The Techdirt Podcast, hosted by Michael Masnick.
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly news podcast co-created by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Each episode looks at the latest news in online speech, covering issues regarding trust & safety, content moderation, regulation, court rulings, new services & technology, and more. The podcast regularly features expert guests with experience in the trust & safety/online speech worlds, discussing the ins and outs of the news that week and what it may mean for the indust ...
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Useful Lessons From 'Slow Social Media'
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Though the current popular narrative about social media seems to be that it is harmful and has little or no redeeming value, the truth (which a lot of people know) is that it also has a lot of value, and the potential to be even better. A recent research report from New_Public finds some ideas on how to pursue that potential by looking at a niche, …
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An Appeal a Day Keeps the Censor Away
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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: States sue TikTok over app’s effects on kids’ mental health (CNBC) Risks vs. Harms: Youth & Social Media (Substack) Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control (The Verge) TikTok lays off hundreds in Malaysia in move t…
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Moderation has a Well-Known Reality Bias
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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 Professor Kate Klonick, who has studied and written about trust & safety for many years and is currently studying the DSA & DMA in the EU as a Fulbright Scholar. They cover: EU Commission’s Digital Fairness Fitness Ch…
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Is This The Real Life? Is This Just Fakery?
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by guest host Cathryn Weems, who has held T&S roles at Yahoo, Google, Dropbox, Twitter and Epic Games. They cover: Google outlines plans to help you sort real images from fake (The Verge) Fake AI “podcasters” are reviewing my book …
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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: Breton’s resignation could mark a new chapter for EU digital policy (Euractiv) Finnish horse enthusiast is an EU tech front-runner (Politico) Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes (New …
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The Story Of Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover
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If you're a Techdirt reader (or any tech news reader) you've already heard a lot of stories about the chaos of Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, but no matter how much you know, there's a lot to learn in a new book that hits the shelves today. Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, by New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, is …
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Riana Pfefferkorn, a Policy Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human Centered AI. They cover: Australia threatens fines for social media giants enabling misinformation (Reuters) Social media ban for children to be …
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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: Social networks can’t be forced to filter content for kids, says judge (The Verge) Judge Rejects Yet Another Attempt By Texas To Police Online Speech (Techdirt) Telegram apologizes for handling of deepfake porn content in S. …
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The Platform to Prison Pipeline
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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: TikTok must face a lawsuit for recommending the viral ‘blackout challenge’ (The Verge) Third Circuit’s Section 230 TikTok Ruling Deliberately Ignores Precedent, Defies Logic (Techdirt) France charges Telegram CEO Pavel Durov,…
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There's been plenty of conversation over the past decade about how unprepared the mainstream media was for the shifts that have happened in politics and political discourse, especially when it comes to finding... well... the truth. As we move towards the 2024 election, the challenges of reporting and fact checking are once again in the spotlight, a…
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ChatGPT Told Us Not to Say This, but YOLO
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Daphne Keller, the Director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center. They cover: Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of NetChoice Over California’s Age Appropriate Design Code (Ninth Circuit)…
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Do Not Leave a Fake Review for this Podcast
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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: EU takes shot at Musk over Trump interview — and misses (Politico) Online Safety Act not fit for purpose after far-right riots, says Sadiq Khan (The Guardian) See why AI detection tools can fail to catch election deepfakes (T…
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AI As A Tool For Writing, Not A Replacement
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A few months ago, Mike wrote about the ways he uses AI tools when writing for Techdirt — not to do any of the actual writing, but to help improve it. The specific tool in question is Lex, a word processor with embedded AI features, and this week Lex founder Nathan Baschez joins Mike on the podcast to talk more about AI as a tool for creative improv…
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Should Speech Cost a GARM and a Leg?
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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: Bluesky adds Techdirt founder Mike Masnick to its board (TechCrunch) X, Owned by Elon Musk, Brings Antitrust Suit Accusing Advertisers of a Boycott (New York Times) WFA Shutters GARM, X Antitrust Suit Cited (MediaPost) UK fac…
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The NCMEC Board Is Captured & Failing, Says Former Member
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We've had several episodes and posts lately all about NCMEC, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, looking at both the great work it does and some of the problems that plague it. One thing we've often been especially concerned about is the center's advocacy efforts, such as pushing for FOSTA and KOSA. This week, we're joined by fo…
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I Bet You Think This Block is About You
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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: Jim Jordan Demands Advertisers Explain Why They Don’t Advertise On MAGA Media Sites (Techdirt) TikTok Has a Nazi Problem (Wired) NazTok: An organized neo-Nazi TikTok network is getting millions of views (Institute for Strateg…
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Live at TrustCon 2024
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In the first ever live recording of Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike and Ben are joined at TrustCon 2024 by Dona Bellow, Platform Safety Policy at Reddit, and Alice Hunsberger, PartnerHero’s VP of Trust & Safety and Content Moderation, to round up the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, including: Meta content moderation …
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Spotlight: Modulate CEO Mike Pappas on Voice Moderation
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In this sponsored Spotlight episode of Ctrl-Alt-Speech, host Ben Whitelaw talks to Mike Pappas, the founder & CEO of our launch sponsor Modulate, which builds prosocial voice technology that combats online toxicity and elevates the health and safety of online communities. Their conversation takes an in-depth look at how voice is becoming an increas…
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Conspiracies Abhor a Vacuum
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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: Russia and China pounce on Trump rally shooting to undermine U.S. (Washington Post) The Gunshots Rang Out. Then the Conspiracy Theories Erupted Online (New York Times) Chaos on social media platforms after Trump shooting is a…
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Link Taxes Won't Save Journalism
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A few weeks ago, Mike was the moderator on a panel hosted by CCIA all about link taxes — the various problematic efforts around the world to force internet companies to pay media outlets for sending them traffic. The panel featured Public Knowledge Policy Director Lisa Macpherson, Lion Publishers Executive Director Chris Krewson, and lawyer Cathy G…
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Domonique Rai-Varming, Senior Director, Trust & Safety at Trustpilot. Together they cover: Amazon, Expedia and Trustpilot unite to fight fake reviews (BBC) EU charges Elon Musk’s X for letting disinfo run wild (Polit…
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The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality
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It was over six years ago when we last had Renée DiResta on the podcast for a detailed discussion about misinformation and disinformation on social media. Since then, she's not only led extensive research on the subject, she's also become a central figure in the fever-dream conspiracy theories of online disinformation peddlers. Her new book Invisib…
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech Minisode: The Supreme Court’s NetChoice Ruling
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The hosts of Ctrl-Alt-Speech are both on vacation this week, but we didn’t want to leave our listeners waiting too long for an update on today’s big news about online speech: the Supreme Court’s ruling in the NetChoice cases, which sends the Texas and Florida laws that would limit the ability of online platforms to moderate political speech back to…
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Minisode: The Supreme Court's NetChoice Ruling
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Although our hosts are both on vacation this week, we didn’t want to leave our listeners waiting too long for an update on today’s big news about online speech: the Supreme Court’s ruling in the NetChoice cases, which sends the Texas and Florida laws that would limit the ability of online platforms to moderate political speech back to the lower cou…
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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: Supreme Court Sees Through The Nonsense, Rejects Lower Courts’ Rulings Regarding Social Media Moderation (Techdirt) How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety, States Say (New York Times) New Features to Help Protec…
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Raising Kids In A Digital World
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We weren't planning to do a series, but after our last two episodes with Alice Marwick and then Candice Odgers, things have lined up nicely for a trifecta of episodes about the current moral panic around kids and social media. This week, we're joined by Dr. Devorah Heitner, an expert on kids and technology and author of the recent book Growing Up I…
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