The Global Internet - Or Is It?

In this week's round-up of news about online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: 

• The US TikTok ban and what it could mean for the future of the internet (Techdirt) 
• The EU prepares to regulate Chinese marketplaces (Reuters) 
• Telegram's CEO gives a rare interview - and what that says about online speech (Financial Times) 
• Generative AI is already messing with elections (Al Jazeera) 
• Bluesky open sources its moderation tooling software (Bluesky) 
• Trust & Safety software market is set to double by 2028, according to a new report (Duco) 

The episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our launch sponsor Modulate, the prosocial voice technology company making online spaces safer and more inclusive. In our Bonus Chat at the end of the episode, Modulate CEO Mike Pappas joins us to talk about how safety lessons from the gaming world can be applied to the broader T&S industry and how advances in AI are helping make voice moderation more accurate. 

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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).