Ryn Linthicum (they/them) is a global Product Policy Manager at ByteDance, focused on mental well-being and suicide prevention. Ryn’s approach to trust & safety work is informed by their studies of developmental psychopathology and peer influences on adolescent behavior, and their clinical training as a therapist. Their published research focuses on the prediction and prevention of suicidal and self-injurious behaviors, including the ethics of using machine learning models to predict clinical outcomes. Ryn holds a master of science degree in clinical psychology from Florida State University.