The (Trust and) Safety Dance
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When a corporation pays to manage a problem instead of fixing it, it’s reasonable to question if they actually think it’s a problem in the first place.
  • crystalmerchantEnglish
    270·
    10 months ago10 months ago

    Trust and Safety? Is this the new buzzword for HR, a la People Empowerment?

    • fuboEnglish
      190·
      10 months ago

      No, it’s more like “policy enforcement”.

      Ostensibly it means “if our policy forbids Nazis, then you can trust us that there won’t be Nazis engaging with your content on our site.”

      But really, the policy doesn’t forbid Nazis.

    • FaceDeer
      60·
      10 months ago

      At my previous company the department went through various names over the years, ending up as “People Experience” when we parted ways.

      I think Trust and Safety would probably be for an analogous department focused on the users, not the employees.

    • MunkisquisherEnglish
      50·
      10 months ago

      I’ve seen them use Tallent and Culture unironically. Yes and also shorten it to T&C