Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Once You Slop, You Can’t Stop
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s 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:
- Twitter Inc. Official ‘Bird Logo’ Fascia Sign – An Iconic Fixture from the Company’s Market Square Headquarters in San Francisco (RR Auction)
- AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality (404 Media)
- Spain to impose massive fines for not labelling AI-generated content (Reuters)
- China Announces Generative AI Labeling to Cull Disinformation (Bloomberg)
- After Axing Fact-Checkers, Meta’s Community Notes Will Have Help From X (Adweek)
- UK to crack down on illegal content across social media (Financial Times)
- Lobsters and the Online Safety Act (Lobste.rs)
- We are sorry. The forum has closed down (The Hamster Forum)
- ‘Kids can bypass anything if they’re clever enough!’ How tech experts keep their children safe online (The Guardian)
- The Snapchat Move That Leaves Teen Girls Heartbroken (WSJ)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund. If you’re in London on Thursday 27th March, join Ben, Mark Scott (Digital Politics) and Georgia Iacovou (Horrific/Terrific) for an evening of tech policy, discussion and drinks. Register your interest.