Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw

Freelance journalist/media strategist. Leeds United fan. I write a newsletter on content moderation
Nov
04

The Musk moderation moment, India's own council and why we don't trust AI decisions

The week in content moderation - edition #179
6 min read
Oct
21

What The Wire did next, age limits on livestreaming and the speech risks of BeReal

The week in content moderation - edition #178
5 min read
Oct
14

How to minimise misinformation, Meta disputes India leak and justice algorithms

The week in content moderation - edition #177
5 min read
Oct
07

Safety tech startups snapped up, DSA gets closer and the problem with recommender systems

The week in content moderation - edition #176
4 min read
Sep
30

The adult content fightback, Meta achieves climate consensus and dropping a Grade

The week in content moderation - edition #175
6 min read
Sep
23

Platforms admit to 'soft moderation', Texas law twist and election denialism report

The week in content moderation - edition #174
6 min read
Sep
20

Bri Riggio on writing content policies and helping her team learn and grow

Covering: making the transition into the trust and safety industry and creating policies with trade-offs
12 min read
Sep
16

Moderating royalty, Meta restructures integrity and California dream up new law

The week in content moderation - edition #173
5 min read
Sep
09

The unintended consequences of policy, Japan's 'netto-uyoku' problem and expanding Birdwatch

The week in content moderation - edition #172
5 min read
Aug
12

A new AI model for moderation, Snap's new family feature and 'shadow promotion'

The week in content moderation - edition #171
5 min read