth Policy at Meta and chat about the specific problems and current policy landscape regarding child safety. Now, Vaishnavi now works an as advisor to tech companies and policymakers on youth policy...
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Personal Safety for Integrity workers
Listen to this episode to learn how to stay safe as an Integrity worker Links: - Tall Poppy (available through employers only at the moment) - DeleteMe - PEN America Online Harassment Field Manual - Assessing Online Threats - Want a security starter pack? | Surveillance Self-Defense - Yoel Roth…
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Dark Patterns and Photography w/ Caroline Sinders
Caroline Sinders is a ML design researcher, online harassment expert, and artist. We chat about common dark tech patterns, how to prevent them in your company, a novel way to think about your career and how photography is related to generative AI. Sinders has worked with Facebook, Amnesty...
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Holiday Special: Alice and Talha Mailbag Episode!
Alice and Talha answer some listener question, recap the year, the podcast, and perhaps where they want to take it!
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Introduction to Generative AI
An Introduction to Generative AI In this episode, Alice Hunsberger talks with Numa Dhamani and Maggie Engler, who recently co-authored a book about the power and limitations of AI tools and their impact on society, the economy, and the law.In this conversation, they deep dive into some of the...
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How to build a Movement w/ David Jay
It seems everyday we are pulled in different directions on social media. However, what we are feeling seldom resonates. Enter David Jay! A master in building movements including leading it for the Center Humane Technology. In this episode, we will learn precisely how to build a movement, and why...
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The Ultimate Guide to Election Integrity Part II
Elections matter, and history has demonstrated online platforms will find themselves grappling with these challenges whether they want to be or not. The two key questions facing online platforms now, as they stare down the tsunami of global elections heading their way, are: Have they initiated an...
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Creeps, Consulting, and Creating Trust
Alice Hunsberger talks to Heather Grunkemeier again, this time covering Heather’s solution for dealing with creeps at Rover from a policy and operational lens, measuring trust, and what it’s been like for her to strike out on her own as a consultant. Also check out our first episode with Heather,...
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How to Find Your Place in Trust & Safety: A Story of Career Pivoting
Alice Hunsberger talks to Heather Grunkemeier (former Program Owner of Trust & Safety at Rover, and current owner of consultancy firm Twinkle LLC) and discusses how Heather finally broke into the field of Trust & Safety after years of trying, what it was actually like for her, and what her advice...
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The Future of AI Regulation with James Alexander
On today's episode, our host Talha Baig is joined by guest James Alexander to discuss all things AI liability. The episode begins with a discussion on liability legislation, as well as some of the unique situations that copyright law has created. Later in the episode, the conversation shifts to...
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Should We Have Open-Sourced Llama 2?
On today's episode, our host Talha Baig is joined by guest David Harris, who has been writing about Llama since the initial leak. The two of them begin by discussing all things Llama, from the leak to the open-sourcing of Llama 2. Later in the episode, they dive deeper into policy ideas seeking…
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Happy Pride! Let’s talk about protecting the LGBTQ+ community online
What can companies do to support the LGBTQ+ community during this pride season, beyond slapping a rainbow logo on everything? Integrity Institute members Alex Leavitt and Alice Hunsberger discuss the state of LGBTQ+ safety online and off, how the queer community is unique and faces…
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Civic Integrity at Twitter Pre- and Post-Elon Musk: w/ Rebecca Thein and Theodora Skeadas
The acquisition of Twitter broke, well, Twitter. Around 90% of the workforce left the company leaving shells of former teams to handle the same responsibility. Today, we welcome two guests from Twitter’s civic integrity team. We welcome new guest Rebecca Thein. Rebecca, was a senior engineering...
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Tech Policy 101: “It’s complicated!” with Pearlé Nwaezeigwe, the Yoncé of Tech Policy
This episode is a bit different – instead of getting deep into the weeds with a guest, we’re starting from the beginning. Our guest today, Pearlé Nwaezeigwe, aka the Yoncé of Tech Policy, chats with me about Tech Policy 101. I get a lot of questions from people who are fascinated by Trust &…
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The Ultimate Guide to Election Integrity! with Katie Harbath and Glenn Ellingson
It might be May 2023, but it’s never too early to start worrying about elections! 2024 is slated to be the biggest year of elections in platform history. In this episode Katie Harbath and Glenn Ellingson join the show to prepare you for the storm of elections coming in 2024. You may recognize…
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Transparency, Trade-offs, and Free Speech with Brandon Silverman
We live in a world where platforms influence the digital and real lives of billions of people across the world, perhaps with more influence than many governments. However, the decision making processes around the platform are generally opaque and obscure. This is why today’s guest — Integrity...
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GPT4: Eldritch abomination or intern? A discussion with OpenAI
OpenAI, creators of ChatGPT, join the show! In November 2022, ChatGPT upended the tech (and larger) world with a chatbot that passes not only the Turing test, but the bar exam. In this episode, we talk with Dave Willner and Todor Markov, integrity professionals at OpenAI, about how they make…
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Turkey’s complicated relationship with social media: how authoritarianism and platforms can clash
Turkey’s election is only 3 weeks away and, during the recording of this episode, the Turkish regime has detained 150 people including activists, lawyers, and journalists. Gürkan Özturan talks about this context and Turkey’s fraught relationship with the media. Gürkan Özturan is the coordinator…
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Trust in Tech Ep 17 (Special): A window into navigating emerging technology innovation with Nick Reese
Today we are joined by professor and strategy expert Nick Reese, Deputy Director of emerging technology policy at The Department of Homeland Security. He is the Author of the DHS Artificial Intelligence Strategy, The Space Policy, and the Post Quantum Cryptography Roadmap. He’s also DHS’s...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 16: Auntie, WHAT did you just send me?! with Arushi Saxena
Arushi Saxena was frustrated by seeing and hearing about misinformation memes in large family WhatsApp groups, so she set out to do something about it. Arushi is the Head of Policy, Partnerships, Product Marketing at DynamoFL, and former Senior Product Marketing Manager at Twitter. She was also a...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 15: Gaming the Algorithm with Hallie Stern
What is the difference between a Hollywood actor and a trust and safety professional? Not much! In this episode Talha Baig, an ML Engineer, interviews Hallie Stern on how Hollywood actors game the algorithm, and how the mass surveillance ecosystem incentives niche targeting which leads to the...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 14: Addressing Systemic Bias in Tech w/ Meredith Broussard
Bias exists all around us, and unfortunately it is present in the technologies we use today. Today we are joined by Professor Meredith Broussard, a data journalism professor at NYU, and research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. She is the author of a new book More Than…
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Trust in Tech, Episode 13: Transparency Reports, Theatre and Power with Nima Mozhgani
Transparency is at the forefront of the discourse today with Tik Tok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifying in front of congress and GPT4 releasing a system card. Nima Mozhgani, an expert in transparency reports and Talha Baig, a former Content Moderation Engineer, discuss one of the mechanisms of...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 12: Deepfakes, Biases and AI Hegemony with Claire Boine
Deepfakes have gained steam on video platforms including Tik Tok and Reels. For example, we hear Obama, Trump and Biden ranking their favorite rappers and even playing dungeons and dragons. Does this technology have potential harmful effects? This episode features Claire Boine, an expert in AI…
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Trust in Tech, Episode 11: The Impact of Social Media on the Past and Present: History, Hate, and Techno-imperialism
This episode features Jason Steinhauer, author of "History Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past", and Integrity Institute member Theodora Skeadas, public policy professional with 10 years of experience at the intersection of technology, society, and safety.…
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Trust in Tech, Episode 10: Counter-terrorism on Tech Platforms w/ GIFCT Director of Technology Tom Thorley
Welcome to the Trust in Tech podcast, a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank which advances the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals. In this episode, Institute member Talha Baig is in conversation...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 9: Positioning Generative AI to Empower Artists
Welcome to the Trust in Tech podcast, a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank which advances the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals. In this episode, Institute co-founder Jeff Allen and Institute...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 8: Hiring and growing trust & safety teams at small companies
Welcome to the Trust in Tech podcast, a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank which advances the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals. In this episode, two Trust & Safety leaders discuss what it’s...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 7: XCheck — Policing the Elite of Facebook Users
Welcome to the Trust in Tech podcast, a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank which advances the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals. In this episode, Integrity Institute member Lauren Wagner and...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 6: Reconciling Capitalism & Community
Welcome to the Trust in Tech podcast, a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank which advances the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals. In this sixth episode, Integrity Institute member Alice...
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Trust in Tech, Episode 5: Keeping the Metaverse Safe
In this fifth episode, Integrity Institute members Talha Baig and Lizzy Donahue talk Integrity in the metaverse. The conversation ranges from defining what the metaverse is to discussing whether it should even exist! We also discuss other fun topics, such as: integrity issues with augmented…
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Trust in Tech, Episode 4: Preventing and Reacting to Burnout
In this third episode, Integrity Institute member Alice Hunsberger talks with Institute cofounders Sahar Massachi and Jeff Allen about the issues around integrity in tech and why the Integrity Institute was founded, how to define integrity work, and why integrity teams are the true long-term…
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Trust in Tech, Episode 3: Founding Episode with Sahar Massachi & Jeff Allen
In this third episode, Integrity Institute member Alice Hunsberger talks with Institute cofounders Sahar Massachi and Jeff Allen about the issues around integrity in tech and why the Integrity Institute was founded, how to define integrity work, and why integrity teams are the true long-term…
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Trust in Tech, Episode 2: Global Threat Analysis with Zara Perumal
Integrity Institute members Alice Hunsberger and Zara Perumal talk about mis- and disinformation: how to recognize it and how to contextualize it, both individually and at scale. Trust in Tech is hosted by Alice Hunsberger, and produced by Talha Baig. Edited by Alice Hunsberger. Music by Jao…
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Trust in Tech, Episode 1: Elections with Katie Harbath
Welcome to the Trust in Tech podcast, a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank which advances the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals. In this first episode, Integrity Institute members Alice...
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The Trust in Tech podcast is a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank advancing the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals.
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