Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw

Freelance journalist/media strategist. Leeds United fan. I write a newsletter on content moderation
May
28

📌 Moderating your chat up lines, QAnon's disappearance and all hail Hannah

3 min read
May
21

📌 Procedural justice, bulk deleting and problems moderating Israel/Palestine

3 min read
May
14

📌 Reaction to UK's Online Safety Bill, speaking out against Facebook and age verification

3 min read
May
07

📌 'A vague, standardless penalty', Twitch hot tubs and mods on stage

4 min read
Apr
30

Indian censorship, leaked Facebook report and new transparency centre

3 min read
Apr
23

📌 Money vs moderation, Facebook's 'emergency' and #releasetheguidelines

3 min read
Apr
16

📌 'The tonsils of the internet', Twitch's off-platform push and Zhang interview

3 min read
Apr
09

📌 A new moderation metric, Pinterest's 'kindness oath' and edible kiwis

3 min read
Apr
02

📌 Clegg on content algorithms, feel-good gifs and quitting social media

3 min read
Mar
26

📌 300 pages of rules, Reddit mods go dark and Keller on transparency

3 min read