diff --git a/newswire.py b/newswire.py
index 46638c5b..24ce4fc3 100644
--- a/newswire.py
+++ b/newswire.py
@@ -170,6 +170,56 @@ def getRSSfromDict(baseDir: str, newswire: {},
     return rssStr
 
 
+def updateNewswireModerationQueue(baseDir: str, handle: str,
+                                  maxBlogsPerAccount: int,
+                                  moderationDict: {}) -> None:
+    """Puts new blog posts by untrusted accounts into a moderation queue
+    """
+    accountDir = os.path.join(baseDir + '/accounts', handle)
+    indexFilename = accountDir + '/tlblogs.index'
+    if not os.path.isfile(indexFilename):
+        return
+    nickname = handle.split('@')[0]
+    domain = handle.split('@')[1]
+    with open(indexFilename, 'r') as indexFile:
+        postFilename = 'start'
+        ctr = 0
+        while postFilename:
+            postFilename = indexFile.readline()
+            if postFilename:
+                # if this is a full path then remove the directories
+                if '/' in postFilename:
+                    postFilename = postFilename.split('/')[-1]
+
+                # filename of the post without any extension or path
+                # This should also correspond to any index entry in
+                # the posts cache
+                postUrl = \
+                    postFilename.replace('\n', '').replace('\r', '')
+                postUrl = postUrl.replace('.json', '').strip()
+
+                # read the post from file
+                fullPostFilename = \
+                    locatePost(baseDir, nickname,
+                               domain, postUrl, False)
+                moderationStatusFilename = fullPostFilename + '.moderate'
+                if not os.path.isfile(moderationStatusFilename):
+                    statusFile = open(moderationStatusFilename, "w+")
+                    if statusFile:
+                        statusFile.write('[waiting]')
+                        statusFile.close()
+
+                if '[accepted]' not in \
+                   open(moderationStatusFilename).read():
+                    if moderationDict.get(nickname):
+                        moderationDict[nickname] = []
+                    moderationDict[nickname].append(fullPostFilename)
+
+            ctr += 1
+            if ctr >= maxBlogsPerAccount:
+                break
+
+
 def addAccountBlogsToNewswire(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
                               newswire: {},
                               maxBlogsPerAccount: int,
@@ -245,6 +295,8 @@ def addBlogsToNewswire(baseDir: str, newswire: {},
                        maxBlogsPerAccount: int) -> None:
     """Adds blogs from each user account into the newswire
     """
+    moderationDict = {}
+
     # go through each account
     for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(baseDir + '/accounts'):
         for handle in dirs:
@@ -252,14 +304,19 @@ def addBlogsToNewswire(baseDir: str, newswire: {},
                 continue
             if 'inbox@' in handle:
                 continue
+
             nickname = handle.split('@')[0]
-            if not isTrustedByNewswire(baseDir, nickname):
-                continue
 
             # has this account been suspended?
             if isSuspended(baseDir, nickname):
                 continue
 
+            # is this account trusted?
+            if not isTrustedByNewswire(baseDir, nickname):
+                updateNewswireModerationQueue(baseDir, handle, 5,
+                                              moderationDict)
+                continue
+
             # is there a blogs timeline for this account?
             accountDir = os.path.join(baseDir + '/accounts', handle)
             blogsIndex = accountDir + '/tlblogs.index'
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index a3881df9..8f4a02a6 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -633,6 +633,11 @@ def deletePost(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str,
         if os.path.isfile(muteFilename):
             os.remove(muteFilename)
 
+        # remove any moderation file
+        moderationFilename = postFilename + '.moderate'
+        if os.path.isfile(moderationFilename):
+            os.remove(moderationFilename)
+
         # remove cached html version of the post
         cachedPostFilename = \
             getCachedPostFilename(baseDir, nickname, domain, postJsonObject)