Money for Nothing and Clicks for a Fee

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story (timesofisrael.com/gamblers-trying-to-win-a-bet…) (Times of Israel)
• Maybe Turning War Into a Casino Was a Bad Idea? (theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/emanuel-fab…) (The Atlantic)
• French music streamer Deezer battles deluge of AI fraud (ft.com/content/8a47191f-db35-4145-a8f3-a80e36b…) (Financial Times)
• I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI - and it only took 20 minutes (bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260218-i-hacked-cha…) (BBC)
• US to Receive $10 Billion Fee for TikTok Deal, WSJ Reports (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/us-to-r…) (Bloomberg)
• 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back (404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-wor…) (404 Media)
• ‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’ (theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails…) (The Guardian)
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