An Appeal a Day Keeps the Censor Away
from Ctrl-Alt-Speech Hosted by Mike Masnick & Ben Whitelaw
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: States sue TikTok over app’s effects on kids’ mental health (CNBC) Risks vs. Harms: Youth & Social Media (Substack) Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control (The Verge) TikTok lays off hundreds in Malaysia in move toward AI moderation (Asia Nikkei) Meta ‘Supreme Court’ expands with European center to handle TikTok, YouTube cases (Washingon Post) The DSA article you didn't know about, but should (T&S Insider) Streaming platform Kick bans Jack Doherty after he crashed his car on a livestream (Polygon) Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams (Gizmodo) Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse (404 Media) This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky. Ctrl-Alt-Speech is the podcast where we make sense of the major debates shaping online speech, platform power, content moderation and the future of the internet. It’s co-hosted by Mike Masnick (Techdirt) and Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation).
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: States sue TikTok over app’s effects on kids’ mental health (CNBC)Risks vs. Harms: Youth & Social Media (Substack)Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control (The Verge)TikTok lays off hundreds in Malaysia in move toward AI moderation (Asia Nikkei)Meta ‘Supreme Court’ expands with European center to handle TikTok, YouTube cases (Washingon Post)The DSA artic...
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