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About the policies, products, platforms and people shaping content moderation, now and in the future. Weekly newsletter every Friday. Subscribe at everythinginmoderation.co

This week's EiM's Week in Review has: • Digital Services Act progress report • Platforms sue US states over child‑safety legislation (again) • Antitrust case goes in Meta's favour • Judy Korn on how extremism is changing Read, share, subscribe www.everythinginmoderation.co/roblox-chat-...

New chat control (not that one), DSA progress report and how online extremism is changing

The week in content moderation - edition #315

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Your Week in Review just dropped: 🇩🇰 Denmark scraps its "chat control" plans — for now 🇦🇺 Oz adds platforms to social media ban 🌍 New Integrity Institute CEO ...and more! Plus posts of note from @alixdunn.com, @rude1.blacksky.team and Suba Vasudevan. www.everythinginmoderation.co/france-shein...

France cracks down, Denmark backs down and more platforms banned Down Under

The week in content moderation - edition #313

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Chatbots your thing? This week’s edition of Week in Review is full of 'em: • Under 18s face Character.ai chatbots lockdown • OpenAI's transparency drive • Better platform data access for researchers • Former safety researcher speaks out 🔗 www.everythinginmoderation.co/characterai-...

Under-18 chatbot ban, OpenAI's cynical transparency and more researcher access

The week in content moderation - edition #312

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In case you missed it, here's the latest edition of EiM's Week in Review: • Parents criticise chatbots in US Senate • Uni of Pennsylvania publishes AI hate speech paper • How platforms reacted to Charlie Kirk's death • Uta Briesewitz on her new film www.everythinginmoderation.co/charlie-kirk...

Moderating Charlie Kirk's legacy, chatbots under fire and LLMs that can't agree

The week in content moderation - edition #305

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The major online speech and safety stories this week... • Researchers get closer to platform data under DSA • US Supreme Court rules on age verification laws • Platform safety teams face cuts (again) • @alexleavitt.bsky.social with new Roblox research www.everythinginmoderation.co/digital-serv...

DSA’s new demands, US age checks upheld, and Roblox suspension research

The week in content moderation - edition #296

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Today's Week in Review tl;dr • Ofcom's adult site win • Invest in AI detection, @oversightboard.bsky.social tells Meta • @dfrlab.bsky.social finds Grok bias • Reddit mods explain Plus, notable T&S posts that evaded the filters. Get it every Friday. www.everythinginmoderation.co/ofcom-pornhu...

UK’s age check mandate, Grok gets it wrong (again) and Singaporean mods shine

The week in content moderation - edition #295

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Friday's content moderation and internet regulation Week in Review included: ▪️ Latest DSA enforcement delay ▪️ OpenAI update content warnings and Model Spec ▪️ @themarkup.org's Match Group investigation ▪️ Ye/Kanye West Get it in your inbox every week. www.everythinginmoderation.co/match-group-...

'Profit over safety', TikTok announce more cuts and the global regulatory gap

The week in content moderation - edition #282

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This week, 1000+ people gathered in Paris to talk AI innovation. But where did safety come in? ▪️ A readout from the AI Action Summit ▪️ The launch of ROOST.tools ▪️ Shopify reacts to a Nazi ▪️ Sonia Kgomo All in this week's Week in Review. www.everythinginmoderation.co/ai-safety-th...

AI safety theatre, Shopify’s policy dodge, and the reality of moderation work

The week in content moderation - edition #281

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Regulatory chess everywhere you look in today's Week in Review. ▪️ EU bolsters DSA compliance ▪️ How safe are VLMs? ▪️ @bsky.app's 2024 mod report released ▪️ Sean O'Grady Plus posts of the week from Fay Johnson, @davidevanharris.com & Ruby Y. www.everythinginmoderation.co/european-com...

EU bolsters DSA compliance, multimodal moderation and Bluesky release T&S report

The week in content moderation - edition #278

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What. A. Week. Here it is, all in one place: ▪️ Elon Musk's twitchy fingers ▪️ WebPurify acquired ▪️ All the reaction to Meta's T&S about-turn ▪️ Creators of Discord's biggest mod bot Plus posts of the week from david wolfpaw, @delbius.bsky.social & ATIM. www.everythinginmoderation.co/meta-zuckerb...

Reaction to Meta's T&S about-turn, safety tech aquisition and Discord bot builders

The week in content moderation - edition #276

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In this week's Everything in Moderation (#225): ▪️  Macron vs Christchurch Call absentees ▪️  New product 'cookbook' ▪️  Etsy and X/Twitter react to Israel/Palestine ▪️  Mod queen Christine Moellenberndt Posts of note c/o Tracy Chou, Nu Wexler and 7amleh www.everythinginmoderation.co/platform-des...

A product 'cookbook' for reducing harm, Christchurch Call under the spotlight and Kethryvis podcast

The week in content moderation - edition #225

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In this week's Everything in Moderation (#224): ▪️ EU court rules in favour of platforms ▪️ 'Trust and safety as a service' ▪️ Differing fortunes of BPOs ▪️ TwoHat's Christopher Priebe Posts of note c/o Andy Burrows, Kat Mierzejewska + Dima Samaro www.everythinginmoderation.co/trust-and-sa...

'Trust and safety as a service', safety experts sign AI letter and TwoHat founder exits Microsoft

The week in content moderation - edition #224

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Missed Friday's newsletter (#223)? ▪️ Amnesty Ethiopia report critical of Meta ▪️ 'AI safety must from internet governance' ▪️ Telegram's role in Israel-Palestine ▪️ Dario Amodei Posts of note c/o Alex Reeve Givens, Nicklas Lundblad + Matthew Clifford www.everythinginmoderation.co/ai-safety-in...

How internet governance can inform AI safety, 'nonexistent' T&S teams, and Amodei talks

The week in content moderation - edition #223

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In this week's Everything in Moderation (#222): ▪️ UK's Online Safety Bill finally becomes law ▪️ New AI transparency index ▪️ US states file Meta lawsuit ▪️ Integrity Institute's Rachel Fagen Posts of note c/o Caroline Greer, Joseph Cox + Brian Merchant www.everythinginmoderation.co/meta-instagr...

US states file Meta lawsuit, a new platform transparency index and Fagen steps down

The week in content moderation - edition #222

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In this week's Everything in Moderation (#219): ▪️ Supreme Court to decide on Florida/Texas cases in 2024 ▪️ Safety startups on the money ▪️ Twitch to grow Safety Council ▪️ Shelby Grossman Post of note c/o Joan Donovan, Joseph Cox and, er, Mr Beast www.everythinginmoderation.co/supreme-cour...

The 'future of speech' court case, safety startups get $$$ and Shelby on teaching T&S

The week in content moderation - edition #219

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