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
Feb
28

Australia issue transparency fine, Oversight Board rift and Hinge launch T&S feature

The week in content moderation - edition #283
7 min read
Feb
21

'Profit over safety', TikTok announce more cuts and the global regulatory gap

The week in content moderation - edition #282
6 min read
Feb
14

AI safety theatre, Shopify’s policy dodge, and the reality of moderation work

The week in content moderation - edition #281
7 min read
Feb
07

The transatlantic speech trade, Deepseek safety report and building out Blacksky

The week in content moderation - edition #280
6 min read
Jan
31

The pitfalls of a Meta-built Community Notes, Germany prepares and AI safety report

The week in content moderation - edition #279
5 min read
Jan
24

EU bolsters DSA compliance, multimodal moderation and Bluesky release T&S report

The week in content moderation - edition #278
7 min read
Jan
17

The TikTok timebomb, knock-on effects of Meta's new rules and time to FreeOurFeed?

The week in content moderation - edition #277
7 min read
Jan
10

Alexios Mantzarlis on Meta's 'more speech, fewer mistakes' announcement

Covering: Mark Zuckerberg's accusations of fact checking bias, Community Notes and the power of users' 'directional sense' and the decision to prioritise US vs global speech
5 min read
Jan
10

Reaction to Meta's T&S about-turn, safety tech aquisition and Discord bot builders

The week in content moderation - edition #276
7 min read
Dec
20

Regulators unveil new rules, Anthropic's 'bottom-up' safety tool and Bluesky ban reckoning

The week in content moderation - edition #275
7 min read