Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Smells Like Teen Safety

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderations Ben Whitelaw.

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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:

• Breton's resignation could mark a new chapter for EU digital policy (Euractiv)
• Finnish horse enthusiast is an EU tech front-runner (Politico)
• Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes (New York Times)
• Instagram to make teenagers' profiles private by default (Financial Times)
• AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans (Arstechnica)
• SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your posts (TechCrunch)
• Meta bans Russian state media for foreign interference' (Reuters)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.