Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The Human Element In The Room
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 roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by First Amendment lawyer Ari Cohn. Together they discuss:
- Pennsylvania sues AI chatbot as state lawmakers wrestle with stricter regulations (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)
- Children are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working (Euronews)
- The Online Safety Act: Are children safer online? (Internet Matters)
- Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs - law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checks (Tom's Hardware)
- Three Justifications-and the AI Accelerant-of India's Digital Censorship Infrastructure (Tech Policy Press)
- Did School Cellphone Bans Work? New Study Finds Mixed Results.(NY Times)
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