Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw

Founder and editor of Everything in Moderation* with 15+ years of working in media strategy. Ben has led content moderation teams for news organisations and is co-host of the Ctrl-Alt-Speech podcast
Nov
09

What T&S loses with a compliance mindset

6 min read
Nov
06

DSA enforcement gaps, Ofcom's court win and another T&S vendor consolidation

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #361
6 min read
Oct
30

Age assurance not 'completely robust', French for takedown and Lula has platforms in his sights

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #360
6 min read
Oct
23

'A tax on speech', EU goes after scam ads and TikTok child safety spotlight

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #359
6 min read
Oct
20

'Policy paralysis' and AI chatbots: Our T&S research picks

The fifth Trust and Safety Research Conference put academics, platforms and policymakers in one room at Stanford. Ben and Alice choose the papers worth your time.
6 min read
Oct
12

The Social Reckoning is media literacy with a $30m budget

The critics don’t love the new Aaron Sorkin movie. Not that it really matters, that’s not the point of it.
7 min read
Oct
09

Open-weight sovereignty, 'unprecedented' Meta and Bonta subpoenas

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #358
6 min read
Oct
02

Anti-terrorism 'accountability theatre', Meta's Muse problem and Jess Davies vs xAI

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #357
8 min read
Sep
25

The other AI alignment problem, Discord takes a guess and new Ofcom probe

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #356
6 min read
Sep
18

EU teen ban lands (with a twist), AI labs' safety PR blitz and a T&S story worth telling

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #355
7 min read