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Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Tinsley is the Founder & CEO of RealMe, a transformative technology solution that provides a turnkey, no-cost way to protect people on dating apps and other online marketplaces.Jeff is a perpetual entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to building trust and transparency online. Prior to RealMe, Jeff led several other successful business ventures, including MyLife, the Internet’s preeminent directory of people with over 325 million profiles.Jeff is able to use MyLife to power the growth and expansion of RealMe as he continues to build solutions that will cultivate safety and trust online.------------------------------------------Links from the episode:https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/truth-and-transparency-the-internet-s-achilles-heel-revealed-by-realme-at-gdi-new-york-2020-1028980867#https://www.mylife.com/https://www.realmehq.com/-------------------------------------------Featuring:Jeff Tinsley, Founder & CEO, RealMe(https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreytinsley)Hosted by: Meredith Reed (https://bit.ly/36wGe76)-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs builds AI and big data solutions that keep online communities healthy & safe. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

Emily McDonnell is Head of Trust and Safety at Remind, a communication platform that helps educators reach students and parents where they are: on their phones.Remind’s app allows educators, parents and students to send and receive text and voice messages, share attachments, and post links to digital educational resources.Remind was founded in 2011 with a straightforward value proposition: to provide teachers with a safe and secure way to send homework or study reminders to students and their parents on mobile devices without the use of personal phone numbers.Emily is a Bay Area native, former preschool teacher, and mother to a one-year-old. She joined Remind’s Support team in 2014 and has risen through the ranks to her current position as Remind’s Head of Trust and Safety.-------------------------------------------Links from this episode:www.remind.comThe Remind plan: www.remind.com/plansEducator resources: www.remind.com/resourcesEngagement ratings: www.remind.com/engagement-ratings-------------------------------------------Featuring:Emily McDonnell, Head of Trust & Safety, Remind (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyhmcdonnell)Hosted by: Meredith Reed (https://bit.ly/36wGe76)-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs builds AI and big data solutions that keep online communities healthy & safe. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

Vernon Jones in the Head of Safety for MovieStarPlanet, a social network and game for kids. MovieStarPlanet encourages kids to develop their creativity by letting them virtually design their own clothes, movies, Artbooks and more.Vernon is a registered social worker with over 25 years of experience dedicated to safeguarding children. Prior to MovieStarPlanet, Vernon worked in the Statutory Social Services Department in the UK and Denmark, and as a lobbyist for children’s rights at Save the Children.Vernon applies his past experience working the frontlines of child safety to safeguard and support children in the online gaming and social networking spaces.Featuring:Vernon Jones, Head of Safety, MovieStarPlanethttps://www.linkedin.com/in/vernon-jones-7b53264Hosted by: Meredith Reed (https://bit.ly/36wGe76)Links from this episode:https://www.facebook.com/MovieStarPlanethttps://twitter.com/MSP_worldhttps://www.youtube.com/user/MovieStarPlanetMediahttps://www.savethechildren.org.uk/-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs builds AI and big data solutions that keep online communities healthy & safe. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

Beena J. Pallical is General Secretary of Economic and Educational Rights for the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR). Beena gives us a background on caste discrimination--where it comes from and what it looks like in the real world. This allows us to have a better understanding of why it’s important to detect caste discrimination in the written conversations that people are having online.Over the last 10 years, Beena has worked passionately with the NCDHR on economic justice and gender equity issues. She works to change policy toward marginalized communities within Central and State governments and advocates to include the voices of Dalit women in policy formulation.Before you listen to this episode, you may want to listen to our episode with Amitabh Kumar and our episode with Katie Zigelman to get a background on how Spectrum Labs is using AI technology to build a model that is able to detect text-based caste discrimination online.- Featuring:- Beena Pallical, General Secretary of Economic and Educational Rights, NCDHR https://www.linkedin.com/in/beena-pallical-21835626/- Watch Beena speak on caste inequality: https://bit.ly/31tMNXu- NCDHR website: http://www.ncdhr.org.in/- Report on Dalit Women in South Asia: https://bit.ly/3iepgQn- Hosted by: Meredith Reed | LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/36wGe76-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs builds AI and big data solutions that keep online communities healthy & safe. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

Clara Tsao is Cofounder of the Trust & Safety Professionals Association (“TSPA”), a new, nonprofit, member-based organization for trust & safety professionals that launched last week! The TSPA will support the global community of professionals who develop and enforce principles & policies that define acceptable behavior online.Clara was inspired to build an association for trust & safety professionals due to her background as a national security/disinformation expert and technology entrepreneur. She is President of the White House Presidential Innovation Fellows Foundation and a Senior Advisor at the UN-CTED-backed Tech Against Terrorism. Clara has held various national security and tech policy roles for the U.S. Government, Google, and Mozilla.Featuring: Clara Tsao, Cofounder, Trust & Safety Professionals Associationwww.tspa.infohttps://twitter.com/tspainfohttps://twitter.com/tweetclaritahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/claratsao/Hosted by: Meredith Reed | LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/36wGe76-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs builds AI and big data solutions that keep online communities healthy & safe. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

Meet Spectrum Labs’ Head of Product & Client Services, Katie Zigelman. She works closely with Spectrum Labs’ engineering team to build products that enable customers to reach their trust & safety goals.Katie is the product owner of Spectrum’s caste discrimination model that we talked about in Episode 10 of The Brief with Ami Kumar, Founder of Social Media Matters.On that episode, Ami and Spectrum Labs’ CEO Justin Davis covered our “why”. (Why build a model that detects online caste discrimination? Why does it matter?) On this episode, Katie picks up the conversation where we left off and focuses on our “how”: (How can artificial intelligence be used to detect online caste discrimination? How do you build a model that actually works?)Katie discusses many aspects of building our model, such as data labeling, character-based models, platform integration, and the unique challenge of detection in multiple languages.Featured Guest:Katie Zigelman, Head of Product & Client Services, Spectrum Labs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kzigelman/ | https://www.getspectrum.io/)- Hosted by:- Meredith Reed, Marketing & Content, Spectrum Labs (https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-reed-13001a14/)-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs builds AI and big data solutions that keep online communities healthy & safe. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

Daniel Mori is the Chief Growth Officer at Iris, a new online dating platform that revolutionizes the way people meet and start relationships online. Iris uses artificial intelligence to build an internal map, fine-tuned over time, of what each user finds attractive at a biological level in order to make the best possible matches.For the past seven years, Daniel has worked for online dating platforms including Coffee Meets Bagel and Zoosk, where he served as VP of Marketing and Communications. While at Zoosk, Daniel was the chief advocate for a military service verification feature that was adopted by their trust and safety department.Iris has a vision for the way that AI can change the future of dating. They are hard at work building out cutting-edge technology that has the power to pair users with their perfect match.Featuring:- Daniel Mori, Chief Growth Officer, Iris https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmori | https://www.irisdating.com/- Hosted by: Meredith Reed | LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/36wGe76------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs builds AI and big data solutions that keep online communities healthy & safe. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

Oleg Gervalov is COO & Cofounder of KeYou, an all-in-one multifunctional app and dating platform for the LGBTQ community in NYC. With a wide spectrum of in-house features that include social networking, messaging, video calls and live streaming, KeYou is making user safety a top priority as they continue to build out their platform.Featuring:- Oleg Gervalov, COO, KeYou | https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleg-gervalov-aa274b152/ | https://keyou.one/- Hosted by: Meredith Reed | LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/36wGe76-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs builds AI and big data solutions that keep online communities healthy & safe. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io. On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

When childcare is your business, trust, safety, and security are paramount. Brittney Miller is Director of Member Services at UrbanSitter, a childcare platform that connects parents and background-checked sitters through the people they know and trust.Brittney came to UrbanSitter through the external side of their business after working as a sitter on their platform in college. Brittney joined UrbanSitter’s corporate team in 2016 following an internship with their marketing department.Brittney has risen through the ranks at UrbanSitter to her current position, where she manages the trust and safety, reliability, payments, and fraud teams within their Member Services Department.On this episode, we discuss the risks and challenges faced by a trust & safety department at a platform that is in the business of child safety.Featuring:- Brittney Miller, Director of Member Services, UrbanSitter | LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2zww2Q2 | https://www.urbansitter.com/- Hosted by: Meredith Reed | LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/36wGe76-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io. On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today & discuss strategies for positive change in the future.Follow Spectrum Labs:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEJoin our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://bit.ly/3gn7hGwQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! (link works on mobile only) https://apple.co/2TFv5f6

Sean Herman is the Founder of Kinzoo -- a kidtech startup focused on kids’ online safety and digital privacy. Kinzoo empowers parents and families to raise the next generation of digital citizens by offering safe and informed ways to incorporate technology into kids’ lives.As a father, Sean witnessed some issues with his daughter’s early experiences with the internet. He wanted his daughter to have a safer, more secure online messaging platform that was specifically designed for with kids’ best interests in mind. When he couldn’t find the platform he was looking for, he decided to build his own -- Kinzoo.Kinzoo is an all-in-one messenger app that turns screen time into family time. Kinzoo users can exchange videos, pictures, text messages and audio with family and close friends without encountering the same safety and privacy risks that other messaging platforms tend to present to kids.Sean is also the author of a best-selling book, “Screen Captured: Helping Families Explore the Digital World in the Age of Manipulation”. His book helps parents understand the pros and cons of technology for kids. He outlines how parents can give their children access to the best parts of the internet without putting their safety and security at risk. (Pick up your copy here: https://amzn.to/3cGdQSd)Featuring:- Sean Herman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-herman-kinzoo/ | https://kinzoo.com/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io. On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and-safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

Leigh D’Angelo is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dig -- The Dog Person’s Dating App. Dig is a one-of-a-kind dating app that helps dog lovers and dog owners to find a compatible match and plan a dog-friendly date.After three years of growth, Dig has reached over 150,000 users. Like any thriving online dating platform, Dig’s user growth has come with an increased focus on trust and safety.Leigh is well-equipped to handle security issues, as she’s also an instructor of Media, Terrorism, and Disasters for the Homeland Security Studies Master’s Program at Tulane University. Prior to launching Dig, Leigh was an investigative TV reporter at WSYR-TV in Syracuse, NY, One Africa Television in Windhoek, Namibia, and at WVUE-TV in New Orleans, LA.Featuring:- Leigh D’Angelo, CEO & Cofounder, Dig | https://www.linkedin.com/in/leighisaacson/- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and-safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io(opens in new tab).Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

Daisy Soderberg Rivkin is a policy fellow in the technology and innovation policy program at the R Street Institute. R Street is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization based in Washington, D.C. In her previous job as a content moderator at Google, Daisy got an inside look at the way that technology companies respond to toxic behaviors on their platform. She is especially passionate about advocating for online child safety, and has done the incredibly difficult job of flagging online content that may be indicative of child sexual abuse. Daisy currently manages R Street’s encryption portfolio, specializing in how U.S. law relates to the protocol surrounding encryption and civil rights. Daisy acts as a consultant to Congress, providing important perspectives on bills related to issues like content moderation, encryption, child sexual abuse, and online community safety. She is a consultant to tech companies as well, providing actionable steps to improve upon their content moderation policies and online community safety.Featuring:- Daisy Soderberg-Rivkin (https://www.rstreet.org/team/daisy-soderberg-rivkin/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io. On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and-safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

Tarah Luster is Cofounder and Executive Director of Project B3. a nonprofit organization with peer-to-peer mentorship programs designed to educate students, parents, and teachers on how to build digitally responsible communities. Their slogan is: “Be safe. Be smart. Be kind.”Project B3 is leading a movement for kids to inspire present and future generations to be digitally responsible. Their program positions older students as role models for younger students to help them develop a healthy and informed relationship with the internet and social media.On this episode:- Tarah Luster, Cofounder & Executive Director, Project B3 (https://bit.ly/359hZLw | https://projectb3.org/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed (https://bit.ly/359vo6x)-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs. We build AI and big data solutions that keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

We talk about trust and safety at peer-to-peer marketplaces with Jeff Chen -- the former Vice President of Trust & Safety at Upwork, the world’s largest marketplace for online work. Prior to that, Jeff was Director of Managed Marketplaces at peer-to-peer marketplace juggernaut eBay.Jeff is an expert in improving the outcomes of company-wide trust and safety initiatives. He specializes in online marketplace growth and managing risk. Through his work at Upwork and eBay, he has been active in reducing fraud, risk, account takeovers, spam, and scams.Featuring:- Jeff Chen, Former Trust & Safety Executive at Upwork & eBay | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-chen-8a8762a/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and-safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

This episode features Amitabh Kumar, Founder of Social Media Matters and Justin Davis, CEO of Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs has partnered with Amitabh and his team to build and distribute a model that will use AI to fight caste discrimination online. Social Media Matters is a group of feminists dedicated to creating safe online spaces. Their initiatives fight back against toxic online behaviors like cyberbullying and fake news, and support digital safety efforts in a variety of sectors including dating, gaming, and social media. Our conversation focuses on cyberbullying as it applies to caste discrimination.India’s caste system is a social hierarchy that divides Hindus into rigid groups ranked by “purity”. There are 4 main castes, as well as a group of social outliers, the “Untouchables”, who make up over one-sixth of India’s population. This group is socially ostracized, lives in segregation, and assigned “ritually polluting” tasks that fall outside of the caste system.Despite its constitutional abolition in 1950, the practice of “untouchability” and discriminatory behavior based on social ranking has carried over to India’s digital world. Find out more about how Spectrum Labs is working with Social Media Matters to develop initiatives and products that fight caste discrimination online.Featuring:- Amitabh Kumar, Founder, Social Media Matters (www.socialmediamatters.in/ | www.linkedin.com/in/amikumar/)- Justin Davis, CEO, Spectrum Labs (https://www.getspectrum.io/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/justindavis/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs -- a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and-safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

We discuss how online safety translates to real-world safety with Anthony Oyogoa, M.D., CEO and Cofounder of UrSafe. The UrSafe app is a hands-free, voice-activated personal safety interface that empowers users to stay safe anytime, anywhere.Many online platforms -- dating apps, rideshare services, peer-to-peer marketplaces, etc. -- connect strangers in the virtual world and then transition into a real-world encounter. The UrSafe app enables its users to mitigate their risk, both by (a) deterring potential offenders by its presence; and (b) facilitating a rapid emergency response if a dangerous situation were to arise.UrSafe recently announced the launch of their “Follow Me” feature, a cutting-edge geolocation service that enables the user to share their location with one or more trusted contacts. The app provides these contacts with the ability to track and view the user’s location for as long as the user would like.UrSafe empowers users around the globe by providing a simple way to discretely record audio and video if a questionable or dangerous situation should arise. It also empowers the family and friends of the user by offering the ability to know the user’s location and gives them the chance to respond quickly if the user is ever in need of help.Featuring:- Anthony Oyogoa, M.D., CEO and Co-Founder of UrSafe (ursafe.com/ | linkedin.com/in/anthonyoyogoa/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs -- a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and-safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

On this episode, we discuss trust & safety with pioneering tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar. He's the founder of All Tech is Human, an initiative for aligning tech with the human interests of users and society. He also co-hosts a live show and podcast called Funny as Tech. We talk to David about privacy, ethical design, digital wellbeing, and how his work applies to trust and safety.On this episode:- David Ryan Polgar, Tech Ethicist & Digital Citizenship Expert (https://www.davidpolgar.com/ | https://alltechishuman.org/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and-safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

We talk about how identity is key to the trust & safety industry with Cameron D’Ambrosi, Principal at One World Identity ("OWI") -- a market intelligence and strategy firm focused on identity, trust, and the data economy. OWI helps business leaders, governments, and investors stay ahead of market trends so they can build sustainable, forward-looking products. Cameron also hosts OWI’s State of Identity podcast, where he brings together the greatest minds in the identity industry for an open discussion on the technology, companies, people and paradigms that define who we are in the modern world.On this episode:- Cameron D’Ambrosi, Principal, One World Identity (linkedin.com/in/camerondambrosi | oneworldidentity.com/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

On this episode, we discuss trust & safety in the world of instantly shareable video with Vinay Hiremath. He's the Co-Founder & Head of Engineering at Loom, a video recording and sharing platform designed to help you virtually communicate in the most effective way possible.On this episode:- Vinay Hiremath, Co-Founder & Head of Engineering at Loom (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vhiremath4/ | https://www.loom.com/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023

On this minisode, we talk about trust and safety on dating apps with our guest Brenda Guardado, Head of Customer Experience at Coffee Meets Bagel ("CMB"). CMB is a dating app that sends their users select matches once a day at noon for less swiping and more great dates. Brenda leads all customer experience initiatives at Coffee Meets Bagel, which includes fraud operations, content abuse and policy creation.On this episode:- Brenda Guardado, Head of Customer Experience, Coffee Meets Bagel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendaguardado/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs --  a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also talk about solutions and effective strategies for change.Follow us on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023