Dear AOIR colleagues, Early bird tickets are now on sale for All Things in Moderation 2026 (25–26 June) — the world’s only annual conference dedicated entirely to the people who moderate online spaces. All Things in Moderation (now in its fourth year), is that rare space for moderation researchers and practitioners meet in shared sessions to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and explore the future of online governance together. Across two days, the conference brings together new research and frontline expertise from scholars and practitioners across Australia, the United States, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and more. This year’s program (centred on the theme of CARE) includes: • AI-supported governance and the ethical trade-offs of care, safety, and moderation • Digital gender-based violence and comparative approaches to AI moderation across the EU and Colombia • Conspiracy pipelines and radicalisation, including From Port Arthur to Plandemic: Moderating the Rabbit Hole with journalists Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson • Moderation, conflict, and platform visibility in relation to Palestine, Ukraine, and warzone communication • Labour, precarity, and the emotional burden of frontline moderation work • Community governance, participatory policymaking, and member-led rule design • Coordination challenges across trust and safety ecosystems and the growing complexity of moderation infrastructure We are especially excited to feature Blacksky, with Moderation for the People: How Blacksky Is Building Community Safety from the Inside Out — a timely conversation with one of the most closely watched emerging platforms building safety and governance systems from the ground up. The program also includes Intercepting the Signals: Managing Emerging Hate in Community Spaces with former neo-nazi turned deradicialisation expert, who brings critical insight into how harmful movements emerge, organise, and evolve online and across communities or publics we care for. Alongside this are sessions exploring East Africa’s longest-running online community news forum provocative conversations about what the future of community management and moderation could — and should — become, and much more. What makes All Things in Moderation distinctive is the mix of people in the room. Researchers, moderators, community professionals, trust and safety teams, policy thinkers, and platform practitioners participate together and forge new connections. The conference is affordable and accessible, with fully online participation and on-demand access making it possible to join from anywhere in the world. Early bird pricing ends 30 May. If your work touches moderation, trust and safety, online governance, or digital communities — whether through scholarship or practice — we invite you to join us for two days of fresh research, practical insight, and global conversation. The final program will be confirmed in early June. TICKETS AND PROGRAM AT: https://bit.ly/ATIM2026 We look forward to welcoming you. Regards, VENESSA PAECH, BFA, MA Waddawurrung Country | Geelong PhD Student | Community in the Age of Machine Culture Department of Media and Communication | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Phone: + 61 0435 217 315 Email: venessa.paech@sydney.edu.au