Ctrl-Alt-Speech

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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.

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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