Meanings
- uncountablecomputer security; social media; computer security; social mediaThe policies and practices ensuring that users can trust and feel safe while using a service or participating in an online community.
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TikTok workers in Germany are holding strikes over mass layoffs of the company’s trust and safety team. The social media behemoth said it is planning to dismantle its entire Berlin moderation team, which removes harmful content from the platform, and outsource the work to artificial intelligence and contract workers.
2025 August 10, Dara Kerr, “TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: T&S
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe policies and practices ensuring that users can trust and feel safe while using a service or participating in an online community.
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trust and safety. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trust%20and%20safety
“trust and safety.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trust%20and%20safety. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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