Core Focus
India-Led, Globally Relevant
TASI centers Indian realities and Global South perspectives in conversations on trust, safety, platform governance, and AI.
About TASI
Learn more about the vision, partners, and purpose behind TASI 2026 and the work shaping safer digital futures in India.
India stands at the center of global digital transformation, with one of the world's largest online populations, rapidly evolving platform ecosystems, and rising public debate around safety, AI, and accountability.
Yet many of the most consequential trust and safety frameworks are still shaped without enough grounding in Indian realities and Global South contexts. TASI helps close that gap by bringing the right stakeholders into one shared space.
The goal is simple: move beyond parallel conversations and toward sustained collaboration that can improve systems, policy, and outcomes for people most affected by online harm.
Core Focus
TASI centers Indian realities and Global South perspectives in conversations on trust, safety, platform governance, and AI.
Core Focus
We connect public policy, platform operations, civil society expertise, and lived experience so ideas can move into implementation.
Core Focus
Women, children, youth, marginalized communities, and trust and safety workers remain central to how we frame digital well-being.
Why India, Why Now
India's scale, diversity, and digital momentum make it one of the most important places in the world to rethink how trust and safety is built, governed, and implemented.
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From multilingual communication to high-volume platform participation, India experiences trust and safety challenges at a scale that can inform global thinking.
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Online abuse, misinformation, child safety risks, and AI-enabled harms are deeply connected to offline inequalities and deserve locally grounded responses.
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What is designed, regulated, and tested in India increasingly shapes digital governance conversations far beyond its borders, especially across the Global South.
India's Role
From multilingual communication to high-volume platform participation, India experiences trust and safety challenges at a scale that can inform global thinking.
TASI creates the connective space for policymakers, platforms, researchers, and civil society to respond to that reality together.
Convening Partner
The Trust & Safety Festival is a global platform bringing together technology companies, policymakers, researchers, and civil society across continents to advance safer digital ecosystems through collaboration.
Its partnership with TASI helps connect Indian priorities with international dialogue while keeping the work grounded in implementation and public interest.
Convening Partner
CSR has spent over four decades advancing gender justice, research, advocacy, and social change in India. Its digital safety work extends that mission into today's online realities.
Through programs on online safety and well-being, CSR brings deep field knowledge, policy insight, and community-centered practice to the TASI platform.
Organizing Team
A cross-sector team advancing research, convening, digital safety practice, and partnership-building across the festival.
Dr. Ranjana Kumari has been a leading advocate for women's rights in India for over four decades, combining activism, scholarship, and policy engagement. She has advised the Government of India through roles on the National Commission for Women, Ministry of Women and Child Development, NHRC, and Ministry of Labour, and has served as a Gender Expert at the ILO and United Nations in Geneva. Recognized with national and international awards, including the Lotus Leadership Award, she was named among Apolitical's 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy. She also serves on Meta's Global Advisory Council, the Advertising Standards Council of India, and was previously member of the Trust and Safety Council of Teleperformance and Twitter advocating for safe, respectful online spaces.
Dr. Ranjana Kumari
Director, Centre for Social Research
Jean-Christophe Le Toquin is Co-Founder of the Trust & Safety Festival, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and civil society to advance safer digital ecosystems globally.
Jean-Christophe Le Toquin
Co-Founder, Trust and Safety Festival
Caroline Humer is Co-Founder of the Trust & Safety Festival, dedicated to building bridges across sectors to shape responsible and trustworthy digital environments worldwide.
Caroline Humer
Co-Founder, Trust and Safety Festival
Jyoti Vadehra is the Lead Digital Trust and Safety, CSR and founding secretariat of the Alliance for Cyber Trust and Safety (ACTS). A strategic expert in the field, she specializes in online safety and wellbeing, and the design and execution of large-scale online safety projects. Jyoti spearheaded the formation of the ACTS alliance and is dedicated to fostering a safer digital ecosystem at the nexus of Gen AI, child safety and wellbeing, gender equality, and sustainable development. Her experience includes significant contributions to policy advocacy, and she is the first Indian representative on Meta's Board of Global Women's Safety Expert Advisors.
Jyoti Vadehra
Head, Online Safety and Wellbeing, CSR
Karuna Nain is a global online safety expert with two decades' experience in technology policy, safety strategy, government affairs and communications. She advises technology companies, non-profits and governments on building safer digital ecosystems through practical policy, product design and stakeholder engagement. Karuna spent a decade at Meta and served as Global Safety Policy Director, leading work on child safety and well-being, women's safety and suicide prevention. She co-founded StopNCII.org with UK charity SWGfL and serves on its Board of Trustees.
Karuna Nain
Online Safety Expert and Advisor, Centre for Social Research
Akankshya Acharya is a development practitioner with a Master's in Development Studies and a background in social sciences research and media. She has extensive experience in copywriting, editing, and policy communications, with a focus on media and governance. Her experience spans research, advocacy, and editorial projects for legacy media outlets. She currently serves as Project Coordinator for CSR's Digital Safety and Online Wellbeing vertical, where she supports and contributes to initiatives that foster safer and more inclusive engagement in digital spaces.
Akankshya Acharya
Project Coordinator, Digital Safety and Online Wellbeing, Centre for Social Research
Saquib Jamil is Project Coordinator in the Media and Communication Department at the Centre for Social Research (CSR), New Delhi. He specializes in research, digital advocacy, and media engagement to advance CSR's mission of promoting gender equality and social justice. Saquib holds an MA in Development Studies from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University and a BA (Hons) in Political Science from Jamia Millia Islamia. His experience includes research on socio-economic disparities, urban development, and gender-focused policies, as well as roles in community management and fieldwork on water conservation. Passionate about media, digital rights, and social impact, His expertise spans qualitative and quantitative research, social media marketing, and content creation.
Saquib Jamil
Project Coordinator, Centre for Social Research
Endorsements
External Affairs Minister, Government of India
India bears a special responsibility in shaping global conversations on technology. As nations look to us for inspiration, platforms such as the Trust and Safety India Festival become vital spaces for advancing responsible and inclusive AI.

Ambassador of France to India
The French Embassy in India is proud to support the Trust & Safety Festival, a crucial platform fostering global cooperation on digital safety and governance. Strengthening trust in digital spaces is essential for the future, and this festival brings together key stakeholders to advance meaningful solutions.

High Commissioner of Canada to India
Canada has been a valuable source of support to TASI, strengthening its growing role in global conversations on trust, safety, and responsible technology. This support reflects a shared commitment between Canada and India to advance AI innovation grounded in ethics, safety, and human rights.

Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to India
Conversations on trust and safety are more important than ever. Technology is moving incredibly fast on the digital highway, and if we do not begin with values as our starting point, we risk entering troubled waters. Convenings like this provide the space to reflect together, to align across sectors and to ensure that technology remains anchored in shared values.

Ambassador of Sweden to India
Sweden is honored to be a partner to the Trust & Safety Festival. This platform gathers key stakeholders in order to address the crucial challenges and possibilities associated with digital and emerging technologies through global cooperation. We are confident that this festival will help advancing the objective of fostering an open, safe, secure and sustainable digital future, not least with regard to the upcoming AI Impact Summit 2026 – a mile-stone event – hosted by the Government of India.

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