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
Jun
29

The strange story of EiM’s LinkedIn block

When this very website was flagged as unsafe, getting it fixed meant following a two-week trail from a LinkedIn support worker to an intelligence company based in Vietnam. Here’s what happened and why it makes me worried about AI moderation
7 min read
Jun
26

The case for banning under-13s, the rise of “doom trolling” and slice of Comte

The week in content moderation - edition #341
7 min read
Jun
24

Will we fix AI bias against LGBTQ+ users?

4 min read
Jun
19

UK teen ban is a 'pretty headline', Roblox rolls out Kids and Paris enters deepfake fight

The week in content moderation - edition #340
6 min read
Jun
16

The split-screen reaction to the UK social media ban

The response to the UK’s under-16s ban showed that there are two simultaneous and very different conversations about what child online safety is for
5 min read
Jun
12

Apple's 'surprising' T&S move, another teen ban and 63,000 kids target the Kremlin

The week in content moderation - edition #339
7 min read
Jun
05

Meta's teen defaults go global, under-16 ban begins and why takedowns don't always work

The week in content moderation - edition #338
6 min read
May
29

Pope Leo on 'the moralization of machines', biometric checks and Board gets boost

The week in content moderation - edition #338
6 min read
May
22

Brazil rewrites internet rules, Apple’s transparency gap and AI moderation workarounds

The week in content moderation - edition #337
5 min read
May
15

'Chilling effect' of US policy, safety stack investment and Ellis urges reform

The week in content moderation - edition #336
6 min read