The use of synthetic data provides an opportunity to accelerate online safety research and development efforts while showing potential for bias mitigation, facilitating data storage and sharing, preserving privacy and reducing exposure to harmful content. However, the responsible use of synthetic data requires caution regarding anticipated risks and challenges. This short report explores the potential applications of synthetic data to the domain of online safety, and addresses the ethical challenges that effective use of the technology may present.

翻译：合成数据的使用为加速在线安全研究与发展提供了机遇，同时在缓解偏差、促进数据存储与共享、保护隐私以及减少有害内容暴露方面展现出潜力。然而，负责任地使用合成数据需要警惕预期风险和挑战。本简短报告探讨了合成数据在在线安全领域的潜在应用，并阐述了有效使用该技术可能带来的伦理挑战。