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Meet Georgio Anastasi, Checkstep's new COO/CFO

A couple of months ago, Georgio Anastasi joined Checkstep as our Chief Operating Officer and Chief F...

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DSA Compliance Isn't Optional Anymore: A Checklist for Online Marketplaces

Three fines in 8 months, each one bigger than the last. Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcement has m...

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Content Moderation: A Practical Guide for Platform Operators

On 5 December 2025, the European Commission issued its first fine under the Digital Services Ac...

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What is Trust and Safety?

Americans reported losing $2.1 billion to scams that started on social media in 2025, according...

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User Languages and the Digital Services Act: Important principles and painful tracking

Very large online platforms (VLOPs) completed the required ‘harmonised’ reporting template for trans...

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JustGiving Exclusive: The Balancing Act of AI and Human Moderation

Context is important, especially in Trust & Safety.In this exclusive interview with JustGiving, ...

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Who Watches the (Automated) Watchmen?

Spoiler: it's not more automation.Last week Meta laid off some more people I used to work with, spec...

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My CEO Thinks The Under-16 Social Media Ban is Right. I Don't.

Like many of my colleagues in Trust & Safety, I've spent the weeks since the UK announced its un...

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An Interview with Checkstep's VP Trust & Safety, Deniz Atabey Alkan

Trust & Safety is one of those disciplines where the stakes are high, but the work is rarely vis...

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Why Most Platforms Get the AI-Human Moderation Balance Wrong

And what it actually takes to get it right - across confidence thresholds, policy design, human work...

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Checkstep Raises £3 Million to Scale AI-Powered Trust & Safety Infrastructure Globally

London, UK — April 29, 2026Checkstep, the AI content moderation platform transforming Trust and Safe...

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Checkstep Platform Spotlight: Real-Time Chat Moderation at Scale

The Checkstep Platform Spotlight is our regular deep dive into the features that power the Checkstep...

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Checkstep Platform Spotlight: Policies and ModBot

The Checkstep Platform Spotlight is our regular deep dive into the features that power the Checkstep...

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Checkstep Platform Spotlight: Tags

The Checkstep Platform Spotlight is a bi-weekly deep dive into the features that power the Checkstep...

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An Interview with Sharon Fisher: The Next Era of Trust & Safety at Scale

Trust & Safety has quietly become one of the most critical - and complex - challenges facing onl...

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