Checkstep provides a content moderation platform that scans various types of media for abuse and policy violations using AI technology.

Checkstep

A complete, scalable and automated AI Content Moderation solution to safeguard your users. Trusted by companies like WeTransfer, Shein, Hopin and Streamable. 

Checkstep was founded in 2020 by serial entrepreneur Guillaume Bouchard, Facebook’s former AI Integrity Manager in London, who successfully exited his first business, Bloomsbury AI, to Facebook in 2018, and by Jonathan Manfield, former Software Engineering Lead at JP Morgan with an initial focus on misinformation. 

The company is backed by influential personalities of the tech industry from the U.S. and U.K., including many previous founders of online platforms, such as Joe White MBE, co-founder of Moonfruit.com and British Consul General in San Francisco, Jon Oringer who founded Shutterstock, a leading stock photography provider, as well as technology specialists, such as William Tunstall-Pedoe, who founded Evi, which became Amazon Alexa, and Diana Hu, who leads the AR platform at Niantic the company behind Pokemon Go.

Jeremy Yap

Kingsley Advani

Loic Lecerf

Wendy Tan White

William Tunstall-Pedoe

Winslow Strong

Data Tech Fund

Dawn Capital

Form Ventures

Redbus Media Group

Indeed

Quiet Capital

Tiny VC

Village Global

Charlie Songhurst

Nickyl Raithatha

Checkstep x WeTransfer at Trustcon 🚀 

This week, Guillaume Bouchard and Alex Dobis co-hosted a panel and workshop on Trust and Safety regulations. 

They answered questions such as:

👉🏻 What are the key regulations impacting your business?

👉🏻 What are your requirements as a non-EU platform with EU users?

👉🏻 How to define EU when both creators and consumers create and consume content in different locations?

👉🏻 How to engage with users while complying with various regulations: e.g. reporting, redress?

Participants learned more about:

👉🏻 Creating a framework for transparency reporting

👉🏻 Creating a "cheat sheet" of the key regulations impacting our T&S platforms 

👉🏻 An all-purpose framework covering policy, data and product measures

Thank you to our amazing panel for providing insightful answers on this complex topic: Mike Pappas, Ariel C., Tino Chipoyera, Alison Moyer, Jessica M., Siva R.!

Want to get access to our Trust and Safety Regulations Cheat Sheet? follow our Checkstep page, we'll make it available soon!

Need to get started with Trust & Safety regulations and solutions? 🔎

Here are 3 first steps:

👉🏻 Identify relevant regulations and their regulatory requirements,

👉🏻 Translate regulatory requirements into solutions you can build or buy,

👉🏻 Download our T&S Regulations Cheat Sheet to get this information at a glance and tailor it to your needs.

For more information on Trust & Safety Regulations compliance solutions, contact one of our experts (link in comments) 👇🏻

Planning your workshops for Trustcon 2024? 

With new regulations such as the European DSA, the Australian Basic Online Safety Expectations and the UK Online Safety Act, legal requirements for greater transparency are a growing concern for companies. 

Here's 3 regulatory workshops at Trustcon to help you understand and operationalize compliance: 

1. Operationalizing Online Safety Regulations in a Holistic All-Purpose Framework. With Guillaume Bouchard, CEO of Checkstep and Alex Dobis, Senior PM at WeTransfer. 

2. Off-Platform Conduct Policies: A Hands-On Workshop. With Sophie Duba, Director of Marketplace policy at Etsy and Sarah Godlewski, Senior T&S Policy Manager, Upwork. 

3. Innovating Transparency: Industry x Regulatory Collaboration. With Nima Mozhgani, CEO, Unveil and Michael Skwarek, Manager, eSafety Commissioner’s office. 

Need more information about Trustcon? We've got you covered, see the comments for a link to a comprehensive Trustcon guide.

Top 3 Trust & Safety news 🚀

Here's 3 interesting Trust & Safety news you should look at this week: 

👉🏻 Supreme Court protects the future of content moderation. 
Source: The Verge, written by Lauren Feiner. 

👉🏻 California advances unique safety regulations for AI companies despite tech firm opposition. Source: AP 24x7 news, written by Tran Nguyen.

👉🏻 Companies see backlog in DSA transparency database. Source: Euronews, written by Cynthia Kroet.

Link of the articles in the comments 👇🏻

Any other Trust & Security news that you've come across in the past week?

Top 3 Trust & Safety news 🚀

Here's 3 interesting Trust & Safety news you should look at this week: 

👉🏻 EU governments won’t vote on the proposed chat control law today. 
Source: The Verge, written by Emma Roth. 

👉🏻 Pornhub bans five more states due to age verification laws.
Source: Daily Mail News, written by Stacy Liberatore.

👉🏻 The Section 230 Sunset Act Would Cut Off Young People’s Access to Online Communities. Source: Teen Vogue, written by Jason Kelley.

Link of the articles in the comments 👇🏻

Any other Trust & Security news that you've come across in the past week?

How can you better protect your LGBTQ+ users? 💡

Pride month is an important month and a great opportunity for you to assess the protection of LGBTQ+ users within your Trust & Safety operations. 

Rather than write another guide, we've decided to share an amazing resource we came across on Everything in Moderation by Ben Whitelaw (link in comments). 

It's an expert guide written by Alice Goguen Hunsberger VP Trust & Safety.
While previously working at Grindr, she notably wrote a white paper on "best practices for gender-inclusive Content Moderation" with Vanity Brown and Lily G. (link in comments). 

Here are 3 areas to check to ensure LGBTQ+ users are protected:

1. Design & Product

2. Policy

3. Operations & Automation 

At Checkstep, we're constantly learning to ensure that we rigorously apply these best practices to our AI content moderation processes.

Any other best practice you'd like to share?!

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