To Build or To Buy? Human Rights Considerations for Trust & Safety Vendors
[ PDF Version ] Trust & Safety (T&S) teams in the tech industry are currently at a “build or buy” crossroads. Waning budgets and mass layoffs, increased regulatory requirements, and new AI-based tools with impressive capabilities are changing T&S teams’ internal calculus on how to allocate limited resources to traditional T&S functions. T&S teams are […] The post To Build or To Buy? Human Rights Considerations for Trust & Safety Vendors appeared first on Center for Democracy and Technology .
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Published: 16 July 2026
Source: Center for Democracy & Technology
Category: Field notes
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 17 July 2026
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