Ben Whitelaw
Newsletter Writer at Everything in Moderation*
Supporting sustainable media businesses @FTStrategies. Past: @EJCnet, @TheTimes, @Guardian. @TheBJReview board. Shy #LUFC fan. I write @eimdotco (he/him)
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2 days ago |
everythinginmoderation.co | Ben Whitelaw
Hello and welcome to Everything in Moderation's Week in Review, your need-to-know news and analysis about platform policy, content moderation and internet regulation. It's written by me, Ben Whitelaw and supported by members like you. African moderators whistleblowing about working conditions; the Kids Online Safety Act in the headlines; explosive reporting on Meta’s approach to safety — today’s edition might feel a little like déjà vu from 2022.
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everythinginmoderation.co | Ben Whitelaw
VOX-Pol’s REASSURE Project is dedicated to understanding and improving the security, safety, and resiliency of online extremism and terrorism researchers and allied professionals. Following our 2023 report, we are now conducting a quantitative survey to gather broader insights from those tasked with responding to online extremism and terrorism. Do you routinely encounter online extremism and / or terrorism content in your work? If so, we invite you to contribute to this important survey.
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2 weeks ago |
everythinginmoderation.co | Ben Whitelaw
It's finally here! Tickets are officially on sale for All Things in Moderation (ATIM) 2025 - the leading global gathering for anyone building safer, smarter, and more inclusive digital communities. This year's two-day agenda (15-16th May) features:- The latest in best-practice moderation and online governance- New regulations reshaping digital platforms- Building safer online spaces for young people- Reclaiming community from the grip of social media monopolies...
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3 weeks ago |
everythinginmoderation.co | Ben Whitelaw
Hello and welcome to Everything in Moderation's Week in Review, your need-to-know news and analysis about platform policy, content moderation and internet regulation. It's written by me, Ben Whitelaw and supported by members like you. Online speech, as a topic, can be sprawling; it's content as well as behaviour, norms as well as regulations, policies and design as well as enforcement. Most of us work on a narrow slice of it, which makes it all the more important to stay across the wider landscape.
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1 month ago |
everythinginmoderation.co | Ben Whitelaw
Hello and welcome to Everything in Moderation's Week in Review, your need-to-know news and analysis about platform policy, content moderation and internet regulation. It's written by me, Ben Whitelaw and supported by members like you. Free speech, but make it American. That’s been the implicit logic of platform policy for years — except that, as you'll see from the stories in today's edition, it’s not so implicit any more.
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Special moment at #NITDA24: @LeaKorsgaard, co-founder of one of my fave media startups from my time at @ejcnet, interviewing the FT’s CEO John Ridding. An indicator that indie publishers from the mid 2010s are growing up and leading the way https://t.co/Yd98CmdtKm
RT @WebDevLaw: In 2021 I wrote a piece for @TheHouseMag (for MPs and staff), in my then-professional capacity, titled “Why the OSB is not t…
