Don't Believe What This Podcast Says About Misinformation
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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:
- The Misleading Panic over Misinformation (Cato Institute)
- Claims that Online Misinformation Fears Are Overblown ‘Radically Understates’ the Scale of the Threat (Byline Times)
- EU Disinformation Code Takes Effect Amid Censorship Claims and Trade Tensions (Tech Policy Press)
- Content Moderation Is Not Censorship (Law & Liberty)
- Asked to think like a paedophile or act suicidal: Workers training Meta's AI in Ireland speak out (The Journal)
- The Hidden Human Cost of AI Moderation (Jacobin)
- Brazil rules that social media platforms are responsible for users’ posts (Rest of World)
- X opens up to Community Notes written by AI bots (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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