Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Deepfake It Till You Make It
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
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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:
- Meta and Coinbase link up with Match to fight pig-butchering, romance scams (Fortune)
- Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve (Wired)
- Meta says AI-generated election content is not happening at a “systemic level” (MIT Technology Review)
- How Bluesky is thinking about spam (Bluesky)
- French TikTok block in overseas territory sets ‘dangerous precedent,’ critics warn (Politico)
- How a Chinese Influence Operation Is Targeting Pro-Trump Communities Online (Lawfare)
- X CEO Linda Yaccarino accuses Australia of ‘overreach’ after judge lifts ban on stabbing video (CNBC)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our sponsor TaskUs, a leading company in the trust and safety field providing a range of platform integrity and digital safety solutions. In our Bonus Chat at the end of the episode, TaskUs SVP of Global Offerings Phil Tomlinson tells us about his time at the Trust and Safety Professional Association summit in Dublin, his key takeaways from the event, and the trust and safety lessons learned from well-designed conference lanyards.
Filed Under: artificial intelligence, australia, content moderation, deepfakes, france, india, spam
Companies: bluesky, coinbase, meta, tiktok, twitter, x
Comments on “Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Deepfake It Till You Make It”
Love the show, guys!
This has quickly become my new favorite podcast. The topics you guys cover have really spiked an interest in learning everything I can about trust and safety online as well as the policies that can affect my daily use of the Internet. Keep up the great work, Mike and Ben!