Locate Your Nearest X-it

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia follows The Guardian in quitting Elon Musk’s X due to disinformation and ‘disturbing content’ (fortune.com/europe/2024/11/14/la-vanguardia-th…) (Fortune)
• Bluesky attracts millions as users leave Musk's X after Trump win (reuters.com/technology/hate-speech-watchdog-cc…) (Reuters)
• Advertisers set to return to X as they seek favour with Elon Musk and Donald Trump (ft.com/content/34b6fc20-23f7-4e08-9ac4-ef05d5d…?) (Financial Times)
• The plan to ban children under 16 from social media (thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/children-unde…) (The Times)
• Should smartphones be banned in schools? (ft.com/content/9b928dc8-c873-4132-8cf8-916cc06…) (Financial Times)
• Facebook and Instagram to Offer Subscription for No Ads in Europe (about.fb.com/news/2024/11/facebook-and-instagr…) (Facebook)
• An update on political advertising in the European Union (blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/pol…) (Google)
• Facebook’s Algorithms Think a Small English Community Is Up to No Good (gizmodo.com/facebooks-algorithms-think-a-small…) (Gizmodo)
• Phony X accounts are meddling in Ghana’s election (restofworld.org/2024/ghana-election-ai-bots-x-…) (Rest of World)
• Sockpuppet network impersonating Americans and Canadians amplifies pro-Israel narratives on X (dfrlab.org/2024/11/04/sockpuppet-network-imper…) (DFR Lab)
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)).