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
Aug
14

Watermarked words, OpenAI's very ethical exit another Reddit revolt?

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #348
7 min read
Aug
07

Indian apologies, beware the ‘takedown extortionists’ and Schneider on becoming CEO

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #347
7 min read
Aug
04

Should regulators attend TrustCon?

Regulation as a topic might have retreated into the background at this year's TrustCon but there's still plenty of reasons for regulators to attend. Owen and Ben debate whether government watchdogs have a place at the industry's biggest event
5 min read
Jul
31

Zuck joins AI regulation debate, Meta rolls out verification and abortion censorship

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #346
8 min read
Jul
28

Are we entering Trust and Safety’s builder era?

In contrast to the precarity facing many T&S workers, most TrustCon attendees were energised by what AI now allows them to build and the impact they can have with it
5 min read
Jul
24

Europe bears its teeth, political panic about OpenAI hack and YouTube refines partner policy

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #345
6 min read
Jul
21

Why telling the T&S story is harder than it seems

Trust & Safety’s difficulty explaining itself reflects deeper tensions between the people doing the work, comms teams tasked with protecting company reputation and the journalists trying to hold platforms to account.
7 min read
Jul
17

Teen ban details emerge, how LLMs view autocracies and The Lancet on misinfo

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #344
6 min read
Jul
13

What TrustCon's agenda says about T&S in 2026

The Trust & Safety industry's largest professional event tells tell us a lot about the current feeling within industry and where it’s heading
4 min read
Jul
10

The proliferation of bad ads, Kaley Glenn speaks and EU revives Chat Control 1.0

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #343
6 min read