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Oct
24

Facial verification gone global, TikTok and Meta in breach of DSA and Wikipedia heroes

The week in content moderation - edition #311
5 min read
Oct
21

Sam Altman is speedrunning the Content Moderation Learning Curve

All platforms think they can avoid the T&S mistakes of the past — until they can’t. OpenAI’s now speedrunning content moderation but can it learn before the crash?
6 min read
Oct
17

PG-13 platforms, OpenAI’s moral line, and Europe’s child safety push

The week in content moderation - edition #309
6 min read
Oct
13

[Revisited] Trust & Safety is how platforms put values into action

As AI reshapes online speech and platforms bend to political pressure, Alice returns to the idea that you can tell a lot about a platform by the way it defines — or dismisses — trust and safety.
7 min read
Oct
10

DSA turns three, age verification breach at Discord and another EiM book recommendation

The week in content moderation - edition #308
6 min read
Oct
06

Is Article 21 of the DSA making an impact?

A new transparency report from Appeals Centre Europe suggests that platforms aren't exactly playing ball when it comes to out-of-court dispute settlements — just as Alice predicted 12 months ago
8 min read
Oct
03

Platforms fail to act in 'good faith', Hinge hones takedowns and Angela on the mic

The week in content moderation - edition #307
6 min read
Sep
29

What American Sweatshop got wrong (and right)

The new thriller puts content moderation on the big screen. But the combination of dark realism and clunky clichés left me both impressed and frustrated.
7 min read
Sep
26

The new AI governance plan, YouTube's policy walkback and inside American Sweatshop

The week in content moderation - edition #306
6 min read
Sep
22

Is ‘trust’ the new frontier in T&S?

Online marketplaces are less worried about speech — they’re focused on fraud, identity, and authenticity. At Marketplace Risk in New York, we saw a glimpse of T&S’s next big shift.
5 min read