Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Regulate, Rinse, Repeat
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:
- How Russian disinformation is reaching the U.S. ahead of the 2024 election (NBC News)
- The Rise of the Compliant Speech Platform (Lawfare)
- ExTwitter Makes It Official: Blocks Are No Longer Blocks (Techdirt)
- People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes (The Verge)
- Instagram blames some moderation issues on human reviewers, not AI (TechCrunch)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our launch sponsor Modulate, which builds prosocial voice technology that combats online toxicity and elevates the health and safety of online communities. Mike Pappas joins us for our bonus chat, talking to Mike about the ever important decision between building your own trust & safety tools versus buying them from vendors.
Filed Under: ai, artifical intelligence, content moderation, disinformation, misinformation, regulation
Companies: bluesky, instagram, meta, twitter, x
Comments on “Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Regulate, Rinse, Repeat”
The free internet was nice while it lasted.
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I forgot to add, I hope I’m wrong, but right now it looks more and more likely that the future internet will be a lot less social without much freedom. Maybe there’ll be no UGC platforms left anywhere.
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Earth is going to be hit by a huge asteroid within the next 15 years. I wouldn’t sweat it
Are you the same doomer plaguing the comments on Eric Goldman’s Section 230 article? Because stop it and get therapy.
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just flag them there not gonna listen at this point
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Oh don’t worry, I’ve stopped. Whether I talk about how I feel or not, it doesn’t change the outcome of anything.
Blackburn is pushing for KOSA again, meanwhile.
It just never fucking ends, does it?