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
May
16

KOSA returns, abortion speech under threat, and OpenAI’s safety trick

The week in content moderation - edition #293
5 min read
May
09

35,000 ways to harass women, Wikipedia pushes back and Stoll turns source

The week in content moderation - edition #292
6 min read
May
02

The new African mod whistleblowers, KOSA goes quiet and Dunn deal

The week in content moderation - edition #291
6 min read
Apr
25

Oversight Board gives verdict, verification is back but 4chan may not be

The week in content moderation - edition #291
7 min read
Apr
18

FTC lays out antitrust case, TikTok 'adds context to content' and Haidt analyses Snap Inc

The week in content moderation - edition #290
7 min read
Apr
11

Brussels to go after X, Meta to face Kenyan courts and Substack's subtle shift

The week in content moderation - edition #289
7 min read
Apr
04

US raises OSA concerns, OpenAI's 'permissive approach' and moderation on stage

The week in content moderation - edition #288
6 min read
Mar
28

New bill to kill Section 230, defederation report and Mohan clarifies Covid-19 rules

The week in content moderation - edition #287
5 min read
Mar
21

The OSA is finally here, my notes on Community Notes and Terrorgram explained

The week in content moderation - edition #286
6 min read
Mar
14

Disputed decisions, an LLM for spotting foreign ops and the book Meta didn't want you to read

The week in content moderation - edition #285
7 min read