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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 Dr Blake Hallinan, Professor of Platform Studies in the Department of Media & Journalism Studies at Aarhus University. Together, they discuss:

  • On Section 230’s 30th Birthday, A Look Back At Why It’s Such A Good Law And Why Messing With It Would Be Bad (Techdirt)
  • An 18-Million-Subscriber YouTuber Just Explained Section 230 Better Than Every Politician In Washington (Techdirt)
  • Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally (Discord)
  • Media Literacy Parent's study (GOV.UK)
  • EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine (Techcrunch)
  • We Didn’t Ask for This Internet with Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow (The New York Times)
  • Despite Meta’s ban, Fidesz candidates successfully posted 162 political ads on Facebook in January 9 (Lakmusz.hu)
  • Claude’s Constitution Needs a Bill of Rights and Oversight (Oversight Board)
  • Account Closed Without Notice: Debanking Adult Industry Workers in Canada (ResearchGate)

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