Ctrl-Alt-Speech

Outsourced But Not Out Of Mind


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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 Mercy Mutemi, lawyer and managing partner of Nzili & Sumbi Advocates. Together, they cover:

  • Meta can be sued in Kenya for human trafficking and for algorithmic amplification of harm (Open Democracy)
  • Billy Perrigo on investigating Facebook's 'ethical' outsourced content moderation in Kenya (Everything in Moderation)
  • A first look at Meta’s Community Notes (Indicator Media)
  • Get Noted (Columbia Journalism Review)
  • The Meaning of Being an African YouTuber: Big Audiences, No Big Money + Is TikTok Excluding Africans From its Creator Economy? (Fast Company)
  • Is TikTok Excluding Africans From its Creator Economy? (OkayAfrica)
  • I was tricked, tortured, finally freed: inside a Burmese scam farm (The Times)
  • Tanzania announces shutdown of X because of pornography (BBC)

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

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast from Techdirt and Everything in Moderation. Send us your feedback at [email protected] and sponsorship enquiries to [email protected]. Thanks for listening.

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