Don't Believe What This Podcast Says About Misinformation

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• The Misleading Panic over Misinformation (cato.org/policy-analysis/misleading-panic-over…) (Cato Institute)
• Claims that Online Misinformation Fears Are Overblown ‘Radically Understates’ the Scale of the Threat (bylinetimes.com/2025/06/30/misinformation-cato…) (Byline Times)
• EU Disinformation Code Takes Effect Amid Censorship Claims and Trade Tensions (techpolicy.press/eu-disinformation-code-takes-…) (Tech Policy Press)
• Content Moderation Is Not Censorship (lawliberty.org/content-moderation-is-not-censo…) (Law & Liberty)
• Asked to think like a paedophile or act suicidal: Workers training Meta's AI in Ireland speak out (thejournal.ie/meta-workers-ireland-6745653-Jul…) (The Journal)
• The Hidden Human Cost of AI Moderation (jacobin.com/2025/06/ai-moderation-ndas-trauma-…) (Jacobin)
• Brazil rules that social media platforms are responsible for users’ posts (restofworld.org/2025/brazil-social-media-conte…) (Rest of World)
• X opens up to Community Notes written by AI bots (theverge.com/news/696210/x-community-notes-ai-…) (The Verge)
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)).