Digital Trust & Safety Partnership Best Practices Framework

Best practice guide

Website/link: https://dtspartnership.org/best-practices/

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Published date: December 1, 2021

Region: Global

Subject tag: Advertising | Algorithmic systems | Child safety | Data Access | Disinformation and misinformation | Privacy and data protection | Terrorism and violent extremism

The DTSP Best Practices Framework offers a common framework to how companies address Content- and Conduct-Related Risks. While the overarching Commitments are uniform, the method by which they are fulfilled – whether by application of the illustrative practices in this document or alternatives – will vary by digital product or feature and evolve with both the challenges faced and advances made in the field of Trust & Safety.

DTSP regards the five overarching Commitments as representing the necessary steps taken by Practicing Companies to identify and address harmful content and conduct while preserving free expression and other rights, including internationally recognized human rights standards, as well as the social and economic value of digital services.

The DTSP Best Practices Framework marks the first ever attempt to articulate current industry efforts to address online Content- and Conduct-Related Risks. The Practices Framework focuses on considerations in the development, governance, enforcement, improvement, and clear documentation of digital products and services. Over time this Framework will evolve as they grow in maturity and can be assessed in more standard ways, such as in other disciplines like security and privacy.