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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 (The Washington Post)
- Harris campaign's Google ads rewrite news headlines (Axios)
- Children to be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online (The Guardian)
- The friendliest social network you’ve never heard of (The Washington Post)
- The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews (Engadget)
- Trust & Safety as Preventative Healthcare (Delbius)
- A key part of California’s online safety law for kids is still on hold after appeals court ruling (The Verge)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.
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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).
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