Chat Bot Your Tongue?

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• Character.AI is banning minors from AI character chats (ft.com/content/64065ad7-2f41-44b2-b58c-f5c122f…) (Financial Times)
• Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversations (openai.com/index/strengthening-chatgpt-respons…) (OpenAI)
• Senators propose banning teens from using AI chatbots (theverge.com/news/808589/senators-ai-chatbot-b…) (The Verge)
• EU accuses Meta, TikTok of breaching digital rules (politico.eu/article/eu-accuses-meta-tiktok-of-…) (Politico)
• Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers’ access to data, European Commission rules (science.org/content/article/meta-and-tiktok-ar….) (Science.org)
• Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve (techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-y…) (Techdirt)
• China’s new law: only degree-holding influencers can discuss professional topics – netizens divided on its impact (iol.co.za/lifestyle/2025-10-27-china-s-new-law…) (IOL)
• Wizz is like ‘Tinder for kids,’ as teens use the app to hook up while adult predators lurk (nypost.com/2025/10/22/us-news/teens-are-using-…) (NY Post)
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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)).