Everything in Moderation*

Everything in Moderation is a weekly newsletter that focuses on content moderation along with the policies, products, platforms, and individuals influencing its development. This newsletter is curated and created by me, Ben Whitelaw, a journalist with a background in community management and experience as a moderator. You can expect it in your inbox every Friday at noon UK time.

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The new African mod whistleblowers, KOSA goes quiet and Dunn deal

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.
Oversight Board gives verdict, verification is back but 4chan may not be

1 week ago | 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.
FTC lays out antitrust case, TikTok 'adds context to content' and Haidt analyses Snap Inc

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...
Brussels to go after X, Meta to face Kenyan courts and Substack's subtle shift

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.
US raises OSA concerns, OpenAI's 'permissive approach' and moderation on stage

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.
New bill to kill Section 230, defederation report and Mohan clarifies Covid-19 rules

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. A big thanks to EiM readers and supporters who attended the second Marked As Urgent event in London last night. It was a lot of fun and the conversations were predictably high-quality and nerdy.
The OSA is finally here, my notes on Community Notes and Terrorgram explained

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. It’s not every week that a long-awaited, much-criticised, heavily-lobbied piece of legislation becomes law — but here we are. The Online Safety Act is finally in effect, and like someone who shows up late to their own party, it’s making quite the entrance.
Disputed decisions, an LLM for spotting foreign ops and the book Meta didn't want you to read

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. Hello longstanding EiM readers and welcome new ones from Pinterest, the Christchurch Call, TikTok, Heat Initiative, Check First Network, X/Twitter, KokoCares and elsewhere.
Inside ‘online fraud factories’, Meta apologises and Onahian on AI moderation

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. It’s great to see new subscribers from Mozilla, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, Faktograf, NowWhat, Engatta, and lots of new faces from Milltown Partners. A special shout out to four new EiM members that signed up this week.
Oz issue transparency fine, Oversight Board rift and Hinge launch T&S feature

2 months 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. Enforcement is the theme of today's newsletter and we're seeing regulators in both Australia and the US push platforms harder for information on how they keep users safe. It begs the question: What's behind the moves and are they likely to be successful (and to whom)?