Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw

Freelance journalist/media strategist. Leeds United fan. I write a newsletter on content moderation
Aug
12

Allison Nixon on detecting threats and 'high-harm' actors

Covering: referring actors to law enforcement and the difficulty of getting a paid security role
5 min read
Aug
05

A playbook for increasing trust and safety, Indonesia's 'repressive' law and life after TikTok

The week in content moderation - edition #170
5 min read
Jul
30

Lauren Wagner on shipping trust and safety products and reimagining the social web

Covering: having impact from inside a large company and investing in technology to improve the internet
4 min read
Jul
29

Moderation data for researchers (finally), starting an 'Instarrection' and three thorny cases

The week in content moderation - edition #169
5 min read
Jul
22

Avoiding 'unevenly enacted' rules, anger at Meta's India report and why we need whistleblowers

The week in content moderation - edition #168
6 min read
Jul
20

Jen Weedon on anticipating platform threats and how to manage burnout

Covering: empowering integrity professionals to do their job and aligning trust and safety goals with other teams
12 min read
Jul
15

The reality of being an integrity worker, UK regulation stutters and content filters come to TikTok

The week in content moderation - edition #167
6 min read
Jul
13

Sahar Massachi on co-creating a community of integrity professionals from scratch

Covering: the difference between integrity and ethics and what it was like building the Integrity Institute
11 min read
Jul
08

Managing regulation and risk, Twitter goes to court in India and sharing your banned list

The week in content moderation - edition #166
4 min read
Jul
01

How to determine a 'dangerous organisation', age checks on Instagram and Marwick's model

The week in content moderation - edition #165
6 min read