diff --git a/components/profile-modal.html b/components/profile-modal.html
index 50b317e0..64216637 100644
--- a/components/profile-modal.html
+++ b/components/profile-modal.html
@@ -304,6 +304,14 @@
                         <dd id="profileModerationTrustedReportCount" class="font-semibold text-text">0</dd>
                       </div>
                     </dl>
+                    <p
+                      id="profileModerationSeedOnlyIndicator"
+                      class="mt-2 flex items-center gap-1 text-xs text-warning-strong"
+                      hidden
+                    >
+                      <span aria-hidden="true">●</span>
+                      <span>Seeded moderators only</span>
+                    </p>
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="grid gap-4 sm:grid-cols-2">
diff --git a/js/services/moderationService.js b/js/services/moderationService.js
index 0cc17b01..31c0c563 100644
--- a/js/services/moderationService.js
+++ b/js/services/moderationService.js
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ export class ModerationService {
     this.trustedMuteLists = new Map();
     this.trustedMutedAuthors = new Map();
     this.trustedMuteSubscriptions = new Map();
+    this.trustedSeedOnly = false;
 
     this.emitter = new SimpleEventEmitter((message, error) => {
       try {
@@ -549,6 +550,35 @@ export class ModerationService {
     return merged;
   }
 
+  computeTrustedSeedOnly() {
+    const trustedContacts =
+      this.trustedContacts instanceof Set ? this.trustedContacts : new Set();
+    const trustedSeedContacts =
+      this.trustedSeedContacts instanceof Set ? this.trustedSeedContacts : new Set();
+
+    if (!trustedSeedContacts.size || trustedContacts.size !== trustedSeedContacts.size) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    for (const value of trustedContacts) {
+      if (!trustedSeedContacts.has(value)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  updateTrustedSeedOnlyStatus() {
+    const nextValue = this.computeTrustedSeedOnly();
+    if (nextValue === this.trustedSeedOnly) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.trustedSeedOnly = nextValue;
+    this.emit("trusted-seed-only", { seedOnly: nextValue });
+  }
+
   rebuildTrustedContacts(nextContacts = new Set(), { previous = null } = {}) {
     const sanitized = new Set();
 
@@ -580,6 +610,7 @@ export class ModerationService {
     const seededNext = this.mergeSeedsIntoSet(sanitized);
     this.trustedContacts = seededNext;
 
+    this.updateTrustedSeedOnlyStatus();
     this.emit("contacts", { size: seededNext.size });
     this.recomputeAllSummaries();
     this.reconcileTrustedMuteSubscriptions(previousContacts, seededNext);
@@ -681,6 +712,10 @@ export class ModerationService {
     this.rebuildTrustedContacts(this.viewerContacts, { previous: previousContacts });
   }
 
+  isTrustedSeedOnly() {
+    return this.trustedSeedOnly === true;
+  }
+
   logThresholdTransitions({
     eventId = "",
     reportType = "",
diff --git a/js/services/trustBootstrap.js b/js/services/trustBootstrap.js
index 24ba4f67..4f029bb5 100644
--- a/js/services/trustBootstrap.js
+++ b/js/services/trustBootstrap.js
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ export async function bootstrapTrustedSeeds() {
       });
       devLogger.info(`[trustBootstrap] Applying ${seeds.size} trusted seeds`, Array.from(seeds));
       moderationService.setTrustedSeeds(seeds);
+      if (typeof moderationService.updateTrustedSeedOnlyStatus === "function") {
+        moderationService.updateTrustedSeedOnlyStatus();
+      }
       if (
         moderationService &&
         typeof moderationService.recomputeAllSummaries === "function"
diff --git a/js/ui/profileModalController.js b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
index 25d5770e..d8b8d8b6 100644
--- a/js/ui/profileModalController.js
+++ b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
@@ -1421,6 +1421,8 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
       document.getElementById("profileModerationTrustedMuteCount") || null;
     this.moderationTrustedReportCount =
       document.getElementById("profileModerationTrustedReportCount") || null;
+    this.moderationSeedOnlyIndicator =
+      document.getElementById("profileModerationSeedOnlyIndicator") || null;
     this.moderationHideControlsGroup =
       this.moderationSettingsCard?.querySelector(
         "[data-role=\"trusted-hide-controls\"]",
@@ -7140,6 +7142,7 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
       trustedContactsCount: 0,
       trustedMuteContributors: 0,
       trustedReportContributors: 0,
+      trustedSeedOnly: false,
     };
 
     const service = this.moderationService;
@@ -7147,6 +7150,12 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
       return summary;
     }
 
+    if (typeof service.isTrustedSeedOnly === "function") {
+      summary.trustedSeedOnly = service.isTrustedSeedOnly();
+    } else if (typeof service.trustedSeedOnly === "boolean") {
+      summary.trustedSeedOnly = service.trustedSeedOnly;
+    }
+
     const trustedContacts =
       service.trustedContacts instanceof Set
         ? service.trustedContacts
@@ -7225,7 +7234,8 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
     if (
       !(this.moderationTrustedContactsCount instanceof HTMLElement) &&
       !(this.moderationTrustedMuteCount instanceof HTMLElement) &&
-      !(this.moderationTrustedReportCount instanceof HTMLElement)
+      !(this.moderationTrustedReportCount instanceof HTMLElement) &&
+      !(this.moderationSeedOnlyIndicator instanceof HTMLElement)
     ) {
       return;
     }
@@ -7249,6 +7259,10 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
         summary.trustedReportContributors,
       );
     }
+
+    if (this.moderationSeedOnlyIndicator instanceof HTMLElement) {
+      this.moderationSeedOnlyIndicator.hidden = !summary.trustedSeedOnly;
+    }
   }
 
   async handleModerationSettingsSave() {