The (Content Moderation) Eras Tour
From Ctrl-Alt-Speech by Mike Masnick & Ben Whitelaw
March 5, 2026 · 53 min · Season 1 · Episode 93
About this episode
Ben and Mike discuss the three eras of content moderation and the future of the Trust & Safety industry.
In a special episode of Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Ben and Mike discuss (with apologies to Tay-Tay) the three eras of content moderation in the media and what comes next. Their conversation builds on Ben’s essay in the soon-to-be-published Trust, Safety, and the Internet We Share Multistakeholder Insights, a new book looking at the evolution of the Trust & Safety industry and how platform policies decisions are made. The pre-print is available online. Together, they unpack three distinct phas...
People in this episode
Hosts: Ben, Mike Masnick
Topics covered
- content moderation
- media evolution
- Trust & Safety
- platform policies
- internet safety
Keywords
- content moderation
- Trust & Safety
- media
- platform policies
- internet
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Trust & Safety industry
Books & works: Trust, Safety, and the Internet We Share Multistakeholder Insights
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