How Pinterest built its Trust & Safety team

1 · Pinterest · April 7, 2022, 5:31 p.m.
Maisy Samuelson | Head of Trust & Safety Product“Inch by inch, row by row, I’m gonna make this garden grow” — Garden Song by Peter, Paul & MarySince I started working on Trust & Safety four years ago, the team has grown quickly and learned a lot about how to protect Pinners from spam and account takeovers as well as unsafe content like nudity, self-harm, hate speech, and harassment.Back in 2017, the Trust & Safety team (like Pinterest itself) was small and spent a lot of time fighting attacks. D...