Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Hypocritical Infrastructure

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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 roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Cathy Gellis, an internet and First Amendment lawyer. Together, they cover:

• The Copyright Office Issues A Largely Disappointing Report On AI Training, And Once Again A Major Fair Use Analysis Inexplicably Ignores The First Amendment (Techdirt)
• Trump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI training (TechCrunch)
• Elon Musk’s X caves to ‘censorship’ demand from India as tensions build with Pakistan (AFP)
• In the government’s war on ‘disinformation’, facts are collateral damage (The Hindu)
• Elon Musk’s Twitter: Indian government has asked us to block 8,000 accounts, however, we disagree as (Times of India)
• Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’ (Wired)
• White Afrikaner brought to US by Trump administration has history of antisemitic posts (The Guardian)
• U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants’ social media for antisemitism (NPR)
• Kanye’s Nazi Song Is All Over Instagram (404 Media)
• Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts (NY Times)
• Wikipedia fights the UK’s ‘flawed’ and ‘burdensome’ online safety rules (The Verge)
• What Attacks on Wikipedia Reveal about Free Expression (Tech Policy Press)
• Missouri AG Thinks Supreme Court Ruling Lets Him Control Social Media Moderation (It Doesn’t) (Techdirt)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.

Filed Under: content moderation, elon musk, first amendment, free speech, kanye west, podcast, south africa
Companies: facebook, instagram, meta, twitter, wikipedia, x

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Look What The Chat Dragged In

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.

Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed.

In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• The group chats that changed America (Semafor)
• Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening (New York Times) 
• Meta faces Ghana lawsuits over impact of extreme content on moderators (The Guardian) 
• Social media moderators’ lives are getting worse. Big Tech needs to take responsibility (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
• Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children (Wall Street Journal)
• Kids should avoid AI companion bots—under force of law, assessment says (CalMatters)
• I’m a mom who works in tech, and AI scares me. I taught my daughter these simple guidelines to spot fake content (Business Insider) 
• Playing ‘whack-a-mole’ with Meta over my fraudulent avatars (Financial Times)
• Meta slowest to remove scam content, says City watchdog (The Guardian)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our sponsor Modulate. In our Bonus Chat, we speak with Modulate CEO Mike Pappas about the evolving landscape of online fraud and how the company’s work detecting abuse in gaming environments is helping identify financial misconduct across different types of digital platforms.

Filed Under: ai, artificial intelligence, content moderation, curtis yarvin, fraud, group chats, marc andreessen
Companies: character.ai, meta

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Red Pills & Blue Checks

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.

Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed.

In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• 4chan is dead. It’s Toxic Legacy is everywhere (Wired)
• Wide-Ranging Decisions Protect Speech and Address Harms (Oversight Board)
• Meta’s oversight board rebukes company over policy overhaul (Reuters)
• Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) (Techdirt)
• Most young Aussie men are turning to masculinity influencers, and it’s impacting their mental health (ABC News)
• Young Men’s Health in a Digital World (Movember)
• Teens, Social Media and Mental Health (Pew Research Center)
• National Science Foundation cancels research grants related to misinformation and disinformation (Nieman Lab)
• Bluesky Is Rolling Out Official Verification (Wired)
• Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet (TechCrunch)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.

Filed Under: content moderation, free speech, mental health, misinformation, verification
Companies: 4chan, bluesky, meta

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Why Can’t We De-Friend

Ctrl-Alt-Speech

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.

Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed.

In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Failed Negotiations to End Antitrust Case (Wall Street Journal)
• Mark Zuckerberg once suggested wiping all Facebook friends lists to boost usage (The Verge) 
• Would You Give PornHub Your ID? (The Atlantic) 
• How Social-Media Sites Can Fight Hate Without Censorship (The Atlantic) 
• Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less (Slate, 2021)
• ASML Fellow Launches CLR:SKY (Berkman Klein Center)
• Block Party deep cleans your social media, notifications, settings, and more in one click
• Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media (The Guardian)
• OpenAI is building a social network (The Verge)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.

Filed Under: age verification, contend moderation, liz truss, mark zuckerberg, social media
Companies: bluesky, facebook, instagram, meta, openai, pornhub

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Can’t Take(down) A Joke?

Ctrl-Alt-Speech

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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 roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by guest host Prateek Waghre, former executive director at the Internet Freedom Foundation and currently a fellow at Tech Policy Press. Together, they cover:

• BookMyShow Restores Kunal Kamra’s Profile After Controversy (Medianama)
• Kunal Kamra show audience members served notices (The Times of India)
• Cops force banker to cut short vacation to join Kamra probe (The Times of India)
• Unblock Vikatan Website – Madras High Court Orders Central Government (Vikatan)
• A Lack of Sense, and Censor-ability in India (Tech Policy Press)
• India befriends Big Tech as Trump tariffs knock on door, aided by a string of biz-friendly moves (Livemint)
• Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules (Reuters)
• US to screen social media of immigrants, rights advocates raise concerns (Reuters)
• In Karnataka HC, Centre defends use of IT Act for takedown notices (Hindustan Times) 

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.

Filed Under: content moderation, ethiopia, free speech, india, it act, kenya, kunal kamra
Companies: bookmyshow, meta, twitter, x

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: World Wide Wedge Issue

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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:

• Zuckerberg Tries to Enlist Trump in Fight Against Meta EU Ruling (WSJ)
• EU set to limit Apple and Meta fines to avoid ire of Donald Trump (Financial Times)
• Adolescence hard to watch as a dad, Starmer tells creators (BBC)
• ‘Adolescence’ on Netflix: A painful wake-up call about unregulated internet use for teens (The Conversation)
• Adolescence hits Netflix’s Top 10 Global chart in just three weeks as it reaches over 96MILLION views (Daily Mail)
• Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral (NY Times)
• ESPN’s Pat McAfee and others amplified a false rumor. A teenager’s life was ‘destroyed’ (NY Times)
• Myanmar’s Internet Censorship Limits Information About Quake (NY Times)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our sponsor Internet Society, a global nonprofit that advocates for an open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy Internet for everyone. In our Bonus Chat, Internet Society’s Natalie Campbell talks about issues around US leadership on digital trade and an open internet, related to a letter the Internet Society sent this week to the US Trade Representative.

Filed Under: adolescence, content moderation, dma, dsa, eu, mark zuckerberg, myanmar
Companies: apple, espn, meta

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Chief Equivocation Officer

Ctrl-Alt-Speech

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.

Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed.

In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• X takes Indian govt to court, alleges arbitrary censorship of content (Business Standard)
• India criticises X for calling compliance website a censorship tool (Reuters)
• Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest (Politico)
• Elon Musk pressured Reddit’s CEO on content moderation (The Verge)
• Snapchat CEO Talks Zuckerberg, Content Moderation, AR Glasses and More (SocialMediaToday)
• YouTube CEO on content moderation: ‘Where the world was five years ago is very different’ than today (Semafor)
• Porn on Spotify Is Infiltrating the Platform’s Top Podcast Charts (Bloomberg)
• Ofcom fines provider of OnlyFans £1.05 million (Ofcom)
• A New Social Media App Punishes Users for Rage-Baiting (Wired)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund. 

Filed Under: censorship, content moderation, free speech, india, ofcom
Companies: onlyfans, reddit, sezus, snapchat, spotify, twitter, x, youtube

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Once You Slop, You Can’t Stop

Ctrl-Alt-Speech

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.

Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed.

In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• Twitter Inc. Official ‘Bird Logo’ Fascia Sign – An Iconic Fixture from the Company’s Market Square Headquarters in San Francisco (RR Auction)
• AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality (404 Media)
• Spain to impose massive fines for not labelling AI-generated content (Reuters)
• China Announces Generative AI Labeling to Cull Disinformation (Bloomberg) 
• After Axing Fact-Checkers, Meta’s Community Notes Will Have Help From X (Adweek)
• UK to crack down on illegal content across social media (Financial Times)
• Lobsters and the Online Safety Act (Lobste.rs)
• We are sorry. The forum has closed down (The Hamster Forum)
• ‘Kids can bypass anything if they’re clever enough!’ How tech experts keep their children safe online (The Guardian)
• The Snapchat Move That Leaves Teen Girls Heartbroken (WSJ)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund. If you’re in London on Thursday 27th March, join Ben, Mark Scott (Digital Politics) and Georgia Iacovou (Horrific/Terrific) for an evening of tech policy, discussion and drinks. Register your interest.

Filed Under: ai, artificial intelligence, content moderation, online safety act
Companies: meta, snapchat, twitter, x

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The TAKE IT DOWN Takedown

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.

Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed.

In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• Bluesky’s CEO on the Future of Social Media (YouTube)
• The Take It Down Act isn’t a law, it’s a weapon (The Verge)
• Trump Promises To Abuse Take It Down Act For Censorship, Just As We Warned (Techdirt)
• Ex-Facebook employee alleges sexual harassment and human rights failures in new memoir (NBC News)
• Meta goes to arbitrator to prevent whistleblower from promoting tell-all book (CNBC) 
• Reddit’s rule check feature will help users avoid breaking subreddit rules (Engadget)
• Users Make Voices Heard as Appeals Centre’s First Decisions Overturn Platforms (Appeals Centre Europe) 
• ‘Pretty Vile:’ Spotify Removes Andrew Tate ‘Pimping Hoes’ Class After Employees Complain (404 Media)
• Keep kids off Roblox if you’re worried, its CEO tells parents (BBC)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our sponsor Resolver, the leading provider of risk intelligence and advisory services. In our Bonus Chat, Karley Chadwick, head of platform Trust and Safety Delivery at Resolver, talks about emerging safety trends in gaming and augmented reality and reflects on her experience as a threat analyst.

If you’re in London on Thursday 27th March, join Ben, Mark Scott (Digital Politics) and Georgia Iacovou (Horrific/Terrific) for an evening of tech policy, discussion and drinks. Register your interest.

Filed Under: andrew tate, content moderation, take it down act
Companies: bluesky, facebook, meta, reddit, roblox, spotify

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: E Pluribus Chaos

Ctrl-Alt-Speech

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.

Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed.

In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Kat Duffy, Senior Fellow for Digital and Cyberspace Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and CEO of RightsDuff Strategies. They cover:

• Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) (Techdirt)
• America’s Global Presence Isn’t ‘Soft Power.’ It’s a Superpower. (Foreign Policy)
• These teenage boys were blackmailed online – and it cost them their lives (USA Today)
• United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (UN)
• Chairman Jordan Subpoenas Big Tech for Information on Foreign Censorship of American Speech (House Judiciary Committee)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.

Filed Under: content moderation, cybercrime, donald trump, elon musk, free speech, house judiciary committee, jim jordan, united nations
Companies: amazon, meta, twitter, x