Kathryn Kosmides is the founder and CEO of Garbo, a background check platform helping individuals create safer relationships through accurate reporting of past violent and harmful behavior. In this episode Kathryn shares how digital harm is impacting the real lives of individuals worldwide and how Garbo is changing the conversation around reporting and accountability of harmful behavior

Key Takeaways:

• How harassment has changed with online relationships
• Why over half of romance scams occur on social media platforms
• How Garbo connects the dots between users and reporting tools
• How quizzes are helping survivors identify and process violence
  
  

Quote of the Show (12:30):  

“99% of domestic violence situations will have some sort of financial abuse occurring because that makes it difficult for the person to leave. If you control the money, you control everything.

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Ways to connect with Kathryn Kosmides:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynmkosmides/

Company website - https://www.garbo.io/

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