Ctrl-Alt-Speech: An Appeal A Day Keeps The Censor Away

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:

• States sue TikTok over app's effects on kids' mental health (CNBC)
• Risks vs. Harms: Youth & Social Media (danah boyd)
• Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control (The Verge)
• TikTok lays off hundreds in Malaysia in move toward AI moderation (Asia Nikkei)
• Meta Supreme Court' expands with European center to handle TikTok, YouTube cases (Washingon Post)
• The DSA article you didn't know about, but should (T&S Insider)
• Streaming platform Kick bans Jack Doherty after he crashed his car on a livestream (Polygon)
• Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams (Gizmodo)
• Hacked AI Girlfriend' Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse (404 Media)

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