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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
Jul
08

The T&S newsletters that I read regularly

These are the independent voices that help me make sense of online speech, regulation and the weird, messy business of governing the internet.
6 min read
Jul
03

AI replaces moderators (again), governments replace nuance and Kim Cameron was right

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #345
6 min read
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 need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #344
7 min read
Jun
24

Will we fix AI bias against LGBTQ+ users?

A new report shows how AI systems are already failing LGBTQ+ users. The problem is: it may also the best way to fix moderation issues that traditional systems never managed to address.
4 min read
Jun
19

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

The need-to-know developments shaping digital platforms, online speech and internet safety - edition #343
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 #342
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 #341
6 min read
May
29

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

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