Tag: Trust and Safety

LL announces the Trust and Safety User Group

Posted on by Inara Pey
via Linden Lab

On Tuesday, June 9th, 2026, Linden Lab announced the launch of the Trust and Safety User Group, together with a note that there will be an increase in communications on Trust and Safety matters.

The new Trust and Safety User Group will effectively replace the former Governance User Group meetings (Governance effectively having been rolled in Trust and Safety). As such, the new user group will generally take place as follows:

  • The third Tuesday of the month between 11:00-12:00 noon SLT.
    • The first meeting will therefore be on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
  • The meetings will be held at Linden Estate Services.
  • Meetings will be chaired by Melody Linden and at times feature other members of the Trust and Safety team and Linden guests.

Details on the user group are now available on the User Group Meeting page in the SL Wiki. It is not clear from the blog post as to the format of the meeting – Voice or local chat or a mixture; however, I would suspect the latter would seem to be the most likely.

Linden Estate Services: Trust and Safety User Group meeting place

The user group is to provide a forum to discuss topics relating to safety and security in Second Life. However, please note that for matters of privacy and personal safety, the following will not be openly discussed by members of the team:

  • Reports of abuse, together with the outcome of investigations or actions taken in response.
  • Specific account information (including terminations, suspensions, warnings, etc.).
  • DCMA or copyright issues.
  • Internal processes.
  • ToS interpretations.

In addition, topics which are considered sensitive or outside of the scope of Trust and Safety may been declined comment / discussion during meetings.

Trust and Safety Office and Blog Posts

Alongside of the User Group meetings, the Trust and Safety announcement indicates that the Team:

  • Will begin releasing regular Community Blog posts to assist in keeping the community informed and educated on various topics. These blogs will include topics related to maintaining good account security practices, tips and tricks, and helpful how-to guides.
  • Will shortly be opening a new in-world Office Second Life users will be free to visit outside of the User Group meetings. Details on this will be made available once the Office has opened.

For further information, please refer to the official blog post: Trust and Safety Tuesdays.