Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw

Freelance journalist/media strategist. Leeds United fan. I write a newsletter on content moderation
Jul
21

Fairer speech recognition models, Slack's new safety feature and Boogaloo is back

5 min read
Jul
14

Platforms fight VLOP status, Kenya goes after TikTok and TrustCon in tweets

The week in content moderation - edition #209
4 min read
Jul
07

The future of decentralised moderation, Medium's new rules and age verification under fire

The week in content moderation - edition #208
4 min read
Jun
30

The case for better reporting mechanisms, Malaysia vs Meta and Cengiz suspended

The week in content moderation - edition #207
5 min read
Jun
30

Kat Duffy on the state of the trust and safety industry in 2023 and what comes next

Covering: what the gaming industry can teach us about online safety and expanding research and capacity in Global Majority countries
12 min read
Jun
23

How to scale trust on the web, EU sets up shop in San Francisco and PhotoDNA update

The week in content moderation - edition #206
6 min read
Jun
16

Platforms quizzed on safety record, UN's new integrity code and the 'post-hoc' safety era

The week in content moderation - edition #205
5 min read
Jun
09

A new toolkit for integrity engineering, Reddit mods protest and stifling sex speech

The week in content moderation - edition #204
5 min read
Jun
02

"Messy, human, winnerless problems", Irwin resigns and AI ads prove problematic

The week in content moderation - edition #203
5 min read
May
26

The promise of multilingual language models, moderating Mizzy and gaming hate report

The week in content moderation - edition #202
6 min read