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
05

Moderators (finally) unite, US states turn to age verification and TikTok's Han steps down

The week in content moderation - edition #199
6 min read
Apr
14
Jess Miers, Legal Advisory Counsel at the Chamber of Progress

Jess Miers on Gonzalez v. Google and the Supreme Court's plans for Section 230

Covering: TikTok divestiture and the pros and cons of age verification
28 min read
Apr
07
Venessa Paech, director of Australian Community Managers and founder of All Things in Moderation

Venessa Paech on the rise of AI speech governance and content moderation's PR problem

Covering: building a moderation community of practice and her new conference, All Things in Moderation
6 min read
Mar
31
U.S. Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene speaking in Arizona in 2021 by Gage Skidmore

Indian algorithms risk overreach, Teleperformance u-turn and Taylor-Greene ban

The week in content moderation - edition #198
4 min read
Mar
24
OpenAI's Greg Brockman onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2019

A "pivotal moment" for speech regulation, OpenAI's safety push and another Kenyan court case

The week in content moderation - edition #197
6 min read
Mar
17
Designing online safety risk assessments, Germany's mod collective and digital ID funding

Designing online safety risk assessments, Germany's mod collective and digital ID funding

The week in content moderation - edition #196
5 min read
Mar
10
UK safety startups in demand, Meta agrees to XCheck changes and a Twitch policy update

UK safety startups in demand, Meta agrees to XCheck changes and a Twitch policy update

The week in content moderation - edition #195
6 min read
Mar
03
Mitigating harm upstream, Snap's AI mistakes and limiting the spread of under-age nudes

Mitigating harm upstream, Snap's AI mistakes and limiting the spread of under-age nudes

5 min read
Feb
24
Ethan Zuckerman speaking at 2018 Disobedience Awards courtesy of MIT Media Lab

The future of Section 230, a new taxonomy for social media and a call for TrustCon

The week in content moderation - edition #193
5 min read
Feb
17
Now House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

A "conceptual framework" for the future, Oversight Board changes and DSA deadline

The week in content moderation - edition #192
5 min read