Safe Space - Talking Trust and Safety
by Thorn
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Kenya Fairley: Designing safer online connections
Kenya Fairley: Designing safer online connections
About this podcast
What does it take to make the Internet a safer place? More importantly, who does it take? Safe Space explores the human side of trust & safety—featuring the leaders, thinkers, and builders working to protect online communities. Co-hosted by Cassie Coccaro, Head of Communications at Thorn, and Pailes Halai is the Key Account & Partnership Manager at Thorn, this podcast dives into the personal journeys of those shaping the future of the digital world—one policy, one decision, and one conversation at a time.
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Episodes
- Kenya Fairley: Designing safer online connections · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 6In this episode of Safe Space, Cassie Coccaro and Pailes Halai talk with Kenya Fairley of Bumble, whose career spans more than two decades of trauma-informed, survivor-centered…
- Ernest Farmer: What it takes to build T&S teams · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 5In this episode of Safe Space, Cassie Coccaro and Pailes Halai talk with Ernest Farmer, who leads Rover’s incident safety team. Ernest spent years in emergency management and…
- TrustCon Roundtable: Telling trust & safety’s story · 1 h 13 min · Season 3 Episode 4This roundtable episode features Ben Whitelaw, founder and editor of Everything in Moderation; Vaishnavi J, founder of the child safety advisory firm Vys; and Yoel Roth, Head of…
- Marc Leone: Moderation challenges for visual platforms · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode of Safe Space, host Cassie Coccaro sits down with Marc Leone, Head of Trust and Safety at Giphy, for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of trust and…
- Alice Hunsberger: The need for checks and balances · 1 h 3 min · Season 3 Episode 2In this episode of Safe Space, hosts Cassie Coccaro and Pailes Halai talk with Alice Hunsberger, Head of Trust & Safety at Musubi. Alice has spent years working in trust and…
- Dr. Rachel Kowert: Why gaming moderation is different · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 1In this episode of Safe Space, hosts Cassie Coccaro and Pailes Halai sit down with Dr. Rachel Kowert, research psychologist and one of the leading voices connecting gaming…
- Lauren Jonas: Prioritizing teen well-being in AI safety · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 6In this episode of Safe Space, hosts John Starr and Pailes Halai sit down with Lauren Jonas, Head of Youth Wellbeing at OpenAI, to talk about what it takes to design technology…
- Ryn Linthicum: Applying data, research, and psychology to AI safety · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 5Join us for a fascinating conversation with Ryn Linthicum, who brings a unique perspective to AI safety at Anthropic. Ryn shares insights from time spent at TikTok and their…
- David Polgar: Building Community Around Responsible Technology · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 4David Polgar, founder of All Tech is Human, shares how he built a 55,000-member community focused on responsible technology without a tech background. Polgar reveals the…
- Safe Space welcomes a new co-host, Pailes Halai · 7 min · Season 2John Starr sits down with our new host, Pailes Halai, Thorn's Sr. Manager of Key Accounts & Partnerships, to hear how he got here and his interest in uncovering the stories of…
- Del Harvey: Optimism and Collaboration in Trust & Safety · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 3Del Harvey, a legend in the field, built Twitter's trust and safety organization from the ground up, leading it for over a decade as the platform became a global phenomenon. In…
- John Buckley: The Human Element in Trust & Safety · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 2After a pivotal university lecture digging into the history of child abuse in Ireland, John Buckley found his calling. His career path led him to tech giants Facebook and Google…
- Aaron Rodericks: Scaling Safety During Rapid Growth · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 1In this revealing conversation, John Starr speaks with Aaron Rodericks, Head of Trust and Safety at Bluesky, about his unexpected journey to become the trust and safety leader at…
- Safe Space - Talking Trust & Safety: Patricia Cartes | EP 3 · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 3From aspiring United Nations interpreter to Trust & Safety leader, Patricia Cartes, Head of Trust & Safety at Cantina AI, takes us on her global journey into online safety…
- Safe Space - Talking Trust & Safety: Jerrel Peterson | EP 2 · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 2From social work to social networks online, Jerrel Peterson, Director of Content Policy at Spotify and former Twitter alum, takes us on his unexpected journey into Trust &…
- Safe Space - Talking Trust & Safety: Yoel Roth | EP 1 · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 1In this candid conversation, Yoel Roth, VP at Match Group and Twitter alum, shares his personal and professional evolution in Trust & Safety. Host John Starr, Thorn’s VP of…
