Publishers, Advertisers and Platforms Work to Make the Internet Safer by Addressing and Challenging Harmful Content Across Digital Platforms

OpenWeb, the premium community engagement and audience development platform for publishers, today announced they are an established member of GARM (Global Alliance for Responsible Media), the cross-industry initiative to improve internet safety.

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OpenWeb is committed to ending online toxicity, empowering publishers to host safer communities across the web. Through this partnership, OpenWeb will join other established industry leaders, formally aligning its mission with GARM’s to address the challenge of harmful content on digital media platforms.

“At OpenWeb, we are committed to creating safer and more engaging environments for readers, creating a more open, healthier web,” said Nadav Shoval, CEO and Co-founder of OpenWeb. “OpenWeb and GARM have perfectly complementary missions, and we’re proud to be a part of the Alliance.”

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“The comments section has been seen, in the past, like the wild west of the internet: enormous and largely untamed,” said Rob Rakowitz, Initiative Lead at WFA for GARM. “But by prioritizing user experience and safety, OpenWeb has become the leader in making this important part of the internet safer for users, brands and platforms alike. For this reason, we’re excited to partner with OpenWeb to support each other’s missions.”

GARM was created in the summer of 2019 and is a flagship project of the World Economic Forum for shaping the future of media, entertainment and culture. Every member of this alliance will address the needs and concerns of publishers to encourage healthy and safe conversations while managing harmful content on digital media platforms and its monetization via advertising.

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