An Appeal a Day Keeps the Censor Away

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.com/2024/10/08/tiktok-sued-dc-addiction-v…) (CNBC)
• Risks vs. Harms: Youth & Social Media (zephoria.substack.com/p/risks-vs-harms-youth-a…) (Substack)
• Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control (theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266096/instagram-thre…) (The Verge)
• TikTok lays off hundreds in Malaysia in move toward AI moderation (asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/TikTok-lay…) (Asia Nikkei)
• ​​Meta ‘Supreme Court’ expands with European center to handle TikTok, YouTube cases (washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/08/meta-…) (Washingon Post)
• The DSA article you didn't know about, but should (everythinginmoderation.co/article-21-digital-s…) (T&S Insider)
• Streaming platform Kick bans Jack Doherty after he crashed his car on a livestream (polygon.com/news/462915/kick-controversy-jack-…) (Polygon)
• Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams (gizmodo.com/truth-social-users-are-losing-ridi…) (Gizmodo)
• Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse (404media.co/hacked-ai-girlfriend-data-shows-pr…) (404 Media)
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 (techdirt.com)) and Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation (everythinginmoderation.co)).