Legal Research & Writing Specialist — Content Moderation & Platform Law (Fully Remote)
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and Tumblr, is hiring a Legal Research & Writing Specialist to support our Trust & Safety and legal teams. You'll research emerging platform liability issues, content moderation law, and digital speech rights.
Automattic has been a distributed company since 2005 with 2000+ employees across 90+ countries. We communicate primarily through written text (P2 blogs, Slack) with no offices anywhere.
What You'll Do:
Research and analyze platform liability, Section 230, and content moderation legal issues
Draft legal memoranda, policy analysis documents, and regulatory comment letters
Monitor legislative developments affecting online platforms globally
Support litigation with legal research and brief drafting
Collaborate with policy teams on content governance frameworks
Distributed Company Culture:
Fully distributed — work from anywhere on Earth
Written communication culture with flexible async work
Annual grand meetup with the entire company