Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw

Freelance journalist/media strategist. Leeds United fan. I write a newsletter on content moderation
Apr
22

The great podcast moderation problem, 'Facebook's chief fixer' and another dislike button

The week in content moderation - edition #156
5 min read
Apr
15

New call for platform transparency, YouTube's spam problem and talking 'algospeak'

The week in content moderation - edition #155
5 min read
Apr
08

Verifying who you say you are, Canada's regulatory experts and banning climate misinfo

The week in content moderation - edition #154
5 min read
Apr
06

Tesh Goyal on devising a new framework for dealing with online harassment

Covering: using Perspective API to automatically detect abuse and open-sourcing Harassment Manager for other newsrooms
8 min read
Apr
01

📌 A new way to appeal your ban, 'GDPR for public discourse' and more mental health lawsuits

5 min read
Apr
01

Jess Mason on how Clubhouse structures its trust and safety team

Covering: working with third-party groups to develop effective policy and how to get feedback from users on new guidelines
7 min read
Mar
18

📌 "World-first" online safety law, Ukraine u-turn and a different Nazi problem

5 min read
Mar
11

📌 Life as a Chinese content reviewer, NetzDG violates EU law and a tool to combat harassment

5 min read
Mar
04

📌 How platforms tried to contain Russia, largest ever CSAM survey and Kenyan mods update

6 min read
Feb
25

📌 No ban for anonymous accounts, life as a Pornhub mod and what Neal Mohan said next

4 min read