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In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover:

• Tech bosses threatened with prison if they fail to protect children (The Times)
• Apple and Google given three months to ban nude images on children's devices (BBC News)
• Keir Starmer’s social media ban for under-16s could backfire, experts warn (OpenDemocracy)
• Apple previews new child safety features (Apple)
• Apple's WWDC keynote was very different, but this will be the new normal (9to5mac)
• Ottawa introduces bill to restrict social media for teens, regulate AI chatbots (Globe and Mail)
• Australia builds enforcement layer behind age assurance laws (Biometric Update)
• NCAC Welcomes Meta Oversight Board's New Account Recommendations (NCAC)

And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters, they cover:

• Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 (Anthropic)
• Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concern (The Verge)
• The Rise of the Compliant Speech Platform (Lawfare)
• Policy on the AI Exponential (Dario Amodei)

Our fun links this week are the 7-0 World Cup game (Ben) and Chipotlai Max (Mike).

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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).