Facial verification gone global, TikTok and Meta in breach of DSA and Wikipedia heroes
The week in content moderation - edition #313
5 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
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 #310
6 min read
Sep
26
The new AI governance plan, YouTube's policy walkback and inside American Sweatshop
The week in content moderation - edition #309
6 min read
Sep
19
Moderating Charlie Kirk's legacy, chatbots under fire and LLMs that can't agree
The week in content moderation - edition #308
5 min read
Sep
12
When internet regulation goes wrong, Roblox goes all-in on age verification and the real Zuck
The week in content moderation - edition #307
6 min read
Aug
22
"A multifront attack on speech", TikTok's turn to update guidelines and bots behave badly
The week in content moderation - edition #304
5 min read
Jul
11
How to moderate 100m daily users, Meta over-enforcement claims and Clegg saves the web
The week in content moderation - edition #300
5 min read
Jun
30
Is the Oversight Board just "safety washing"?
Meta’s refusal to follow the Board’s recommendations on LGBTQ+ hate speech could be the beginning of the end for this much-debated platform accountability experiment