The Platform to Prison Pipeline

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, releases him on €5M bail (Politico) 
• Elon Musk’s X could face ban in Brazil after failure to appoint legal representative (The Guardian)
• Zuckerberg says he regrets caving to White House pressure on content (Politico)

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).