Tech journalist and Pando founder Sarah Lacy raises $1.4 million to launch a new startup for working moms

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April 5, 2018 4:26 PM

Chairman Mom promises working moms a solution-based troll-free platform for $5 a month.

Chairman Mom is a new site for working moms created by PandoDaily founder Sarah Lacy. It aims to provide mothers with a network of support on a judgment-free platform.
The site offers an ad-free platform that costs users $5 a month to join.
Chairman Mom's revenue model is intended to shut down trolling and promote positive online behavior.

In the wake of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal, there's been a growing debate surrounding the role of social media giants. How do social networks ensure user privacy? How do they promote good behavior online? How do they keep problematic ads from surfacing on their sites?

One brand-new site might have the answer, and it's offering a solution to an often overlooked segment of the population: working moms.

The site is Chairman Mom, the brainchild of journalist and PandoDaily founder Sarah Lacy, who is creating an online community focused on connecting moms with a network of support where they can chat about their daily challenges on a pointedly judgment-free platform.

And while a subscription-based platform might promote good behavior online, Lacy says Chairman Mom is firm on moderating users as well. Users can flag content for removal, and if an item is flagged three times, it's automatically pulled from the site.

Lacy's values for Chairman Mom reflect the unflinching critical insight she's levied on tech giants like Uber and Facebook during the years she spent working as a tech reporter in Silicon Valley. Lacy has long believed that social networks like Twitter and Facebook don't do enough to shut down trolling and abuse on their platforms. "These are wide open unenforced social networks that don't take these problems seriously," she said. "

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